Revolution of DJ Culture
October 31st, 2005 -- Posted in music, people, toys | No Comments »I’ve been working on a PsychTrance/HardTrance mix over the weekends. 50 over minutes done. Another 50 over minutes to make it a mixed album. Not exactly the kind of mix traditionally done with turntables and mixer, but with my faithful Cubase SX. Now my question is… would this be considered DJ-ing too? I understand that DJ around the world work with either vinyls or now even with CDs, but are music mixing with MP3 files considered ‘disc-jocking’?
Many full-time DJs would criticize the use of MP3 as ‘poser-DJ’ as it is not authentic and the sound quality sux big-time. But hey think about this… how do you think tracks of many electronic music genre like trance, techno and what-nots are made? Mixing and remixing of electronically generated sounds! And how are these electronic sounds made? Through computers! So most would say the best sound format for the computer is *.wav, but HOW MANY PEOPLE in this world would be bothered to try to distinguish the difference between a wav file and a 196kb/s MP3 dance track during a party??? When you’re up-hyped with superb arrangement of beats/rhythm/tunes, would you think you can tell if that favorite track you’ve just heard was played from a vinyl or an MP3 file… or even bothered to find out? The key factor that make a good mix is the ‘perfect’ combination of beats and rhythm that hype you up, isn’t it?
Alright. I do understand some hardcore DJ-ing enthusiasts who insist that the sound quality do make a difference in the level of hype the track can bring, but is it really necessary? Who in the majority of clubbing population would be that particular? Only a small percentage… and that small percentage, in my opinion, are those who just want to show that they are the ONEs who lead a ‘super star’ lifestyle when they own professional DJ equipments and a huge collection of vinyls.
Face it… many of the professional DJs in the world are already incorporating the use of electronic mediums for their mixes.
There’s even iDJ, an iPod mixer made by Numark…
... and even DJ softwares for mixing MP3 files such as SAM Party DJ
In other words, don’t anyone tell me “DJ-ing without using vinyls/CDs… errr… You call that DJ-ing?”
