Hey guys,
DJ Craze released a bossy routine yesterday, after which he made a post stating that he made it because he felt that DJing was not respected the way it should be. Deadmau5 has also recently been going on another one of his "DJing is super easy and requires no skill"rants.
My question for you; do you feel respected? Do you feel respected when you play? Does it depend on the venue? How do people react when they find out you DJ? And so on and so forth.
EDIT:
Thanks for the responses guys, I think my initial post was a little vague. I'm not talking about personal respect (receiving respect as a person), I'm talking about respect for the art form. Over the last few months with SNL skit, Paris Hilton thing, the selfie guys "performing" on american idol, etc. the mainstream is beginning to see DJing as a little gimmicky. Craze, Shiftee, Endo, A-trak and tonnes of others have made responses because it bothers them that their art form is being treated as something trivial rather than being explored more deeply.
What I meant to ask was, on a local level, how do you guys think the people at your gigs feel about djing as an art form?
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