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Originally Posted by MattM  Arguably the time will soon come when DJ's are totally phased out, and clubs play music strictly off a computer system that matches beats, keys, styles, etc. I personally don't think that time is that far off myself.. |
A case of beer says a program like that will become mainstream in 5 years... As appealing that is, a computer can not read a crowd and can not make new mixes to songs etc... and a computer that can is WAY down the road and im not afraid of that.
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Originally Posted by MattM You will probably never play to the type of large crowd that cares about beatmatching much. That day is long gone..Anyways, just my 2 cents, good luck.. |
if you have any rhythm at all you have to somewhat care about beatmatching... i remember at my senior prom the dj was just a regular mobile dj. played the song from start to finish with no regard to tempo... i was dancing with my super hot date and there was nothing worse than
1. the last minute of the song because i was bored and
2. getting back into the groove every 4 minutes when a new song started.
my best friend (whitest, most non-rhytmatic dude you'll ever meet) is always listening to my mixed CDs or helping me lug around my gear at large gigs and at our prom he told me "man this DJ sucks... he needs to learn how to change songs more..."
one thing ive noticed is most reputable top 40 clubs (cirque, purgatory, uropa) have DJs that can mix. They might be 8 bar mixes and a few sloppy ones here a there but they can mix. i can dance all night with it and i appreciate that a lot.
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Originally Posted by MattM ps, get into producing if you're really passionate about it..that's were it's really at.. |
i have been getting into some remixing and what not with top 40 stuff. nothing crazy mostly just some mash-ups and adding intros and outros with some party samples and stuff.
i honestly dont think im creative enough to do anything with EDM... kind of a totally different spectrum. maybe when i get more into playing i will grow some bawls...