afaik, mills started as a drummer when he was still in high school. whether he already dj'ed around that time, i don't know.
On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 10:06 AM, kuszyn...@gmail.com <kuszyn...@gmail.com> wrote: > You are right, I jumped from my feeling of Mills as having a very > musical, tone and synth oriented style, and tried to describe more of > a mental philosophy, at least as I see it. Mills obvious first public > success and work was in the dj/radio department. > > I'm glad, however, that I touched upon the vein of dj does not have to > equal musician (and frankly, plenty of great musicians make horrible > dj's) > > On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 11:54 AM, kent williams <chaircrus...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> Wasn't Mills DJing long before he began making records? Or am I >> misunderstanding the connection you're making? >> >> I started making music long before I ever tried to DJ, but it was more >> lack of opportunity and not having $1200 to drop on 1200s and a mixer. >> Somehow picking up a synth for a couple hunderd bucks every so often >> was more managable. >> >> People that DJ first often have an intuitive grasp of what makes a >> good dance track. Whether that starts them down the path to artistic >> excellence is another question. >> >> One does have to attain some minimal musical knowledge along the way >> though. I people who have released records who are functionally >> tone-deaf. I've actually 'music-doctored' a few tracks for them, >> where I had to tell them how to get their chords and basslines in the >> same general key, tune the vocal samples, etc. And of course, they're >> way more successful than I am. And I have 2 years of college as a >> music major. >> >> There is a big difference between DJs who start producing, and DJs who >> hire ghost producers to make tracks for them because they're too busy >> or coked up to learn how to do it properly themselves. That some weak >> sh*t, and it's remarkably common, especially among the big room techno >> and progressive DJs. >> >> >> On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 8:58 AM, kuszyn...@gmail.com >> <kuszyn...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> (Here comes some flame bait) >>> >>> And this is why I really like Jeff Mills. Frankly, I know very few >>> electronic music people who look at things as producers. They become >>> producers after djing, which to me isn't musical, it's beat making. >>> >> > > > > -- > -Mike >
