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Originally posted by squeak_D:
I'm not a DJ Donny However.., I personally know quite a few DJ's. I've seen DJ skill levels range from the most basic individual who just turns on some lights.., switches CD's and talks in the mic, all the way up to DJ's that could "easily" hang with top keyboard/synth players.

You'd be surprised how many DJ's are actually synth, guitar, and drum players too. If I had a $1.00 for every time I saw a MicroKorg, Moog, R3, Ion, and other well known synths in a DJ's rig.., I'd have retired years ago!

You have to take into consideration the venue as well. How many of you guys here would show up to a Rave.., or "modern" dance crowd with your arrangers to put on a show..?? The arranger keyboard can't cut it for this venue.., and I would even go as far as saying some of the major workstations aren't enough for the job either.

To be a "damn good" DJ you MUST know how to turn a modern sampler "inside out". You have got to be a pro at using one. You also must be extremely familiar with the use of a modern groovebox. You have got to learn how to scratch (and scratch the hell out of a record too). The list just goes on for a good DJ's qualifications.

What I don't understand is why they take so much heat on this forum too. Many here play their gigs with preset keyboard styles or midi files. If you're playing a popular song and have the majority of the song being handled by a style (while also switching from one variation to the next).., aren't you "essentially" DJ'ing to some extent?

Don't forget..., MANY of the DJ's out there (the really good ones) completey chop up a song, remix it.., and manually play solos overtop of the the mix with a synth (WHILE) scratching a record.., triggering various patterns from a groovebox or samples from a sampler.

Like I said.., before you knock what these guys/gals do.., try it for yourself and see if you can keep up. It only "LOOKS" easy.

Sqk

[This message has been edited by squeak_D (edited 08-09-2010).]


Squeak all good points.....there's no getting around the splintered musical world that has evolved in the last 30 years due to the advent of computers and the Internet. Creativeness has flourished big time worldwide, & so has different instruments of all kinds to make Music ...like it or not is not the question. Years ago the whole world listened to the same music...but today with thousands of outlets to be heard by the masses it's a "free for all" of MEGA MAGNITUDES! Turning your nose at what you don't like will not change what has happened, or being an Egotistical Purist as well. I say, try to fit in somewhere, find YOUR Niche, embrace others talents, try to extract and absorb from what you see & hear musically and incorporate it into what YOU do somehow. CREATIVNESS is KING today, love it or leave it, Put it all together for your your own style of multitasking to make todays audiences happy. It's all out there for you to grab......
go for it while you still can



[This message has been edited by Dnj (edited 08-09-2010).]