I'm fairly new to this whole thing, but I've been spinning seriously for about a year and am pretty confident in my skills. Over the past few months I've been contacting local club promoters in Boston, just trying to get my foot in the door and what not.
Then last night, I saw a status posted by one of the bigger Top-40/college-party-night DJs/promoter that read "Attn: DJ's who only play on Midi Controller's. Just buy 'DJ Hero' for XBOX , its much cheaper! Either way, i'm NOT booking you !"
Needless to say, it sparked about a 60 comment battle between the traditionalists and "us".
I always read on the boards about the difficulties controllerists face, but I had never experienced it myself until now. It sparked a sense of rage and pride that made me realize how much I have come to love this craft. Quite sad that talented DJs are being denied playing time because of what they choose to play with.
here was my response for anyone interested..
"I think thats pretty close minded. There is so much more creativity available to a DJ who doesn't spend time beat matching. That's not to say the skill isn't important, or something that all DJ's should learn, but its an archaic skill that really takes no musical talent, but merely practice.
On another note, how about a controllerism vs tradtional DJing battle at Throwed? Let us "new kids" who supposedly can't DJ show you that we can rock a party on the same level, if not better than turntablists and pioneer fanboys could ever dream of!"
/rant
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