Quote Originally Posted by gumpy green
what are thes new things....lets hear it then..
As and when I feel I've done something worth anyone listening to, I'm sure I'll stick it up in the Filez section. At which point your input will be very gratefully recieved. ;)
Quote Originally Posted by gumpy green
and the music / sport analogy does im sorry......... i couldve used other shit apart form sport...
Sport works on the premise that someone is the best at something.

You can't be "the best" at music, as it's all subjective. So, in lieu of celebrating anyone's superiority, I base my enjoyment on the diversity, creativity and "magic" (for want of a better word) involved.

So, yes, cheating at sport is stupid because you're not really achieving.

It's ok to "cheat" at music though, because there is no "winning", everyone's just enjoying the ride.

Anyway, you could argue that basic DJing is "cheating" too because the tunes have all been recorded in a studio - this is, of course, an old argument which gets on the tits of just about everyone in the electronic music scene.

The counter argument is that dance music pushes the boundaries, and there's stuff you can make in the studio that you could NEVER do live. You're saying "I'm playing records because it lets me do stuff I couldn't do otherwise". Now, where have I heard a similar statement before...?