i agree with you on this on some level but i think that there still are alot
of things happening - they are just fewer and farther between. i think that
with more people entering dj culture things through popculture and the web
as opposed to through friends or whatever, clubs have become what they are
on the internet and in popculture as opposed to what they really were, if
that makes any sense. it's like things completed flipped and now it's cool
to do the whiteboyshuffle with glowsticks and your shirt off and you get
wierd looks for doing anything else.
on the other hand i think there are some fully incredible things happening
too - i went to a party where they played 2step and something called "west
coast gutter" the other week which totally blew my mind. lots of cool kids
and the dj spun "fugees or not" by hype+zinc at 33rpm into a 2step track
with a sick bassline. so anyways there still is cool stuff going on except
now you have to dig reallyreally deep to find it.
christopherotto
----- Original Message -----
From: Giles Walker <gileswalker@hotmail.com>
To: <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2000 6:34 AM
Subject: Why DJing sucks in 2000
> After Reading the rules for dj's/producers I thought I would comment on
the
> dj aspect of it. I think because there is so much dance music in the
charts
> and all the dj's are big stars it makes it harder to find clubs that play
> quality dance music that sounds like someone has put some soul into
making.
> The majority of people don't enjoy hearing music that they don't know and
> even in the underground clubs people will cheer and fill the dance floor
> when Eminem, The Beastie Boys or Basement Jaxx are played. Its a shame
> because djing used to be about finding records that no one else had and
> building your own classics. The big name guys never seem to stray to far
> from the obvious. I'm not saying there aren't any decent dj's and clubs,
> left i'm just saying its a shame they are in such a minority.
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