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| quote: | Originally posted by stealthman
"There is no intrinsic value to vinyl records"
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Look up the word 'intrinsic.' I've heard many people say something like, "real DJs know the value of vinyl records," as if vinyl records are universally recognized as valuable.
Vinyl records, CDJs, USB sticks, chickens, clouds, etc... have no absolute value, only the value that we give them as individuals. If you highly value vinyl, that's fine. I do not value vinyl records any more than mp3s, and I imagine many of my generation feel similar.
| quote: | 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?.
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Ivory tower? Peasants?
Please find the quote where I say I am a better DJ for autosync'ing. What's that? Doesn't exist? Darn.
I happily acknowledge that many DJs who have posted in this thread likely are 'better' than me, whether they use vinyl or CDJs. But my talent-level has nothing to do with me seeing the long-term trends in DJing.
| quote: | 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.
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If you like vinyl, great. I truly, truly do not care what media you use to mix with. Really, I don't.
At some point you are going to have to deal with the fact that the use of software and hardware that make DJing easier will be more and more commonplace. You don't have to use it, but your competition will.
| quote: | 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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This WILL be the future of DJing. Maybe it will take 20+ years to get there, but it will happen.
| quote: | | 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? |
It sounds like you have a very narrow definition of 'DJ.' You are entitled to it, of course.
| quote: | 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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You aren't making the bread, the machine is. You are autosync'ing bread making instead of manually bread making.
I'll bet there is a BreadAddicts forum somewhere with a thread talking about how automatic bread makers are ruining the 'art' of bread making.
| quote: | | 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. |
Probably.
Most EDM songs already are designed to mix nicely together with 1 or 2 phrases of simple drum kicks at the beginning and end of the song.
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Last edited by Apeattack on Nov-20-2010 at 09:50
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