http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zd449...eature=g-all-u
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A minute in I was thinking "This is the best DJSounds ever". But that quickly turned into "they've been cuing their next track for three minutes, twisting knobs left and right like they're flying a space shuttle, and are way into the red. Worst DJSounds ever."
They sure have the choreography down, though. They'll be the next David Guetta.
Did you not enjoy it? I felt it decent, decent music choice i would give it a 5.5/10
Sorry for being ignorant but what were they doing for the first 90% of the song where they had two people vigoriously twisting knobs and effects.Quote:
Originally Posted by ThinkAboutIt
To be fair, they're pretty good for their age, but that still isn't saying much... at all. I posted this on my facebook wall before I even watched it, and then immediately posted an apology to anyone that watched it. I'm afraid that now my friends are going to be like "oh, is this what you do?"
Ugh I mean not for nothing good for them. But there are WAY more DJs that deserve to be on that then these two kids.
There really is alot of eqing a non playing channel.
You guys are talking smack about kids....
Having the host turn down your master AND channel gains 3 times in 5 minutes. How embarrassing.
This is the "high self-esteem" society we have created. They are not good DJ's and they should keep practicing. It not a good idea to make them believe they are great, when they are not. They would not make the DJ football team. Maybe next year.
I would love to meet their self-obsessed Dad/Coach. "Don't worry about that. Just act like you are a superstar DJ and no matter what happens, DO NOT stop twisting knobs."
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I saw these guys play at Mambo in Ibiza this year. I couldnt really see what they were doing behind the decks but the track selection was almost identical to the Avicci gig the night before.
HOWEVER.
How many 13 year olds can say they DJ in Ibiza?
this is not the worst djs. at least they seem to be having a loads of fun
I'm not too sure but the fact that they have residencies and all that other stuff is prob why they would be considered for the show
Its embarrassing that your making fun of two 13 year old kids...Quote:
Originally Posted by fullenglishpint
Let them enjoy themselves.
You would dream to be in their shoes, now or when you were 13.
Still. It kinda takes away from the quality of the whole DJsounds concept. Carl Cox, Roger Sanchez, CVS aaaand 2 13 year old kids no one has heard of running an effect every 15 seconds.Quote:
Originally Posted by dirty moose
But hey, if that is the direction the pioneer dudes want to take its their choice. I won't be watching these things any more though, there is enough videos of kids DJing badly on youtube as it is.
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Originally Posted by oliosky
Its not that they can't be into it and enjoy it. Kudos to them, and kudos to them for getting somewhere so young and quick. But it takes away from respect of many DJs in my opinion. Just because you are 13 and playing tracks doesn't mean you deserve more then someone who has been at it for 20 years. Its the whole gimmick thing and by putting them in the front channels for these things just undermines people who have been truly at work for these things building the scene for a long time. I mean there are a ton of other residents in Ibiza who have been playing forever there that are not on DJsounds, and may never be there. I personally feel the un-sung residents all over deserve this chance then a few talented kids who are not yet ready for the lime light just yet.
What's all this ultra-liberal talk about the fact that they're kids? They're playing on a global stage with the big boys and should be treated like such. Regardless of how old (young) they are. We wouldn't be doing them any favors to patronize them, pat them on the back, and say "good job son". Besides if we're just going to throw them a bone because they're kids, then shouldn't we be doing that for all kids? In addition to that, what happens when they grow up and they still suck? Wouldn't they be shocked when they turn 18 and all of a sudden their adoring fans have turned on them for doing virtually the same thing they've been doing for years? Isn't the fact that they're kids how they managed to get so far in the first place? Well I think they've gone far enough...What's next, DJ of the year? Top paid DJ's in the world? Eventually even the ultra-liberal people saying "they're just kids" will digress and become naysayers too.
If I saw them in their basement, twiddling knobs furiously on tracks that weren't playing, and touching platters of CDJ's that weren't even spinning, I'd say "you kids are awesome"...But this isn't in someone's basement. They're sharing the spotlight with some of the top DJ's worldwide. It's inevitable that something had to be said.
Kind of makes you wonder what it means to be a good "young" DJ. What mistakes are people supposed to be making at a young age. The levels seem to me like the first thing you should figure. Uncle Rico or whoever is helping them learn shouldn't want their system getting fucked up with these kids playing so deep into the red.
+1 Totally the first thing I noticed.Quote:
Originally Posted by fullenglishpint
Beyond that... they aren't that bad overall... I've seen plenty worse in club environments.
I agree with this, blame the producers of the show not the talent.Quote:
Originally Posted by oliosky
Do you have kids?Quote:
Originally Posted by tokenasianguy
I honestly thought the whole thing was a joke.
Im still holding out on that. Then again, they seem to be better than the average DJTT user :p!Quote:
Originally Posted by photojojo
EDIT: These guys remind me of SHM, one guy is screwing with things, one guy isn't doing anything, and another guy is going around trying to fix the mess the other two made.
I do.Quote:
Originally Posted by dirty moose
...And I'll teach her the same thing I had to learn on my own but didn't realize until my adult life...
While it's imperative to believe you can achieve anything if you ever want to accomplish your goals, there comes a time when you have to admit that you need work, and in the words of Socrates "I know that I know nothing, and in knowing nothing I now know one thing.
...And then there's the harsh reality that maybe you're just not cut out to do what you thought you were able to.
Shooting for the stars involves too facets, believing you can actually achieve what you want, but also knowing what your limitations are and understanding how to overcome them. You can't ever identify your limitations or learn to overcome them if everyone is telling you how awesome you are, and by not listening to the criticism.
give props to this kids is like giving props to a kid for air guitaring to an iron maiden track and saying they have musical talent. one of them was EQing the mic input channel, with no mic plugged into it for . what were their names milli and vanilli? total crap!!!!
my kid would get a smack in the back of the head for that crap.
Bingo!Quote:
Originally Posted by Shishdisma
I met Dan Tait today, the presenter doing all the gain adjusting. He made the very good point that although it was excruciating to watch at times for those of us who know what's going on, for every one person wincing there are probably several young kids and teenagers thinking 'I'd like to be able to do that one day', and that's a good thing.
A very admirable way of looking at it, imo.Quote:
Originally Posted by fullenglishpint
ok here to comes........
I thought it was awesome they didn't use sync!
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I did better at their age. ;)
I was so surprised that they could go from such an amazing show the previous week (Laidback Luke) to this... Did anyone watch the full thing to see if it got better? I stopped watching about 10 minutes in.
Regardless to clipping and delay effect overkill they aren't bad for kids. Seen better, seen worse but at least they can beatmatch properly ;)
That show is just a big promotional love fest for all things Pioneer...
Hmm the reason why i watched this because im at work and i needed music to listen to. here is my take
Pros
- good song selection. very standard
- good for them for being residence at clubs and stuff "this shows song selection is wayyyy more important then the mixing itself *see the cons*, most people don't care how you mix just want to dance"
- has this much exposure while being so young
- they will learn as they go
Cons
- Why are you always twisting the wet/dry knob? you're effect isn't even going through
- playing out the whole song isn't mixing, this boring, just like avicii sucks at life performances, i'd rather listen on my ipod if im going to hear the full song.
- why is the effect button always on? there's more then just the 1st effect on the 900. but either way we can't even hear your effect being added in.
- their hearing will be greatly damaged by 18, of all the red linings like crazy. hope they have someone at the clubs they play at adjust it for them.
conclusion - in my opinion any little kid can do this just if they had to own set of 350 package lol. what they are doing in the video is might as well start a song, go play video games for 5 minutes and go back mix in another song and repeat.
i agree with some of the comments above, the djsound show should be for more deserving dj's. but then again.
I don't understand why DJ Sounds would even premiere them. Like there are way more dj's out there that actually deserve the chance to be up there. Promotion or not, they have lost some respect.
Sure they are just kids but agree with another poster here that if you play with the big guys you play by the same rules.
or "if your playing the game, you have to accept the results" something like that.
Also when people realize that many well known djs just fake looking occupied they will think all djs does the same thing
and in the end djing will loose prestige..