> in my mind, it should be a personal point of pride that you know your shit
> and put in the effort to get vinyl even though in the end it all sounds the
> same coming out of the speakers. dj culture is build out of the 12" that is
As you say, it does sound the same, so wouldn't it be better for the DJ
to concentrate his/her effort into something else than hunting down
dusty vinyl? I mean, why is it better that the DJ spends a week
searching for e.g. 3 original vinyls, paying $ 50 apiece instead of
buing 15 represses from the record shop 10 minutes' walk away and using
the week to practise?
I love crate-digging and have paid occasionnally big bucks for
originals. I spin mostly only vinyl. But for me, vinyl is a practical
choice. My vinyl-playing skills are way better than my CD-playing
skills. I do admit there's a certain special feeling in browsing your
vinyl collection at home, but I don't think there's any reason for a
*DJ* to limit him/herself just to vinyl. Personally, I play CD-R
exclusives, some CDs that are not available in vinyl format at all and
some CDs that I have not been able to track out on vinyl. I also play
tracks from comps and own a lot of represses, which I play, too. I
rather play represses than expensive orginals, if I have both.
I agree with Heikki that most DJs who only play CD comps and such are
usually not very good or interesting DJs, but that is not *because* they
play CD comps. These things correlate, but I think that theoretically
speaking there could be a top-notch DJ playing only comps and piratized
stuff - I mean, a good track is a good track regardless of whether it is
off a $ 100 original or $ 1 CD-R pirate copy. I know that at least there
are brilliant CD-only jocks, especially so in the ambient circuit but in
other genres, too.
I love Shadow's stuff but I don't agree with his sampling/DJing rules.
I think creativity should not be constrained unnecessarily. (Although
rule sets like the dogma97 for movies (or dogma00 for music, Heikki =)
can actually increase creativity, but this is another thing altoghter,
methinks.)
> to me it is like if in the 80's a dj came out and played tapes. they do not
I think that would be way cool! =) Actually, I own a pile of African
and Indian tapes, stuff that is not available in any other format, and I
am thinking of strating to practice mixing with a cassette deck to play
them. Of course I could burn the stuff on CD but I think it's much
cooler to play tapes.. =) Back in the early 90s in our (I'm Finnish just
like Heikki) Southern neighbor Estonia was "famous" (well, in the North
European DJ world) for DJs playing with two cassette decks with pitch
control..
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