I, personally, don't understand the fuss about 'DJs' - all they seem to destroy is perfectly good (or, awful, in the case of 'hi-hop') music. Vinyl scratching and random transitions to other music =! music, sorry. Call it an art if you want, but it is the same as the 'art' of throwing garbage out of a car window.
I, personally, don't understand the fuss about 'bands' - all they seem to do is play the same 6 chords on the same 3 instruments. Copying chord structures other people have used for 50 years != music, sorry. Call it an art if you want, but it is the same as the 'art' of photocopying a manuscript.
All joking aside, it's obvious from your comment you have about .01% exposure to DJing and electronic music, so of course you have a .01% exposure opinion of it. DJing and scratching are two completely different beasts, and it's a rare DJ that really understands both. DJing is about phrasing, and knowing when precisely when to play a certain tune to keep a certain atmosphere within the music going. DJing is about the progression - where did it start and where did the DJ take it, and where did he/she end it? Did they whip the crowd into a frenzy early with maximum energy, or allow the records to grow in energy over time, building to an incredible audible climax at the end? DJing is about playing what the crowd wants to hear, or making the crowd want to hear what you are playing.
And I take an incredible amount of offense when ignorant people believe that they are the music police, and have the right to tell other people that the sound they hear is not music. I don't care if it's the London Symphony, a flash mob drum circle, or some homeless guy playing the spoons ... if it's audio and it moves you then it's music.
And if you don't think scratching is a musical art form, I suggest you watch Scratch, or maybe listen to some real hip-hop DJs perform (I recommend some Kid Koala to kick it off).
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I, personally, don't understand the fuss about 'DJs' - all they seem to destroy is perfectly good (or, awful, in the case of 'hi-hop') music. Vinyl scratching and random transitions to other music =! music, sorry. Call it an art if you want, but it is the same as the 'art' of throwing garbage out of a car window.
I, personally, don't understand the fuss about 'bands' - all they seem to do is play the same 6 chords on the same 3 instruments. Copying chord structures other people have used for 50 years != music, sorry. Call it an art if you want, but it is the same as the 'art' of photocopying a manuscript.
All joking aside, it's obvious from your comment you have about .01% exposure to DJing and electronic music, so of course you have a .01% exposure opinion of it. DJing and scratching are two completely different beasts, and it's a rare DJ that really understands both. DJing is about phrasing, and knowing when precisely when to play a certain tune to keep a certain atmosphere within the music going. DJing is about the progression - where did it start and where did the DJ take it, and where did he/she end it? Did they whip the crowd into a frenzy early with maximum energy, or allow the records to grow in energy over time, building to an incredible audible climax at the end? DJing is about playing what the crowd wants to hear, or making the crowd want to hear what you are playing.
And I take an incredible amount of offense when ignorant people believe that they are the music police, and have the right to tell other people that the sound they hear is not music. I don't care if it's the London Symphony, a flash mob drum circle, or some homeless guy playing the spoons ... if it's audio and it moves you then it's music.
And if you don't think scratching is a musical art form, I suggest you watch Scratch, or maybe listen to some real hip-hop DJs perform (I recommend some Kid Koala to kick it off).
"The turntable is a musical instrument as long as you allow yourself to see it as a musical instrument..." -Rob Swift