i play on groovetech most every week (have a regular 10 to noon pst slot on saturdays but travel quite a bit lately so others fill in.) at any rate, for me, i am definately guilty of playing more of the song before mixing (and sometimes not mixing at all.) i know i will get flack from some zealants out there but i do not believe that every time i step behind the decks i have to produce a mix or art or whatever. i am presenting music that i happen to want to listen to that morning. i do not have a chance to really listen to music during the week, i mean sit down and focus on the music, so i use my radio time to explore new arrivals and re-fresh on the old and nelected. of course, i tend also to play songs that i do not often play out, it is also about context. call me craze, but i can not wake up saturday morning and pop off 2 hours of dancefloor pumpers before noon:)
if i felt comforatble with a mic, i probably do at least some of the time what TP has talked about: playing tracks beginning to end and talk about the song and the history. personally, i feel a lot is lost between the legends and whatever is newest and greatest. cheers. ben sims. On Mon, 29 Jan 2001, Lester Kenyatta Spence wrote: `i've been listening to betaloung, and groovetech....and there is a `distinctly different approach to dj sets than say ten + years ago. rather `than about a MINUTE of a song, then a segue, djs now play the whole `song....or close to it, before bringing in something else. ` `does this occur as a result of djs having to spin 6-8 hour sets....or is `there something else going on? ` ` ` `peace `lks ` ` ` ` `--------------------------------------------------------------------- `To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] `For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ` `
