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

[Kurt Huhn]

"William S." <wstan at xs4all.nl> wrote:

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

I can only trace it back to about 3 years ago.  1998 or 1999.

> 
> 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.
> 

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> So what is your opinion?
> 

I agree.  There are very few "DJs" that have any real talent - Carl Cox,
Paul Okenfold, and a couple other come to mind.  However, these guys are
actually known to *make* the music before spinning it.

My sister-in-law is a "DJ" at a couple clubs in Rhode Island and
Massachussetts.  The hardest part about it is finding the right music for
the crowd, and matching BPMs from one song to the next.  My wife filled in
for her once, she said it was "the easiest $250 she ever made" and she was
only actually "spinning" for about 3.5 hours.  Either that's grossly
overpaid, or I'm in the wrong line of work...

-- 
Kurt
kurt at k-huhn.com