I can understand this because when I started listening to AJ I wondered,
"What are all these DJ's doing here?" The answer is that they are expanding
the realms and limits of DJing, using turntables as musical instruments. By
the same idea it is quite easy to for musicians to use musical instruments
as reproduction equipment (eg cover bands who cover note for note) when
everyone who can produce music has the possibility of expressing their own
thing.
>Im a straight ahead fan, and yes, a player and I love these AJ grooves,(that
>zepplin remark really got me.)
I happen to like Led Zep also. Don't flame them - they're not your average
cock rock band.
>I did say that I thought musicians and DJs
>jamming together was cool and that was my point, interaction. And now I see
>my ignorance, no matter who's jamming with who, its still interaction.
>
>I apologize for the rudeness of my post, this tread is less than 24 hrs.
>old and Im the one learning the lesson. Thanks Folks, Im waking up.
>It is about peace.
>Sorry and Thanks
>
>Dano
>
I have played jams with DJ's and those who are willing to join in tend to
have a lot better sense of what's going on than some of those playing the
other instruments (myself included).
I'm sorry everyone came down like a tonne of bricks on you but it's a sore
point among DJ's when musicians come along and say, "Hey you're only a DJ,
what do you know?"
It's also worth remembering that for every decent musician (I include
turntables as a type of musical instrument) there are a hundred useless
musicians.
My twopen'orth
elevenisms
Simon Brown
s.j.brown@ucl.ac.uk
UCL Geology (2nd year)