What is the hardest skill to master as a DJ ? (not counting reading the crowd)
Thinking of technical issues, I have gotten the idea that beatjugging
must be the hardest, yes, no ?
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- webbie
Dec-28-2002 12:19
teknasia
a.k.a. Vylix
Registered: Jun 2001
Location: Zonhoven
not only the technical skills of a dj are important.. the most important is how you build up your set.. good music choice.. not playing 2 loud.. clean records ..
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Dec-28-2002 12:31
Acid John
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Oct 2002
Location: Close south suburb of Chicago, illinois, usa.
i agree w/ teknasia
Dec-28-2002 12:33
webbie
is this LIFE?
Registered: Apr 2001
Location: Sweden
Yes but I was thinking about technical issues like mixing, scratching,
remixing live and so on.
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- webbie
Dec-28-2002 12:39
Acid John
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Oct 2002
Location: Close south suburb of Chicago, illinois, usa.
well if your talking about pure technical skill, then i'd say beat juggling is the hardest
Dec-28-2002 12:46
teknasia
a.k.a. Vylix
Registered: Jun 2001
Location: Zonhoven
beat juggling - beat matching
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Dec-28-2002 13:06
Dj-Steve
Nu-NRGized
Registered: May 2002
Location: Thessaloniki
quote:
Originally posted by teknasia
beat juggling - beat matching
If this is true, then i shall agree. I also agree to teknasia's post here:
quote:
Originally posted by teknasia not only the technical skills of a dj are important.. the most important is how you build up your set.. good music choice.. not playing 2 loud.. clean records ..
Being a dj isn't just a bunch of transitions during a night. It needs some talent and of course, the crowd pleasure. If the crowd is pleased with the music you spin, then go on. A DJ has to "modify" his set according to the crowd needs (I mean the local neighbourhood DJ, and not pvd or tiesto those are professionals of the music they play and their crowd knows what to expect when seeing them performing live!)
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Pure 30cm
Dec-28-2002 13:21
Walter Mindz
4 The Evolution Of Trance
Registered: May 2001
Location: Hamilton (downtown), Ontario, CaNaDa
quote:
Originally posted by teknasia
beat juggling - beat matching
Beat Juggling is not beatmatching/beatmixing at all. It's like scratching... Djing skill tricks that are usually heard only in dj battles like DMC. Beat Juggling is where you have 2 records and you create a new beat by going back and forth from each deck at a fast speed.
Dec-28-2002 16:13
Luke Terry
tranceaddict oldskool
Registered: Oct 2001
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
beat juggling is pretty tough, but advanced scrathing is imo rather harder as beatjuggling is mostly 1 handed fader work, whereas good scratching can use both hands, 1 on the vinyl, 1 on a fader/eq. give eddie haliwell sets a listen
Originally posted by quddha
Turntablist skills... so many people can mix like our idolized dj's, but not as many can cut and scratch as well as the best turntablists.
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those are professionals of the music they play and their crowd knows what to expect when seeing them performing live!)
