What makes a great DJ great?

Can all you top cunt DJ's please tell me what makes you great in your playing style? and or if there is a technic to it or do you just play what the fuck you feel like at the spur of the moment?

the most information would be appreciated!

If he has a big knob.

Uitspraak van Motherfarker op dinsdag 1 juli 2008 om 20:04:

Can all you top cunt DJ's please tell me what makes you great in your playing style? and or if there is a technic to it or do you just play what the fuck you feel like at the spur of the moment?

the most information would be appreciated!

English lessions would be appreciated

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A good DJ is a DJ who can create atmosphere in a room and thru the music tell a story and have everyone in Unison together to the music and take you on a trip. No drugs, No Alchol, just the music, and then of course you have the Lighting and Video screens that add to the expierience! The DJ must have some type of Stage Presence as well.

i love when the dj has something "special" when he or she is not just similar as many others..that's why there's no 100 or a million my favo DJs but just 20 or so :]

and of course love when the DJ makes good atmosphere,dancing behind the decks for example been impressed by this DJ the first time i've seen him live



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he's always dancing and that's great

I think making state of the art music productions (yourself, not hiring an engineer/coproducer) is very important.

Whilst I'm temporarily banned with my own account, and therefore you can't see what artist I am, i must say I thank all my acknowledgment to my music productions.

And besides that, I think it is important to play records that not everybody else does. Like I spin hardstyle sets, but I play stuff that no one else in Holland does.

But if you mean with big dj's, those who are the most commercially succesful, then I think that practicing to put your lips on people their ass is useful because it is just about which butt u lick and not about talent or passion for music.

So many different things are involved but i think the technic and the way the set is built are main points.Of course you have to like the music he plays but you can also appreciate a dj with a good technic even if you don't like his music.
I like dj's who make a progression in their sets.

Agreed. But that is a thing which most amateurs with talent (and there are a LOT of them) can do too.

Making your own music and hunting for records for months to get the stuff that no one has but everybody will like, makes the difference I think

For example most Dutch hardstyle djs play sets which are boring as crap. I spin the same music style but try to put in alot of hard trance and techno influences and support records from abroad which are catchy as hell but not well-known. Not just the standard Headhunterz/Deepack/Zatox/Noisecontrollers stuff.

A dj can have all the technique and a superb build up with tunes perfectly blending into another, but still be a moderate DJ just cuz he plays what everybody else is playing.

Uitspraak van permanent verbannen op donderdag 3 juli 2008 om 19:15:

most amateurs with talent (and there are a LOT of them) can do too

Right!Some can play better than famous dj's.
I've seen a lot of dj becoming famous and starting to play shit, very easy sets...The first name coming to my mind is Carl Cox.

Dunno, never heard him play. But for example the big hardstyle djs all play the same shitty crap in their sets. With the Italians being an exception but they got a whole industry involved in making music in their own country.

Amateurs who can mix well, and know to put the records they play in the right order to build up, are numerous.

But those with the X-factor (where the topic starter asks about) are rare.

And I believe producing your own music (and being good at that) is the main X-factor is you ask me, because that's the best way to put together an original choice of records, simply cuz you are the only one who already has that music

I think a good DJ needs the following..

Firstly and the most important is the ability to beat match/sample properly and all the other things involved on the technical side. They need to know how to make a set sound good, how to read a crowd and how to make it flow.

They not only have to know the above but I believe that a DJ also needs to be a performer, how to put on a show, keep the crowd entertained not only with their music. They need to have a passion for what they play otherwise it's so obvious to anyone watching.

Also the sets need to be unique and interesting, like variation in tracks between different sets and experimenting etc. Anyone really can learn how to mix so you need to set yourself apart and be memorable.

Uitspraak van vanth op vrijdag 4 juli 2008 om 11:44:

They not only have to know the above but I believe that a DJ also needs to be a performer, how to put on a show, keep the crowd entertained not only with their music.

Dave Clarke doesnt do that, but still he is a top class DJ, probably the best in the world.

I know of several DJ's who don't either.
What I wrote was very general and there are exceptions of course.

Uitspraak van permanent verbannen op vrijdag 4 juli 2008 om 17:29:

Dave Clarke doesnt do that, but still he is a top class DJ, probably the best in the world.

He's still good Jeff Mills is even better These are 2 old dj's who keep on making efforts.

stage presence, track selection, beatmatching

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hallo, A DJ is a DJ when he use this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LP_album with an CD is a DJ a fucking

for the Long-playing (LP).

They were first introduced in 1948, and served as a primary release format for recorded music until the compact disc began to significantly displace them in the late 1980s.

The long-playing record is an analog format. The digital recording of sound was only made practical by the technical advances in microprocessors and computing which occurred in the 1970s and 1980s.

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Uitspraak van verwijderd op vrijdag 11 juli 2008 om 12:44:

hallo, A DJ is a DJ when he use this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LP_album with an CD is a DJ a fucking

Bullshit.

CD's allow alot more tricks which are impossible with vinyl like looping etc.

if you use a cd player to its full potential it's a great medium, and it's the only way to play my own music. Because I mostly release mp3 downloads and timecoded vinyl like Traktor is unreliable

Uitspraak van verwijderd op vrijdag 11 juli 2008 om 20:15:

Bullshit.

no bullshit at all, u have to know how it works

loving it the LP

I know how it works, been a dj for 4 years, using both turntables and CD's.

But you HAVE to use CD's if you play hard dance music like I do, cuz alot of them tunes are digital-only, including all stuff which I release on my own label.

LP for the DJ's in the late history of the LP...
I was been DJ for 1 year, like it hot. i know to how it works

Uitspraak van verwijderd op vrijdag 11 juli 2008 om 20:15:

CD's allow alot more tricks which are impossible with vinyl like looping etc.

Which i call "cheating"

Cd's sound like shit, too compressed...Nothing beat the pure cracking sound on a vinyl!

Uitspraak van verwijderd op zaterdag 12 juli 2008 om 18:10:

But you HAVE to use CD's if you play hard dance music

That's what i'm saying, cd is shit for shit music

Old school!!!

Uitspraak van French connection op zondag 13 juli 2008 om 19:35:

Cd's sound like shit, too compressed...Nothing beat the pure cracking sound on a vinyl!

That is partly true. If you mix down well below 0dB it is possible to include frequency ranges in sub bass tones of 15hz (well below the treshold for cd) but that is NOT the way most vinyls are mastered and pressed, they are mostly at, or a bit over, 0dB which means its just 30hz and higher.

And for the high end tones, CD is much better. Also the sound quality of vinyl, even when treated nicely, will deteriorate. Not a big deal, but a little bit. CD doesn't have this problem, since it's digitally stored information.

I know that what you say above is a popular misconception, because I work in the music industry and have a lot to do with mastering etc.

Uitspraak van French connection op zondag 13 juli 2008 om 19:35:

That's what i'm saying, cd is shit for shit music

Old school!!!

That's a matter of taste, I think dance music got better then it was in the 90's.

Especially trance, hard trance and hardstyle really sound sophisticated and complex compared to oldskool house.

Uitspraak van verwijderd op zondag 13 juli 2008 om 20:06:

I think dance music got better then it was in the 90's.

and got better on vinyl
i mean, listening to a cd at home, ok but mixing with it... it's even worth when they make oldschool parties with cd's players! come on...

The audience doesn't hear a difference. And I don't hear a difference too most of the time, even when I listen to music on vinyl and on cd though my studio monitors.

The thing is, an audio signal gets compressed before it goes through a cable, for example from your mixer to the amp.

That makes it virtually impossible to hear the difference between vinyl and CD. The problem is that most people who spin cd's, download mp3 files and burn them to an audio cd. Even tho a well-encoded mp3 at 192 kbps will sound decent, it sounds way worse then the WAV file (exactly the size of a track on cd, with the max. sound quality cd offers).

Therefore, whenever I shop on mp3 sites, I go for the WAV file.

Another reason vinyl is NOT better in sound then CD, is that master pressings of a vinyl are done from a WAV/AIFF file, which has exact the same bitrate as a track on CD.

Uitspraak van verwijderd op zondag 13 juli 2008 om 20:17:

The audience doesn't hear a difference. And I don't hear a difference too most of the

i do and if i don't hear some little ''crack'' every now and then i'm not happy! and i always look at what the dj is playing on

Uitspraak van verwijderd op zondag 13 juli 2008 om 20:17:

The problem is that most people who spin cd's, download mp3 files and burn them to an audio cd

Uitspraak van French connection op zondag 13 juli 2008 om 20:20:

and if i don't hear some little ''crack'' every now and then i'm not happy!

If you play a brand new vinyl you hear no cracks at all.

And if you treat the record well, like you should, you will NEVER hear any cracks, except on the first beat where you put your cuepoint before starting it

Just the sound will get a little duller with time.

right, but after playing in caves, warehouse and other dusty places it's hard to keep your records that clean! do records have to stay that clean by the way???? if you want so, then you just play them at home, no??

There are some REALLY easy tricks to keep 'em clean.

After you take it out of a sleeve, or from the turntable after playing, tick a couple of times, firm but careful, with your knuckles on the runout groove. The kinetic energy will get rid of ANY static electric charge so it doesn't attract dust. Just like when you magnetise a piece of iron, and knock it against the wall to make it lose its magnetic charge. It sounds far-fetched but it's easy and works well.

Cleaning your records regularly with pure H20 (from the car parts shop) and using a special cleaning device (costs 50 euros and will clean all grooves to the deep insides) helps too.

But the most important thing is making sure you NEVER use worn needles. That's the reason I take with me my own set of elements + needles every time I play out somewhere.

And yes, if I can, I prefer to keep my records as clean as possible

thanks for the advices but thanks God i'm not that maniac
however, most of my records from early 90's are in prefect condition

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Uitspraak van French connection op zondag 13 juli 2008 om 20:44:

however, most of my records from early 90's are in prefect condition

Mine too, but that's just because I bought the represses

Uitspraak van verwijderd op maandag 14 juli 2008 om 19:21:

but that's just because I bought the represses

Love & Practise

i don't care about the dj really
as long as the music is good and the atmosphere

When a DJ plays some really nice early hardcore tracks!

Uitspraak van verwijderd op dinsdag 1 juli 2008 om 20:13:

English lessions would be appreciated

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