'Real' DJs - what do they do

They would mostly be playing pre-recorded sets, with the ability to loop certain parts of songs, and add certain effects on the fly.

knob twisting can be increasing or decreasing bass/treble etc, and also used for effect strength.

Oh yeah, they also dance a lot.

dj khaled gets someone to play a cd and he shouts his name over and over again.

You know you're getting old when talk like that btw. In the 90's, my mates dad used to call dance music "robot music"

Back in the day there were some exceptional Techno DJ's that would play 3 decks, the likes of Jeff Mills (above), Adam Beyer, Surgeon etc... That was real DJing

Nowadays its all done on computers, with CDJ's thrown in.

Back when I went digital, I still used Serato Softwre/Vinyl on my Technics 1210's, as in my opinion, nothing beats a pair of turntables with an actual vinyl record on them.

I also have a huge collection of original vinyl* going back to the 60's that I shall keep forever.

*A highlight of using original vinyl was Boom Bap's brothers engagement party , and when the question was officially popped at/for the party, I immediately followed it with Queen's 'Another One Bites the Dust' on 7 inch.

Lottie Ryan is probably the best DJ out there at the moment...

Best DJ!

geotrig wrote: »

Dave Clarke and the likes ,When twisting knobs and hitting buttons is actually doing stuff ....some of these trendier :rolleyes: djs's well I think it all about the show and may be prerecorded !

As much as Dave Clarke was a great DJ, technically he was pretty bad at DJing.

He could never beat match that well (I'm sure some would argue that that was his style, get the songs on asap to keep the set frantic, but a lot of the time it used to just sound woeful!) and he'd be disguising it with loads of chopping or scratching. Thing is though, when you are djing, and are in the zone, you can have beats matched within 2-3 beats, and keep it reasonably locked with fine adjustments.

Those whippersnappers aren't a patch on Larry Gogan.

Real men play strings.

Boom_Bap wrote: »

I heard you were great thought.

I was f***ing Awesome.

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

As much as Dave Clarke was a great DJ, technically he was pretty bad at DJing.

He could never beat match that well (I'm sure some would argue that that was his style, get the songs on asap to keep the set frantic, but a lot of the time it used to just sound woeful!) and he'd be disguising it with loads of chopping or scratching. Thing is though, when you are djing, and are in the zone, you can have beats matched within 2-3 beats, and keep it reasonably locked with fine adjustments.

oh i know and he is still as bad lol ... I just thought he was a good example of a nob tweeker that did stuff rather than just visual effect !Which to be fair even at times doesn't work for him ,he still puts together a decent set that most other cant even match.

Another example is Richie hawtin who on his day Bitd could do great sets ...these days he in my opinion at times seems to be a nob tweeker for visuals more than anything ...pity

Berties_Horse wrote: »

They scratch their arses, that art has been in decline since 1991.

Hey look at me I'm in my late 30s and I'm too old to party therefore the party is dead. Not true I'm afraid. The DJ scene in Ireland is pretty vibrant at the moment. Techno is still big but it's different to how it was in the 90s. There are still lots of great producers and DJs if you know where to go.