Christina I have managed to really tear the house up with only CD's in my bag, well okay about 900 cd's is what I usually take to a gig but although I do like to use some vinyl, mainly to expand my reprtoire to the music I have only in that format rather than for any other reason, I have never found the music to be a problem at a gig, if my own energy is not quite right then that sometimes hurts but, generally speaking I tear it up almost every time I play even if I am only spinning CD's, it really is the DJ not the form that the music appears on, when I have travelled to places like Africa to spin I have usually taken CD's because I can take that much more with me. Once those there begin to dance nobody give a hoot what format I am spinning, just that I keep it coming and keep them going! I know there are people around who like to think that it is because they have a fine collection of vinyl but it ain't so, if you got it as a DJ then you will make things happen, if you don't have it then having the best music in the hippest format will not help you amount to anything, vinyl shminyl, compilations or whatever, I try to find the best music in whatever format I can so that I can make it happen and, at the end of the night when everyone has danced their asses off, no-one give a shit about whether they heard vinyl or CD's just that they had a good time and I played really cool music, it just is what it is, we dance and therefore we are the format is really a side issue for the true aficionados and rabid folks, I just wanna dance and have everyone dancing with me and I CAN do that with CD's!
leslie/The Power of Sound
PS thanks for the Thunderball which arrived today!
----- Original Message -----
From: Christina Martineau
To: acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2001 1:22 PM
Subject: Re: NYTimes.com Article: The D.J.'s New Mix: Digital Files and aTurntable
Hi Elson,
I have to disagree with you that a DJ would throw away a producers CDR. Actually these days that CDR is a rare gem, usually because it's an unreleased track. If the track is released (not so rare) and this DJ is purely in touch with music then he would keep that CDR in a safe place as part of his collection, assuming the song(s) are good. Now if this DJ is one of those look at me types, your right, I couldn't see the CDR making to the car.
I was speaking of the DJ who produces. The Sexy Lady track I spoke of is Tim's work. I work with an artist who started spinning (mostly vinyl) but always plays his new stuff off of CDR before and after mastering to get feedback or to see how the frequencies sound on other sound systems. It keeps him from becoming complacent.
I would have to disagree that the DJ/Producer would not play any other CDR's, Burdy of Baby Mammoth is one who would and welcomes it. I have 6 unreleased tracks by Tellefuzz (Don Verbrilli) Upstairs Recordings and the label asked that we play them at our event which we do, yet not to distribute them. These tracks are now in demand prior to their release. It is a form of marketing but what's wrong with that? I really like his work.
Christina
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