![]() ![]() New tools, new rules – but that doesn’t mean there isn’t room for everyone. After all, CDJs were hated when they came out, but are now an industry standard. I think digital DJing is going through the first two of these stages at the moment: Being ridiculed and violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.” So said German philosopher, Arthur Schopenhauer. The point is, if you’re a DJ who really loves your art, you’ll love everything it has to offer. Likewise: If you’re a digital DJ who thinks vinyl is overrated and lame, then you don’t really love DJing either. If you are a vinyl DJ and feel digital DJing is inferior and stupid, then sorry but for me, you don’t really love DJing. If you give respect to your tools, you’ll probably get more respect for using them. Mix on anything you can get your hands on – it will make you a strong, well-rounded DJ.Īnd don’t undercut other DJs’ prices just because your set up isn’t as elaborate as theirs it only hurts the profession. Give respect to those who came before you, and know your roots. You could do a lot worse than getting a set of turntables or at least messing around with someone else’s. If you can’t accomplish this, then you’re not yet a DJ – whatever you’re using to play the tunes on. DJs read their crowd and pick the tunes that seem to be meant for just that particular moment. Please understand that just because you have a program that automatically beatmatches, it doesn’t make you a DJ. And let’s face it: The technology is not going away. The essential experience with rocking the crowd still remains. ![]() (Let’s be honest, beatmatching is really not that big of a deal. They actually mean that now, DJs can enjoy their sets and the crowd even more, without having to worry about the small stuff. Midi controllers and tempo syncing aren’t your enemies they’re your friends. ![]() You spent hours practising, matching those beats and hauling around crates, and now today’s lucky DJs don’t have to! Think how cool it is that anyone who genuinely (believe me, you can tell who the genuine ones are) wants to know about DJing can now learn about it a lot more easily (and a lot more cheaply) than they could 10 or 20 years ago. Please, it’s time to embrace technology and nurture the DJs of the future. So how come people aren’t ridiculed for using a car and not a horse, or for not walking everywhere? And how come car drivers don’t routinely point and laugh at pedestrians for choosing to walk? Before we had horses, we used our own two feet. In fact, isn’t the mark of a good DJ someone who can rock the party using any available gear? I honestly struggle to understand it.īefore we had cars, we used horses. I’ve never once heard of an average clubber go up to a DJ and say, “You aren’t a good DJ because you aren’t using turntables.” Give me a break! A good DJ is a good DJ no matter what they use. Yet some DJs, it seems, are so fixated on the medium that they forget the two most important things about it all: the music and the experience. The dancefloor doesn’t think in terms of beat matching, BPMs, or “what kind of equipment you’re running” only DJs think about these things. Since when has a medium ever dictated the worth of an artist? After all, all that a turntable, CDJ, or Midi controller really is to a DJ is their medium. Now, whether you love where technology is taking DJing or whether you hate it, I’m writing today to ask both sides to try and see the bigger picture. Some are in favour of it and some are in extreme opposition to it – and as time goes by, the debate is – if anything – getting more brutal and less sensible. It seems like everyone is talking about the advent of modern technology in DJing.
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