darw_n wrote: > Instead of "oh, I am going to take this hook, and this break down and create > something new",
Which is only *one* style of DJing... > it has become *exactly* what a wedding or radio DJ or a POP > band does, they play *exactly* what the crowd wants to hear... This can be done just as well with the hiphop approach, i.e. take-a-hook-here etc. approach. Every genre has bad DJs. > They could not understand that it can be more that just playing records... Playing almost whole records together can be just as valid a DJ style in the sense of creating something new. Perhaps not in the 'creating new sounds' sense, but definitely in the 'creating a new experience' sense. Two words: Theo Parrish. Or David Mancuso, check the book 'Last night a DJ saved my life' for a description how he perfectly created a mood, playing records from beginning to end, even allowing silence between two records. Otto
