So here's the thing, I went out to a product demo for Traktor Pro 2 and Maschine and was treated to the reason why I think true DJ'ing is going down the toilet.
Call me old fashioned (or just plain old, I'm 36) but I think DJ'ing is more the banging on you're S4, loading up four tracks with the same bpm, in the same key and proceed to create a series of breakdowns interspersed with some standard tech house in between.
Technology makes it easy to juggle tracks, keep thing in tempo and have three tracks running together. This was a tough task with vinyl and beatmatching, impossible for me but when you work with two deck and a mixer you have to craft a mix, work the rhythm, build the momentum and let the music do the work, take the audience (if there is one...) on a journey. Choose your tunes, don't rely on sync, loops and effects.
Anyhoo, apologies for the rant. I'm not saying technology is bad, 'cause I love Traktor, wouldn't go back to vinyl (well only to transfer to mp3) but tech doesn't make a DJ a DJ, it's more than that......
Cheers
Colin
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