[Dynagroove] Long weekend

Mon May 12 15:18:49 PDT 2003

two words:  final scratch.

two more words: richie hawtin. nuff' said. cheers, a.

Brian Cabalic <brian at cabalic.com> wrote:I played @ King King a few weeks ago and played several songs till the end
and crossed over to the next song (closer to the end of my set).
That's just a chance the dj takes when they're up there. the crowd may like
it, the crowd may hate it.
Personally, i dont think there's anything wrong with it as long as you do it
tactfully and tastefully. Not saying i have tact and taste...but when
you're behind the decks "reading the crowd" that's just something you decide
to do to break the flow..or to bring in something new. Maybe you've got a
track with a really cool intro or spoken word that you want the crowd to
hear. If you can keep the dance floor, then really who cares? Once or twice
in a 3 or 4 or 5 hour set won't hurt.

Now that whole thing with CDs... i beg to differ. Though i'm like 80% vinyl
there's several reason i rock cds:

1. the track is a promo and it's not out yet.
2. the actual producer/label gave me the music on CDR (most time i'll end up
buying the vinyl eventually)
3. the track is a "classic" and i dont want to risk travelling w/ the wax
(yes, shit does get stolen).
4. i have the vinyl already, i just put together a "compliation cd" of
"hits" so that i can have them available if the feeling is right.

Now, there ARE djs out there that play all cd-s... Frankie Feliciano and
Mark Farina (as of late). I talked to a promotor about this once and he
said that Frankie was tired of getting his shit stolen, lost, etc when he
travels. Indeed, if you're a dj that travels often, this is appealing.
cause then you can always have a "backup copy" of your music at home ready
to ship if someone does decide to jack your shit.

Even though i believe that you have to "touch" the music you play (i.e.
vinyls), i will continue to play CDRs because i feel that's what i have to
do to stay competitive. If djs continue to play all cdrs that by their
choice for whatever reasons they have... but i dont feel that they should
have to defend themselves. If they rock the shit out of a crowd from a dj
booth, and nobody sees that he was using CDRs or final scratch... then that
obviously doesn't make them less artisitic than one that uses all vinyl.
They just happen to know how to use their tools and their music really well!

Brian

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Subject: [Dynagroove] Long weekend

> Ok, so I guess my weekend started on Thursday night.. and since I already
> reviewed that shindig, on to Friday night. I was originally going to go
to
> Free Thinkin but decided to go to Prana in Pasadena, Joplin's thingy. To
> listen to the homie Toddley play. It was my first time there. It was
> definitly an Interesting crowd, more of the college type crowd, "there to
> drink and oh hey look some sort of music is being played." Well anyways,
> Toddley played a pretty damn good set, very nice programming and fluid
mixes.
> I had to leave early, so I missed Joplin, but we all know how Joplin can
> through down. On to Saturday night. I hit up "Balance" at the King
King.
> I have to say how much I love Sue, she's such a down to earth person, and
> that it was messed up to see her so stressed from this, in my opinion
> horrible DJ from New York, but i'll get to that in a moment. First on was
> Kenny or Kemal, the resident DJ, he always, knows how to get the mood
going,
> and has some pretty good skills as well. Next on was DJ Smash, from New
> York, he had some dope ass tracks on CD's yes I said CDs, no records,
> whatsoever. OK, off on a little tangent, but come on. Bringing just CDs
to
> play. Yes I know, CDs are usually unreleased tracks, but shit what
happened
> to the artistry of DJing. Ya you can play with the programming, but as
for
> myself comming to watch and listen to a DJ play, I want to see his true
> skills. Besides from what I've heard it's not that difficult to use the
> CDJs. But I'm not a DJ, and that's just what I heard. Well back to
> Sarurday night, Smash ended at about 2:30 with some sloppy mixes, and the
CD
> track before his last he didn't even mix in, he just moved the fader over
to
> the other CD track that was playing. Thank god for Kenny, comming on back
> again. Seriously, the last hour and a half of the night was the best.
> Kenny, played if there was such a thing, "House Music's Best Hits!" It
was a
> nice way to end the night. And as for Sunday, three nights of going out
is
> good enough for me.
> Matt
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