self absorbed techno superstars webites should be BANNED!!!

[rowland the bastard]

has henry got PMS?

no just a shit site!!!!!!

right! i really didnt mean that i just couldnt resist, honestly, sorry

[rowland the bastard]

yeah sorry
i was being negative yesterday
but i still stand behind what i said.
normally i wouldn't launch an attack , but in this case i make an exception, and here's why:

cool graphics : yes they are a good thing indeed

flashy intros with ( a choice of ) annoying music loops : no please no make it stop!

information about releases : great!

super complicated rollover menus that make you push the mouse around the whole screen to find : no please make it stop!

press photos tucked away so they can be downloaded if need be: totally cool

plastering the entire site with pictures of yourself in various "crazy" outfits: naff as hell go directly to woolworths do not pass deisel do not collect £20,000 in dj fees

anyway , it's all meant in good humour
just having a dig really and having a laugh , you have to admit there are many sites that are pretty overblown these days ( no, i know mine definitely wouldnt count !)
it's a competition isn't it!
but it's naff too.
and it's not just about m.bailey either , his site has always been extremely flash , but there are many more believe me.

i'll get my coat

i think you should mate, before you met the lovely J you used to where suede coats and your hair was perfect along wih the crease in your stides mush, AND your press pic up to recently was you with a pair of raybans on. explain yourself young looking man

[rowland the bastard]

alot of sites are now an artform within themselves, i think the developers forget that its a promotional tool to promote your business, you want people to think your business is cool so you tart it up abit, nice big sign on the front etc, if your a dj you are the business and your doing the same aint ya, not saying i agree with it all just saying i can see the point in it, i hate wih a passion websites that you cant navigate around properly, im a thicky and i like it laid out on a plate (just like me birds) nah lol joke, soz! seriously, some geez earlyer on in this thread is right html man! its got verything you need, INFO!!!

[davethedrummer]

alot of sites are now an artform within themselves, i think the developers forget that its a promotional tool to promote your business, you want people to think your business is cool so you tart it up abit, nice big sign on the front etc, if your a dj you are the business and your doing the same aint ya, not saying i agree with it all just saying i can see the point in it, i hate wih a passion websites that you cant navigate around properly, im a thicky and i like it laid out on a plate (just like me birds) nah lol joke, soz! seriously, some geez earlyer on in this thread is right html man! its got verything you need, INFO!!!

well a cool looking site is still a cool looking site
fine , there's plenty of great sites around that combine great programming with easy navigation sure.
but its the pictures of the dj prancing around trying to look cool that really get me.
i mean you epect pictures of an artist on his website. but some are just so.......naff!!!!
i'm not going to mention names but there's plenty out there and i'm sure you know who they are.
and yeah the speedy j site .......omg.........what did he do there???
i did manage to get into some parts of it eventually and downloaded some screensavers
( how incredibly useful i thought....and then deleted them.)
but don't ask me to repeat the manouvers , it must be juts a good way to save bandwidth. ;)

[DrewDavid]

I view Speedy J's site as kinda like the Radiohead site... arty and high-concept, but not very easy to navigate. I agree with the general bitchfest here - Bailey's site definitely needs to be ripped apart, but I haven't come across many others like it.

[rowland the bastard]

alot of sites are now an artform within themselves, i think the developers forget that its a promotional tool to promote your business, you want people to think your business is cool so you tart it up abit, nice big sign on the front etc, if your a dj you are the business and your doing the same aint ya, not saying i agree with it all just saying i can see the point in it, i hate wih a passion websites that you cant navigate around properly, im a thicky and i like it laid out on a plate (just like me birds) nah lol joke, soz! seriously, some geez earlyer on in this thread is right html man! its got verything you need, INFO!!!

well a cool looking site is still a cool looking site
fine , there's plenty of great sites around that combine great programming with easy navigation sure.
but its the pictures of the dj prancing around trying to look cool that really get me.
i mean you epect pictures of an artist on his website. but some are just so.......naff!!!!
i'm not going to mention names but there's plenty out there and i'm sure you know who they are.
and yeah the speedy j site .......omg.........what did he do there???
i did manage to get into some parts of it eventually and downloaded some screensavers
( how incredibly useful i thought....and then deleted them.)
but don't ask me to repeat the manouvers , it must be juts a good way to save bandwidth. ;)

you have a far point h, the only stipulaion i made when designing mine (or rather looking around and getting inpiration) was that it had to be easy to navigate! i mean mine is a tool NOT a piece of art, but i am v.happy about the way it looks to

[TechMouse]

makes me just want to learn how to play keyboards properly, so maybe I could play like herbie hancock (Although I never believe I could achieve that really)....

How is virtuosity at all artistic?

[davethedrummer]

you have a far point h, the only stipulaion i made when designing mine (or rather looking around and getting inpiration) was that it had to be easy to navigate! i mean mine is a tool NOT a piece of art, but i am v.happy about the way it looks to

that's pretty much my feelings on it too.
art is great and an beautiful site is great , but keep it simple so you can look around.
misjahs site says it all in the intro
and i totally agree with him
and i checked out inigo's yesterday too , a bit too functional if you ask me , but simple and informative.
pages of text just don't look great though , no one wants to feel like they're reading a book.
anyway , new topic time ........

[paranoiduk]

is it really possible to be a superstar dj in an underground music scene?

[Udy]

anybody who can release music and have thousands of people buying it regardless of its quality is a superstar in my book.

[el salvador]

star maybe, but i am thinking here, superstar=millions, and is known in the mainsteam of population (popstar, footballer, car racing driver, actor, fatboy slim, but techno producer or dj not) please excuse for my english

[jon connor]

i think its the european thing they do take things more seriously and think that techno makes them into supertars but its there way of expressing themselvs they have always been cool dude fashion gurus or hairdooze :lol: thats there way we are more BRITISH and conservitive in our ways so this kinda thing can get under our skin . but however they aint nothing wrong with ones apearance if he feels comfortable in it . and also mr drummer dont take this as a dig because its not i respect you a lot but i remember your flashy picture on the s.u.f site a few years ago with the old black shades on and flash filtered image in the back ground , hahahahahahah :lol: it actually looked pretty cool :love:

[el salvador]

in colombia the peoples they wear the sun glass because they want to hide there eyes so others do not know that they are high, or because it is a sunny day ;)

[jon connor]

in colombia the peoples they wear the sun glass because they want to hide there eyes so others do not know that they are high, or because it is a sunny day ;)

i notice this with a lot of italian dj`s ive played alongside over the years :lol: they do love to where shades on the turntables hahahahahhhahaha pitch black in a club and they have shades on it used to crack me up :lol: i did think tho it was pretty cool and its there way of expressing themselvs however they so wish ;)