2 turntables and a microphone (wasRe: computer music)

["Larry Tremblay" <ltct@concentric.net>]

Hey, record shopping is a highly-honed skill that
takes years of discipline, practice and creative
risk-taking. ;)

----- Original Message -----
From: "rich" <rich@nuvision.com>
To: <Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2000 11:37 AM
Subject: Re: computer music


> >powerbook shows have ranked among some of the
> >most boring/disappointing events i have gone
> >to.
>
> I would have to jump in and agree on this one...100%
>
> Although i also have a hard time with the whole "DJ" thing too.  Not that
> DJ's shouldn't have as much fame and fortune as guitar slingers...far 
>from
> it...it's just more fun to watch paint dry than see these guys spinning
> prefabbed tunes.
>
> I was at a record store recently that specializes in 
>trance/rave/techno/dj
> records and culture.  They have a dj turntable setup in the store and a
guy
> spinning.  I was watching with curiosity wondering how they were
generating
> the beats and synching them with the sounds of the turntables, assuming
> they were at least seperate elements that the 'talented' dj was 
>assembling
> with his own creative flair.
>
> So, i ask the guy "how are the beats being generated and how are you
> synching everything?" and "do you have records of just beats, and is the
> other turntable playing other sounds?".
>
> Answer:  "No, man, it's all there on the record".
>
>
> Am i missing something?  Are there any DJ's here on the list that can
vouch
> for the effort and talent that it takes to compose on turntables?  Or is
it
> all premade for you on the vinyl, and your talent is 'record shopping'?
>
> respectfully OT,
>
> rich
>
>
>