have always thought that my true calling is making, rather than spinning. and that djing is a step on the road toward a debut album... but now i'm not so sure.
one always (at least i do) encounter this attitude that djs are somehow less than producers ("are you JUST a dj or do you also make tracks?"). not to mention so many people out there who STILL don't really get what is the big deal with djs - like, anybody can put on a bloody record --- to them i ask if they think museum and gallery curators work hard at what they do, if it takes talent and dedication, and if they deserve respect and to get paid.
making music involves total immersion in more or less one style for long stretches of time, and living and breathing that one thing day in and day out. with all your time spent tweaking the sound and making it perfect. there are only so many hours in the day and this would mean the exclusion of the hundreds and thousands of musical flavors i'm thoroughly interested in. kind of like putting on blinders and going into tunnel vision mode.
i've discovered that what i personally am really into is literally EVERYTHING. and combining them in new and interesting ways.
so finally, i think, i've come to the conclusion that, at least for now, I'm much more interested in djing than making original music.
and in a world where there is sooooo much amazing music already, and new music constantly being released from a million places, that the role of the ambassador, the conduit, the selector, is arguably just as, perhaps in some cases even more, important than the producer.
i think fundamentally, annoying big name djs aside, djing is a more selfless act of love, appreciation, and most importantly: giving. whereas the role of the producer is more to do with a self-important, ego-centric, perhaps solipsistic ivory tower mentality.
this is all very subjective i supose... thanks for listening to my self absorbed prattle...
one always (at least i do) encounter this attitude that djs are somehow less than producers ("are you JUST a dj or do you also make tracks?"). not to mention so many people out there who STILL don't really get what is the big deal with djs - like, anybody can put on a bloody record --- to them i ask if they think museum and gallery curators work hard at what they do, if it takes talent and dedication, and if they deserve respect and to get paid.
making music involves total immersion in more or less one style for long stretches of time, and living and breathing that one thing day in and day out. with all your time spent tweaking the sound and making it perfect. there are only so many hours in the day and this would mean the exclusion of the hundreds and thousands of musical flavors i'm thoroughly interested in. kind of like putting on blinders and going into tunnel vision mode.
i've discovered that what i personally am really into is literally EVERYTHING. and combining them in new and interesting ways.
so finally, i think, i've come to the conclusion that, at least for now, I'm much more interested in djing than making original music.
and in a world where there is sooooo much amazing music already, and new music constantly being released from a million places, that the role of the ambassador, the conduit, the selector, is arguably just as, perhaps in some cases even more, important than the producer.
i think fundamentally, annoying big name djs aside, djing is a more selfless act of love, appreciation, and most importantly: giving. whereas the role of the producer is more to do with a self-important, ego-centric, perhaps solipsistic ivory tower mentality.
this is all very subjective i supose... thanks for listening to my self absorbed prattle...
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I may get round to digitising one or two of the tracks and posting them up on here one day. (I may in fact wait until this post is long forgotten and then claim to have 'discovered' this incredibly cutting-edge-at-the-time dada-ist proto-industrial noise-collage recorded in 1963 - of course I'll have to choose one of the tracks that doesn't rely too heavily on computer game samples...)
