Quote Originally Posted by eyes without a face

one thing you cant do is

needle dropping.

thats wher you hav stickers on yer record to guid the needle to the excact spot you want. hence droppin it right in where you want. that is an art in itself nevermind what comes after it. i suppose you could do it with cds if you could tell them the excact time to go to but this would take longer than lifting the record and droppin it on...but then again not many techno djs can be arsed learning shit like this

but this is real old skool hip hop stuff and ok u might enjoy doing this and u may do it really really really well, but practically, in a packed, techno club full of ur average punter whose out to have a good time, this is going to go relatively unoticed, unless u are at the top of ur game like someone like Dave Clarke where ur everymove is pretty much under scrutiny during the whole set... it makes sense to put more effort into the basic practicalities of djing such as beatmatching etc which again im sure u do just fine im not questioning any or your's or anyone else's skills for that matter, im a dab hand on the old turntables if i do say so myself but its not the be all and end all where im concerned its whats coming out the speakers at the end of the day....
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no this is not limited to hip hop......its them who(mostely) are doing it but its part of the art of djing....thats my point, not many in techno really want to do anything but blend/mix.....

they seem to forget that thers a pure art form sitting right in front of them.

for me djing aint all about the music, its about the manual skills that you use to "paint your picture". Some set could sound equally as good without tricks and just tunes but then i dont think the dj has been working his art. Same with production, thers tunes that are simple that sound good.

anyway i agree, this topic is really going no wher now....we shall just have to wait and see what the future holds.....hopefully it all.