DJ's that don't produce

[ianfm]

Good thing about talented producers djing is that they're more likely to try out weird creative ideas for their mixes, juts look at Daft Punk (i mean 97 era).

[abs]

Two DJs walk into a cinema. One DJ says to the other, "Yo, do you want to go see Inglourious Basterds tonight at eight?" The other DJ turns to him and says, "It depends. Who's the projectionist?"

clever!

[brut willis]

Pinch is a fuckin great dj and producer...

Anyway i think it really doesn't matter if a dj produces or not, the thing that's bad is if the dj's tracklist is only made of Skream, Benga, Rusko and all the staples tunes from the month. DJ can be an art if the guy diggs the crate seriously and if his skillz are good. My mates Skar and Phonetics are good examples..

By the way, i sometime wonder what's the point of a producer doing a DJ set if he isn't a very good DJ... This scene needs more live, cuz Gravious live in Brussels was really one of my best experience with dubstep.

[fork]

I would always rather see a good dj who can mix well and plays a good selection rather than a producer who can't mix.

[martyn]

Martyn is sick, dunno about loefah though, seems to just one chop most of the time, from vids i have seen anyway..?? anyone else know??

Loefah is a commander!
btw a lot of great producers were dj'ing long before they started making music, so they have the experience, the background, and the tunes - people might get the booking cos of the tunes they do, but if you don't deliver as a dj, you'll only do 1 round of gigs and then no one asks you back.

[martyn]

imo,
the one thing that gives a dope producer an edge djing is his dubs.

I think you're a pretty poor selector if you only manage to find your own tunes in your box

[bandshell]

Loefah is a commander!

This is being sigged.

[dj dm]

Inb4 timbaland doesnt produce he steals

timbaland is legend, i wish i cud produce 2 his standard

[Cosine]

Oneman?
Not sure there though.

I thought i read somewhere Onemans got a tune with Toddla T?

I think Oneman does produce, I have a remix he done of an Oddz vs. Temps track

[sandman]

Really interesting thread, I wonder if it's all a matter of perspective. i.e. if you're a DJ the priority is the mix and if you're a producer the priority is the production.

It seems to me that neither DJ's nor producers can best answer this question. It's those people who are simply fans of the music that matter as they don't have an agenda.

is there anybody on here who doesn't DJ or produce that can offer their opinion?

[nakedlunch]

The main difference from when I started djing about 17years ago is that 95% of the djs get to dj through producing tunes and not through being a good dj/selector which therefore has lead to a raft of mediocre djs coming through over the years.