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Originally posted by Demoted dj does not equal production. Going to see a dj for their productions is like liking a chef because they grow their own crops and not because they cook well.

That's probably the best analogy I've ever read.

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Originally posted by RJT That's probably the best analogy I've ever read.

Inspired by Mitch Hedberg

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Originally posted by AndreaCKY772 hello? i came there to see a live show with more of YOUR music and your presence. i understand you have to play tracks that are various, but to play 3 or 4 out of 20 or 25 seems odd.

I guess you´re totally missing the point of djing. DJs are not rockstars ffs!
























Oh wait...

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Originally posted by Demoted Inspired by Mitch Hedberg

Does that mean you are going to start doing smack even though you have a serious heart condition and drop dead in a motel sometime "unexpectedly?"



I hope not.

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i see what you guys are saying. and you're right, as long as you're having fun with the music, it's still good.

i don't know, i was having a discussion about this with one of my friends and we both were wondering the same thing. maybe i'm just one of the few that feels this way?

if i go to see a markus schulz show, i want to hear more of his works and his remixes (he seems to do a pretty good job of incorporating his music styles and his works remixes in his sets).

in part of my discussion with my friend, he asked me if i was going to see avb at avalon and i told him no because i'm not really into avb all that much. he tol me it sdhouldn't matter because most djs don't play a lot of their music in their sets anyhow. i knew this was true but i don't think it should be like that.

i'm just wondering why more djs don't include more of their stuff is all. variety is nice, no doubt but i think if you are the person trowing the show, thenyou should be able to incorporate more of your work, you see?

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Originally posted by inconspicuous AndreaCKY772. just. so. dumb.

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Originally posted by RJT Does that mean you are going to start doing smack even though you have a serious heart condition and drop dead in a motel sometime "unexpectedly?" I hope not.

Beats old age.

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Originally posted by paulandrews I guess you´re totally missing the point of djing. DJs are not rockstars ffs! Oh wait...

i don't think that is necessarily true about missing the point of djing.

haha i guess i'm realy in the minority about this.

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Originally posted by inconspicuous AndreaCKY772. just. so. dumb.

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Originally posted by AndreaCKY772 i'm just wondering why more djs don't include more of their stuff is all. variety is nice, no doubt but i think if you are the person trowing the show, thenyou should be able to incorporate more of your work, you see?

No.

A solid Dj's concern is playing a good show, not whoring their own work.

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Originally posted by Demoted Namely, you can go to see a dj based on the tracks that they find and play. Not necessarily their own, but the ones that they find of others that no one else seems to play, then how they work it into their set perfectly.

Exactly.

I want to see a DJ because I like his taste in music and his aptitude in finding tracks that I'll enjoy, not to hear him be a two or three-hour advertisement for his own productions.

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Originally posted by AndreaCKY772 i see what you guys are saying. and you're right, as long as you're having fun with the music, it's still good. i don't know, i was having a discussion about this with one of my friends and we both were wondering the same thing. maybe i'm just one of the few that feels this way? if i go to see a markus schulz show, i want to hear more of his works and his remixes (he seems to do a pretty good job of incorporating his music styles and his works remixes in his sets). in part of my discussion with my friend, he asked me if i was going to see avb at avalon and i told him no because i'm not really into avb all that much. he tol me it sdhouldn't matter because most djs don't play a lot of their music in their sets anyhow. i knew this was true but i don't think it should be like that. i'm just wondering why more djs don't include more of their stuff is all. variety is nice, no doubt but i think if you are the person trowing the show, thenyou should be able to incorporate more of your work, you see?

We're not saying it's wrong for a dj to play all of their own productions (well I'm not at least), it just has to be full of really GOOD productions by them. If you start playing only your own productions, you've narrowed your library down by millions of tracks, meaning quality generally goes out the window. This means that if you're playing your own productions, the productions BETTER be good. Considering the object of the dj is usually seen as playing other people's music and mixing it in a way people hadn't thought of, removing one of the main conventional tenants of djing means your own productions better be musical ambrosia.

Which leads me to question why you want to hear an entire set of Markus productions

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he tol me it sdhouldn't matter because most djs don't play a lot of their music in their sets anyhow.

yeah, but they usually play music of the same style of their productions, otherwise even the 2/3 own dj productions wouldn't fit well in the set at all.