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El K Dee, don't you use a laptop to DJ? So I guess your not a Dj either......and either is Addy, Greg Gow, Aadil, ect....
DJing evolves over time, from records to CD's to laptops to what ever is next. DJ is supposed to be about performing for a crowd and entertaining them through music. Sure one day it literally meant "Disc Jockey", even though that was for the radio guys, but that meaning has evolved to mean so much more. Just like some people insisted using CD's wasn't real DJing at one point (actually, probably still do), people now say that using laptops isn't. I've never used a laptop to DJ, but I can appreciate the people who do. It seems to be that a proper laptop DJ can be even more creative than just using CD's (thats way I moved to CD's, becasue I could be more creative), and that's what it's all about. We creative a sound for the audeince, we don't just play a record from start to finish.
In fact, if you guys had actaully READ the article where Deadmau5 spoke about other Dj's, he was saying he doesn't respect DJ's who just play other people's tracks. He thought that DJ's should be creating their own music and doesn't respect the guys that don't.
Sure, he uses loops and effects and re-edits the tracks live. That is what DJing is all about, creating your own sound. He is a DJ, he plays tracks, he creates his own sound with other tracks, he entertains.
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