A hot topic for the last few years that has really accelerated recently…’Double O’ is right (except for a couple of points), and unfortunately with the ‘entertainer djs’ it’s all about money, promoting themselves by trying to be better than their fellow artists, instead of supporting them and promoting the music. The overload of commercial festivals has a lot to do with it, bringing DJing to a whole new view of what it delivers. The art of DJing has been lost and for many young music lovers has never been seen because of the ‘entertainer DJ’ getting precedence.
It has more to do with the public appeal…Maybe it’s not that this generation does not care but more so that the people who are in it for the music are far outnumbered by fans of mainstream and commercial dance music that just didn’t exist before this dance music/festival explosion was seen in recent years. Which is why I am more specific about festivals and events I go to. Traditional DJs live forever!
It helps that we know the difference between how music is perceived today compared to when we were the young generation. Not to say some of the new generation don’t see it, it’s more to do with the digital age we live in… We were brought up in the acid house days of Sasha and Digweed, Carl Cox, Judge Jules, Paul Oakenfold and then Nick Warren, Laurent Garnier…the list goes on! These superstar DJs have always constructed these huge sets that build and build, that take you on a true musical journey. I guess people don’t have the patience for that anymore. This is an age where people now live for the quick fix.
The real DJs, fundamentally, are not afraid to take risks in mixing and track selecting. They are not afraid to play a song that they released in 2011, 2010, or 1995 for that matter. They are not afraid to play a new song from an up-and-comer that has the potential to make people ‘go bananas’ and they are not afraid to omit their latest single for once. Real DJs are not afraid to leave us wanting more.
Hopefully, however, people are now realising this (like myself) and are going back to the traditional, organic ways of DJing in its true art form, much like other elements of living such as food, beauty and fashion.
But anyway, read the article below and tell me what you think:
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