> dan> I dont care if you have ten DJs and fifteen samplers, you need interaction
> dan> between MUSICIANS. Now this umbrella term "Acid Jazz" covers everything from
> dan> elevator to ambient and its just not real! DJs with musicians are cool but
> dan> you can throw your samplers in the ocean because you are not writing you're
> dan> stealing. Im sick of seeing peoples jaws drop when they see a couple of
> dan> DJs.
>
> Perhaps I don't understand where you're coming from Dano, but what is
> 'real' music and what is 'unreal' - I'd venture to suggest that it's
> all in your head. People drop their jaws when they see a couple of DJs
> because it's out of the norm. So how many musicians does there have to
> be, playing with a DJ, to make it cool? I wonder if you're a musician,
> and if so, I wonder if you listen to the music as a whole rather than
> what your particular instrument does? I also wonder if you're able to
> appreciate the beauty of something simple (like some of Punk's two
> minute speed trips) as well as the more complex stuff that you're
> probably into.
I wonder where Dan was during the "Can a DJ be considered a Musician"
Thread?? I'm surprised I didn't see any heated messages from him then!
Tim (tca@cerfnet.com)