… I assume that’s sarcasm. Saying, “if your laptop fails, just use CDs” is EXACTLY the same.
Not really. CDJ’s are the standard.
He did that but the next day.
Clearly not for Richie Hawtin. Or Bass Kleph. Or Moldover. Or Ean Golden. Or Skrillex. Or DJ Angelo. Or Deadmau5. Or Shiftee. Or Craze. Or most of the DJs I know.
Wow. There are individuals who don’t play cdj’s? You don’t say. They’re still the standard in every venue around the world. Everyone should be prepared to play on them if their gear fails IMO. Yes, even Ritchie Hawtin. You think if Craze or Shiftee had issues with their kit they’d refuse to play? LOL.
Sigh.
Skrillex plays off cdjs btw.
He uses a laptop with an M-Audio Trigger Finger as well though.
EDIT: AND… http://badgerherald.com/artsetc/2011/01/21/skrillex_rescheduled.php
Nice reply. If only he had Reload gear, right?
The point is that he could have used this as an opportunity to make the show special or different. NI is using him to promote their app as a real world dj’ing alternative, right? He could have used it as an opportunity to showcase what the app can do.
Obviously, I’m in no position to question Hawtin, but not playing because of equipment failure is kind of a cop out IMO.
I can’t agree with this. So now he’s just the guy who pushes the play button on replacement equip on a record he didn’t bring? What’s the point?
You mean Reloop?
+1 to this. Besides playing with music you barely or don’t even know tends to be A) a nightmare or B) a quite generic set.
not anymore
The point is that people came to see him, not his laptop. You’ve never seen a big international DJ play somebody else’s records because theirs were lost on the flight? It happens all the time.
Jimmy Hendrix - “shit i’ve smashed all my guitars up, I can’t play tonite”
Promoter - “here’s a bass, get on stage”
Crowd - “what the fuck is Jimmy doing trying to play Purple Haze on bass. I want my money back I came to see him play guitar”
Don’t kid yourselves that people wouldn’t ask for their money back. Probably the same people getting on Hawtins back. The never ending whiners of this world.
Stop being so bloody-minded. The medium doesn’t matter… unless that medium is what makes your performance stand out.
Whats the point in spending all that time and effort in putting a show together if your just gonna wing it and do a lesser show just cus something out of your control happens.
Cancel / Reschedule.
no, he doesn’t anymore from what i know
Yeah but you wouldn’t expect Usain to carry an extra ankle in his gig bag either.
I think the grander take away here is that equipment fails, even to the guys who have mutliple back up solutions. Guys like Hawtin can afford to say “fuck it, I can’t play” to much dislike of folks who came to see him. I’ve seen him live, not my thing, but he’s great at what he does. No way could he replicate his set on the fly on a set of CDJ’s, perhaps the other take away is live by the sword then die by the sword. If you rely on technology that much, then when it fails you are up shit’s creek. I don’t think most folks on this forum have the luxury of not playing a gig when their gear goes south. Have a back up, and have a back up to your back up because it happens. The techy poster child just rolled a gutterball.
He’s been using just CDJ’S since mid last year. the page you linked to is two years old.
That’s an awful analogy. A bass and guitar are different instruments. DJ’ing mediums are the same instrument. Hawtin is still basically playing records through a different medium. It’s more of the equivalent of Hendrix borrowing the guitar from another band playing that night.
NI runs a video of Hawtin playing out with the Traktor DJ app. He’s obviously comfortable playing that medium.
From a fan’s perspective, would you be more upset that Hawtin refused to play, or played a different medium?
It’s about the damn music, not the medium. Hawtin is fully capable of playing vinyl or cdj’s.
… i hear ya but, a back of a back of a back would me a shit load of equipment just for one DJ.
A backup is all anyone can reasonably expect. There HAS to be a point were fait shits in an artist kettle and you have to say sorry folks I cannot play.
It is unreasonable to expect anything else.
God knows the amount of bands that cancel on the night due to a singers voice going.