I have had many discussion about this, as a matter of fact I had the very same one with a kid I had just met at the surgeon party last night.. Here is my take on the while thing. doing a live show and spinning with dex ae 2 diff worlds. With dex you are not only showing your beat matching skills but making the 2 or 3 records "**** eachother" (quote justin schumacher) However at the same time thats all you are limited to. Now with something like ableton live the beat matching is done, so it is now up to the artist take come up with amazing manipulations, edits/ remixes of other tracks, and really just putting on an audio show that really could not be accomplished woth dex. On the other hand If you have some dude with a laptop, pressing play and just layering one beat or track after another, then thats just a waste of what can truly be accomplished.. in my opinion...


However I do not think it matters if the person started on vinyl or not. There are plenty of producers who don't "spin" but they have the creativity to put on am amazing show. I don't think they should be penalized at all.


Ash Davis