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| quote: | Originally posted by *****ra86
A DJ without vinyl is not worthy of being called a DJ. |
Here are some quotes from some random Carl Cox interview I found here: http://www.trustthedj.com/CarlCox/n...id=4587&djid=17
| quote: | Carl Cox:
I’ve gone over to CDs, now. I’m using three Pioneer CDJ-1000s, or the Pioneer DVJ-X1, it doesn’t matter which. I find myself more challenged now using CD players, actually. For many years, I was using only turntables, for like 30 years of my life! There’s a lot more you can do with CD players, and using them challenges me to do better as a DJ and to push elements of DJing more than I could ever do with turntables. What people get to hear is something unique, and it shouldn’t matter whether I play it on vinyl or CDs. In fact, I’m not using any vinyl anymore; that chapter is closed, for me.
... for me to go back and use vinyl is like driving an old car. If you compare the old car to the new car – with heated seats, satellite TV, GPS – there’s no going back. Besides, the way I play with CD players is the same as how I played with turntables. The only think you don’t see is me putting needles on records, but the triggering, sampling, scratching and all that stuff…I’m still doing that. I’m using CD players as turntables. I’m using them for extended function.
... It’s about what comes out of the speakers. I’m here for the future. I don’t want to be stuck in some timewarp. I want to show people what can be done with new technology. On this tour, I’m only using CD players, and it’s added more kudos to what I do. Every gig has been outstanding, and I still rock what I do! |
I am not going to go over the same points that have already been argued 3.7x10^5 times prior, because I don't think it could be said better than Carl has said it right up there.
And if you don't trust Carl Cox, why not ask James Zabiela, Eric Morillo, or John Fleming? These are just a few DJs that I can think of right off the top of my head that have firmly established themselves as capable with vinyl, and now use 100% CD by choice. And I can think of many more who I know mostly use CDs, but I can't say for sure use them entirely--it's not even worth it for me to list them because there are too many, and I don't have the time or inclination. Why not pull up DJ Mag's silly top100 DJ popularity contest, and take a look at that list. I'll bet that you'd be hard pressed to find many DJs in there who do not use a lot of CDs these days.
Is there anyone who honestly believes that CD's are a bad thing? Is there anyone who can truly say with no amount of insincerity that you aren't really being a DJ unless you use 12" wax discs to play other people's music instead of 6" plastic ones?
This thread is way too long, this whole argument needs to be buried. CDs are established and here to stay. They have been readily accepted by most of the best and biggest (do note that biggest != best) DJs in the world. No one, save for a few ignorant folks, will champion CD as the end all, better-in-every-possible-way medium to DJ. It has it's advantages and disadvantages just like vinyl and every other medium. But if the pro's didn't vastly outweigh the cons, then we wouldn't all be dropping $900-1200 on CDJ-1000s and their equivalents.
If you want to be a vinyl purist, that's fine. Like Mr. Coxtopus said, it doesn't really matter what medium the music is coming from--just that it's good music. But please, for all you die hard vinyl junkies out there: stop being so damn evangelical about your wax. No one is out to get you and your personal preference. No one is trying to break down your door and burn your records like it was Fahrenheight 411. My two Techs will always have a home alongside my two CDJ-1000s, and my vinyl records will always get along with my CDs.
God damnit, I can't believe I wrote this much. Can we please let this thread die?
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