**format wars** vinyl ? mp3 ? cd ? turntables ? ableton ?

[teknonotice]

The hard disc and technology has changed everything, for the next generation, digital, DJ.

IMO I prefer vinyl, as thats what I was brought up on however the new breed of DJ's, remixers and producers may not appreciate such formats...

Why? Cause they werent round in this era.

They know: file sharing, pirate bay, mp3, ipod, mobile phone music.


Digital music, and technology, for the younger, or new generation disc jockey offers:

:Exellent Mobility - I seen kids on buses whos record bags are bigger than they are

:Flexibility with regards to the integration of audio, technology/software/hardware and even visuals/images/video

:Cost effective means to play a different set each weekend - cost prohibits most 16 year old aspiring DJs to play a fresh new set of Vinyl at their weekly Friday night slot they do. Belive it or not in some places you cant get Vinyl, or if you can you pay through the roof (take notice - malta is one of these places)

:Access to free demos and promos that all digital labels and stores provide users and listeners

:An easier means to create music across borders - the net allows quick and easy communcation and provides all the tools needed for two producers on other sides of the galaxy to collab on a track together



just some thoughts...


I never thought of it as format wars however - I mean all formats can compliment eachother, even within the same set or live PA.

[teknonotice]

I thought "PA" always stood for "public announcement"

wiki has an interesting definition..


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_PA

Live PA, sometimes written LivePA, meaning Live Personal Appearance or Live Performance Artist is a term used to describe the act of performing, or appearing to perform, electronic music in a concert setting.

While the term "Live PA" literally means "Live Personal Appearance", a legal term originally used to protect promoters when performances are occasionally prerecorded, in common usage it refers to live performance of electronic music, via synthesizers, samplers, and sequencers.

In a performative context, the term was originally used to refer to live appearances, initially at rave events in the late 1980's, of studio based electronic dance music artists. The concept of the Live PA helped provide a public face for a scene that was criticised as faceless by the mainstream music press. The trend was quickly exploited by a music industry desperate to market dance music to a popular audience.