> >The DJs primary purpose is to expose music. That is the original > >history of DJing. It is how this all started. A lot of things have >changed > >since the early days of radio, but I fail to see how the DJs >primary > >obligation to expose artists has ever mutated. > > I'm sorry, I must disagree with you on this fine point. The primary purpose > of the DJ is to entertain an audience. If a DJ's primary purpose was to > expose artists then a DJ could play a set of terrible artists and do it > really poorly and yet they would still be doing their job well because they > are exposing artists.
well, by the same logic, a dj could put on a funny suit, make balloon animals, and play crappy records, and still be doing his job well, because they're entertaining their audience. 2 sides to every coin. chris, waiting to see more djs in funny suits.