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Artists using "DJ" in front of their name...
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| Stu Cox |
Ok, this is going to be controversial. This is partly why I'm making this post (get people talking, etc), but also partly because I want to know what others think.
I'm talking about both DJs and particularly producers here when I say I believe IT IS UNNECESSARY TO PRECEED YOUR NAME WITH THE PREFIX "DJ". In fact it looks cheesy, sounds cheesy and if you produce and don't DJ (as is quite often the case), it's just a blatent lie!!
I don't see why people feel they have to stick DJ in front of their name - the only other profession who do that (MC's excepted seeing that they use it in a similar vein - same case applies, but obviously "DJ" is more relevant to this board) are doctors, where it is actually an official title (like Captain, Colonel, Sir, etc)... I'm sorry to say owning a pair of belt drive Numark decks does not legally give you letters before or after your name.
Please don't think that I'm objecting to people coming up with creative names for themselves as an artist - on the contrary, having a unique name can really help to identify you and your music, however it doesn't have to start with "DJ"! Just try dropping it... Tiesto did. I think you'll find that 99% of DJ names starting with "DJ" will sound just as good (well, actually better) without the prefix... unless the name's a pun on the "DJ" thing, in which case you should be shot too (I don't care if it's your initals... do you know how many people in the world have the christian names David James, Daniel John, etc? It's not big and it's not clever).
Oh and don't think that I think (keeping up?) that my name's any good. It was actually once voted the worst username on a messageboard, but hey. It's my real name and I can't think of anything cool, currently waiting for that all-changing life experience which will scar me for life with a crazy nickname, which, for some reason, I'll decide to use as an artist name. What can you do...
Of course having that on the start of your name can be restricting... it kind of forbids you from producing (as it says you're a DJ, not a producer, surely?), unless you were just sitting in the corner mixing away while someone else was writing the tune... or maybe people should start calling themselves Producer , Female Vocalist and Guy Who Usually Makes The Tea But Once Moved One Of The Faders .
I hope you can see where I'm going here... mental hospital? Quite probably.
Please vote above... and reply with comments/abuse/grammar corrections
Thankyou please :)
Next week: why calling yourself can lead to world poverty and famine. |
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| mef |
Yeah it is kinda gay. :)
I still voted for the silly one though :rolleyes: |
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| djwright |
lolz i do see what your on about but i must state for the record, my mother has refered to me by the name D.J. since i was old e-nuff to answer to it. my sign in name is djwright b-c my last name is wright.
dont wory tho, i dont have a "dj name" nor intend to use D.J. i think a "name" will come to me when DJ'ing becomes more than just a fun hobby for me.:toothless |
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| DannyO |
| OMFG RAGGY DOLLS, damn I haven't seen those in ages, that was an awesome show....oh yea umm anyway, I don't give a what people use, but I do think a bullfrog should of been called a chazwozzer. |
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| Cosmic Realm |
| quote: | Originally posted by DannyO
I do think a bullfrog should of been called a chazwozzer. |
i totally agree :stongue:
but yeah i dont give two s either really, its whatever to me you choose a name because you like it, and hope it catches on... |
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| mef |
| quote: | Originally posted by DannyO
OMFG RAGGY DOLLS, damn I haven't seen those in ages, that was an awesome show....oh yea umm anyway... |
Hell yeah ;) Ive been feelin really nostalgic the past couple of days :D |
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| Timski |
Aww man all the credits for this thread goes to mef... Raggy dolls were insane... "dolls like you and me"...
Anyway it does sound rather cheesy when there is a DJ hanging on the front of your name... but correct me if iam wrong but your post was rather hate filled. I of course do agree with you 100% that a name will sound better once the DJ is dropped from the front but i guess it helps remind people that there will be a dj playing there or wherever there going :rolleyes:.
Sincerly,
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| mef |
| so what about people who put their name BEFORE DJ, ie blah blah DJ :nervous: :D |
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| Stu Cox |
lol @ all of the raggy dolls comments!
| quote: | Originally posted by Timski
but correct me if iam wrong but your post was rather hate filled. |
That was kinda comically ironic... no point in having a go about something if you can't take the piss a bit in the process :D |
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| mef |
| quote: | Originally posted by Stu Cox
lol @ all of the raggy dolls comments! |
:D cmon stu! U must have liked the raggy dolls! |
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| djsnazzy |
| i hate my "dj" name i think its just gay and stuped haveing dj in front of your name . i just want to drop all that and use my normal name . but ive done alot under this name and i think that if i change it people wont know who i am and stuff. any ideas? |
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