humans by nature resist change. they would rather stick to something that feels familiar. Especially if it comes to things that are material. Or a way of keeping time. people become very defensive when it comes to change. I am not saying that this MP3 thing is good or bad. I don't know since my only exposure to it is through this meduim. I don't think that people will take kindly to it, especially the old schoolers. The people at +8 are always looking for new and exciting things. I believe that this is something that may get dropped rather quickly by Richie. As for John, I don't know. I really don't know much about the guy other then the fact that he has one of the largest record collections of anyone i have ever heard of. I don't think that someone like him would have their performance hurt by something like this. I believe that he has such a vast knowlege of music and he knows how to read a crowd well enough to keep spontanaity in his sets. I am sure his computer has so many tracks loaded into it that he could play a different set every night and not repeat a track for a couple of years (slight exaggeration)...But I don't think that someone like Derrick May would resort to this. He is a purist. plain and simple. and i think all purists stick to what they know. The people who came up with this idea are not evil for wanting change, they just had an idea and want it to work. No one should be angry with the people who think change is a good thing. sometimes it is. but in my eyes today, i can't see this working. the way computer technology has been going for the past 5 years MP3's will become outdated in the next 2 years. there will be a new file format and it will have DVD quality sound. and no one will want to use the present format anymore. vinyl has stood the test of time, and it isn't going to disappear anytime soon.
JEFF! > -----Original Message----- > From: Nick Walsh [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 4:54 AM > To: 313@hyperreal.org > Subject: Re: [313] Future of DJ'ing, also anyone at MIDEM? > > The smell of brand new vinyl out of the sleeve, the > crackle of the record under the needle... there's > something spiritual and special about vinyl that no > other media can replicate... Old vinyl especially. > > I don't want your stupid toy... Who cares about the > future... time and forces move around and come back on > themselves... just because something is new, doesn't > make it good... >
