DJ Nostradamus: Your Predictions and Prophecies?

[mmusic]

i predict house music all night long.

[Fatlimey]

i predict house music all night long.

Say what?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeO3U1i3hCU

[space monkey]

I predict the bass will steadily boom...a lot of cross-genre collabs...rehash of pop cultural fads of the 90s...a short rebirth of rave with accompanying museum exhibits profiling the it's influence in art/video...the ever present and frantic, almost obsessive pursuit of defining just what a certain sound is--until it's ruined...utilization of robust programming language to integrate random bits and hardware (oh wait...that's happening now yes?)...A steadily declining world economy returns scenes to more local, home-grown talents...not just steadily declining but an outright crash.
Get ready woo woo!

[Abyrne7]

I agree with the post that there will be alot more options for DJ's out there. So everyone will have a different approach and different setup.... I like this idea. I think DJ Techtools will grow and eventually make some crazy ass cool controller that I will love. I think I will have a million more headaches over digital DJ'ing and finding the perfect controller because software is constantly changing. And Ean will be recognized as a pioneer in digital dj'ing (obviously)

[Fatlimey]

I think the younger generation has a totally different attitude to music that will transform things. They have *always* had collections of thousands of tracks, collected over a very short period. They have always been able to access pretty much the entire history of dance music from their keyboard.

Mashups came about because people had these large collections and could piece together tracks that would otherwise never be seen in the same room in a Vinyl DJs world. Random shuffle led to the idea that diverse tracks could work together.

My prediction is that "the kids" will take their enormous collections of tracks, extract stems, breaks, loops, vocals and hooks and make their mixes into collages more than mixes. Initially it will be about compressing 40 hooks into 10 minutes to get "just the good bits" to feed the micro attentions of the teen audiences. The really _good_ DJs will find out that reintroducing themes throughout a mix added a deeper element to their journey (see Coldcut), allowing artistic reinterpretation of the bassline or breakbeat in different contexts. This taken to the logical extreme will bring about mixes that are more layered, thematic and deeper journeys than simply sequencing tracks ever could.

High density Collage will turn into a new long-form of mashup mix, producing sounds and journeys that are impossible for vinyl DJs to match.

This is why I am in this game, to make this a reality... :-)

[wrong chris]

I want to go to one of those.

Will you mark my Dance Card Master Duerr for it would give me the greatest of pleasure my kind Sir.


Thank you kindly.


(im calling everybody i meet today "Tips"... fucking hilarious... "Alight Tips, whats new")

that settles it, "Dance Card Master Duerr" is my new dj moniker. bwahaha

[basspenetrator]

Initially it will be about compressing 40 hooks into 10 minutes ...

what about 70200 samples in 33 seconds?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uG1Zn_6wDRo

[wrong chris]

The really _good_ DJs will find out that reintroducing themes throughout a mix added a deeper element to their journey (see Coldcut), allowing artistic reinterpretation of the bassline or breakbeat in different contexts. This taken to the logical extreme will bring about mixes that are more layered, thematic and deeper journeys than simply sequencing tracks ever could.

High density Collage will turn into a new long-form of mashup mix, producing sounds and journeys that are impossible for vinyl DJs to match.

I also think there will be a 'de-evolution' subculture develop that will have a large following. Vinyl, mixer and headphones only.

i think you guys nailed it...
it's definitely going to branch out in several different directions, mostly building on what we already see but taking it to a new intensity.

a) Audio Collage like what Girl Talk is doing.

b) Story/Theme centric sets like Coldcut, Mike Relm, Hexstatic etc. with heavy incorporation of visuals (video/lighting)

c) Minimalist/Purist approach (analogue, vinyl, mixer setups)

d) The lines between a Live PA set and DJ set will be further blurred by crafty use of performance software. We'll see more cats like Muldover and Ean Golden come out of the woodwork, pushing the boundaries of controllerism in a similar way that we saw happen with turntablism in the 90s.

there really is only so many ways it can evolve before we reach the point where only minor improvements can be made to the technology and applications of it. If crafty use of turntables and records is the proverbial "inventing of the wheel" of djing, than it seems like the digital dj era is the "first motor vehicle" and we've yet to see the peak of this new technology - but may very well see it in our lifetimes.

[Whitey]

I predict that things will be able to do more and get smaller in size

[BentoSan]

I predict a lot more Mac vs PC, Traktor vs Serato vs whatever else is new arguments, someone (probably with the help of Bento) will recreate most of Traktor and Serato's untilization in Ableton with M4L

Thats my dream !

I think a mixture of the user modifications working on commercial grade software will be the downfall of all the other music companies that leave their software closed off to the outside world(nearly every piece of dj software out there). The possibilities of doing what Ableton and Max are doing together is amazing and has certainly raised the bar to a new standard !

The best parts of open source and commercial software production will be mangled into a single entity which will free all musicians of many of the chains that currently hold back their creativity.

I for one am happy to partake in such a revolution