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Originally posted by squeak_D:
What I don't understand is why they take so much heat on this forum too.


I understand what you are saying but if you look back on the majority of postings in this thread they weren't giving DJs any heat. They were simply talking about losing gigs to DJs. But I totally agree with you about DJ gigs that couldn't be filled by either arranger keyboard players or live bands. We didn't lose those gigs ... we were never a viable candidate for them.

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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.


Yep I agree with you but this isn't typical of most suburban DJs. 95% I see in bars don't do much more than talk into a mic and press start on CDs.


[This message has been edited by Nigel (edited 08-10-2010).]