Comments on: Dream DJ Furniture, Pt. III http://createdigitalmusic.com/2005/04/20/dream-dj-furniture-pt-iii/ The latest gear, software, and techniques for electronic music production and performance Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:08:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: nutty http://createdigitalmusic.com/2005/04/20/dream-dj-furniture-pt-iii/#comment-273185 nutty Tue, 25 Sep 2007 04:15:49 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2005/04/20/dream-dj-furniture-pt-iii/#comment-273185 "So why not computers, too?" i'll tell you why: dj'ing records involves sifting through your bag of records, looking for the tracks you want to play. this is done by colour and the design of the record label/cover. then you have to physically look at the record to find the track (grooves that you decode to see when a vocal comes in, blah, blah, blah). then you have to make sure you play it at the right speed. then you have to mix it at the right point. all the while working the mixer. my point is, you are constantly PHYSICALLY interacting with the record to get it to do what you want. typing on a keyboard and clicking with a mouse can hardly come close to the sheer physical and mental energy required of lugging your record bags to a club and spinning a d&b and uk breakz set for 4 hours... the dj IS the operating system...no error codes you can't understand, no screen that becomes your world. dj'ing records makes you sociable. the very opposite of sitting in front of a computer. “So why not computers, too?” i’ll tell you why: dj’ing records involves sifting through your bag of records, looking for the tracks you want to play. this is done by colour and the design of the record label/cover. then you have to physically look at the record to find the track (grooves that you decode to see when a vocal comes in, blah, blah, blah). then you have to make sure you play it at the right speed. then you have to mix it at the right point. all the while working the mixer.

my point is, you are constantly PHYSICALLY interacting with the record to get it to do what you want. typing on a keyboard and clicking with a mouse can hardly come close to the sheer physical and mental energy required of lugging your record bags to a club and spinning a d&b and uk breakz set for 4 hours…

the dj IS the operating system…no error codes you can’t understand, no screen that becomes your world. dj’ing records makes you sociable. the very opposite of sitting in front of a computer.

]]>