dubmunkey wrote:i still dont agree....mixing tunes together ala mashup style is more musically creative then just playing a record but your not creating any music your just mixing records together....its not allowing you to play the record deck as an intrument otherwise you would be able to do more than just play back a record...ok so it takes technical skill like a real instrument does but doesnt allow you to anything more then playback a record...a real instrument gives you a range of notes you can play which are not confined by anything but your hands
oh and the voice is an instrument as it can produce notes and therefore original music on its own- a record deck cant do that.
greg
your entirely entitled to your own oppinion and I respect that no doubt. ever heard about playing basselines with a turntable, a scratch is not the sound on a record, it's your two hands and skill that that make it high pitched, low pitched, short, long you name it, like a note you play on a keyboard, play it long, short, fast, slow. you play a sample, it's a recording just like the vynil is... then it's your skills that make it a tune... difference between a floppy dj/producer and a scratchmaster/keyboard wizzard. ..you're right about the vocal. That's what I was trying to say about the voice....it doesn't look like an instrument but creates sound and it's practice that makes you hot or not. When I scratch or or do beat juggling, i am creating something new on the fly... of course turntables don't create sounds, that I think is a different point. If you wanna create music your gonna buy synths and hardware for sure, but to say to all the dj's that practice hours on end to get their technique and say 'your no musician, your just a freakin dj' is a bit patronising.... I do both music creation and dj'ing
