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Wip Bans Traktor From Future Events
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| kotsy |
lol
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Spanish music agency WIP has banned the use of Traktor from parties it plans to throw in the future.
In a statement released via its Facebook page, WIP announced: "Nothing against Native Instruments and their software, which is great, innovative, and an amazing tool, as are pretty much all of NI products (love Komplete, and Maschine). The real issue is with 'artists' who swear they can play any format be it CD, vinyl, USB and or Traktor but whose Traktor sets are nothing but stale, bland and outright insulting to a paying crowd and promoter."
WIP, whose previous events have featured Seth Troxler, Nina Kraviz, James Priestley, Ralf Kollmann and Maxxi Soundsystem, has said the decision comes after three years of bad experiences with artists using the software and goes on to add: "More importantly, we're fed up with the general laziness shown by 99% of 'artists' that we've seen and heard playing Traktor." |
http://www.mixmag.net/words/news/wip-bans-traktor-from-future-events
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So we've decided that all WIP events will be Traktor free from now on.
This decision is solely based on the hundreds of experiences (none positive) that we've had over the past 3 years with “artists” using Traktor, and on the equally large number of “suggestions” (aka complaints) from our public every time a Traktor “artist” fails to deliver.
Nothing against Native Instruments and their software, which is great, innovative, and an amazing tool, as are pretty much all of NI products (love Komplete, and Maschine). Yes, Traktor does crash every now and then but it has to do more with “artists” ty setups, and beaten down laptops (CDJs and vinyl needles also can and do fail occasionally)
The real issue is with “artists” who swear they can play any format be it CD, vinyl, usb and or Traktor but whose Traktor sets are nothing but stale, bland and outright insulting to a paying crowd and promoter.
We've also grown tired of the endless issues with missing cables, problems with timecode (learn how to use your gear before you play out), taking up the previous Dj's time to set up your gear (cause you didn't want to come to the club early and set up your Traktor), how is it you play 5 times a week and still don't know how to set it up right?
And, more importantly we're fed up with the general laziness shown by 99% of “artists” that we've seen and heard playing Traktor.
The problem is not only that you are lazy, but that you clearly show you have no idea whatsoever of how to build a set, read a crowd, work a track with your “special” efx controller, and that you play the same tracks that all of your buddies play (in the same order!) which makes you completely forgettable and interchangeable with any one of 10,000 Traktor Djs out there.
Once again, Traktor is a great idea and a very fun and useful tool, but unfortunately buying it doesn't magically turn you into a DJ, at least not a good one, and it doesn't come with instant music culture and/or instructions on how to do all the things that make a Dj and a performer good.
As open minded as we are with new technologies, it is clear that there is not and there will never be a replacement for taste, personality, experience and education; so , dear “artist” before you buy your copy of Traktor please make sure you acquire all of the above, then and only then will you deserve the attention and financial reward you so desperately crave, and will do this great software the justice it deserves.
To all Traktor “artists” who have a list of tracks you play in the same order at every gig regardless of what's going on on the dancefloor, who spend more time on Facebook on your iphones while your pre-arranged set plays on, who use the same effects on the same tracks that every other Traktor Dj is using the exact same way, you who use sync because you can't beat-match and stare at your computer screen ignoring the people who've paid to see you, thank you, but no thank you. |
https://www.facebook.com/notes/wip-itswip/no-more-traktor-at-wip/3421383953281 |
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| Orko |
Who the hell is WIP, and why do we care about them?
Seems like a marketing ploy. |
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| Orko |
This party is so underground, I heard they banned electricity.
Its only fiddles, and spoons. |
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| Adam420 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Orko
Who the hell is WIP, and why do we care about them?
Seems like a marketing ploy. |
It's a club in Barcelona, and they actually don't want you to care about them. Far too many people voicing their opinion over something that will never affect them. |
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| Mach X |
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| GGM |
Sounds to me like all they really need to do is hire a new booking manager. Never met someone who'd book a DJ just because they swore to play different formats, without seeing them live or at minimum hearing a demo.
| quote: | | The real issue is with “artists” who swear they can play any format be it CD, vinyl, usb and or Traktor but whose Traktor sets are nothing but stale, bland and outright insulting to a paying crowd and promoter. |
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| Shaya007 |
Next : ban all Jesus poses, The ones that constantly clap instead of mix, oh and the ones that are just there to get drunk, High and
wait..that's 99% of them..LOL |
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| darouge11 |
| lol ban traktor....insert nexus cdjs.... |
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| Guest |
| quote: | Originally posted by darouge11
lol ban traktor....insert nexus cdjs.... |
Yeah lol. In 5 years people are gonna be hating on CDJ's because the screen is gonna be the size of a tablet with a waveform as detailed as Traktor/Serato, with a giant sync button plastered on the face. |
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| kotsy |
| quote: | Originally posted by chris1011
Yeah lol. In 5 years people are gonna be hating on CDJ's because the screen is gonna be the size of a tablet with a waveform as detailed as Traktor/Serato, with a giant sync button plastered on the face. |
LOL so true!! I don't even like the original 2000s. Too many bells and whistles for me. |
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| HappyDude72 |
This is the biggest bunch of bull I ever heard.
Like you never heard a predictable, lazy set from a DJ that uses CDJs...
And also, like every DJ that uses CDJs is so professional... perfect example http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrSzugX8mH4 |
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