Hey P.
I Have no wish 4 any "wordfight", What I think u must realise is that Mills was already doing all the tricks and general deck wizardry long b4 any1 else! I might even add that some of the more enlightend Djs have learned a lot with this man, or with people that learned with this man.
I remember looking into djing in a totally different way after I saw him dj! I do agree with ya, Mills does miss a lot, some of the mixing is just a tad 2 ruff... But the fact is that most of us know about this tricks very early and toy around with' em, loads and loads, so it bcomes easy, almost like a 2nd nature, they r no longer extraordinary!!
Then again if u listen 2 a Dave Clarke set, u could almost say the same, but still they were there doin' it long b4 we could propertly beatmatched!!
4 that also I have a huge respect, that doesn't mean I'm deaff, I can still hear all the mistakes, but I pay my respects 2 a man u consistently changed the way we Dj and Produce!!
Z
Djax-Up Beats Holland,Holzplatten Germany, Minimalistix Belgium, Invasion Belgium, Fined UK/ PT, Reptile Canada, bla bla bla :P