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> I really dig what someone said about the key being that there > needs to be a > performance of some sort on stage. This is a very open and > accepting way of > looking at it - if there's pre-produced material being played back, there > better be something else for me to enjoy or else I'd just invite all my > friends over to come listen to my stereo. Do you avoid dance >performances > if they use pre-recorded music? i agree about there needing to be a performance on stage... BUT... how can you explain the international DJ phenomena? this goes against everything you just said. no real performance, all pre-recorded music. it still makes people get off their heads... and here's a preemptive shhh for anyone who says it's about drugs. you don't understand what a good dj set is if you think it has to do with being altered. as a timely example... i just saw richie hawtin a couple days ago. as far as i could tell he was just using Final Scratch (basically just spinning records) and it was absolutely incredible. his tools were (i'm guessing a bit): eq, filters, loops and knowledge of the tracks. it can do wonderful things. i will say, though, that 90% of DJs are nowhere near this level of control. really quality DJs are an extremely hard to find bunch. this next level of 'live'ness added to DJing will really improve what is mostly a very static world, in my opinion of course. but there's something very powerful about really nice sounding music on a really nicely tuned sound system. it's like you could never achieve that level of dynamics and sonic control in an instrumental set... it's a strange strange thing. don't know how to explain it. > I also don't apriciate any attempt to hide the fact that there's > pre-recorded material being played - a good performer would flaunt it and > use its strengths to some advantage. agreed. > Personally I have no interest in anything pre-recorded, pre-sequenced, or > not created on stage in my own performances - and I think this > stems from my > inability to dance correctly - although an attempt could be quite > entertaining for sure... everything seems to stem from whether or not people are comfortable dancing. it's like there's this great divide in the music world... people who understand the appeal dancing and people who don't. i know all about it cause for years i just didn't ever want to dance. then suddenly one day i'm at burning man, and everything changes. ;) paul