You're absolutely right. That said, I do think DJs fear the silence between records more than they should. Most punters don't know what to do when one record isn't segued into another.
An example - my mate just played here last Friday. Now, there's a large group of people in this town that are quite well schooled on old records - disco is hot hot hot here. However, my friend has been around for a long time and he plays it as he always has. He's a fantastic DJ and he knows how to build phrases and paragraphs with his records. He's playing disco/deep house - everything the punters loooooove. But when he lets a record end - fade out to silence - he tells me he looks out and this crowd of super schooled kids are confused. They think he's lost his cue or just f"cked up. He hasn't. It's just drilled into these kids from years of raving that bang follows bang. Those of us who are familiar with what he's doing usually clap or scream. The crowds (and deejays) are more ingrained with one style more than the other. MEK "Tristan Watkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 11/14/2007 11:14:25 AM: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Robert Taylor > To: Tristan Watkins ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; robin > Cc: 313 Org > Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 4:29 PM > Subject: RE: (313) Richie Interview > > > It's not lazy - it still takes effort to choose your tunes > > Like when the dude who isn't mixing spends 10 minutes between songs > laboriously searching for that next perfect tune, often trying out three or > four records before settling on one, probably just to look busy, possibly > because he doesn't want to plan the set, maybe because he wants to play each > track in its entirety in order to respect the original tunes. There are so > many reasons not to beatmatch and loads to do it. A good DJ knows when to do > what's right, rather than making broad pronouncements about the quality of a > technique. It's a technique FFS, it's as good or bad as you make it. That > said, if you're trying to make people dance (as people often do in clubs, > where DJs are often found), it's a pretty useful technique for establishing > a groove and keeping it going. > > Obviously programming is key, but arguing that programming is better than > beatmatching is like saying colour is better than painting. > > Tristan > ======= > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.phonopsia.co.uk >
