The emphasis is now on the DJ and his performance as the leader of the dance, Tony McGuinness, contemplative Trance DJ-turned-scratchonomic-seigneur acknowledges in the chapter, The Influence of the DJ of On The Record. This is an idea that goes back to prehistoric times; theres always been a figure in society who leads a mass dance. For me now, it has become much more of a performance.Since Hip-Hops birth over thirty years ago, the role of the DJ has transcended that distinction: Todays DJ is no longer the leader of the dance, but the dance itself. If he does not play right logarithm of recordsincluding the necessary blending, scratching, and microphone interjections to go with itthe sacred life of the party is lost.According to writers Luke Crissell and Phil White, who have shared leaf in the ultra hip mag Nylon and both boast major bylines galore, and Phil White, founder of the Scratch DJ Academy, the ability to DJ is a dexterous but teachable art. Yet, as On The Record so clearly stresses, it is an art that requires an appreciative awareness of the cultural movements that define it in addition to the actual practice of the craft. And that awareness gives DJing its holism, which todays top DJs like Craze, Sasha, Yoda, AM, and others elaborate on through various advice, lessons, and reflections, prepping aspiring DJs just as much for life away from the turntables as on them.As in the book The Art of Emceeing, in which Dead Prezs Stic.Man divulges the step-by-step mechanic of rapping, On the Record breaks down the ones and twos of disc jockeying. There are so many different options for DJs these daysthey use vinyl, Serato, Ableton, CD decks, DJ Yoda comments on the revolutionizing of DJ equipment in the chapter DJ 101, But I think that its important to get used to working with vinyl first. Its crucial to have that basis, because the new technology just emulates two turntables and a mixer. The chapter goes on to break down the art of scratching, beat matching, fading, and building a set.Sure, DJing is a skill that does not need a manual as much as it needs lived experience, but the folks at The Stratch DJ Academy remind us that there is unspeakable value in the written experience of world-renowned DJs. In that sense, On The Record is not an alternative way of learning to DJ, but a companion to the very process itself.
The
emphasis is now on the DJ and his performance as the leader of the
dance, Tony McGuinness, contemplative Trance
DJ-turned-scratchonomic-seigneur acknowledges in the chapter, The
Influence of the DJ of On The Record. This is an idea that goes back
to prehistoric times; theres always been a figure in society who leads
a mass dance. For me now, it has become much more of a performance.Since
Hip-Hops birth over thirty years ago, the role of the DJ has
transcended that distinction: Todays DJ is no longer the leader of the
dance, but the dance itself. If he does not play right logarithm of
recordsincluding the necessary blending, scratching, and microphone
interjections to go with itthe sacred life of the party is lost.According
to writers Luke Crissell and Phil White, who have shared leaf in the
ultra hip mag Nylon and both boast major bylines galore, and Phil
White, founder of the Scratch DJ Academy, the ability to DJ is a
dexterous but teachable art. Yet, as On The Record so clearly stresses,
it is an art that requires an appreciative awareness of the cultural
movements that define it in addition to the actual practice of the
craft. And that awareness gives DJing its holism, which todays top DJs
like Craze, Sasha, Yoda, AM, and others elaborate on through various
advice, lessons, and reflections, prepping aspiring DJs just as much
for life away from the turntables as on them.As in the book The
Art of Emceeing, in which Dead Prezs Stic.Man divulges the
step-by-step mechanic of rapping, On the Record breaks down the ones
and twos of disc jockeying. There are so many different options for
DJs these daysthey use vinyl, Serato, Ableton, CD decks, DJ Yoda
comments on the revolutionizing of DJ equipment in the chapter DJ
101, But I think that its important to get used to working with
vinyl first. Its crucial to have that basis, because the new
technology just emulates two turntables and a mixer. The chapter goes
on to break down the art of scratching, beat matching, fading, and
building a set.Sure, DJing is a skill that does not need a
manual as much as it needs lived experience, but the folks at The
Stratch DJ Academy remind us that there is unspeakable value in the
written experience of world-renowned DJs. In that sense, On The Record
is not an alternative way of learning to DJ, but a companion to the
very process itself.
