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( , Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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You have to have a good ear for beat matching and timing. You need to really know the tunes you are playing and how they mould to another tune.
Several mates of mine also produce their own mixes and compose melodies.
and this is before you add effects to a song to make it sound different.
It's not just hit a button and make bleep bloop noises.
( , Mon 9 Dec 2013, 17:47, 2 replies, latest was 11 years ago)

I have in the ear ones so could still do it now, no point damaging it further.
Last time I did a set was for my 30th birthday.
Like riding a bike.
But enough about YM.
( , Mon 9 Dec 2013, 17:56, Reply)

I am generalizing a bit here, but any old cunt can learn to play wonderwall, house of the rising sun, creep, if you could read my mind etc etc but very few DJs can mix like Jeff Mills.
( , Mon 9 Dec 2013, 18:02, Reply)

I like doing it though, as a hobby. Love music, always have done.
I find it harder to do it from a laptop than decks, but practice makes perfect. Vinyl is beyond me!
( , Mon 9 Dec 2013, 18:16, Reply)

Is something that Placid has invented because he has no idea about how electronic music is composed, produced or performed. Or that while there is a lot of cheap shitty chart dance, it bears little resemblance to good stuff. Or the amount of time, effort and skill that goes into good electronic stuff. Or that DJing is a fundamentally different performance paradigm from bands playing live. It's no better or worse (if there things can be defined in such asinine terms), just fundamentally different.
Plus, he's a boring wanker.
( , Mon 9 Dec 2013, 18:27, Reply)
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