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From: Martin Dust <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>if you think that clinging to the past is justified, then do it.
>But expect to get left behind if you do, simply as that.
isnt that what the CD industry was saying about vinyl in the 80s?
somehow i doubt people with vinyl are worried about keeping up
with the times. again, you have to look at who is saying these
things. obviously software people have a vested in taking over the
deejay market with something that doesnt need any more money
invested in it immediately. no offense to the software companies,
but they havent been around long enough to be trusted alone with
the future of our music. their interest is in selling as many
copies of updated software as they can, this is also why im pretty
wary of software based music production. there's something
inherently evil about it somehow. think about it like this: when
you buy turntables you give one company your money, then you give
your money to another when you buy your mixer, and then many many
companies when you buy your records. with software, you give all
your money to one place, and then you give it to them again later
when the "upgraded" version of the software comes out. there's no
end in sight of giving them your money, especially when they stop
making updates to the version of the software you have. ive never
had to upgrade my technics, or any of my records.
>I think is
>scares DJ's because the "power" is in the hands of the people now
(i.e.
>it doesn't cost a fortune to get started) and that is a good
thing from
>where I'm standing.
it depends. in a lot of ways i feel like its good that broke
people can easily get a start in this thing. but in other ways, it
cant be a good thing. i mean it was obviously was too easy in alot
of ways already, there are plenty of lazy deejays out there who
use vinyl. making it any easier i think will promote even more
laziness. sometimes i agree with theo's sentiments that it should
be about going out and doing the work to hunt down good records.
that is part of the fun of deejaying, isnt it? i mean if you dont
enjoy digging in crates and listening to obscure records that no
one has ever heard of, youre not a deejay are you?
tom
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