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| PivotTechno |
| quote: | Originally posted by Vivid Boy
no hes not doing a good deed. a good deed would be mark oliver doing it. thats like me giving in lessons on anger management and charging 600 bucks a week and having a class of 30. oh ya if u break it down its only 15 bucks an hour........
but if u add it up its some angry mother****** teaching something he knows all about to make $18,000 in 1 week.
ya pivot your the next in Jesus Christ, brother
way to give back to the community
edit: forget what i said...i forgot,...he provides lunch |
Your preaching to anyone about anger is like Robert Mugabe lecturing the UN on sound fiscal policy. |
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| VDub |
Ok...
So you're an OG DJ...
Thats fine...
What was your DJ name back in the day??? |
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| VDub |
| quote: | Originally posted by FunkyCrew
guys honestly F OFF :rolleyes:
who cares if we heard of him or not
he's doing a good deed and that's the end of it |
No it's not a good deed...
That would be if it he was doing it free...
$90 bones a day is business... |
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| FunkyCrew |
| quote: | Originally posted by VDub
No it's not a good deed...
That would be if it he was doing it free...
$90 bones a day is business... |
he already explained why he's charging moonies |
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| VDub |
| quote: | Originally posted by FunkyCrew
he already explained why he's charging moonies |
You're lucky I like you...
LOL... |
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| FunkyCrew |
| quote: | Originally posted by VDub
You're lucky I like you...
LOL... |
lol Nick :) |
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| Intangible |
PV is a running a business... not a good deed.
He can charge what ever he think is competitive and fits in the market.
And what he is charging is really REALLY reasonable for music lessons. My brother pays 25/hr for his guitar lessons.
And you dont need to be famous to teach.. you just need skill and like PV said... the proof is in the pudding.
I like that he wants to get the community involved and I like that he is teaching kids he passion. I like that this is another thing to keep kids out of trouble and will lead to Torontos future Djs... |
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| PivotTechno |
Yeah, I'd say "good deed" is a bit of a stretch, though I do place a lot of emphasis on the theraputic aspect of DJing - how it improves focus and hand-eye coordination, the meditative aspect of getting lost in the music, etc. - great for young'uns with Youtube attention spans. ;)
I would say it's safe to say that most of my students don't have aspirations of making it big, and I certainly do not try to instill that in them, as it tends to detract from the fact that this is something that's meant to be FUN.
In the end, I'm just a launching pad for people who are looking to get in touch with both their creativity and inner rhythm - often no easy feat when we live in a society that has us up in our heads considerably more than down in our bodies. I do ask for regular feedback from my students, and all of them seem to be enjoying themselves so far - that's the goal, so I'm happy. |
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| Vivid Boy |
I just want to know if the kids hes marketing towards know that they will be spending a week learning how to spin techno music. I mean I might only speak for myself here but I didnt get into electronica into I was well into my older teenage years like 18 and started enjoying sneaking into over 19 clubs. before (which i believe like the majority of teens) I wasinto rock and hip hop or whatever was ctachy on the radio.
I mean I would venture to guess that the majority of the kids wanting to take dj lessons dpn't look up to dj's like preach or armin or whoever the . The look more up to djs like dj quik, dj funkmaster flex etc. lets admit it with teenagers nowadays hip hop djs run their lives and these are the ppl they look up too. I want to know what is your marketing plan to get kids into ur front door who enjoy electronica????
or are u just saying dj lessons and wethere the kid wants to scratch som 50 cent or play some techno he really has no choice?
or are you willing to let them spin what they like? and if so if you are a techno dj how are you supposed to teach these kids how to spin hip hop? (i know the fundamentals are the same, but it deffinately takes a different ear) |
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| El K Dee |
| one doesnt have to be an amazing dj/musician to teach...teachers usually arent the most practical in their fields but have the patience and knowledge to impart on students which makes them a good teacher and thats all one needs to learn.. |
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| FunkyCrew |
| quote: | Originally posted by Intangible
I like that he wants to get the community involved and I like that he is teaching kids he passion. I like that this is another thing to keep kids out of trouble and will lead to Torontos future Djs... |
sounds like a good deed to me, noone said it has to be free to be *good* |
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| Vivid Boy |
| quote: | Originally posted by FunkyCrew
sounds like a good deed to me, noone said it has to be free to be *good* |
well give me 350 bucks a week ill keep ur kids of the street and kick the out of them twice a day. keeps em off the streets yo......whast so bad abt the streets anyways? I grew up playing on them
btw i doubt any kids listening to armin and other fairy music at teh age of 13 needs to get off the streets. any kid listening to trance and techno at the age of 13-15 lives a pretty sheltered life in the first place
helping out the community would actually be getting street kids off the street to teach them a passion of theirs. I dont think hes targeting street kids when the price is 380 bucks for 1 week. thats alot of tim hortons cups to fill full of nickels |
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