On Nov 14, 2007 2:33 AM, robin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > but why play other people's tracks at all then? why not just play > > live? i dont understand. > > You do realise the logical conclusion of that argument is "Why mix?" . > > The producer got it spot on in the first place so why ruin that by > playing something over the top? > > Personally, as well as the selection, I think there's some room for > creativity from a DJ.
the thing is, if i was going to gravitate towards either not mixing or having deejays play individual audio parts from a track, i would definitely be on the side of not mixing. but i dont think it needs to be that cut and dry. i think it is way too far to the other extreme to just be playing little audio bits. and i dont think any deejay anywhere is better at arrangement and composition than the producers of awesome records. if a deejay is having problems being creative with other peoples' records, that sounds like their own personal problem. maybe they should become producers themselves and put the work and effort into making quality tracks! it is not easy. tom
