[Dynagroove] [Fwd: Quiz???]

[William Yardley]

On Wed, Jun 28, 2006 at 05:41:04PM -0400, thelovelymissv at aol.com wrote:
 
> on a side note...David Mancuso isn't all he's cracked up to be (sorry
> I know a lot of you idolize him, but it's the truth).  Larry Levan
> took it to the next level.  Mancuso never really learned to mix.  So,
> he has an extensive record collection...so fucking what...he doesn't
> mix his records.  I respect him for being one of the pioneers of our
> music, however, I can only give credit for that and for nothing else.

(There was a great thread about something similar on this list a couple
years back - but so far I haven't been able to dig it out of the
archives or my old sent mail.)

There's a difference between choosing not to mix and not "learn[ing] to
mix". Ultimately, the goal is to make people dance, and I think Mancuso
does a great job of that. I didn't find his style distracting at all.
For the style of music he plays, mixing doesn't even really make sense.
He intentionally doesn't mix because he has a lot of respect for the
music he's playing.

DJing isn't just about mixing and your record collection - it's also
about programming, and I think that's probably one of the hardest things
about it.

Maybe he's a little kooky and a bit self-indulgent, but you have to give
the guy respect - and not just for "being one of the pioneers of our
music" (and anyway, isn't that enough?).

Interestingly, I heard him manage a couple of pretty great transitions
at the LA party without even using headphones.

w