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Re: To DJ or not to DJ - that is the question
I, for one, am very interested in hearing the results. When ever I
play a dance show I notice that DJs seem to get much the same response
that I get, yet lug much less.
I guess what I'm saying is, if I play out I want to entertain the
audience. A huge part of that for me *is* having fun while I'm doing
it. When it's a struggle to hear what you're doing, or move your gear
in and out of a venue, your fun can be squelched. Matthias mentioned
that "... I just cannot imagine having fun without holding a string or
touching some sensible surface... but thats me..." What do you mean by
"sensible surface"? The Pioneer CD player I spoke of (
http://www.djtools.com/pioncdinstoc.html ) seems to be a sensible
surface in my opinion. I've spent hours "performing" my Roland MC-307.
One of the reasons I bought is was because it was designed to be
played (as are the trend in such devices). If you spent some time with
the Pioneer CD player I spoke of, you'd see the same possibilities.
I *love* playing my guitar. I do it every day. Do I need to do it in
a performance situation? I don't think so... or at the least, I should
be more discrimination in when it's appropriate to bring it into the
world. If the performance is the focus, I say yes. If the focus is
socializing and dancing, I maybe think no.
Mark Sottilaro
On Sunday, March 16, 2003, at 10:29 PM, Gareth Whittock wrote:
> Funnily enough, at my next gig I'll be opening in DJ stylie. I've been
> umming and ahhing for ages about the pros and cons of a DJ approach so
> I've
> decided to give it a go and see what happens. I'll be playing chill out
> music from others as well as myself and filtering, delaying - LOOPING
> of
> course. Later on I'll be playing my own bizzarre guitarre ambient
> ethnic
> stuff as usual. I'll keep the group posted on the results.
> Incidentally, I agree about watching a guy with just a laptop - boring
> as
> hell if he's not doing anything else.DJ's are not particularly
> watchable -
> the focus is elsewhere - on the feet or in some rarely visited part of
> the
> brain.
>
> Gareth
>
> Should I become a DJ of my
>> own music? I think people are doing this. Anyone here doing this?
>> Could be a good way to go for this type of event. (where dancing and
>> socializing are the focus) When it's more of a show (like Loopstock)
>> then you go for performance mode. What do people think?
>>
>
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