I like the term "third wave dj" actually! :) Lots of recorded ghetto-tech mixes are done in hotmix style, that's true, but it kind of remains that the ghetto-tech scene is probably the most hostile to new techniques and methods for DJing. You can just imagine the chorus of disapproval on the ghettotech.de forum if, god forbid, Godfather was spotted with a laptop hidden behind the decks! But at the same time the overwhelming majority of ghetto-tech mixes are made digitally.
When you are doing a high-tech mix, though, you do have to think like a ghetto-tech DJ - what noise can I put in *right here* that will make this a bit better? What can I personally do to keep the listener interested during this rather boring bridge part of a track? Should I just let this whole track play out, or shall I whip out a second copy and cut straight to the good bit at the end? That sort of thing needs to be going through your head all the time if you're using digital technology, I would say. If you find yourself just sitting there with mouse hovering over track title for five minutes, waiting for the tune to play out, you're not really getting into the spirit of things... This thread is a bit on the waffly side, but f*ck it; with everyone going to Movement this weekend, the list would just die on its feet if there weren't a few us prepared to step into the breach and start talking bo**ocks! Brendan > -----Original Message----- > From: robin pinning [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 23 May 2003 15:33 > To: Brendan Nelson > Cc: 313@hyperreal.org > Subject: Third Wave DJ was RE: (313) Fw: Dex and FX with Kirk > Degiorgio > > > > another point: > > the hi-tech dj ("third wave dj"?, have i been reading too > much? :)) has > to approach selection in a similar way to a ghetto-tech dj. using two > copies to do your own edit/effects, using just small snippets of some > tracks juggled over the top of a beat track to create a new > one, that kind > of thing. and of course a lot of recorded ghetto-tech mixes are done > hotmix style. > > i've just realised i'm wittering on too much and a lot of the > US people > are prepping to go to Movement. Lucky B******s! :) > > i'll shut up now > > robin... > > > >
