Why i don't like top 40 and top 40 djs ? I'll give you few points :
1) Not my taste
2) Tracks in top 40 are here because that's why they were made. They have been made for money, not music.
3) I like to dig tracks, and provide my audience things that they don't know. You (Top 40 djs) are just looking into charts, and play them from #40 to #1.
May I remind you that track selection is the FIRST thing you learn when you want to dj. This step is missing. All your soul is gone, you are just a fucking jukebox.
4) Following point #3, i would say that playing top 40 is going the easy way.
Easy ? Why ? Cause the things that you will play are know and liked by your audience before you even start your set.
And don't tell me skill is needed to play top 40.
To ALL OF YOU that say "spinning Rihanna, Nirvanna and LFMAO in the same set requires skills". Dudes. Dudes.
First, sync. Won't debate about this again, but pushing a button is not what i call skill. Or if the tempo difference is too big : break on a break, backspin, or echo freeze.
Whooooaaa, that's some nice skills !!
To conclude, i think we don't see DJing the same way. You think that a DJ hass to please the crowd. True. But you are missing a big part.
I do think that people want to be taken in a journey, and discover things. With top 40, it as ridiculous as taking them in a journey across they neighbourhood. It's known, pale, soulless (don't know if it's the correct word but you got the point)
Doing in the depth of youtube or random polish/russian/whatever language you don't know s*** about to dig THE track you were looking for for 2 months (not mentionning people spinning vinyls, digging tracks in dark and dusty shops) and rock the crowd with them is just WAY better.
You see a DJ like a jukebox, i would say that a DJ is more like a travel guide/teacher that brings new things to his audience.
PS : all the hate i just wrote does not concerns people like a guy who posted before who play top 40 because they have to.
My hate is 100% dedicated to people that feel pro when they rock the crown with popular tracks that everyone has heard on the radio.
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