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[w3bsp0t]

Controllerism borrows its name from turntablism. These terms are essentially the same idea, but they revolve around different instruments. DJs who emphasize performance and approach their tools as musical instruments needed a way to differentiate themselves from DJs who just play records.
Controllerism is the art of manipulating sounds and creating music live, using a wide variety of instruments like computer controllers, software, turtables, synth and mixer.

A Single instrument user for example a live synth, hits or special effects unit is also participating in controllerism.

The art of djing has evolved from the classic setup of only turntables and a mixer To a modern day music track, sample and sound composer which blends dozens of styles in an effort to entice and educate their audience.
Not having the traditional restrictions of a Turntable Dj Or CD Dj the Controlism Dj has a lot more instruments to his disposal and has the capability to play dozens of tracks, sounds on demand predefined or on the fly.

Kind of stuck on the history part there is so much info

[Monika.mhz]

I say we stick with making it a stub for now, and evolve it as time goes on. wiki's rarely go up in all their splendor on day 1!

[w3bsp0t]

Controllerism borrows its name from turntablism. These terms are essentially the same idea, but they revolve around different instruments. DJs who emphasize performance and approach their tools as musical instruments needed a way to differentiate themselves from DJs who just play records.
Controllerism is the art of manipulating sounds and creating music live, using a wide variety of instruments like computer controllers, software, turtables, synth and mixer.
A Single instrument user for example a live synth, guitar, hits or special effects unit is also participating in controllerism.

I chopped of the last part goes more into djing again
what do you think ?

[Monika.mhz]

note how in the turntablism article everything is summed up within the first few sentances.

Turntablism is the art of manipulating sounds and creating music using phonograph turntables and a DJ mixer. The word 'turntablist' was coined in 1995 by DJ Babu[1] to describe the difference between a DJ who just plays records, and one who performs by touching and moving the records, stylus and mixer to manipulate sound. The new term co-occurred with a resurgence of the art of hip hop style DJing in the nineties.

The first sentence should be a quick definition. and the following few should give a quick explanation of that definition.

i.e. Controllerism is the art and practice of using MIDI controllers to build upon, scratch, remix, effect, modify, or otherwise create music. The term was coined by Moldover and popularized by DJ Ean Golden to describe the process of using the MIDI controllers to control the music while paying homage to and giving respect to the art of turntablism.

[BentoSan]

Yeah using the turntablism article as a kind of reference for how we should write for the controllerism wiki entry is a good idea (atleast for the first paragraph anyway)

Nice one Moniker.

[w3bsp0t]

Controllerism is a musical composition of sounds using a vast variety of instruments. The term was coined by Moldover and popularized by DJ Ean Golden to describe the process of using the MIDI controllers to control the music while paying homage to and giving respect to the art of turntablism.

History

first sign of controllerism dates as far back as 1950s with the introduction sound collage.

this technique has evolved into the modern day Controllerism and it is used in studios, clubs, concerts and internet events around the world.

[Monika.mhz]

of course I have a bit of bias to the way I put it...even though it needs to be retooled slightly.

But I think a short stub one paragraph description is all the page needs at this stage.

and well...I like my description. lol, Bento, care to retool my description at all? or do you like webspots more? I'll resign to bento's decision. ^_^

[BentoSan]

Well lets not worry too much about the history of it for the moment, thats going to take some thought and some more research.

I think Monikers version has a nice ring to it, lets go with that too start with.

Just a couple things, i know midi controllers get across the point but not everyone is using midi to control their instruments. It would be nice to replace "MIDI controllers" with something thats a bit broader that incorperates all controllerists - we have some people using computer keyboards, other people using gaming pads, then there are OSC controllers.

Perhaps "controllers" is sufficent unless you guys can think of something else that gets the point across better.

[Monika.mhz]

Controllerism is the art and practice of using controllers (e.g. MIDI, OSC, Joysticks, etc) to build upon, mix, scratch, remix, effect, modify, or otherwise create music. The term was coined by Moldover and popularized by DJ Ean Golden to describe the process while paying homage to and giving respect to the art of turntablism.

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[BentoSan]

Controllerism is the art and practice of using controllers (e.g. MIDI, OSC, Joysticks, etc) to build upon, mix, scratch, remix, effect, modify, or otherwise create music. The term was coined by Moldover and popularized by DJ Ean Golden to describe the process while paying homage to and giving respect to the art of turntablism.

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That sounds good to me