I have seen some pretty boring performances for both final scratch and vinyl... I don't think you can always say one is better than another.
part of the entertainment factor has got to do with the performer - some people are just better entertainers than others. -----Original Message----- From: Simon Hindle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 15 April 2005 12:43 To: 313@hyperreal.org Subject: Re: (313) iPod DJ Yeah, but 'tis merely the novelty of it all I imagine. Most big DJs who are playing out on Final Scratch probably haven't really had the gear for long, especially when you express the time they've had it as a percentage of their total time on the 1s and 2s. Or maybe they're checking their email/watching the latest episode of Battlestar Galactica they got off bittorrent the day before. It's the perennial challenge, IMO - how do you turn an electronic music performance into a 'show'? And furthermore, ought you to? >>> "Cyclone Wehner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 04/15/05 11:06 am >>> Every time I have seen a DJ with Final Scratch they look at the screen the whole set and never the crowd, and then the crowd gathers around and if they can they look at it as well. It's created a barrier. The next challenge is to find a way around that. It's very disengaged... > At 2:36 PM -0400 4/14/05, /0 wrote: >>id like to play somewhere with sound good enough for me to >>differentiate between a 320k mp3 and a wav file > > I'd like to *dance* at a club with sound that good, too! > > Anyway, I still don't like the idea of computer files substituting for > vinyl. Just think, if DJs ripped their vinyl favs onto their ipods > (or laptop hard drives), where would taste-setting airline baggage > handlers get their bumpin' tunes? > > I tell ya, the world will be a sadder and poorer place if those poor > baggage handlers have only old Neil Diamond and Burl Ives records to > listen to after work. It'll set civilization (or at least airline > service) back at least forty years. > > -marc > > ###################################################################### Notice: The information contained in this electronic mail is intended solely for the addressee(s) and may be confidential and/or privileged. If you have received this electronic mail in error, please delete it from your system and kindly notify the sender. If you are not the intended recipient you must not reproduce any part of this electronic mail or disclose its contents to any other party. ######################################################################
