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This just occurred to me last week as well as I was talking to a friend about club music. Most DJs are just spinning records in a club. The only reason they need two tables is for queuing. Aside from the occasional transitional scratching, this is pretty much it. Then there are those like DJ Qbert and DJ Spooky who are layering multiple sounds and locking them into banks real time. If you want to hear the most amazing scratching of your life, Napster yourself some DJ Qbert beatch. -Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "rich" <rich@nuvision.com> To: <Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com> Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2000 8:37 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 > >