[Dynagroove] Tables for sale (Long response)

[aaron at tohzt.com]

if you're a good dj, you do need to discard her if she's tired, worn, and
sounds ugly, imo.

love,

_A
in response to: BadIYE at aol.com<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
>
> In a message dated 10/11/2007 3:41:49 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> josh at mindboxmedia.com writes:
>
> Don't  hate me :-)
>
> -Josh Billings
>
>
> Never!!!  =)
>
> You make great points.  I agree with many of your arguments pro-CDs,
> especially the bit about producers being able to play their newest stuff
> immediately, as well as DJs having more freedom to edit and be creative,
> and  play the
> latest stuff.  What I disagree about is that most DJ are NOT  taking
> advantage
> of this.   Also, because they need to make  money by volume, many
> producers
> have innundated the internet with so-called  new stuff that is all rehash
> of
> their sound (Exhibit A:  Joey  Youngman).  How many DJ sets have you heard
> that
> Youngman sound splashed  all over it?   Don't tell that was not common for
> a
> long  time.
>
> In addition, the cheapness of CDs as well as the ease of playing CDJS
> swells
> the number of people who consider themselves "DJs".  This may be
> anecdotal,
> but there is no way anyone can tell me that current sets can be
> differentiated between many djs.   When one sound is popular (say the
> Joey Youngman sound)
> it gets splashed all over the internet stores and it  creates a herd
> mentality.  Producers start making that same sound in  droves, and DJs
> start buying
> that sound in droves and then peddling it on the  dancers in droves.
> Exhibit B:
>  top 100 singles on _www.stompy.com_ (http://www.stompy.com) .
>
> If anything, DJs now fall along largely one dimensional styles.
> Jacking/Funky - "Deep" - Techy.  No one really mixes and matches.  IA
> really well
> constructed dj set that ignores those confines is a rare  thing.  This
> year, the
> only convincing one that was really special was by  Q-Burns Abstract @ The
> Good
> Life finale rooftop and he plays pretty much 100%  vinyl (he tells me it's
> because of the analog sound...go figure, huh?).   (He'll be playing at
> your club
> soon, no?...check out THAT set).  A distant  second is Oliver Desmet at
> Kinesic
> and from what I recall, he was either playing  all vinyl or a whole lot of
> it.
>
> I have listened to the difference between CDJs and Vinyl in the same  set.
> This happened all the time over the last 2 years of The Good  Life.  Vinyl
> always beat CDJs.  Many Producer/Djs will play their  newest stuff, and
> guess
> what, not compressed or mixed down quite right, and the  highs blows your
> ear out.
>  I remember clearly going to Therapy for my boys,  the Hawt crew.  When
> Gelly
> took over, he played great stuff, but did it all  on CDs, and the highs
> were
> noticeably elevated.  I actually had to leave,  so I can give my old fart
> ears
> a rest.  Right before Gelly came on, whoever  was on was playing only
> vinyl
> and it sound "warm".  If the warm sound I'm  speaking of is distortion to
> you,
> then maybe you and i need to have a listening  session...=)
>
> CDs and CDJs have the advantage for sure.  But vinyl should co-exist  with
> digital.  There is no need to simply discard a thing of beauty like  Vinyl
> like
> an old maid who "used to be pretty".  =)
>
> Imad.
>
>
>
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