[geeks] I really don't get it ...

[dave at cca.org]

wstan at xs4all.nl writes:

>I really don't get it. At what point in time
>did "D J's" become considered as celebrities
>and artists.

>Maybe it's just me, but I find it very difficult to
>attribute any sort of credit to a person who
>puts a record on a turntable and turns the
>volume up,or does other simple manipulations
>to it. I mean... it is not their record.
>They are just playing it.

The "artistic" DJs, for want of a better word, are
making music on the fly using samples off vinyl.

That is difficult.

The vast majority of people calling themselves DJ's
don't do that. Most of the famous ones are simply
famous for being famous, like people in Hollywood. :-0

It's not a musical form I particularly like, but I'll give
them credit for blurring the line between playback and
creation.

I did once see a hip-hop DJ performing with a live jazz
drummer. That was killer.

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