DJs who are real musicians
DJs who are real musicians Posted on: 09.01.2013 by Dell Brais Hi all, new here and been getting into dj'ing recently and reading a lot of threads around vinyl vs cdj vs digital which got me believeing about my own take on it all. I started mixing on Traktor but without any serious gear and recently managed to get hold of some cdj 350s from a friend and had lots of fun beatmatching and keeping things in time (albeit at the expense of all the creative things you can do on Traktor). I have a background in guitar so i appreciate musicianship and talent and whilst i agree the main job of a dj is to entertain the crowd, i don't really intend to make it a point of mine to start playing clubs but just want to look forward to coming home from work and rock out in my bedroom. I love the spontaneity of just jumping on the cdjs and seeing what happens (like improvising on the guitar), practising my beatmatching (like doing scales) and just generally trying to focus on the musicianship of it. I don't know maybe it's just me but a lot of people seem to want to use DJing as a means to an end, to rock the club, that no one cares if you beatmatch, its all about the crowd etc. I totally agree but at the end of the day for me, finding the music and challenge of mastering a craft is the enjoyment and if the crowd enjoys it, thats awesome. So having said all that, who are some EDM DJs you guys listen to who are real musicians on the decks? I want to be inspired! | |
| Cole Maroto 10.01.2013 |
Originally Posted by HigherFi
http://www.play.fm/recording/studior...1314#play_1314 not sure how much they dj but their dzihan and kamien orchestra: live in vienna album is fricken nuts! better than the original studio tracks! |
| Shan Bauerly 09.01.2013 |
Originally Posted by squidot
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| Benjamin Sieh 09.01.2013 |
Originally Posted by davoh
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| Matt Kane 09.01.2013 | a lot of folks here on djtt play instruments and consider themselfes to be musician. like i do. i play drums but quit playing in a band almost 2 years ago to focus more on djing. was a tough decision but i made the right desicion. both playing in a band and djing wouldn |
| Dell Brais 09.01.2013 | Hi all, new here and been getting into dj'ing recently and reading a lot of threads around vinyl vs cdj vs digital which got me believeing about my own take on it all. I started mixing on Traktor but without any serious gear and recently managed to get hold of some cdj 350s from a friend and had lots of fun beatmatching and keeping things in time (albeit at the expense of all the creative things you can do on Traktor). I have a background in guitar so i appreciate musicianship and talent and whilst i agree the main job of a dj is to entertain the crowd, i don't really intend to make it a point of mine to start playing clubs but just want to look forward to coming home from work and rock out in my bedroom. I love the spontaneity of just jumping on the cdjs and seeing what happens (like improvising on the guitar), practising my beatmatching (like doing scales) and just generally trying to focus on the musicianship of it. I don't know maybe it's just me but a lot of people seem to want to use DJing as a means to an end, to rock the club, that no one cares if you beatmatch, its all about the crowd etc. I totally agree but at the end of the day for me, finding the music and challenge of mastering a craft is the enjoyment and if the crowd enjoys it, thats awesome. So having said all that, who are some EDM DJs you guys listen to who are real musicians on the decks? I want to be inspired! |
| Cole Maroto 10.01.2013 |
Originally Posted by HigherFi
http://www.play.fm/recording/studior...1314#play_1314 not sure how much they dj but their dzihan and kamien orchestra: live in vienna album is fricken nuts! better than the original studio tracks! |
| Shan Bauerly 09.01.2013 |
Originally Posted by squidot
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| Birgit Gondal 09.01.2013 | No-one mixes in such a musical way than Sasha or Digweed. men who truly took their craft to an art-form |
| Benjamin Sieh 09.01.2013 |
Originally Posted by davoh
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| Asuncion Yeakel 09.01.2013 | Laidback Luke! |
| Klara Kinnebrew 09.01.2013 | Squarepusher |
| Antoinette Harbst 09.01.2013 | Skrillex. Deadmanh Five. And Paris Hilton. |
| Yong Aptekar 09.01.2013 | Ean Golden |
| Matt Kane 09.01.2013 | you might also wanna check out this thread: http://community .djranking s.com/showthread.php?t=65450 |
| Cindie Somoza 09.01.2013 | Borgore & Tomba played/play(?) in a death/heavy metal band as Guitarist & Drummer. Thom Yorke also does DJ shows... he did one recently here in australia after Radiohead did a gig, he played in a small bar. I'm sure there are others as well, a lot of musicians who play in a band do solo stuff as DJs. |
| Tera Baragan 09.01.2013 | A lot of guys around here have routed there pianos and guitars to ableton and then have those instruments turn into synths. Neighbour would be the most famous around here for that. |
| Margaretta Hebenstreit 09.01.2013 | Faithless Kraftwerk Orbital all pretty much pioneers of live elcetronic music |
| Cole Maroto 09.01.2013 | Groove Armada! |
| Matt Kane 09.01.2013 | a lot of folks here on djtt play instruments and consider themselfes to be musician. like i do. i play drums but quit playing in a band almost 2 years ago to focus more on djing. was a tough decision but i made the right desicion. both playing in a band and djing wouldn |
| Halley Wurzer 09.01.2013 | Zedd comes to mind. |
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