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Simon Cowell / Will Smith launch new TV talent show to find the world's greatest DJs

http://www.nme.com/news/various-artists/61640

The X Factor mogul Simon Cowell has announced that he will be launching a new TV talent show which aims "to find the world's greatest DJ's".

The show, which does not yet have a title, will operate in a similar manner to the X Factor, with DJ's battling it out to secure fame and fortune, reports Music Week.

Speaking about the project, Cowell described DJ's as "the new rock stars" and said that the show will capture the rise of "DJ phenomena". The show has been in development for over a year.

The show will be co-produced by Cowell's company SyCo and production group Overbrook, which is owned by actor Will Smith and his wife Jada Pinkett-Smith.

Simon Cowell said of the show: "We have been working on this show for over a year and we wanted to partner with the right people. As soon as I met Jada and Miguel from Overbrook, I knew they would be our ideal partners. DJ's are the new rock stars, it feels like the right time to make this show."

Jada Pinkett Smith said: "This show will comb the world to find a new breed of talent. I am happy to be creating it alongside Simon Cowell, the Sony team, and my partner Miguel Melendez, on behalf of the Overbrook family."

It is still unknown which UK and US TV networks will broadcast the show, with more details expected to be confirmed shortly.

If there's one thing I trust it's Simon Cowell's take on DJing.

oh shit, the next deadrat

How are they going to represent a 2 hour dj set on a 1 hour show?

probably more about tracks and how they mix then the set itself

but we already know that david guetta is the worlds best dj. The dj mag poll results proved that to us.

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Originally posted by MR STROKE How are they going to represent a 2 hour dj set on a 1 hour show?

yeah basically. I'd think for the show to be successful they'd have to focus on live performances from producers and not actual djs or djing.

i.e., max cooper (live), nero(live), chase & status(live), and others who perform their shows live. Maybe some room for zabiela.

That being said, there is no fucking way these guys would show the whole world how they do their live shows.

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probably more about tracks and how they mix then the set itself

This would fill about one episode

one of the judges will be that pauly d guy

i doubt its gonna be established DJ's who are on the show....probably more like those guys would be judges....im sure it will be just regular bedroom dj's looking for a shot at stardom

like scratching and looping and shit?
hahahaha

I know everyone swears house music is superior... But Pauly D is one of the most famous house DJs out there.

I mean, I love fist pumping too.... Just sayin'

I wanna see Bryan Kearney and Jordan Suckley get up there....

this can't really work....it's just going to be a bunch of "loops & effects" dj's who try to out trick each other. reading your crowd, playing the right tunes at the right time, proper blends, being excited, pacing the night, and sharing exciting new material is the art of dj'ing. this is why not too many dj's are musical guests on letterman, conan or snl - you can't really sum it up so quickly! end of rant.

I seriously doubt it will have any real EDM dj's. It's probably gonna be all pop/top40/mainstream edm crap. Just watch.

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Originally posted by DjWoody I seriously doubt it will have any real EDM dj's. It's probably gonna be all pop/top40/mainstream edm crap. Just watch.

edm is top 40 now

As if we need another Pauly D... Nothing good will come of this.

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Originally posted by drEamer oh shit, the next deadrat

he doesnt dj....in fact hardly ANYONE you all talk about on TA are true "Dj's" here is one of a handful of people who get brought up on TA who DJ...

It will never work - it's actually been done several times before and failed.

Pete Tong and Carl Cox tried to do a show of the same content about a decade ago when DJ culture was peaking in the UK and Pete Tong was arguably one of the most famous DJ's in the world and it died a sad death.

You can't showcase anything apart from turntablism in a 1 hour timeslot (with 15 mins worth of commercials).

The fact that Cowell is trying to do it just means he's desperate for another hit (x factor is not working out the way he hoped and Idol is on it;s last legs).

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Originally posted by bigperf he doesnt dj....in fact hardly ANYONE you all talk about on TA are true "Dj's" here is one of a handful of people who get brought up on TA who DJ...

That's a style of DJing.

Sitting behind a laptop and or playing a prerecorded set in front of a mixer is DJing.

It's playing music...which is was a DJ does...regardless if you think it's DJing or not, it is.

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A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" (sometimes spelled "disk", although this is now uncommon) referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.

Real DJ

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Originally posted by DJ RANN It will never work - it's actually been done several times before and failed. Pete Tong and Carl Cox tried to do a show of the same content about a decade ago when DJ culture was peaking in the UK and Pete Tong was arguably one of the most famous DJ's in the world and it died a sad death. You can't showcase anything apart from turntablism in a 1 hour timeslot (with 15 mins worth of commercials). The fact that Cowell is trying to do it just means he's desperate for another hit (x factor is not working out the way he hoped and Idol is on it;s last legs).

Yes, it's been done. As a matter of fact, there's one airing right now on BET. It's called Master Of The Mix and it's a freakin' joke!

Check out what Deadmau5 has to say about it.

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DJ Talent shows and the like.
by deadmau5 on Thursday, January 26, 2012 at 11:46am
Listen, first of all... let's keep this in mind... a concept like this, and it's predecessors are. Entertainment. We've seen alot of shows like this, american idol, dance off, dancing with the stars, blah de blah, we've seen it all. And it sure seems that EDM has been deemed fashionable these days to warrant it's own long overdue primetime slot to the masses.

Theres just no way in hell im going to come out guns blazing with an attitude like "fuck this, this isnt real DJ'ing, or has nothing to do with anything and blah blah blah" This concept, if anything, is going to catapult the awareness of EDM through the roof. People dont have to embrace this as gospel... nobody's asking anyone to.

Im guilty as charged, i've occaisionally stumbled on some "talent show" here and there and found myself locked into it simply due to it's entertainment value.... whether it's some total fuckhead faceplanting on live television, or some lil kid singer who's actually pretty damn good. both eqally entertaining... but you wont see me sitting there thinking "OH GOD, THEYRE RUINING EVERYTHING FOR EVERYONE" they arent.

A show concept like this new DJ one im hearing about is going to effectively do one thing, raise awareness to EDM. Yup, our poor little coveted secret cool underground society will be thrown into the masses. Is this a bad thing? i dont think so, let me explain why:

For the past couple of decades, weve had tons of amazing and talented DJ's, and were all very grateful for that, and there is a HUGE influx of new DJ's and producer hitting the feilds... so... with this new avalanche of new blood spilling ino the pot, that certaintly leaves the "scene in general" vulnerably to becoming very stagnant. Meaning, the same old stuff, done a million times over, sounding all very similar, looking all very similar, thus thrusting the culture into this "ive seen and heard it all before" phase.

Well, say we took on and embraced an idea such as a DJ talent show (which would no doubt become a smash hit) and used this as a conduit to see / hear / experience new things? Give the underdogs a shot, see what happens... and EVEN IF no massive worldwide careers busted out of it... well shit, sure would be entertaining to watch wouldnt it?

A few years ago, I felt i was in this spot that was just not going anywhere... i've played virtually every major nightclub in the world, and of course i felt very accomplished... but at the same time, i thought... well shit! this is it? now what? what happens after this? I could count the number of "DJs" or Producers on ONE HAND who could fill an arena, and put on a massive show. So i took a leap forward, put in millions into what you guys now know as that "cube" SHOW type thing.... not some dude mashing a crossfader and a play button. I wanted something more immersive than "a guy on a picnic table, playing songs together with an LED screen"

Funnily enough, the millions we put into that production didnt come out of my ass. It came from years of touring, playing clubs, and just having this vision with this whole mouse head thing. Fate just so happened to strap a rocketbooster under my mousey ass, and it literally took off to the moon. It's more organic than anything else, or at least more organic than winning a talent show.

HAVING THAT SAID. My first gig was in Halifax, all i had was a picnic table, a handful of my own productions, and an ugly ass mouse head that only cost me $500 to make. In front of an audience of 100 that i gave my all too, and well... here we are now.

So ask me if im against a kid standing in line with a brilliant idea and a worldwide audience. nope.

All i hope is that we can all tune into a show like this, laugh at the failures, and recognize and embrace originality / creativity / showmanship and passion. and for the purists and self proclaimed elitists out there, feel free to keep your noses in the air while were all VERY much pressured to compete or collaborate with all the new talent that will arrive from the bowlful of hype the EDM "scene" will receieve.

i, for one, am very much looking forward to having to work harder, be more creative, and come up with new and insane off the wall ideas to keep my own "deadmau5" project afloat. As for the rest of the artists out there hoping to keep theyre non-eveolving ideas afloat by doing the same things over and over and over again... well... good luck.

wheres the pic of him playing solitare, i needa save that on my HD

i also wonder if he has a PR person that writes these things for him now

so Deadmau5 is going to be a judge huh

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Originally posted by DjWoody Yes, it's been done. As a matter of fact, there's one airing right now on BET. It's called Master Of The Mix and it's a freakin' joke!

Ugh, that looks terrible.

Joel can say whatever, he's in a position that there's no such thing as bad press and for the few who are at that mainstream popular EDM level, an even bigger commercial spotlight is probably only going to make them (and him) more money.

For the scene itself, and for the finite quality of music, it's a truly terrible thing.

Not one ounce of credible music or artistry has come out of any of those so called "talent" shows so I kind of take Joel's post with a pinch of salt for the above mentioned reasons.

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