Steve Hill

[Chris Hutchinson]

LiamStyles said:

Agreed Phil, Im sure if Chris went to see DJ Z and his mixing was all over the place, he would be the 1st to comment on it, the fact the tunes he played were good would be forgotten about.

 

nah - I have seen djs do percussion mixes and i have seen djs do stupidly short mixes.... if they are playing crap tunes I will get bored, if they are playing great tunes I will enjoy myself

 

I have admitted before that I dont think my mixing is amazing, but there is a lot more to djing then mixing tracks together.....

[Guest]

Chris_Hutchinson said:

Being able to beatmatch doesnt mean [censored] though - you could train a monkey to beatmatch.... think it was loudy (sorry if not!) who said something along the lines of "would rather hear a great set mixed badly, then a bad set mixed well" and I agree completely!

 

But surely its a combination of the two that makes a good DJ ?? The whole point of this debate was about DJs who get carried away with the whole "mixing" or "tricks" etc. The ones who loose sight of the fact that they are there to entertain.

[Chris Hutchinson]

LiamStyles said:

The ones who loose sight of the fact that they are there to entertain.

 

exactly - beatmatching doesnt really entertain anyone.... dont know anyone who goes clubbing just to hear how good a dj is at mixing - or does nobody else go out to have a good time anymore??

 

I know what ya saying tho and if a dj can beatmatch then its gonna make entertaining a bit easier, but there are plenty of 'average' djs out there earning a living through simply playing tunes and that surely proves the point??

[Mr_Happy]

mr happy said:

nope, not just in my opinion, fact. we're talking about mixing, NOT tune creation. hardtrance mixing is very much set by 'sign posts'. breaks at key points etc. u urself admit to mixing prog, dont u agree that takes more cretivity and technical wizardry to pull off a good set?

 

miss_diddy said:

you also state in a previous post where I say that it is your opinion, you say it is not yours alone, well no possible not hon, but there are some that would not agree with you, which means it is not everyone's opinion, yes!! & when you stated it it was at the time your opinion!!

 

i never said ne thing of the sort. i said its not my opinion that hard trance isnt very creative to mix, its fact thats its not that creative. and i stand by my comment. u compare hard trance to techno, house, prog, trance, breakbeat etc and then think about how much room hardtrance gives u to play about with. i'm not saying its uncreative as thats obviously untrue. i'm saying its 1 of the least flexable styles of music to be creative with because of the niche