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| quote: | Originally posted by jacklodestar
Look I'm not going to re-post my explanation why I'm against digital media from another thread but I'll just concied that I'm extreamily & unreasonably biased towards digital and in favor of vinyl reguardless of the argument. Maybe I'm just old skool,...it also has to with the fact I'm a turntablist and our creed is minimalism. Yes if you just use vinyl and a two channel battle mixer you limit your capablities to be more creative but it's a belief and it's true the less you use equipment wise the better you have to be musicly and skillfully. Just to give you guys an idea I won't even use EQ when mixing. I'm a minimalist and congregate around other minimalists. I started out on a uri rottary knob console and two technics 1200 mk's not mkII but the original mk's with that thick ass platter. For me I grew up as a DJ. Both of my parents were DJ's and I became one as well. I didn't run around playin power rangers or what have you like some of you did when you were 10 y/o I DJ'ed and still do so forgive me for my narrow mindedness when it comes to vinyl vs. digital. Because of that theres a passion and love for vinyl and the art of battle DJ'ing,...I won't use CD's/mp3's because I'm used to scratching and beat-juggling and I can do so with digital media but it takes away from the magic that's all. |
Okay that's crossing the line. If you want to stick to the most minimal of equipment, have at it. But don't try to say that it means you are more talented. You might be a skilled turntablist, but as many here (yourself included) have mentioned technical skill only goes so far. DJ Craze might be fun to watch, but musically I couldn't give a shit. Furthermore, there are so many things that you can do with digital setups that is simply impossible to do otherwise. Take this video for example. That's just some basic Ableton stuff and it's still absolutely impossible for you to ever do. Pull your head out of your ass and evolve.
DJing is about passion for music and creating something new. You seem to have lost sight of that. There's no magic in a vinyl record. There's magic in the music that it contains, and what you can do with that music, how you present it to people. The fact that you started playing when you were ten, as cool as that is, means jack shit . It's no excuse for you to be a narrow-minded, elitist asshole. The rest of us have passion too. You remind me of the old people who say shit like "back in my day we had to walk ten miles to school, uphill both ways and through five feet of snow!" Get fucked.
Edit: Just for the record, so you can't try to give me some bullshit, I play on (and always have played on) vinyl.
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Last edited by Noctone on Dec-06-2006 at 09:16
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