When do you think it's OK?

“In five years’ time computers in DJ booths will be completely normal…. So it’s gonna be about taste and programming.” – Sasha. With that said I think a lot of big name DJs do what Angello was doing in that video. They spent a lot time producing their tunes anyway. It’s not like they are just playing other people stuff. If I did that I don’t think I will get any gig because I play stuff that other people produce. At the end of the day, it’s all about stage presence and how to present yourself to the crowd.

the only thing pre-arranged about a DJ’s set should be the song itself.. If he pulls a deadmau5 and passes out, the music should come to a stop on it’s own. I don’t care how much you “produce your own music.” And synching it with some lights/ fireworks/ whatever, is no excuse. That’s what rehearsal is for. They do it at live concerts all the time, piss poor excuse. Look at deadmau5, his entire stage synchs with the music, he’s performing live, when he falls over the show stops. It’s not impossible.
I wouldn’t pay 40 bucks to listen to someone throw on a CD and press play.. At least I HOPE i wouldn’t.

D-Jam, post: 5839 wrote: . Even worse when you walk into clubs and see some hot chick dressed as a gogo dancer in a booth looking like she’s DJing, but in reality it’ll be two ugly guys in a back room playing with a video monitor showing them the room.

A Certain Bassist turned “DJ” famous for being part of a massive Manchester nightclub on Whitworth st. that began life as a yacht salesroom, now knocked down and the land redeveloped for an appartment block springs to mind..

And a quote from one of the DJs behind backstage one of the times.. ” The sweat started flowing out of every pore when he got in the Booth and saw there was only a pair of 1210’s he relaxed once the engineer brought out a pair of CDJ’s for him to put his pre prepared mix in to… “

Not my words, but i trust the guy who said it 100000% One time him and another DJ played an entire set backstage while up front in the booth this guy punched the air on every drop or transition, as if he pulled it off totally sweet

God knows why he pretends to be a DJ ’cause ive seen him pull massive crowds and absolutely Smash a night playing Bass. The last time was a Guest for the band James and he absolutely took the roof off.
Stick to what yer know.

I have always said that the bigger of a Dj/Producer you get the less buttons you have to press. This far beyond proves my point. I might not have a song on the charts or a world known dj but when I DJ at a house party I do my mixes not just load them up to a deck, press play and say that was me. It might not be perfect at the end but people actually see your doing work.

Ivyquake, post: 5883 wrote: I think everybody have a good point, the real question is. do you think Steve Angello is a less of a DJ/Producer because of that video? Personally I don’t think so.

Less of a DJ, yes. Less of a producer, no. As has been mentioned earlier in this thread, the only time you should throw on a pre-mixed set is for a dunny break or if there’s technical problems.

D-Jam, post: 5829 wrote: Thinking about the Angello thing, I was wondering with these bigger shows DJs are making, when do you personally think it’s ok for a DJ to have pre-arranged stuff and thus mime a bit because of a visual show?

Or do you think it’s never ok and “to hell with” the visual shows, dancers, etc…just keep it simple and “keep it real”?

I think about Bad Boy Bill when he made his troupe of female dancers, the many DJs investing in promo videos to play at shows, and even Tiesto with his massive stadium show. Do you think that more of these Angello incidents will happen and should be allowed in the name of stage presence?

Or are we further pulling DJs away from being DJs and instead now making them totally the same as let’s say Katy Perry and Britney Spears?

I don’t think it is Ever ‘Okay To Mime’ as a DJ;
On the 10 Minute Video a Member put up where the Girl showed her Backside; I saw Angello flipping through a CD Holder; and even pull a CD out; but Not At Any Point did he attempt to ‘Use’ this CD; so Regardless of the Light/Firework Show at the other Gig; I didn’t see him ‘DJ’ing’ in that 10 Minute Video either;
Of course he spent a Lot of time Standing On The Desks; Kissing the Camera; and Fiddling with his Ponytail; but the ‘Only’ time I saw him Touch The Decks was to turn the Music down to Nil; 3 Times in 2 Minutes :confused:
If you are Freddie Mercury Fair Enough; Do Your Stage Show; but if a Drummer in a Band put on a Pre-Recorded Tape and got up on Stage jumping around and ‘Jesus Waving’; I think a few people would have something to say;
But; I think he is getting Too Much ‘Undeserved Exposure’ on this Forum;
As a Producer; What A Brilliant Man; As A DJ; Bring On My Mum;

Emma Partnow, post: 5900 wrote: I don’t think it is Ever ‘Okay To Mime’ as a DJ

Quoted for truth.

The day the superstar DJ thing dies, the day people stop going to “see” a DJ show, the day people realise “the experience” is about how you perceive it (not about how on time the pyrotechnics are) – that’s the day the music will live again.

Playing Other People’s Records (even if you recorded them) For Fun. Damn The Profit.