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CortexBomb
Slave to the Dark Beat
Registered: Jun 2002
Location: Watching the Waves under Red Skies on My World
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DJ list? Don't you mean 'Techno' DJ list?
Seriously though, there are a lot of informed Americans out there, but the misconceptions and bias against the electronic music scene is insane in the masses.
The problem illustrated above is so common, in my Deutsch class the prof asked people what they thought German's listened to besides pop rock, and someone immediately said ,Techno' which led into a spiel by me about how people in Detroit listen to Techno, and how people in Germany listen to Progressive, Trance, and House.
I don't think people would necessarily pan people for being fans of say, atb, if the voters were actually familiar with the other electronica that's out there.
I totally respect people's musical tastes, regardless of how odd I think they are, because I enjoy genres ranging from Emo and 80's punk to Goa myself.
That said, if all you listen to is mainstream music, then you're shortchanging yourself, especially in this era of knowledge. 10 years ago, sure, there was an excuse to not be knowledgeable about the underground facets of a given scene, but now it's just a few queries away. To not branch out to me is pure laziness now, with no excuses.
And by branching out I don't necessarily mean *liking* the different music, but at least learning about it and giving it an honest go.
If you want to vote atb to your top 5 list after spending some time with Seaman, Warren, and Sander K be my guest, just don't shortchange those guys by *not* giving them a chance.
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 Mar-12-2004 16:02 
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Ian
Not dead yet.
Registered: Dec 2001
Location: UK
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at least tijs didn't win this one
and Ferry Above armin
guess the yanks aren't that clueless after all
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Mar-12-2004 17:19 
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punchline
Senior tranceaddict
Registered: Feb 2002
Location: Virginia, United States
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| quote: | Originally posted by razzi
though i am a dj, i find this post to be very intelligent and i highly respect your opinion.
but i would have to say that djs are a bit more than just 'professional music fans'.. we dont just PLAY music, there is alot more that goes on behind the booth than just spin one record, spin the other, and so on and so forth. i would go into more detail about effects, building a set, reading crowds, beatmatching etc etc.. but its dinner time.
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I agree that there are more details than what I described. I was just trying not to make my post too long. I have been a DJ since mid ’98 and have played regularly at clubs. I agree that there are many difficult things needed to make a set good. But when you get down to the nuts and bolts of it all, I am a professional music listener. I spend hours in record shops, in online record stores, listening to songs and finding the good tracks in the stacks of records. Because I do this, somebody paying attention to my charts can find the good tracks without spending hours searching for them.
When in the booth, I select tracks based on how I interpret the crowd energy. A DJ with poor track selection can clear a floor faster than anything I have ever seen. But I don’t expect to be worshiped for putting a song on the floor at the perfect time. At least the way I feel, that credit belongs to the remixer. I just discovered the song and played it for them.
My goal when playing out is for people to notice my name on a flyer and know right away that they are going to have a good time and hear good new songs that they haven’t heard before, based completely on my taste in music. I hope that they have a good time dancing and don’t stand around staring at the turntables the entire night, because that shouldn’t be the reason you go to a club. Trainspotters are neat when you first start playing live, but they get old quick. Especially when playing at a less than secure venue and have to keep an eye on your records the entire night.
As a fellow DJ I would love to hear your thoughts on this. I know that when I talk to DJs when traveling in other regions or who play different styles, these views differ. I am betting DJs in other countries will see things differently as well.
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