we had a certain esl group come dj at a party and they sucked. thet
where the oppisite thou, producers gone dj to cash in on their fame.
good selection but bad skills...alot of people left cause it was just
so so. the truth is they played alot of songs the local talent would
ply, dope stuff, but couldn't mix the stuff.
good selection, bad skills = less than great party
i have experience the flip side, no skills, good selection = rockin
party
i still think both is best.
why strive for one of the two when both are attainable?
the only reason i see for not working on skills is laziness.
i'm not trying to call people w/o extrodinary skills lazy, just those
who don't work on thier skills and say "selection is all thats
important".
brad
> a DJ with no technical skills but with good track selection can still
> make a
> party rock, while a dj with great technical skills (ie beatmixing,
> EQ;ing,
> etc.) but a bad trackselection can really freez the floor..... look
> for an
> example at the producers turning DJ to promote their stuff...
>
> Olaf
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: milkweed <chetpeng@yahoo.com>
> To: 1 <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
> Sent: maandag 23 juli 2001 19:07
> Subject: skills?selection?both
>
>
> > i've been thinking.
> > i keep hearing a large emphasis on track selection.
> > it would seem to me that song selection is a nobrainer. i don't
> know a
> > dj who isn't always looking for new interesting music to play.
> > not one who would subscribe to this list anyway.
> > i also sense that alot of people have a negative idea about people
> who
> > focus on skills.
> > i liiked essentials analogy to the dj being like a mc freestyling,
> on
> > the fly.
> > if i make the parrallel to mcing again i would have to point out
> that
> > the mc who knows a plethora of 50 cent words is good, but if he has
> no
> > delivery it's worthless.
> > if he has delivery but says nothing, also worthless.
> > i think we can all agree the key is balance.
> > brad
> >
> > =====
> > "the dopest, flyest, O.G., pimp, hustla, gangsta, playa living
> today"
> >
> > __________________________________________________
> > Do You Yahoo!?
> > Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo!
> Messenger
> > http://phonecard.yahoo.com/
>
=====
"the dopest, flyest, O.G., pimp, hustla, gangsta, playa living today"
__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger
http://phonecard.yahoo.com/
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b30 : Tue Jul 24 2001 - 01:21:12 CEST