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  • January 4, 2013 at 12:45 am #34442
    johnnythird
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    Have or do you guys play in a band, play an instrument or produce your own music? Or do you just dj?
    The EDM scene is sooooo much bigger the the live band scene. The band scene is dying and people really don’t give two shits if you dj or play your stuff live. I know this from being in a number of bands (one even doing international tours and singles played on the radio) EDM scene is strong, especially if your a good producer. Bands and live acts are dying and its sad too see it happening.

    January 4, 2013 at 1:19 am #34443
    Anonymous
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    johnnythird, post: 34598, member: 5120 wrote: Have or do you guys play in a band, play an instrument or produce your own music? Or do you just dj?
    The EDM scene is sooooo much bigger the the live band scene. The band scene is dying and people really don’t give two shits if you dj or play your stuff live. I know this from being in a number of bands (one even doing international tours and singles played on the radio) EDM scene is strong, especially if your a good producer. Bands and live acts are dying and its sad too see it happening.

    I think the other way will happen. The audience will get tired of inactive DJs waving their hands and not even lasers and smoke will help such boring events. But the live acts that will follow are not exactly blues-rock bands, rather crazy EDM like bands with lots of energy such as James Brown or Prince. So the bands just need to adapt and their future is just fine. I would not bank on the DJ business myself as we are pretty much saturated by all kinds of DJs from the bedroom level up.

    January 4, 2013 at 1:35 am #34445
    johnnythird
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    Lucky for me I can play guitar, piano and sing haha. Super weird I have just gotten into EDM and the difference i see is ridiculous between live acts and dj’s. You no what though I do feel like DJ’s could be more like a front man of a band. Get a mic and get the crowd more involved with your set. If that make sense.

    January 4, 2013 at 1:38 am #34446
    Anonymous
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    I might be a minority or old, but I rather go to a Prince show than see David Guetta spin two CDJs not connected.

    January 4, 2013 at 7:34 am #34455
    Terry_42
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    Well I play guitar and maschine 🙂 and I can sing.
    I see the opposite happening in many bars here. They either book a live band or rock their iTunes Genius playlist. Getting gigs beside the few clubs (or mobile DJing) is not very easy.

    January 4, 2013 at 9:03 pm #34485
    squarecell
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    I’ve actually had this conversation with some friends of mine.

    They say “I went to see David Guetta and he was mixing live right there in front of the audience.”

    I say “He’s actually just pressing play and waving his hands in the air. His tracks are pre-recorded. What’s he going to do? It’s not like he’s a turntablist who’s going to mix two records together and make music. He may be cueing effects or playing samples over top of his music, but when it comes down to it he’s still just hitting play.”

    I think a lot of the general public doesn’t understand that what they see from “DJs” (I put that in quotations because I prefer to call them EDM producers) live is just an illusion that something is happening. I know there are some out there who have been bucking the trend and adding more and more live elements to their sets, but I think eventually the other shoe will drop and the David Guettas of the world will have some explaining to do.

    Or maybe not, who knows.

    January 5, 2013 at 11:19 am #34503
    softcore
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    I wouldnt keep my breath waiting for the masses to realise that most of these pop DJs dont even DJ and play pre-recorded sets. Most often than not, out of the hundreds of people attending a club, only 10 – 20 people actually pay attention to the what-the-DJs-hands-are-doing-vs-what-sounds-come-out-of-the-speakers equation: and 99% of those 10-20 are also DJs.

    Few days ago a highly respected greek techno DJ-producer, Axel Karakassis said to a friend of mine (who was a bit disappointed about his own “mixing” mistakes that night):
    – Listen man, are you a good DJ? Yes you are! Do your friends know you are a good DJ? Yes they do! Do, like, 5 or so other people also know it? yes….So what’s your problem? Do you think anyone else notices? Most of the people partying, dont give a flying **** if you are a good Dj – if the music is banging and they have a good time….thats all it matters to them. So stop being so worried and stop being so concerned….”

    Of course, it may have been just a way to relieve my friend from his “bad” parformance dissapointment (actually wasnt bad at all, he is just too “austere” with himself) but in any case it reveals a lot about how (and at what extend) the “masses” are able to apreciate a good DJ and a good DJing performance.

    January 6, 2013 at 1:03 pm #34524
    D Homei
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    How did that musical history re-cap miss Kraftwerk?
    In my unhumble opinion, they invented the entire synth-pop aesthetic, By 1978 they released “Man Machine.” a completely electronic album. And it wasn’t just the novelty of using electronics, Kraftwerk had a fully developed sound and signature style. This is particularly impressive since the 70’s were era when synths were used and seen as a novelty. (Anybody remember Hot Butter’s ‘Popcorn’?)

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