RE: tempos !

Michael Aregood (maregood@comcastpc.com)
Tue, 5 Aug 1997 16:31:59 -0400

I completely agree with all of what Bambi wrote. One definitely needs
all options open as far as mood and flow and all that. But also, it
really all depends on where your priorities are as a dj. I didn't really
start DJing to be the guy up there picking the right records for people
to cha cha to. Yea, keeping the crowd happy is up there on the list but
if that crowd just wants a reason to rub their drunk ass up against the
next sexy chick and no one gives a rat's ass about the spontanious
accidents that are occuring and new things that are being created in
front of them, i'm at the wrong place. I really think that there is no
such thing as "spending too long trying to match tempos"! There can
never be too much exploring of these possibilities...I'm sure there are
more than a few dj's on this list that feel that way. Anyway didn't this
discussion spinoff of someone posting about a song they were composing
and asking a BPM question? (I could be wrong) Could it be that said
composer doesn't have any interest in making music to "move the crowd"?
Lastly, anyone who only spent a little time learning to beatmatch sure
as hell sounds like it! What planet are you from?

Peace,
Argo

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qualities."
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> ----------
> From: Pirkka Hartikainen
> Sent: Tuesday, August 5, 1997 2:15 AM
> To: acid-jazz@UCSD.EDU
> Subject: Re: tempos !
>
> On Sun, 3 Aug 1997 SEver86645@aol.com wrote:
>
> > 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
>