Re: To DJ or not to DJ - that is the question

["Gareth Whittock" <gareth@whiteoakstudios.freeserve.co.uk>]

Funnily enough, at my next gig I'll be opening in DJ stylie. I've been
umming and ahhing for ages about the pros and cons of a DJ approach so I've
decided to give it a go and see what happens. I'll be playing chill out
music from others as well as myself and filtering, delaying - LOOPING of
course. Later on I'll be playing my own bizzarre guitarre ambient ethnic
stuff as usual. I'll keep the group posted on the results.
Incidentally, I agree about watching a guy with just a laptop - boring as
hell if he's not doing anything else.DJ's are not particularly watchable -
the focus is elsewhere - on the feet or in some rarely visited part of the
brain.

Gareth

  Should I become a DJ of my
> own music?  I think people are doing this.  Anyone here doing this?
> Could be a good way to go for this type of event.  (where dancing and
> socializing are the focus)  When it's more of a show (like Loopstock)
> then you go for performance mode.  What do people think?
>