forums - A DJ, or a DJ

34 surviving posts · 28 Oct 2002 – 2 Nov 2002 · archived copy

28 Oct 2002, 8:24pm	#1
Walker Txs Rgr Nu Skool	A DJ, or a DJ OK, so is a DJ someone who plays records? Or is a DJ someone who uses records to create something new?

28 Oct 2002, 8:38pm	#2
oOtidygirlOo Blagger	Tricky. I would say a DJ is a DJ when they play records to create something new. Its nice to think that anyone who plays a record is a DJ too though If you have no arms or legs, the hokey pokey must be a really depressing song

28 Oct 2002, 8:55pm	#3
goatboy Punter	Every man and his dog is a DJ nowadays. The difference then is between just being a DJ (just playing records) or a DJ as an artform - understanding tempo, melody, etc. and creating something new. Hang on, haven't we already had this discussion in another thread?

28 Oct 2002, 9:21pm	#4
Kezy Nu Skool	correct me if im wrong but doesnt DJ stand for 'disc jockey'...therefore wouldnt anyone who plays discs/records be a DJ!? obviosuly not if ur at home messing around with your CD player but i mean like who does it professionally...who has an interest in mixing and stuff.... oh i dunno, im probably wrong here... continue... If you don't live life on the edge, you're taking up too much space!

28 Oct 2002, 9:23pm	#5
golf_punk Blagger	pffftttt anyone can PLAY records a real "DJ", is someone who create new sounds and rythum, from the record....tis far from the same dance 24 7???>>>>>>>>. http://www.freshfm.com.au/listen.htm

28 Oct 2002, 9:34pm	#6
NTrance Groupie	I really couldn't give a shit, so long as they play records that make me want to get up and dance - besides isn't that a DJ's reason for being? You could be technically brilliant at mixing but play crap records - does that made a DJ good? Go Hard ... or Go Home! Hardcore til I die!

28 Oct 2002, 9:37pm	#7
subway rider ITM Virgin	ain't da record, but da way it's played...

28 Oct 2002, 9:39pm	#8
shr3dder Punter	id rather hear good tunes then good mixing u can get over bad mixing, but bad tunes..fark ud just wanna go home let us not drink to the past, but to the future - johnny walker

28 Oct 2002, 9:44pm	#9
Psycho_182 Punter	i agree with kezy a person who uses vinal, is a DJ. But there are people who consider it an artform (i beleave it can be). But as said by Ntrance, as long as i wanna move my feet when its being played, i dont care who or what it is. The ravers say that the trouble they caused is nothing compaired to an average town centre on a Saturday night!

28 Oct 2002, 11:36pm	#10
Beekayz ITM Moderator	quote: Originally posted by Psycho_182 i agree with kezy a person who uses vinal, is a DJ. Or CDs And yes this is dejavu as well goatboy Now overhere we have little Johnny and Miss Sue, smokin' on a joint, this is not the thing to do, i think that we have to take pictures of these two, camera's ready prepare the flash

28 Oct 2002, 11:39pm	#11
The Full Bench ITM Reporter	talk about flogging a dead horse. ps. trees are djs. DRUM AND BASS ARENA www.breakbeat.co.uk It's all good...

29 Oct 2002, 12:01am	#12
thrillseeker Nu Skool	Re: A DJ, or a DJ quote: Originally posted by Walker Txs Rgr OK, so is a DJ someone who plays records? Or is a DJ someone who uses records to create something new? a thought had a busdriver a record had a dj

29 Oct 2002, 9:42am	#13
DjAARON Groupie	Im staying out of it this time round! Fridays @ Black Cat White Cat. Djs Aaron, Remedy, Lynton, Amadeus. Dance floor friendly house and trance and 2 for 1 Vodkas.

29 Oct 2002, 11:26am	#14
Logik Punter	Read the book titled..... 'Last Night a DJ Saved My Life' all will be explained. to the extreme i rock a mic like a vandal....

29 Oct 2002, 11:33am	#15
LOCSmiley Punter	is david jones a DJ? Mint

29 Oct 2002, 11:37am	#16
AndrewWilson Punter	Re: A DJ, or a DJ quote: Originally posted by Walker Txs Rgr OK, so is a DJ someone who plays records? Or is a DJ someone who uses records to create something new? both a dj could play cd's and cassettes or even old reels and still be a dj. whether or not he's a good dj or not depends on the listener. andrew

29 Oct 2002, 11:50am	#17
The Full Bench ITM Reporter	quote: Originally posted by LOCSmiley is david jones a DJ? DRUM AND BASS ARENA www.breakbeat.co.uk It's all good...

29 Oct 2002, 12:30pm	#18
Lotus ITM Reporter	your mama's a dj The IDJ Eclipse Deluxe Tour has arrived ... see you in the Banana Lounge*

29 Oct 2002, 12:41pm	#19
NTrance Groupie	quote: Originally posted by Logik Read the book titled..... 'Last Night a DJ Saved My Life' all will be explained. I've got the original 12 inch vinyl of that song ... does that make me old skool? Go Hard ... or Go Home! Hardcore til I die!

29 Oct 2002, 5:02pm	#20
LOCSmiley Punter	my mum wishes she was a DJ Mint

29 Oct 2002, 6:41pm	#21
Syk Syd Groupie	I'm an NJ....is that close? this is no offence err....you are a robot arent you?

29 Oct 2002, 6:58pm

#22

VaLaNti

Punter

quote:
Originally posted by Psycho_182
i agree with kezy a person who uses vinal, is a DJ.

Um ok the above comment is a bit hypocrytical... been a Killa DJ does not mean just using vynils. Take Skitz for an example... he uses CDs and he is a well known DJ.

Been a DJ is an entertaining carreer. U are there to please the crowds so u need to know what you are doing what you are playing.

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If only you were Greek you would understand... It's called a baklava mate, not balaklava...

29 Oct 2002, 7:41pm	#23
sixer Punter	im a well killa DJ and i only use vinyls www.system6.doof.org ~Hard dance down under~

29 Oct 2002, 7:50pm

#24

Psycho_182

Punter

quote:
Originally posted by VaLaNti

... been a Killa DJ does not mean just using vynils. Take Skitz for an example... he uses CDs and he is a well known DJ...

he's a well know tool.
yes a dj can use tapes, cds, vinal, md, mp3 .......
but i just wrote vinal as most of the dj's on this board would use vinal. and a 'killa' dj in my opinion uses vinal, how hard can it be to mix cds?

The ravers say that the trouble they caused is nothing compaired to an average town centre on a Saturday night!

29 Oct 2002, 7:56pm	#25
sixer Punter	firstly stop calling it vinal .. it's vinyl mixing CD's can be as easy or as hard as it is to mix vinyl .. it all depends on the experience with the equipment www.system6.doof.org ~Hard dance down under~

29 Oct 2002, 8:07pm	#26
amilne Punter	dictionary's interpretation: To act as a disc jockey at a social gathering or radio station Breaks tinged with progressive sensibilities

29 Oct 2002, 10:57pm	#27
shr3dder Punter	isnt mixing on cd-js just as hard as on turntables...? and yeah ffs its vinyl let us not drink to the past, but to the future - johnny walker

30 Oct 2002, 12:28am	#28
Beekayz ITM Moderator	hmm..if you bring up Nick Skitz as a good DJ who uses CDs I mioght have to change teams and join the vinyl lovers! Now overhere we have little Johnny and Miss Sue, smokin' on a joint, this is not the thing to do, i think that we have to take pictures of these two, camera's ready prepare the flash

30 Oct 2002, 12:37am	#29
Psycho_182 Punter	ok, its vinyl isn't there a button on some of the cd mixers that beat mixes the tracks automatically. not that id know i've just heard so dont kill me for being wrong. The ravers say that the trouble they caused is nothing compaired to an average town centre on a Saturday night!

30 Oct 2002, 10:15am

#30

Logik

Punter

a DJ is someone who creates an atmosphere through creative expression with music.

be it with CDs, vinyl, mobile phone tones... it doesn't matter.

they should be able to beat match as a pre-requistite (counts you out Beekayz! ) that's the very minimum requirement of skills... then there's the key matching, sequencing, scratching (if that's the style you play) rah rah rah... list goes on.

as for the CD v vinyl debate.... done to death that. Sixer is right ( never thought I'd see the day where I'd say that! ) in saying both mediums are as easy as each other depending on experience.

either way you look at it.... it's just music printed on a surface. It's how you arrange that music that counts.

**runs off to wash mouth out for the sixer is right comment**

to the extreme i rock a mic like a vandal....

30 Oct 2002, 2:27pm	#31
Walker Txs Rgr Nu Skool	mmmmmmmm classify smahing two drumsticks on a mount franklin water bottle while one of your mates hits a biscuit tin. ??

30 Oct 2002, 3:17pm	#32
WhyTee Nu Skool	3 decks once possessed a man, he and everyone else went crazy for a while. I don't know. GIve a milo you punk

30 Oct 2002, 7:04pm	#33
Syk Syd Groupie	quote: Originally posted by Walker Txs Rgr mmmmmmmm classify smahing two drumsticks on a mount franklin water bottle while one of your mates hits a biscuit tin. ?? 2 scattered individuals emulating a 606 drum machine thats how i'd classify it this is no offence err....you are a robot arent you?

2 Nov 2002, 8:34pm	#34
thrillseeker Nu Skool