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| quote: | Originally posted by Clovis
Yeah I see what you're saying. I think another thing about it that is so cool is that everyone has their own very peculiar way of approaching it and thinking about it. At least it seems so about people who invest a lot of time & energy into it. |
I definitely agree with all of this - I guess I've just become so tired of the standard "It's all about the journey, man" bullshit that I've heard for years from both the EDM raver kids and the epic jamband set that anything sounding remotely like the above statement instantly fucks me off.
At the end of the day I guess my only point is that rather than trying to nail down a definition of the "art of mixing" I think what people would be better suited to focus on is just whatever it is about deejaying that makes it fun for them, because just what that is won't be the same for any two jocks who really love what they do.
If you look at guys like Howells, Garnier, Vath, Burridge, Blake Jarrell, Max Graham, et al., you'll most likely find that they play and mix in vastly different ways - and other than the fact that some of them play somewhat similar tunes (you could easily throw jocks from other genres in there - just writing this quickly before bed), the only real common thread between them is just how much fucking fun it looks like they're having when they play.
I don't care if Blake tells me he's going to build Unicorn symphony where he throws the radio in the tub when a track hits that magic note or Garnier plays an hour of drum & tech-house with hints of detroit acid in the middle of a full on techno set while mixing in some godforsaken way I'll never understand anyway - the only thing I can always relate to is how much they enjoy themselves.
Is RJT the new Spirit5 too?
Only time will tell.
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