Does anybody else find this to be a little bit "cheating" in the world of DJing?

I’m confused, are they just simply mashups?  I have no problems with people playing mashups from record pools, in fact every DJ I know uses them.  A lot of DJ’s even make them themselves, some even established themselves solely as mashup artist’s (see kap slap and 3lau).

However, if it were indeed premixed transitions, yeah id call that pretty shitty and not worthy of an established dj.

Personally I doubt you can ever achieve THAT kind of “feeling” for what the crowd once (and the broader kind of DJ you are the harder it gets).  I have played 6 day/week residencies for 4-5 months on end at one location. Yet every night would be different.

If you make a mix especially for that night and then trash it, maybe, just maybe that could be ok (as a backup for when you need to pee). If you plan on using the same mix more than once … not good.

And finally, but this is entirely my personal opinion, the entire point to DJ-ing is to create a mood on the night. And I can’t see how you’d do that from the safety of your couch in the week leading up to a gig.

Greetinx,

C.