Re: (313) Waveless DJing

2003-06-17 Thread Jens
Could it be maybe: http://www.portiasurreal.com/ /jens - Original Message - From: spacecrusher [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 9:13 PM Subject: Re: (313) Waveless DJing this thread is oddly relevant to two different aspects of my friday night. my bud Jack

Re: (313) Waveless DJing

2003-06-17 Thread Martin
;) We give it everything we've got - people are paying and travelling to see us do our stuff, it only seems right that you should pull out all the stops. I remember one gig where there was only one guy dancing, all night, he was mad for it - so we went for it with him - working the decks and the

RE: (313) Waveless DJing

2003-06-16 Thread Ralf Gill
i dont see why the physical movement of the artist is what makes you get into the music. it should be the music that moves you well you've obviously not been to see riverdance

Re: (313) Waveless DJing

2003-06-16 Thread Martin
14/6/03 10:13 PM [EMAIL PROTECTED] ::) wrote: well you're there for the music, not to watch anyone do anything. its annoying to have people stare at you during a set, you're just there to provide the music. Nothing wrong with this, mostly it's people looking to take a little of what you

Re: (313) Waveless DJing

2003-06-16 Thread sean deason
- Original Message - From: Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] its annoying to have people stare at you during a set, you're just there to provide the music. Nothing wrong with this, mostly it's people looking to take a little of what you are doing back home to practice with in the bedroom.

Re: (313) Waveless DJing

2003-06-16 Thread Rev. Jeffrey Paul
On Mon, 16 Jun 2003, sean deason wrote: Get a proper porn mag or something! I mean, yeah Rob Theakston does know how to manipulate the decks and tweak the EQ knobs, and the way he works that crossfader,uhm... I gotta go...something just came up... Thank you for totally ruining my morning. :P

Re: (313) Waveless DJing

2003-06-16 Thread Michael . Elliot-Knight
its not like watching someone put a record on a turntable and then play with the pitch until it plays at the same tempo as the other record is the epitome of excitement (theo parrish and titonton are exactly, it's NOT. i never realized how much the actual turning of the head, moving of the

Re: (313) Waveless DJing

2003-06-16 Thread lisa
Gosh Martin, those DUST events must be pretty good then eh? ;) sean you dirty birdie, after reading your post I have visions of DJ peep booths - lol! lisa sean deason wrote: - Original Message - From: Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] its annoying to have people stare at you during a

Re: (313) Waveless DJing

2003-06-16 Thread spacecrusher
this thread is oddly relevant to two different aspects of my friday night. my bud Jack Buser was doing a live set in a backroom at the big club here in SF- 1015, and he just gets into it. One of our mutual friends commented that it was like watching a puppetshow cuz he was bopping around and

Re: (313) Waveless DJing

2003-06-16 Thread Phonopsia
performances because... From: Lester Kenyatta Spence [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: J. T. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 313@hyperreal.org Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2003 10:32 PM Subject: Re: (313) Waveless DJing But check this out. Back in the day there was a DJ in detroit named

Re: (313) Waveless DJing

2003-06-15 Thread Rev. Jeffrey Paul
On Sat, 14 Jun 2003, jayson b wrote: if i just paid ten bucks you see you i best be getting someone juggling fish or breaking bricks with their heads. personally, i don't 'go there' for the music. if i wanted to listen to the music *I* wanted to listen to, i'd do it in my basement. i come

Re: (313) Waveless DJing

2003-06-15 Thread Thomas D. Cox, Jr.
-- Original Message -- From: Rev. Jeffrey Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] I think that this would be a non-issue if people who do, for example, laptop PAs, projected their video output on a screen behind them so you can see what they're doing. ive thought of this,

Re: (313) Waveless DJing

2003-06-15 Thread J. T.
really i dont go out to hear music too often because for me it is all about music. i dont need to be entertained, i can entertain myself. i go out to hear music that is being manipulated by someone in particular, i dont care how they manipulate it. hey same here, and i'm with lester too. i'm

RE: (313) Waveless DJing

2003-06-15 Thread Brendan Nelson
| -Original Message- | From: J. T. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2003 11:57 AM | | i'm not trying to draw a line in the sand, my feelings | arent all one way or another, just talking y'know.. Exactly - I'm coming from the same position myself. While I'm prepared to

(313) Waveless DJing

2003-06-14 Thread Phonopsia
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Brendan Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Mann, Ravinder [CCS] [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 313@hyperreal.org Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 2:52 PM Subject: RE: (313) 3rd wave djing this is what BMG (Ecotmorph) has been doing for about a year now.

Re: (313) Waveless DJing

2003-06-14 Thread Phonopsia
- Original Message - From: Kent williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 313 list 313@hyperreal.org Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2003 3:01 AM Subject: Re: (313) Waveless DJing On Sat, 14 Jun 2003, Phonopsia wrote: agree. Brendan (of Ectomorph, not Brendan of Brelson) blew the roof off the place

Re: (313) Waveless DJing

2003-06-14 Thread Thomas D. Cox, Jr.
-- Original Message -- From: Phonopsia [EMAIL PROTECTED] I've always thought DJ's make too much of 'reacting to a crowd', when really it's a matter of having the right crowd for the assembled lineup. Once this bit is accounted for, it's all a matter of

Re: (313) Waveless DJing

2003-06-14 Thread The REAL Mxyzptlk
I've always thought DJ's make too much of 'reacting to a crowd', when really it's a matter of having the right crowd for the assembled lineup. i definitely disagree... Whenever I see debates like this (to crowd or not to crowd) I think of an anecdote from my friend Dean who recalls the

Re: (313) Waveless DJing

2003-06-14 Thread Kent williams
On Sat, 14 Jun 2003, Phonopsia wrote: - Original Message - From: Kent williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] Um, it could have been more on the fly than at first glance. Since Ableton can start tracks on beat, and handle the beatmatching, and you can see what you're triggering, you

Re: (313) Waveless DJing

2003-06-14 Thread J. T.
i guess i never got over the part where laptops became accepted parts of performance. z yuck. how excited can you get watching somebody stare straight ahead at a screen clicking a button -- im not arguing anything crazy like its not really playing live, it's just really really boring

Re: (313) Waveless DJing

2003-06-14 Thread Thomas D. Cox, Jr.
-- Original Message -- From: J. T. [EMAIL PROTECTED] i guess i never got over the part where laptops became accepted parts of performance. z yuck. how excited can you get watching somebody stare straight ahead at a screen clicking a button -- im

Re: (313) Waveless DJing

2003-06-14 Thread ::\)
@hyperreal.org Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2003 4:11 PM Subject: Re: (313) Waveless DJing i guess i never got over the part where laptops became accepted parts of performance. z yuck. how excited can you get watching somebody stare straight ahead at a screen clicking a button -- im not arguing

Re: (313) Waveless DJing

2003-06-14 Thread lisa
it's fun to watch people turn knobs, push sliders, flip vinyl/CDs, mix, bop around, have fun and work their craft, imho :) of course I mean watch, not be one of those people who stands there all night and you wonder if they are just curious or if they are stalkers. heh if you don't wanna be

Re: (313) Waveless DJing

2003-06-14 Thread J. T.
its not like watching someone put a record on a turntable and then play with the pitch until it plays at the same tempo as the other record is the epitome of excitement (theo parrish and titonton are exactly, it's NOT. i never realized how much the actual turning of the head, moving of the

Re: (313) Waveless DJing

2003-06-14 Thread Lester Kenyatta Spence
On Sat, 14 Jun 2003, J. T. wrote: i guess i never got over the part where laptops became accepted parts of performance. z yuck. how excited can you get watching somebody stare straight ahead at a screen clicking a button -- im not arguing anything crazy like its not really playing

Re: (313) Waveless DJing

2003-06-14 Thread Thomas D. Cox, Jr.
-- Original Message -- From: J. T. [EMAIL PROTECTED] exactly, it's NOT. i never realized how much the actual turning of the head, moving of the arms, looking around etc, actually mattered, until i had witnessed performance after performance of people

Re: (313) Waveless DJing

2003-06-14 Thread jayson b
well you're there for the music, not to watch anyone do anything. if i just paid ten bucks you see you i best be getting someone juggling fish or breaking bricks with their heads. personally, i don't 'go there' for the music. if i wanted to listen to the music *I* wanted to listen to, i'd