Worst day at the Djsounds show

I met Dan Tait today, the presenter doing all the gain adjusting. He made the very good point that although it was excruciating to watch at times for those of us who know what's going on, for every one person wincing there are probably several young kids and teenagers believeing 'I'd like to be able to do that one day', and that's a good thing.

Do you have kids?

What's all this ultra-liberal talk about the fact that they're kids? They're playing on a global stage with the big boys and should be treated like such. Regardless of how old (young) they are. We wouldn't be doing them any favors to patronize them, pat them on the back, and say "good job son". Besides if we're just going to throw them a bone because they're kids, then shouldn't we be doing that for all kids? In addition to that, what happens when they grow up and they still suck? Wouldn't they be shocked when they turn 18 and all of a sudden their adoring fans have turned on them for doing virtually the same thing they've been doing for years? Isn't the fact that they're kids how they managed to get so far in the first place? Well I believe they've gone far enough...What's next, DJ of the year? Top paid DJ's in the world? Eventually even the ultra-liberal people saying "they're just kids" will digress and become naysayers too.

If I saw them in their basement, twiddling knobs furiously on tracks that weren't playing, and touching platters of CDJ's that weren't even spinning, I'd say "you kids are awesome"...But this isn't in someone's basement. They're sharing the spotlight with some of the top DJ's worldwide. It's inevitable that something had to be said.

I honestly thought the whole thing was a joke.

What's all this ultra-liberal talk about the fact that they're kids? They're playing on a global stage with the big boys and should be treated like such. Regardless of how old (young) they are. We wouldn't be doing them any favors to patronize them, pat them on the back, and say "good job son". Besides if we're just going to throw them a bone because they're kids, then shouldn't we be doing that for all kids? In addition to that, what happens when they grow up and they still suck? Wouldn't they be shocked when they turn 18 and all of a sudden their adoring fans have turned on them for doing virtually the same thing they've been doing for years? Isn't the fact that they're kids how they managed to get so far in the first place? Well I believe they've gone far enough...What's next, DJ of the year? Top paid DJ's in the world? Eventually even the ultra-liberal people saying "they're just kids" will digress and become naysayers too.

If I saw them in their basement, twiddling knobs furiously on tracks that weren't playing, and touching platters of CDJ's that weren't even spinning, I'd say "you kids are awesome"...But this isn't in someone's basement. They're sharing the spotlight with some of the top DJ's worldwide. It's inevitable that something had to be said.

Having the host turn down your master AND channel gains 3 times in 5 minutes. How embarrassing.

Still. It kinda takes away from the quality of the whole DJsounds concept. Carl Cox, Roger Sanchez, CVS aaaand 2 13 year old kids no one has heard of running an effect every 15 seconds.

But hey, if that is the direction the pioneer dudes want to take its their choice. I won't be watching these things any more though, there is enough videos of kids DJing badly on youtube as it is.

Having the host turn down your master AND channel gains 3 times in 5 minutes. How embarrassing.