:-D

this is horrendous, all of it

like you started off bad and then just explored depths of inaccuracy previously uncharted by our humble species

think i'm gonna take another couple weeks hiatus from this place, that was just

~*~mY mInD iS tWiStInGgGgGg~*~

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:-D

was gonna start commenting on your "is someone" statements and their impeccable logic, but is someone who posts on a forum really an orange?

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Trevor556

but the DJ inputs a pattern to produce a melody(hopefully). I dont think it really matters if the computer repeats the pattern so long as the DJ is trying to make a melody with that pattern.[img]*********************************/images/24.gif[/img][img]*********************************/images/25.gif[/img][img]*********************************/images/26.gif[/img][img]*********************************/images/27.gif[/img][img]*********************************/images/28.gif[/img]

LiquidSkies

Hahaha. Zimmer.



I doubt any DJ spinning some records would say it's his music to begin with
And, really, they pay a lot of money to buy their records so they have a right to use them. If you sample sounds from other records, you pay money to get permission to use them. It's all perfectly legal. And the result can very well be music.

Scratching records on turntables also qualifies as a percussion instrument.

I recommend listening to DJ Shadow (esp. "Endtroducing..."), and then maybe some DJ Krush?

Cheesepuff

Yes, even the "just-blend-the-songs-together" DJ

Even like mixing songs into each other in a cool way and keeping the vibe going yes. They use the music to evoke the emotion that makes people wanna dance. They blend songs together in a way that keeps the vibe going.

Just because it 'is not their music' does not make them non musicians. Am I not a musician If I'm in a cover band? It's the same thing. A DJ would 'cover' songs at a club or something. It's why the job exists at all instead of having an iPod on shuffle.

All y'all saying that "oh it's not an instrument hurr durr" anything that makes a sound can be an instrument.

And ther est of you saying "oh lol they dont know how to music theory hurr durr". You have no clue what goes into producing tracks. I dare you to even try, most of you will probably just give up at thinking of a good melody.

And even if it's the spin-the-vinyl guy, he has to match the tempos and pitches together in a way that doesn't sound terrible, which takes ear. "They still don't know theory and that makes them unmusician hurrrrrpp", you say as you listen to your Hendrix record. I scoff at you sir.

I mean, a musician by definition is someone that makes music yeah? Don't DJs and Producers and Arrangers etc whatever do exactly that?

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Sleepy__Head

Andres Segovia.

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gabipe15

I guess you can call them musicians, cause they actually make music, whether they are remixing or not.
But what i'm sure of, is that a turntable or that mixing stuff is NOT an instrument, so you would not be a player of any instrument, you'd be a mixer, or engineer, dont know exactly.

I like instrument playing musicians.

Sleepy__Head

Instrument: from Old English "tool, implement, utensil".

Decks are a tool for making sounds, just like a hairdryer, plastic bottle and some water are instruments if used in the right way.

A musical instrument (= a musical tool*) is anything that's used to make music, a musician is someone who is skilled in making music, and music is an art that uses sound and silence as its media.

I like musicians who write or play complex music that bears repeated listening and reveals depth when considered in the abstract. That doesn't mean Whigfield's "Saturday Night" isn't music though, even if I think (as I do) it's tedious to listen to.

* Not to be confused with Simon Cowell, who is just a tool.

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CryogenicHusk

Maybe a DJ stole his girl

TVeye

The Cover Band/Turntable analogy is absurd.

Sleepy__Head

Ever seen John Williams in concert? It's exactly like listening to one of his recordings, with the addition people coughing.

Sometimes people who play covers (which is, essentially, what JW does) don't differ in many important audible aspects from just putting on a record.

So I move that the cover band / turntable analogy is not absurd and you, sir, are an impudent fool.

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TVeye

U missed the point but, thanks for the insult.
Never heard of John Williams BTW.

Sleepy__Head

You are welcome, Sir, and may I be the first to I assure you, Sir, that I have many more finely crafted and most hateful communications awaiting by dreadful bidding.

Also - on a slightly saner note - you've never heard of John Williams? Christ I'm getting old.

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Hail

you linked the wrong guy dummy

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Sleepy__Head

Doh

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guitoorbenchi

depends:


there's guys like this:



then there's guys like these:

rockingamer2

Why does the question matter?

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CryogenicHusk

Nah, you're not old. Most people simply lack culture.

callumfrew97

if they scratch and slide and things, then maybe... but normally if they just play music and alter bass and suddenly think they're amazing musicians, they're most definitely not.