Re[2]: A Matter of Production


glenphelan (glenphelan@atkins-china.com.hk)
Fri, 07 May 99 14:35:29 +0800



MAYBE SOME DJ'S WOULD RATHER CONSIDER THEMSELVES 'SELECTORS' AND DON'T DO IT TO
BE 'TRENDY' BUT TO GET THEIR MUSICAL TASTE ACROSS. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT BEING
THE 'IN' - MAYBE THAT'S A STATESIDE THING.
IN THIS DAY AND AGE A LOT MORE PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO A LOT MORE MATERIAL OUT OF
THE MAINSTREAM - SO THAT'S MAYBE WHY IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THERE ARE A LOT OF 'JUMP
ON THE BANDWAGON' MERCHANTS. AND IF SOMEBODY HAS JUST GOTTEN INTO HIP HOP, JAZZ
ETC YOU CAN'T KNOCK THEM FOR NOT HAVING BEEN INTO IT 'FROM TIME'. MYBE THEY
AREN'T AS OLD AS SOME OF US.

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Subject: Re: A Matter of Production
Author: Elson Trinidad <elson@westworld.com>
Date: 5/6/99 10:59 PM

At 12:04 AM 5/7/99 -0500, Moonlight wrote:
>>In this day and age, aren''t all producers artists? and aren't all artists
>>DJs? and aren't all DJs producers?

Er, I guess no one got the sarcasm...

>1. Has Rob Playford (producer for Goldie) released anything by himself? If
>not he's a producer not artist.

Okay, so what defines a producer? Someone that's behind the scenes? And
what defines the "artist"? Someone whose name is on the album covers?

>2. An Artist not DJ, that one's boggling my mind as i try to stay within
>the realms of Acid Jazz.

DJs are not musicians, but turntablists are. But DJs can be artists. And so
can turntablists, of course. All turntablists are DJs, but not all DJs are
turntablists. Ah well... :)

 Everyone's had thier try at the wheels of steel
>at one time or another. With today's music, learning to spin is much like
>learning to play guitar was for everything up until the late 80's

Er, there's some truth to that, but I have been playing various musical
instruments for the past 17 years and I refuse to go and buy a pair of
1200s and a Vestax just cos its "trendy." A couple of people suggested that
I take up DJing, but I refuse to, just because the act of being one just
because its "trendy" is stupid and ridiculous and is one huge cliche. Don't
get me wrong, I have massive respect to people who ARE DJs, have always
been DJs and stay true to the form, but I refuse to make the plunge just
because it's the "in" thing to do nowadays.
 
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