Bad Digital DJs

[timgkelly]

a dj is a performer just like any other performer best to know what you are doing before you leave your house or let those who know get on with it
one thing being late will mess your whole night and set the crowd against you

i kind of agree with you there, but, I have been playing in bands since high school, probably 1 or 2 gigs a month since i turned 19. I know I can play guitar, and half decently. That goes for djing a well, but i find when i'm playing guitar, i can really zone out and not think about it. Its not that its really easy music to play either(i play in a 3 peice funk band). With a dj gig, you have got to have your shit together, there isn't much downtime, and its constant multitasking.


cheers!!

[Monika.mhz]

likening it to a guitarist i think is a falacy in logic.

Compare it more to like....say...keys player for a synthpop band. lots of multitasking and lots of work, performing and you gotta have your stuff together

[timgkelly]

i had to dictionary.com fallacy...ouch...

but, i see what you are saying, and you are right. DJing is not the same as playing guitar, but that was kind of what i was getting at. I have to learn to think before i write i guess (i just took the term "performer" and went on a bit of a tangent). I normally don't post message boards, but iv'e been reading this one for a while, and yas seem like a good bunch, just thought i'd try to get in on the convo.

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[DvlsAdvct]

I don't think Moniker was callin you stupid or anything, Tim. Feel free to engage in the discussion. If this had been like other forums there would have been a lot more colorful words expressing her disgust of your brain.

So yeah. Thread on!

[tekki]

I got your back DA.

[DvlsAdvct]

dass right nukka

[tekki]

I bring ya tha cover chuckachucka!

[Monika.mhz]

i wasnt insulting anyone. I was just saying if you compare it to a keys player the "performer" word applies much better!

[Ed Paris]

i have to say, that u shoulnd´t judge over all the dj´s who don´t know how to hook up in a club. i started djing with traktor and a mouse (not knowing how to dj with cds ore vinyl) and i kept on rocking traktor...till one day a friend told me that ihe is doing a party at a small local club and asked me if i could dj there. i said yes. and then i thought...hm what mixer what cables and so on.
so i went to an electronic store in my city an asked them how i can hook up my stuff and they told me how to.
i was lucky cause the guy who told me how to do it was a dj 2 and he said i could practise vinyl and cds at the store.
what i am trying to say is...blame on djs who don´t check out how it all works...but i hadn´t the chance to go to this store i wouldn´t know how to do it...
hm...i hope u understood what i was trying to say

[DvlsAdvct]

That's what I'm saying. You took the extra step and checked out how to do it.

You didn't show up to a club as a "rockstar DJ" and not have any clue what you're doing. You asked someone something.

Obviously I don't hold blame on all digital DJs, being I am one