Re: Long but hopefully interest
Matthew Robert Chicoine (scooby@umich.edu)
Tue, 14 Nov 1995 09:30:49 -0500 (EST)
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First off, the project is not necessarily "acid jazz" related but
DJ related. Because I've talked to a few people who are considered to be
appropriate topics on this list, I felt the project was appropriate. As a
musician AND a DJ I feel just the opposite of you. It is not the musician
who has been overlooked over the years but the DJ, which is why I am
doing this project. Now I fully understand the importance and
implications of "acid jazz" as a music that has few limitations, can not
be easily categorized (although a lot of us try to . . .), and in turn
does result in DJ/production and live combintations. This is absolutely
fundamental to the scene, your right, and it in itself would be quite an
interesting project shedding light on both sides of the coin through a
comparative analysis. But, "acid jazz" in some way or another has been
fundamentally affected by hip-hop, like it or not. Sometime the live
element is there, sometime it is more produced. Regardless, the DJ is the
one who will play the vinyl, and his/her role is often dismissed as
merely "they are just playing records". I will argue until I am blue in
the face that a DJ has . . . the potential to be a musician, not just
somebody who "just plays records". Next time you see a dope DJ, watch
him/her closely. What are they doing, how do they seem the same or
different as a "musician", and in the end, how is what they are doing not
musical (assuming this is your conclusion). Think about it, get back to
me. Peace-
DJ Bubblicious