> If you ask me, there are a lot of DJs who spend too damn long trying to match
> tempos, rather than concentrating on using the write tunes to maintain the
> vibe. Most good crowds don't mind the crunching speed shift between records
> if they are the right records at the time. Just my opinion, but technique is
> nothing without taste!
This is so true. Working under some BPM fascist rules ain't the way to
go.. Gilles Peterson spun at an event here in Finland a year ago - the
vibe was incredible even though he just put the records back to back with
no mixing whatsoever (except for the couple of drum & bass tracks).
Anybody can match beats (with a little practice).. Not everybody has the
knack of playing the right record at exactly the right time to uplift
the crowd. And that's what counts.
cheers,
pirkka