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I don't know why you are collecting vinyl records still. Everyone needs a hobby. I used to collect baseball cards (I still have a ton of Nolan Ryan cards from the late 80s that probably aren't worth much).
There is no intrinsic value to vinyl records, just as there is no intrinsic value to baseball cards. If you love vinyl, terrific... more power to you (I'm 100% serious. Everyone should have a hobby they are passionate about.) But that doesn't change the fact that mixing with vinyl is a dieing 'artform.' Vinyl may never completely die out, but it likely will end up on life support.
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"There is no intrinsic value to vinyl records"
You tell that to the mass who have purchased or collected vinyl for almost a century. Did I mention the medium has lasted since the late 1800's? Vinyl's certainly have a sentimental value. Who's going to be collecting dry, intangible and "emotionless" mp3's 10 years down the track and call them a cherished collection that no one else could have? Comparing Vinyls to baseball cards in terms of value is the equivalent of comparing a fully operating automobile to a toy car.
Baseball card's do not mean shit in this context. If DJ'ing (or "collecting") with vinyl is going to be considered a hobby down the track, so be it. I'm guessing all the subordinate Vinyl DJ's seen from the top of your ivory tower are also seen as the lifeless hopeless peasants in your view that require a trivial "hobby" in order to for them to sustain any sort of "life support", who pale in comparison to a glorified digital king like yourself who mixes with digital files because its cool nowadays and it is the DJ'ing standard eh?. I'd rather proudly call myself a "Disc Jockey" who can physically MIX records with SKILL than ending up joining a band-wagon of digital wankers who press buttons and check Facebook at the same time to rake cash and barely do anything while the clueless drunk or zombified idiots on the dancefloor barely have any idea or give a shit about the unique technical skill that makes the DJ, a DJ.
Next thing you know, software will completely replace the DJ and have its own mixed-in-key features integrated into the DJ'ing application along with artificial intelligence randomly selecting tracks to play out to a crowd via a video camera called 'Crowd Reader v 2.0' and people like yourself would say, "this is the future of DJ'ing, so you better move on whether you like it or not". Do you consume everything that is spoon-fed and shoved down your throat?
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The ability to use CDs over vinyl was a HUGE step. Now a DJ doesn't have to lug around a huge crate of records to each gig and he can make copies of his songs in case something happens to the original.
Relatively recently, the ability to use a USB stick over CDs has been another HUGE step. Now a DJ doesn't have to lug around a case of CDs.
These two breakthroughs reduced the size and weight of media that the DJ has to carry by a factor of 5-10.
It is true that older equipment still works, but the progress that has been made since the 1970s is not insignificant.
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They are not DJ's. They are lazy ****s looking to make a quick buck because they are too weak to "haul" a bunch of records? Pussies. Seriously though, what is so entertaining about watching a DJ shove in a tacky CD or USB stick, waiting to nudge the jog-wheel a few times at every transition or clicking the mouse on their laptops? Don't get me started on the possibilities of special "Effects" and looping either. This is another form of wankery that watered down and defiled the artform of DJ'ing.
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Possibly. But how many people still do that? Why don't you do that? Assuming you could find out online how to make your own bread from scratch I doubt you would make it everyday because it is inconvenient. |
Speaking of bread making, I have my own handy little appliance that bakes the fresh ingredients for me so I don't have to constantly walk to the supermarket everytime I run out, and the final product tastes like win. Saves me alot of money as well. My diet doesn't consist of bread everyday though so that isn't a problem.
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This is the future of beatmatching.
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Beatmatching won't even be a common term in the DJ'ing scene anymore. Every track will probably just be stitched together to make it "easier" for the light hearted.
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Last edited by stealthman on Nov-19-2010 at 03:22
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