I'd write more but i am feeling lightheaded from shopping at bellevue square earlier today :shake Adrian had some really good points.
Basically, a dj is like a conductor in an opera. He is in charge of everything from the speed of the music to the time in between songs etc etc etc. Just like an artist paints on a canvas, a dj paints with sound and the canvas is the dancefloor. What i do is basically tell a story that toys with your emotions. My goal is to make the crowd lose touch with reality. I basically have complete control over what i want the crowd to do. I can bring the energy up and get people to start bouncin off the walls or I can bring it down a bit so they fall into a nice groove. Its about choosing the right songs at the right time. Its one thing to mix 2 tracks together but its another thing to mix them in a way that they flow together and create a new song with bits and pieces of each.
Did you know that a bass drum that is played repeatedly at or above 140 beats per minute actually stimulates endorphins and gives you a natural high :eek
As far as Most electronic music being shit:
There are good country singers like brooks and dunn and shitty country singers
Good lyricists and shitty lyricists
Good rockers and shitty hair band rockers like winger
Good banjo players like steve martin and shitty banjo players.
So when when you say most of it is shit, thats pretty much a given as in any musical genre. So blake, don't be discouraged if you want to look into it, its all about knowing where to look and I can help ya do that. I will have a bunch of demo cd's done here very shortly and you can start with those
