What are dj's actually doing?

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What are dj's actually doing?

Post by Chief_Libra » Fri Jan 28, 2011 1:54 pm

What do they do when they are on stage? Like Bassnectar, Skrillex, Skream, etc. etc. I don't understand if there is a method to performing it..Are they making the mixes at the moment or is it all premade? When I watch some videos it looks like they just move around a lot and turn knobs here and there, tap on their laptop a bit, and try to look like they are mixing.

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Re: What are dj's actually doing?

Post by PERCEPT » Fri Jan 28, 2011 2:03 pm

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Post by LA_Boxers » Fri Jan 28, 2011 2:15 pm

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Re: What are dj's actually doing?

Post by Caski » Fri Jan 28, 2011 2:17 pm

Goodman makes me crease,

but yea they are mixing, corse they're mixing, they just use laptops n cdj's these days moretime, but y not brock out whilst mixing! not about watchin a depressed lookin dj lol

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Post by slanguage » Fri Jan 28, 2011 2:41 pm

Caski wrote:Goodman makes me crease,

but yea they are mixing, corse they're mixing, they just use laptops n cdj's these days moretime, but y not brock out whilst mixing! not about watchin a depressed lookin dj lol
i saw one video of gas lamp killer brocking the fukk out to jakes - dopeman...it was so fukkin hilarious but also made me envious cos i wished i could get that 'into' the music that i couldn't control my body lol...i might try find a link to the video later


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found it

http://vimeo.com/groups/musicvids/videos/15503059

man is truly in :5: mode -w-

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Re: What are dj's actually doing?

Post by Sheff » Fri Jan 28, 2011 2:58 pm

Yeah DJ's just play ready-made sets in Itunes on there laptop.
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Post by Alby D » Fri Jan 28, 2011 3:35 pm



This guy is the happiest DJ on the world (Heard it's actually Zomby)
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Re: What are dj's actually doing?

Post by Caski » Fri Jan 28, 2011 3:39 pm

slanguage wrote:
Caski wrote:Goodman makes me crease,

but yea they are mixing, corse they're mixing, they just use laptops n cdj's these days moretime, but y not brock out whilst mixing! not about watchin a depressed lookin dj lol
i saw one video of gas lamp killer brocking the fukk out to jakes - dopeman...it was so fukkin hilarious but also made me envious cos i wished i could get that 'into' the music that i couldn't control my body lol...i might try find a link to the video later


edit


found it

http://vimeo.com/groups/musicvids/videos/15503059

man is truly in :5: mode -w-
flippin ell, reminds me of jack sparrow (not the dj/producer)...pirates of..

and LOL @ alby d, that guys sick! to be that smiley he must be chargin at least a grand!

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Re: What are dj's actually doing?

Post by LACE » Fri Jan 28, 2011 3:53 pm

Well, with Skrillex and Bassnectar, I'm pretty sure they're doing the minimum amount of effort required.

Skrillex barely DJ's, just messes with the equalizers, like how a child would do with a display at a music shop.
He doesn't beat match. Therefore, he doesn't DJ.

So what is he doing? Banking, that's what. $$$
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Re: What are dj's actually doing?

Post by PERCEPT » Fri Jan 28, 2011 4:58 pm

slanguage wrote:
Caski wrote:Goodman makes me crease,

but yea they are mixing, corse they're mixing, they just use laptops n cdj's these days moretime, but y not brock out whilst mixing! not about watchin a depressed lookin dj lol
i saw one video of gas lamp killer brocking the fukk out to jakes - dopeman...it was so fukkin hilarious but also made me envious cos i wished i could get that 'into' the music that i couldn't control my body lol...i might try find a link to the video later


edit


found it

http://vimeo.com/groups/musicvids/videos/15503059

man is truly in :5: mode -w-
Nutter, what was the track before dopeman that he went nuts to first? I recognise it.

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Re: What are dj's actually doing?

Post by rinseballs21 » Fri Jan 28, 2011 5:05 pm

slanguage wrote:
Caski wrote:Goodman makes me crease,

but yea they are mixing, corse they're mixing, they just use laptops n cdj's these days moretime, but y not brock out whilst mixing! not about watchin a depressed lookin dj lol
i saw one video of gas lamp killer brocking the fukk out to jakes - dopeman...it was so fukkin hilarious but also made me envious cos i wished i could get that 'into' the music that i couldn't control my body lol...i might try find a link to the video later


edit


found it

http://vimeo.com/groups/musicvids/videos/15503059

man is truly in :5: mode -w-



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Re: What are dj's actually doing?

Post by NickUndercover » Fri Jan 28, 2011 5:32 pm

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Re: What are dj's actually doing?

Post by DREdio » Fri Jan 28, 2011 6:58 pm

the GLk truly is a mad man

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Re: What are dj's actually doing?

Post by slanguage » Fri Jan 28, 2011 9:35 pm

PERCEPT wrote:
slanguage wrote:
Caski wrote:Goodman makes me crease,

but yea they are mixing, corse they're mixing, they just use laptops n cdj's these days moretime, but y not brock out whilst mixing! not about watchin a depressed lookin dj lol
i saw one video of gas lamp killer brocking the fukk out to jakes - dopeman...it was so fukkin hilarious but also made me envious cos i wished i could get that 'into' the music that i couldn't control my body lol...i might try find a link to the video later


edit


found it

http://vimeo.com/groups/musicvids/videos/15503059



man is truly in :5: mode -w-
Nutter, what was the track before dopeman that he went nuts to first? I recognise it.

i think its bombaman - a swell view??

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Re: What are dj's actually doing?

Post by bombaman » Fri Jan 28, 2011 11:11 pm

SOME swell view ;)

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Re: What are dj's actually doing?

Post by slanguage » Fri Jan 28, 2011 11:13 pm

bombaman wrote:SOME swell view ;)
lol i tried man..has it been released yet?

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Re: What are dj's actually doing?

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