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| quote: | Originally posted by Ishkur
"good" and "popular" are not synonymous.
If you people are really groping around for an explanation to why the biggest trance DJs are the biggest trance DJs, here's a more realistic breakdown than the one above (though I give props to your rationalizations, Zuli, however a bit naive):
*ahem*
1 - SKILL: 5%
This would be everything from beatmaching, mixing, record selection, phrase-locking, scratching, tricks, style and flavour. The technical competence of the DJ. For trance, not much beyond passing for general adequacy is required.
2 - TRACK SELECTION: 45%
The records a DJ plays defines him. So thus, he must play the most popular ones and not deviate into any unknown territory. It's still unclear why Tiesto playing a record somehow sounds better than a no-name local playing the same record, but people insist there is a difference.
3 - THE AUDIENCE: 50%
The bigger the event, the more incredible the DJ appears. This one requires a bit of an explanation:
"Why am I going to see him? Because he's famous. Why is he famous? Because I'm going to see him."
Hype works like a self-fulfilling prophecy. If you are told over and over again that the DJ is awesome and special and deserves to be worshipped, you will go there with the mission that you WILL be entertained, and that the DJ WILL be every bit as good as the hype says he is.
Moreover, the size and the scope of the audience helps alleviate (or mask, in some cases) the DJ's actual technical proficiency. Half of the blistering wonderment of by someone who attended Tiesto in Concert is not an objective critique of the DJ himself, but rather the atmosphere and environment that 25,000 people can generate. Hell, with that kind of audience, almost anyone can look like a superstar.
It's the same principal as how a comedic movie just seems much funnier in a crowded theatre than if you were watching it at home alone. The shared/mutual experience makes the whole thing much better; moods and feelings are addictive among a group of people. It's a herd mentality, really.
Put Tiesto in a gigantic stadium with only 10 people in attendence, and all 10 of them would have a less than stellar time than if they were in a stadium with 25,000 people. In effect, it is the people who make the event so incredible for themselves, not the DJ. The DJ simply seems larger than life in a massive venue than in a small dingy club or afterhours joint. But it is, in effect, theatre. He's not doing anything special. He's just presented like he is.
On the whole, people only generally like what their friends like, they go where their friends go, they enjoy what their friends enjoy. It's a popularity thing, not a skill or musicianship thing. If the crowd is large enough, all the DJ has to do is play music and fake the rest, and they will excuse him for almost any shoddy set.
Never underestimate the power of mass appeal. The list was constructed based completely on emotional impulses, not any objective critique or serious, rational consideration for professionalism. |
+1 Good post.
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) it became quite obviouse that most people judge DJs in the wrong way...
), followed by ur personal top 5/10/whatever DJs...ill start with the first post
