[Dynagroove] RE: James Curd and his IPod

[Pat SchooLastra]

Wow!
I had no idea....that really must have been a let-down.
Pauses between tracks!?!?!?!?...unreal...
I am not sure if that was discussed here on his last visit, but that
really does blow.

James is a great DJ...I have been lucky enough to catch some of his sets
both here in LA and elsewhere.
Hopefully, he will throw down live....only one way to find out for sure
though,
 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - GO TO DYNAGROOVE!

-----Original Message-----
From: Dustin Ames [mailto:dustin at breakofdawn.org] 
Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 4:39 PM
To: Pat SchooLastra; 'Lynsey H'; Dynagroove
Subject: Re: James Curd and his IPod


Let me just preface this by saying that I've seen James Curd play out
before, and he's a really good DJ, when he's DJing.  He didn't have the
iPod as part of his set.  The iPod was his set.  'Track begins, track
plays, track ends.  Select new song.  Repeat.'

I don't have a problem with using multiple formats.  I think Final
Scratch and Scratch Live are really cool and innovative inventions.
MP3, CD, Vinyl, hell...throw in some tape loops, I don't care, as long
as it makes me want to dance.  And the pause between songs as the iPod
buffered killed any intentions I had to dance.  I felt like I was
sitting in front of a stereo. I just take offense to the fact that he
couldn't just lay down a set.  It makes me wonder why he even had to be
there, he could have just shuffled the tracks and left his iPod up there
while he dicked around, got a drink, whatever.

It was the equivalent of being at someone's house and having them say,
"Hey, I have a track you should listen to. <plays song> Wow, wasn't that
cool...here's another. <searches through list of songs, plays song>
This really shows off how good of a DJ I am."  I don't go out just to
hear a good song selection...if I want that, I'll stay at home in front
of iTunes and save myself some money on beer.

Dustin


On 8/8/05 4:13 PM, "Pat SchooLastra" <pat at godskitchen.com> wrote:

> Just curious....whats the difference between an ipod, cd player or a 
> laptop from the dancefloor? Even a turntable is just buttons and 
> such...'spin' is a very flexible word these days...
> 
> CD vs. Vinyl vs. MP3....what is the difference?
> I used to feel that a DJ should play only Vinyl and that's it. Now I 
> realise that I can get tracks that on vinyl, were mastered horribly 
> and play very 'muddy'. On mp3 or cd they sound dynamic (especially the

> mid and high frequencies).
> I have about a 1/2 crate of great tunes that I could never play out
due
> to their sound quality.
> Now that I have found them in another format, they sound great.
> 
> Is this something that would actually make you NOT go and see James 
> perform?
> 
> I am curious as I book a lot of acts and its only the house crowd that

> seems to have a problem with this. Most of the artists out there use 
> the 'quick' formats (like MP3 or
> laptop/digital) so they can contsantly be adding new music and remixes

> to their sets. This is especially true for DJ's who travel for long 
> periods of time. I would think that this would be something that would

> be embraced by the audience, rather than looked at as a bad thing.
> Especially in an age where most dj's don't even mix more than 3-4 bars
> at a time.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dynagroove-bounces at dynagroove.com 
> [mailto:dynagroove-bounces at dynagroove.com] On Behalf Of Lynsey H
> Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 2:40 PM
> To: dustin at breakofdawn.org; dynagroove at dynagroove.com
> Subject: Re: [Dynagroove] A huge night at free thinkin this friday
> 
> 
> Yeah...I'd like to hear James actually spin this time.  I wasn't 
> impressed with the iPod debut the last time he came to Boardner's.
> 
> ~Lynsey
> 
>> From: Dustin Ames <dustin at breakofdawn.org>
>> To: Dynagroove <dynagroove at dynagroove.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Dynagroove] A huge night at free thinkin this friday
>> Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2005 13:23:52 -0700
>> 
>> Will James be rocking the iPod like last time?  Or will he actually 
>> be spinning?
>> 
>> Dustin
>> 
>> 
>> On 8/8/05 11:17 AM, "Cade" <con at dynagroove.com> wrote:
>> 
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> 
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