When i was about 18 i was a serious DJ, done a bit of local pirate radio and some bar nights round my way, then inevitably gave it up. But recently ive seriously got the urge to get some decks again just as a hobby and for fun rather than anything else. I sold all my vinyl but id enjoy tracking down all those old classics again, i imagine they would be even harder than they was then, now mp3 and cd's so popular, but for me Vinyl is the true DJ's weapon of choice. Not all this BPM counters and Laptop software, using the light to see the breaks and marking the cue point with tape. Ah.
Don't DJ myself but it's good to see people still using it. It sort of defines DJing for me, although I do understand why people use CD/MP3, It's always nice to hear a bit of vinyl
Dj'd for a while and used all formats, I personally love vinyl, the feel and how you connect with emotion, growing up where vinyl was the norm also plays a big part but there is no denying been more portable allows for greater creativity. With Cd and laptop you can have so much more music at your disposal, and be really creative easily, then you can also suffer from music overload when spoilt for choice it almost halts your choices, and vinyl nowadays imo has lost its edge sourcing tracks, the market isn't what it was, with soundsystems nowadays it doesnt really matter what you play on, and the crowd arnt bothered no more. if your looking to play a few gigs then obviously ccd's is easier and most venues have them. i am going through the same feeling, want to bang a few nights on, just want to find a decent genre as what i hear today i have done and like to be a more obscure. Vinyl is great as to me you feel the music and having a box of say 50 tricks is a test of your Djin, I used to blind pack my box on sme gigs and they turned out great.
had my 1210s since i was 17/18 years old.....im now 38 and my whole collection is vinyl.......jungle/house/proggresive/tech house....my records are my personality!!!!
I still have my Stanton STR8-150s (always liked them more than 1210s) they are packed away now but I wish I didn't give up the 2 lads I used to DJ with one is now working with DJ Shadow and others and the other is putting on loads of shows in Leeds and working with awesome acts from the UK.
Vinyl is a lot easier to find these days if it's anything from the past as there are so many sources to get them, so you won't have a problem whitey to get the vinyl back you had, everybody's different with what they want out of djing, I don't see any difference whatsoever in playing vinyl or cdr, you still have to work it and beat match it, I don't have much time for vinyl purists as such, I think it's the end product you put out but I don't agree with laptop djing either, as long you still play it like your supposed to through 2-4 channels and a mixer there is no wrong or right way, I played on vinyl for 12 years but like I said in the other vinyl thread when you can't get the music you want to play on vinyl what's the fucking point, what's the point of having this great music and a portion of it not readily available to you ? Because by the time you get it all the main djs have hammered it, people send me promos to play or works in progress and the amount of talented producers on the likes of soundcloud who make edits and remixes that you can download for free is unreal, music you will never find on vinyl or even get released so to have them on cd is the only way, times change and things move on, if your in the house listening to or playing around with music then nothing beats vinyl, but if your serious about DJing in a club environment you need to broaden your horizons and don't get swept away by vinyl purists because it limits you, when you start playing around with your own edits and remixes and samples it's so hard to get them transferred to vinyl it limits you, but like I said it all depends what you want to get out of it, if you want to feel like your taking the higher ground so you can tell everyone you only play vinyl then that's what your about, but if you want to have an open book of quality music available to you then play both vinyl and cd.
Quote by The Individual I don't have much time for vinyl purists as such
Thats one of the main requireemtns of being a rare soul DJ playing the original vinyl and it will be a sad day if that stops being a requireemnt on that scene.
Its part and parcel of it. But as time moves on less people will care about that.
Quote by The Individual I don't have much time for vinyl purists as such
Thats one of the main requireemtns of being a rare soul DJ playing the original vinyl and it will be a sad day if that stops being a requireemnt on that scene.
Its part and parcel of it. But as time moves on less people will care about that.
That's a different scene to what I'm on now mate so maybe I shouldn't have been so vague with my interpretation of it, but my point was if your starting to make your own music which is where I'm at now and to be able to get these great edits and promos and remixes that are about you have to play cdr as well because you won't ever be able to play them otherwise, I was playing in London last night and played one of my own unreleased edits and a mash up I made with some accapellas and 2 tracks and the place went up when I played them, so I'd have missed all that if I was vinyl only, but like I said it depends what you want out of it, if your only playing 60s &70s rarities then yeah of course you would only concentrate on 45's and vinyl but in this modern age if you want to be able to play what's readily available you have to play both vinyl and cdr's
I don't disagree with any of that, the way the modern dj scene is now you have to keep up with technology. I wouldn't want to get back into it seriously, I don't have the time nor money, I just miss a little mix now and then with friends over. Making mix tapes and just hunting through hordes of records at dingy backstreet record shops. Used to spend a fortune in blackmarket records in soho.
Quote by WhiteyI don't disagree with any of that, the way the modern dj scene is now you have to keep up with technology. I wouldn't want to get back into it seriously, I don't have the time nor money, I just miss a little mix now and then with friends over. Making mix tapes and just hunting through hordes of records at dingy backstreet record shops. Used to spend a fortune in blackmarket records in soho.
That's different then pal, if your collecting to play with and listen to at home then nothing beats crate digging, like I said it all depends what you want to get out of it, and I was all about vinyl, the sound the feel the artwork the different weight's and colour's each record is a story, but when I actually thought about how much it was limiting me I made the change. Different strokes for different folks.
Quote by WhiteyI don't disagree with any of that, the way the modern dj scene is now you have to keep up with technology. I wouldn't want to get back into it seriously, I don't have the time nor money, I just miss a little mix now and then with friends over. Making mix tapes and just hunting through hordes of records at dingy backstreet record shops. Used to spend a fortune in blackmarket records in soho.
London may be an exception to the rule but in pretty much all other cities the record shops have gone. So your hunt for vinyl now would probably be a cyber hunt.
Those were great times I lived a similar existence. Like yourself no time for it now though.
Got to agree with Mr. I on this one - these days when playing out I expect djs to have a ready bunch of unreleased tracks and their own edits. Unless they have access to vinyl pressing equipment or are wadded that just isn't an option for most people. I still prefer CDJs to Serato etc though - at least you can see the effort going into the mix and still get some of the minor beat clashes that characterise a live set. At the same time I play out once in a blue moon and buy records for more than simple utility - I love the process of digging for them, looking at the artwork, having something to hold onto etc so for me the only format worth having is vinyl. Thinking about it a handful of my favourite djs (Moodymann, Theo Parrish and a few others from the Detroit house/techno acts) are still near enough vinyl only but work it because the tracks they play are generally difficult to come by.
Use all formats, it's all about being creative for me and through keeping your mind and options open maximizes the opportunity to take the mix in any direction.
Vinyl will always hold a special place in my heart though.
I managed to sell 6 records on sunday so there is still a little hope for those of us who love vinyl and wat to wheel and deal a bit.
its hard work though.
I am realy behind the times on all this but I am just getting into the idea of haiving an i-player for the gym loaded with a few hundred tracks on random play.
Quote by WhiteyNo ones saying mp3/cd are shit. We just saying that some of us still prefer vinyl.
No but you said that 'true djs' used vinyl implying that those who use other formats were in some way inferior
its horses for courses as Mr Individual replied to me edits and computer files of up to date stuff are fully acceptable and its a scene that doesn't have a vinyl only ethos.
On a scene like they rare soul scene vinyl is still very much king and bootleg relkeases and mp3s would be very much frowned upon. I certainly wouldn't go to a soul night if it was bootlegs and mp3s. There a offcourse a small minority of great soul music that has come out CD only and not seen a vinyl release but this is a ridicuously tiny amount.
Quote by WhiteyNo ones saying mp3/cd are shit. We just saying that some of us still prefer vinyl.
No but you said that 'true djs' used vinyl implying that those who use other formats were in some way inferior
I've noticed you like to nit pick a lot.
For me a true dj uses vinyl, they can use other formats as well I couldn't give a shit. But he isn't a dj unless he knows how to mix perfectly with vinyl first. Pretty simple really.
Quote by dylanI managed to sell 6 records on sunday so there is still a little hope for those of us who love vinyl and wat to wheel and deal a bit.
its hard work though.
I am realy behind the times on all this but I am just getting into the idea of haiving an i-player for the gym loaded with a few hundred tracks on random play.
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