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Re: First decks
No doubt. I wasn't saying you have to be upfront to be 'good'. I was more just referring to the thing that sparked the acceptance of the digital medium (whereas before everyone was playing only vinyl, for the most part). It took a headliner DJ (like Sasha) playing the digital format before the commoner DJ would come to accept playing digital themselves. My point is that they were influenced to play digital by the headliners, but the headliners are playing digital because it is upfront and easier than spending $80 to press a dubplate of a new track, not because they can get it on beatport. The commoner DJ doesn't have access to this upfront material, so why digital? DJs have tossed one thing entirely for a new thing instead of introducing it and making a part of what was already firmly established and traditional.
Digital is good for lots of things, as mentioned, getting old out of print stuff in full clean versions and not hacks off of p2p's. Playing classic vinyl that should be kept in home safety. Playing your own produced tracks. Good for having a bunch of stuff to take along with to a gig just to have in case you need to fill in a blank here or there (like those filler tracks that aren't worth the price of a vinyl). Good for the young starting labels that want to get their music out without much overhead out the gate. But to think of digital as the primary medium of choice is a far reach for me. It's a step down in the ways of quality, aesthetics, and fun...and I have high standards.
Record labels and producers spend so much time and money to make tracks sound perfect, down to the very smallest sound. So why then would we take that high quality sound and play it via sub quality sounding means? It's degrading of the true sound that was meant to be heard.
No doubt. I wasn't saying you have to be upfront to be 'good'. I was more just referring to the thing that sparked the acceptance of the digital medium (whereas before everyone was playing only vinyl, for the most part). It took a headliner DJ (like Sasha) playing the digital format before the commoner DJ would come to accept playing digital themselves. My point is that they were influenced to play digital by the headliners, but the headliners are playing digital because it is upfront and easier than spending $80 to press a dubplate of a new track, not because they can get it on beatport. The commoner DJ doesn't have access to this upfront material, so why digital? DJs have tossed one thing entirely for a new thing instead of introducing it and making a part of what was already firmly established and traditional.
Digital is good for lots of things, as mentioned, getting old out of print stuff in full clean versions and not hacks off of p2p's. Playing classic vinyl that should be kept in home safety. Playing your own produced tracks. Good for having a bunch of stuff to take along with to a gig just to have in case you need to fill in a blank here or there (like those filler tracks that aren't worth the price of a vinyl). Good for the young starting labels that want to get their music out without much overhead out the gate. But to think of digital as the primary medium of choice is a far reach for me. It's a step down in the ways of quality, aesthetics, and fun...and I have high standards.
Record labels and producers spend so much time and money to make tracks sound perfect, down to the very smallest sound. So why then would we take that high quality sound and play it via sub quality sounding means? It's degrading of the true sound that was meant to be heard.
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