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Tips on beatmatching for a newby? (pg. 9)
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| RyanVice |
| quote: | Originally posted by Rodri Santos
Arty is the most unoriginal artist right now |
+100000 cookie cutter cheese dick trance.
| quote: | Originally posted by Apeattack
To each his own. During the past year I would argue Arty was THE breakout producer of the year. |
Okay fanboy. LOL!! Do you have an Anjuna tattoo on your forearm as well? |
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| Apeattack |
| quote: | Originally posted by RyanVice
+100000 cookie cutter cheese dick trance.
Okay fanboy. LOL!! Do you have an Anjuna tattoo on your forearm as well? |
I will never understand why people love to put down other people's taste in music. What a complete waste of time.
You don't like Arty? That's fine, but your opinion is the opposite of the world's top trance DJ/producers (Armin, Markus, A&B, Ferry Corsten, etc.) who have been playing Arty's productions all year long and featuring his songs in compilation albums.
You don't like trance? That's fine too. I really do not care. |
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| Rodri Santos |
Arty has been breakthrough dj but he is immensely overrated , his tunes doesn't have anything so special, they're all the same and he has been driven by a positive inertia if Armin didn't have played a track by him he would still be unknown and entering the djmag in his first year is an insult for a lot of dj's and producers, just see Rank1. Decades producing hits, making fantastic live sets and overcome by a kid.
And to be honest i consider the breakthrough is Avicii, i think he is the best in the mainstream , Arty is just another Anjuna broken toy, people someday will realise than Anjuna is the worst label ever founded.
If i ever see a big name playing a pre-recorded set i will surely react in some way they'd better don't try, if you pay 50€ to enjoy a night and they play you something pre-recorded.... and the argument "you can still enjoy it since he has done just an outstanding mix according to his style" not true, djing is instict, i always think how i will lead the set at home (for example tomorrow i have a gig and i'm planning opening, closing and keystone tracks) but when you are in the booth i'd be lucky if i play some of the tracks i thought, sometimes rushing the wallet you see a track and instantly think "Perfect" and this few hints you receive unconsciounsly is what makes a set worthy.
For radio mixes works the same, sometimes i just picked 10 brilliant tracks that i thought "woahh choon after choon this will be gorgeous" and no, even if you organize them wisely is better to have 10 tracks that keep a flow and mood even if some of them aren't so good. |
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| orTofønChiLd |
| this thread has gone overkill |
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| Apeattack |
| quote: | Originally posted by Rodri Santos
Arty has been breakthrough dj but he is immensely overrated , his tunes doesn't have anything so special, they're all the same and he has been driven by a positive inertia if Armin didn't have played a track by him he would still be unknown and entering the djmag in his first year is an insult for a lot of dj's and producers, just see Rank1. Decades producing hits, making fantastic live sets and overcome by a kid.
And to be honest i consider the breakthrough is Avicii, i think he is the best in the mainstream , Arty is just another Anjuna broken toy, people someday will realise than Anjuna is the worst label ever founded.
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Hooray! A 100-post thread in DJ booth!
As you probably would agree, the DJ Mag top 100 is a popularity contest for producers. Tiesto certainly isn't the third best "DJ" in the world, but third most popular draw (based on ability to sell tickets) sounds about right.
Arty has been far more prolific this year than Rank 1. You are correct that having major DJs pushing Arty's music helps him, but the major DJs are pushing his music in large part because they like it and want to hear more.
Anjunabeats is the worst label every founded? A lot of people, including me, would disagree. But I don't want to get into this discussion because it is totally pointless. You obviously have different musical tastes that me. |
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| Apeattack |
| quote: | Originally posted by orTofønChiLd
this thread has gone overkill |
Agreed. Not much more to say now that I have successfully dismantled everyone's arguments. :D |
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| Stu Cox |
| quote: | Originally posted by Apeattack
Agreed. Not much more to say now that I have successfully dismantled everyone's arguments. :D |
Nelly, please kill this thread before I feel the need to reply to this comment. |
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| djkatmaus |
| quote: | Originally posted by Stu Cox
Nelly, please kill this thread before I feel the need to reply to this comment. |
I second that. |
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| stealthman |
| quote: | Originally posted by Apeattack
Vinyl+turntable would be much more difficult for me but c'mon... vinyl is dead. I haven't seen someone use vinyl in a club in over two years. |
That's because you only pay to watch sellout DJ's. I have been to multiple parties within the last few years where DJ's played vinyl and I can tell you, the music was 100 times better than the over the local clubs where the local trance jocks play and bigger names that end up destroying my wallet to miserably.
If vinyl is dead why are a large amount of producers still pressing it? Why I am still collecting vinyl like thousands of other music conniseurs do and continuing to mix with it? (At least we understand its value) Because its a thrill to mix with, it is challenging, looks awesome, mixes smoother, and the sound quality pisses all over your disposable mp3's or wav files you bought of beatport.
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Sew with a loom, grind your own wheat to make bread, crank your car, learn to write with quill and ink. End of story.
About time to move away from a technology developed in the 1920s. It's 2010 already.
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This is a stupid, irrelevant analogy. DJ's have been mixing on Technics 1200's (which were developed in the 70's) for over 20 years and are still great to boot where as manufacturers like Pioneer are constantly releasing new useless CD players to rake up profit from consumers to make them feel like their older models are worthless pieces of , only so they can shove USB sticks in them.
Although I must say, grinding your own wholseome fresh wheat to make bread would sure taste better than the you'd find at the supermarket. |
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| Mr.Mystery |
| quote: | Originally posted by Apeattack
Were you commenting more on RyanVice's posts than mine? |
Well that IS who I originally quoted :p
As for the rest - tl;dr |
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| brucelee6783 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Apeattack
Agreed. Not much more to say now that I have successfully dismantled everyone's arguments. :D |
Or so you think? A lot of what you say is true, but at the same time, a lot of what you say isn't. Especially that bit about it being "time to move on to new stuff".
I know a lot of classic car owners who would drop dead of a heart attack if they had to get rid of their muscle cars and move on to a Prius.
So when you tell vinyl enthusiasts that they need to move on to Ableton and Traktor and such, it's not surprising to see that they won't respond positively.
On a side note, I know I never meant to derail this thread so badly, but it just kinda happened, and I'm sorry. |
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| Rodri Santos |
i'll share you with this since we started talking about beatmatching, followed talking about djmags (again...) and now are talking about making bread.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law
Who want's to be the first to introduce nazis or hitler in the discussion? |
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