i just listened to that
then i looked at pictures of him with lindsey lohan and the lead singer from bloc party
lol, link?
i just listened to that
then i looked at pictures of him with lindsey lohan and the lead singer from bloc party
Doom, behave yourself!
Zhao said:NGOMA 2 JUST SO HAPPENS to use a lot of tunes i got from forums, BECAUSE THEY FIT MY MOTHERFUCKING PURPOSE for this one.
Me said:Sure, you have selected the tunes here based on merit, but, the pool you've selected them from is limited by whats availible for free on the internet.
Zhao said:and i've spend thousands, yes, that is many multiples of thousands, on records in my time. don't jump to stupid conclusions based on 1 mix.
UFO over easy said:ps: lol zhao, hit a sore spot?
Zhao said:now shut the fuck up and post a better afro-techno and funky mix than mine.
Zhao said:homeboy been talking shit about me on other forums too. and yes, it's getting on my tits.
But, how would you know if other tunes wouldn't have fit better? If you'd bought em....
Sure, you have selected the tunes here based on merit, but, the pool you've selected them from is limited by whats availible for free on the internet.
The way you have presented this work leaves you open to criticism.
you are representing the music thru a filter which has nothing to do with music. It also makes me skeptical of the rest of your work, I liked Vol.1 but this tarnishes it, I can't help but wonder if perhaps because I'm not familiar with the music on that one, same things havn't happened.
the selection is really narrow, cheap & sells the music short.
... I'm not even gonna download it, it could be so much better.
ur a wanker
hey there - just want to say thanks for the mix. really feeling the selection. you've pulled together a lot of the music i'm feeling at the moment into a great mix.
respect
you better post a better one.
you've been buying a lot of tunes for the past few months because you have a lot of money at the moment? good for you. now go make that deep selection of undiscovered gems happen -- and keep your whining and bitching to yourself.
Zhao said:"lazy copy paste internet djs" don't get invited to open for Pan Sonic. or get booked to play Fusion Fest.
Zhao said:i'll use all tunes ripped from myspace pages if i god damned feel like it -- and if it sounds like shit, it sounds like shit;
john eden said:I would be grateful if everyone could desist from childish namecalling.
I would be grateful if everyone could desist from childish namecalling.
But really, is it so different to hearing something good and chasing it down, or going into a shop and checking out what's new, or going to an online store and listening to clips?
jambo said:Otherwise it's like that stupid thing idiot DJs have where it has to be super rare and on vinyl, which is ultimately not about the music at all.
i think professionalism is overrated tbh - it has overtones of craft, not art. i'd rather see someone who hasn't a clue what they are doing produce something exciting. in the same way that producers who are classically trained (BT for example) have difficulty composing something truly alien because its hard to break those drummed in rules.
but as regards collective evolution or people wanting more of the same for the identity of being in a scene, that hasn't always resulted in average music. looking back at the rave cannon there seems to be an embarrassment of riches - but sure enough there's also loads of shite. but it doesn't tend to be tasteful - more bold ideas that didn't work out.
i've got infinitely more patience for that kind of mistake than i have of a piece of work which is neither bad nor good - but just damned by mere adequacy.
Yeah but not everyone does and that's never actually going to happen is it.If everyone ends up playing a copy of a copy of a copy we're in deep dog shit!
I dunno, different contexts, aims, intentions, and different people have diffeent ways of working. Those are your preferred standards and that's fine but I'd hardly call it a 'real' problem. If we're talking about clubs then if it sounds really shit it's not going to work for very long.doom said:There is a real problem with playing MySpace / Youtube / Mixtapes rips in any context - there has to be some point of minimum sound quality yh?
You could say it was tricky in many ways, of course people argue about this stuff all the time. But I think it starts to sound like the sort of king canute thinking that has hamstrung the old style record industry when faced with the reality of the internet. Obviously straight out stealing a track and passing it off as your own is not the thing, but we're not talking about stuff not being attributed.doom said:Throw in some 1st & 3rd World interpenetration, arguments about the importance of attribution & the politics of leaking... like I said, it gets tricky.
But since when have most Djs not been twats.
jambo said:That's my old school ethos though, it's unlikely I'd ever play a rip but even those might, and clearly do, have their place in certain contexts you know.
jambo said:Those are your preferred standards and that's fine but I'd hardly call it a 'real' problem.