Fxn-L

VDJ works very well for me. I’m still fairly new to DDJing and I’m still trying to figure out everything. One thing I’ve noticed though is that VDJ doesn’t really allow for specifying what cue points are what (i.e. cues, load marker, etc.) And from what I understand, VDJ doesn’t have features like Traktor’s quantize or loop snap functions. Either that, or I haven’t spent enough time reading about VDJ’s features yet.

Sup dude?

@Fxn-L – When something tells you “Dude; that Sucked Ass”; your Response is to just Accept it and say; “Oh; what I just did SUCKED”;
Well; Why Did It Suck; did the Person Tell You Why; do they have the Authority Of Technique and Skill to Say That ?
What Did You Think Of It Yourself ?

(trial run of the quote button, hopefully it works)

I think I over-simplified my reply:

More often then not if I get a response like that, I will definitely ask them to elaborate. I’m not one to just take things at face value. Like I’ve said a few times before, DJing is not my profession; I work in the medical field. At work, I can’t just accept things at face value…I need to completely understand things or else people might get hurt. Likewise with DJing, I can’t allow just a simple “You suck” to slip by…I would investigate why they said that.

As far as having the technique and skill to judge like that, I wouldn’t necessarily say that technique and skill is a prerequisite to giving criticism– both the crowd and the DJ are consumer of music. Granted DJs are more active in their listening, I still think the layman has enough experience of listening to music to be able to give some kind of feedback. It’s up to the recipient of that feedback to do with it whatever they will.

And as far as how I feel about feedback like that? Just like I said in the above post, as long as they’ve got an opinion then I don’t really see any problem in it. People are entitled to their opinions, yknow? So it’s up to me to receive it in whatever way I choose and develop a game plan (or stick to the current one) right there. I played out at an EDM event (if you can call it that) as the opening DJ a while back. I made poor song choices and emptied the room. Honestly, I think that’s worse than someone walking up to my face and telling me that I’m sucking. Because if there’s no one around then how can I delve into the feedback beyond “You suck”? There’s no one there to ask why! I would’ve much preferred someone to tell me “you’re playing too fast” or “we want X type of music” or whatever. Because of my nerves and inexperience, I really didn’t know what to do. So I just kept with what I was doing and everyone came back later after the next DJ started his set. So if I could CHOOSE what kind of feedback to receive, I would always prefer 100% brutal honesty versus a nonverbal response to peacing out and coming back whenever the next DJ is on.

I personally like it when people are 100% brutal. Because honestly, it’s more than likely what the crowd will be thinking in their heads.

I would much prefer someone tell me straight, “Dude, that sucked ass,” rather than get wishy-washy feedback that’s sugarcoating it. Because if I know right from the get-go, “Oh, what I just did SUCKED,” then I’ll know to not do something similar in the future. Whereas if people just grin and bear it or beat around the bush, I could potentially go about my day/evening blissfully unaware of the depth of how shitty I just sounded.

Love it! How do you stay informed about Goa/Psy? I want to learn more about the genre and broaden my horizons but house, trance, and electro dominate a lot of the places I look for cues (i.e. DJ podcasts, Beatport browsing, etc.).

It’s a really neat genre. One of my favorites, actually. But it’s not really everyone’s thing.

If you’re into dubstep and its derivatives, my buddy opened his set at a recent club gig with this one: Pendulum – Witchcraft (Rob Swire’s Drumstep Mix).