Comments on: What’s the point of the DJ? http://nerdfit.com/2009/09/whats-the-point-of-the-dj/ Get Awesome Wed, 28 Jul 2010 05:59:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: ceppy http://nerdfit.com/2009/09/whats-the-point-of-the-dj/comment-page-1/#comment-299 ceppy Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:22:04 +0000 http://nerdfit.com/?p=1169#comment-299 I couldn't agree with this rant any more! Cheers mate! P.S. Tune into poolclosed radio Monday nights 10est to listen to DJ's who mix together songs so it all flows nicely. :D www.poolsclosed.us I couldn’t agree with this rant any more! Cheers mate!
P.S. Tune into poolclosed radio Monday nights 10est to listen to DJ’s who mix together songs so it all flows nicely. :D
http://www.poolsclosed.us

]]> By: McTool http://nerdfit.com/2009/09/whats-the-point-of-the-dj/comment-page-1/#comment-212 McTool Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:03:01 +0000 http://nerdfit.com/?p=1169#comment-212 So my story about this. The GSA comes up to me, goes "we want you to DJ for us, but there's some stuff you have to play." I don't like this, but at least expect them to get me the songs quick enough so I can build a setlist around them. Do they? No. No they don't. And I was scrambling all night whenever someone came up to request a song they knew was on the list that I *had* to play, but didn't want to. All the good stuff, you know. Every Time We Touch In Heaven It Sandstorms Hot N' Cold. Worst part? I finally spend 10 songs in a 124ish bpm range, and then some asshole comes up and demands to hear Usher's "Yeah." I was ready to break fucking faces. This year, I'm fucking ready. I'm going to demand the songs in advance, if I get them three days before like last year, no dice. And then I'm going to find remixes of every song because the originals will inevitably suck. So my story about this.

The GSA comes up to me, goes “we want you to DJ for us, but there’s some stuff you have to play.” I don’t like this, but at least expect them to get me the songs quick enough so I can build a setlist around them. Do they? No. No they don’t. And I was scrambling all night whenever someone came up to request a song they knew was on the list that I *had* to play, but didn’t want to. All the good stuff, you know. Every Time We Touch In Heaven It Sandstorms Hot N’ Cold.

Worst part? I finally spend 10 songs in a 124ish bpm range, and then some asshole comes up and demands to hear Usher’s “Yeah.” I was ready to break fucking faces.

This year, I’m fucking ready. I’m going to demand the songs in advance, if I get them three days before like last year, no dice. And then I’m going to find remixes of every song because the originals will inevitably suck.

]]> By: Mark http://nerdfit.com/2009/09/whats-the-point-of-the-dj/comment-page-1/#comment-211 Mark Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:46:20 +0000 http://nerdfit.com/?p=1169#comment-211 I share your pain, my friend. I share your pain, my friend.

]]> By: Afroduck http://nerdfit.com/2009/09/whats-the-point-of-the-dj/comment-page-1/#comment-208 Afroduck Mon, 21 Sep 2009 05:49:21 +0000 http://nerdfit.com/?p=1169#comment-208 To answer the title directly, the point of a DJ is to provide epicness in audio form. :D I am one of those who probably isn't even going to stay at something that's just cross-faded Top 40 crap, much less enjoy myself. It takes more for me to get into things than for many people and a basic playlist assembled with minimal thought just isn't going to do it. A big problem is that many people simply have no experience with a truly good DJ given proper freedom to work. When it's done right it gains that quality that's hard to describe except as "Fuck yeah!" but until people encounter that, they just don't know any better. To answer the title directly, the point of a DJ is to provide epicness in audio form. :D

I am one of those who probably isn’t even going to stay at something that’s just cross-faded Top 40 crap, much less enjoy myself. It takes more for me to get into things than for many people and a basic playlist assembled with minimal thought just isn’t going to do it.

A big problem is that many people simply have no experience with a truly good DJ given proper freedom to work. When it’s done right it gains that quality that’s hard to describe except as “Fuck yeah!” but until people encounter that, they just don’t know any better.

]]> By: LeeHK http://nerdfit.com/2009/09/whats-the-point-of-the-dj/comment-page-1/#comment-207 LeeHK Sun, 20 Sep 2009 23:08:36 +0000 http://nerdfit.com/?p=1169#comment-207 Its interesting how organizations go out of their way to hire professionals basically just for the equipment. Perhaps it is cheaper and easier than renting equipment, (no transportation needed, they'll do setup/breakdown) but it seems foolish to pay someone to sit there and fade between top 40 tracks when any 2bit moron can operate a crossfader. Its a waste of the professional's time and a waste of the organizations money. Of course nothing embodies this more than the "High School DJ," bringing in all that equipment just to play what you've heard on the radio a million times. A dance should be used to expand your mind a bit, maybe surprise you with a remix or mashup you never would have expected, all while keeping you grooving. Its interesting how organizations go out of their way to hire professionals basically just for the equipment. Perhaps it is cheaper and easier than renting equipment, (no transportation needed, they’ll do setup/breakdown) but it seems foolish to pay someone to sit there and fade between top 40 tracks when any 2bit moron can operate a crossfader. Its a waste of the professional’s time and a waste of the organizations money.

Of course nothing embodies this more than the “High School DJ,” bringing in all that equipment just to play what you’ve heard on the radio a million times. A dance should be used to expand your mind a bit, maybe surprise you with a remix or mashup you never would have expected, all while keeping you grooving.

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