Since you have converted from vinyl to digital I am sure there is one thing lacking that you might not have realized yet. The FEEL of the record.
Records are the only medium I know of where you can see and almost feel the music with your fingers. Looking at a record you can say "OK, that section there is a breakdown, oh, that part there is melodic and not too busy" A digital timer telling you that you are 3m24s into a song? Not the same. I give you much respsect though if you can look at the data side of a CD and see the breakdowns:)
When I am playing for a crowd of dancers and have them moving to the music, there is nothing like the personal touch of physically sifting through those two crates and a record bag you broke your back carrying - finding that next record, cueing it up, applying the right amount of preasure on the record to ensure a proper and on beat realese, little nudges here and there to perfectly synch it while working the faders and EQ's. Pressing some buttons or moving a mouse? not the same. And the topic of a computer crash is a WHOLE other ball of wax we'll leave alone right now:)
I have trouble wording what I feel for the paid DJ who does not scratch. There is a whole world of scratching out there besides "beep" "ahhh" and "fresh" Try scratching your mix. Give it the personal touch of creativity and life. Scratch the next songs kick drum a few bars before you do the mix. Scratch the snare to give the beat a little more flare before doing the mix. Scratch a lyric in the middle of a song. These are all things that can be accomplished outside the concieved "wiggidy wiggidy ahhhhhh" scratching and put you in another category of creativity and flare.
The mobile paid DJ's are in an entirely seperate field than I. However, I would like to see more paid mobile DJ's who are open to the possibilities of what a very simple scratch can bring to them. 10 DJ's can mix the same 2 songs with a simple match n' blend. The crowd will remember the 11th who added some flare to it. A majority of the crowd will have NO idea why it was different but will remember it was different and more enjoyable.
And finally, to avoid being labeled as one of those "anything but vinyl SUCKS!" DJ's, I do have and use PC mixing software and have used CD-DJ equipment on many an occasion. I respect the digital DJ - we all have the same underlying goals to a certain degree. I have seen both worlds and hope that the MP3/CD/PC/etc. does not overrun and destroy the world of the record - but rather compliment it.
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Since you have converted from vinyl to digital I am sure there is one thing lacking that you might not have realized yet. The FEEL of the record.
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Records are the only medium I know of where you can see and almost feel the music with your fingers. Looking at a record you can say "OK, that section there is a breakdown, oh, that part there is melodic and not too busy" A digital timer telling you that you are 3m24s into a song? Not the same. I give you much respsect though if you can look at the data side of a CD and see the breakdowns
When I am playing for a crowd of dancers and have them moving to the music, there is nothing like the personal touch of physically sifting through those two crates and a record bag you broke your back carrying - finding that next record, cueing it up, applying the right amount of preasure on the record to ensure a proper and on beat realese, little nudges here and there to perfectly synch it while working the faders and EQ's. Pressing some buttons or moving a mouse? not the same. And the topic of a computer crash is a WHOLE other ball of wax we'll leave alone right now
I have trouble wording what I feel for the paid DJ who does not scratch. There is a whole world of scratching out there besides "beep" "ahhh" and "fresh" Try scratching your mix. Give it the personal touch of creativity and life. Scratch the next songs kick drum a few bars before you do the mix. Scratch the snare to give the beat a little more flare before doing the mix. Scratch a lyric in the middle of a song. These are all things that can be accomplished outside the concieved "wiggidy wiggidy ahhhhhh" scratching and put you in another category of creativity and flare.
The mobile paid DJ's are in an entirely seperate field than I. However, I would like to see more paid mobile DJ's who are open to the possibilities of what a very simple scratch can bring to them. 10 DJ's can mix the same 2 songs with a simple match n' blend. The crowd will remember the 11th who added some flare to it. A majority of the crowd will have NO idea why it was different but will remember it was different and more enjoyable.
And finally, to avoid being labeled as one of those "anything but vinyl SUCKS!" DJ's, I do have and use PC mixing software and have used CD-DJ equipment on many an occasion. I respect the digital DJ - we all have the same underlying goals to a certain degree. I have seen both worlds and hope that the MP3/CD/PC/etc. does not overrun and destroy the world of the record - but rather compliment it.
-- DJ Groovestone