Last night a DJ threatened my life

[MysteryGuest]

Surely this is a case of knowing the music you are playing though?

It's not really practical to know it tunes the point where you remember exactly where breakdowns are coming up, especially if you're "winging it" and playing mixes out you haven't done before. I reckon anyway.

 

[milesy]

i completely agree with that point, MG. sometimes when you've got a brand new tune and you're not totally familiar with it it helps to be able to see where changes happen in the track and not just rely on having to listen to it loads of times before playing it in a mix. there's often been times when i've been handed fresh dubplates whilst out playing

 

[MysteryGuest]

i completely agree with that point, MG. sometimes when you've got a brand new tune and you're not totally familiar with it it helps to be able to see where changes happen in the track and not just rely on having to listen to it loads of times before playing it.

I'm still going to punch you in the face though.

 

[MysteryGuest]

But then we can be friends again.

 

[maya]

I'm still going to punch you in the face though.

...just don't hurt his lovely ears, aight?

 

[Pickman's model]

...just don't hurt his lovely ears, aight?

what are his ears doing on his face? surely they're out of harm's way on the side of his head?

 

[MysteryGuest]

...just don't hurt his lovely ears, aight?

I already ripped them off once, to teach him a lesson.


But Tanky, dutiful wife as ever, sewed them back on again.

 

[maya]

what are his ears doing on his face? surely they're out of harm's way on the side of his head?

you forget that when MG aims, he rarely hits exactly where he thought he would.*

*this applies only to punching, i hasten to add. not other real-life scenarios. honest.

 

[mangakitten]

I would have to agree with Hiccup and Topaz here, even speaking as a somewhat rank amateur who doesn't really know anything... maybe I'm being lazy, but I can't see the point of trying to learn on vinyl, starting all over again at the beginning, when I'm only ever planning on using CD decks.

I've got loads of vinyl and CDs at home, but, to my mind, the big advantage of using CDs is that it's a hell of a lot easier to put your vinyl onto CD than vice versa. A lot of the music Pootle and I play - ie chart pop music - would be fairly hard to track down on vinyl, and frankly I can't be arsed.

And, despite the double disadvantages of using CD decks AND being a girl, I know how to set up decks and a mixer and what lead goes where. So there.

 

[Skim]

No, you definitely need to master vinyl before going on to CD decks.

After all, the role of the DJ is to play records, not CD's, and even with the best CDJ system money can buy - the ergonomics are still based upon the Technics 1200 operations.

Plus it's easy, but you are never going to master beatmatching unless you understand counts of 4, 4 bars, breakdown and a little knowledge on frequencies and connections, the basic technical shit.

I disagree – I learned how to beatmatch using CD decks, then moved on to vinyl. Understanding counts of bars and breakdowns has nothing to do with whether you use vinyl – you can learn all of that with CDs.

I prefer vinyl to mix with, but if I'm not beatmatching then CDs are just as good. Trouble is, the quality of the CD set-up differs from venue to venue, so it pays to learn how to play different makes of CD decks.

The role of the DJ is playing good tunes – most punters couldn't give a monkey's whether they're being played on vinyl, CD or MP3. (Except for those annoying young lads who stand by the booth staring at your technique when they really should be dancing.)