The Noobie dj

[Akeel]

Marty's thrown down the gauntlet, now we need a panel of judges - care to sit on the bench, jimbo?

[cubed]

gladly.

I built him up, I can tear him down.

[Akeel]

^
now now, you have to be totally unbiased!

[cubed]

oh, I will be.

I just don't think he has the chops.

the kid may surprise me.

[wigglesworth]

all that rave stuff is the same. if you can mix one you can mix the other (even if you dont know the records.)

hip hop djing on the other hand.....

[Leviathan]

I want to judge!

Originally Posted by Akeel

^
now now, you have to be totally unbiased!

[ppcock]

I'll just bring some records over to jess' house.

[ppcock]

Originally Posted by cubed

I know hands down that akeel could take your techno records and put together a better set than you could take his breaks records and put together a set.

Sorry to burst your bubble marty but you're a mediocre dj at best, and akeel is a slightly above average dj at best who has a better understanding of musical theory than you.

You do the math.

When have you ever heard me play techno? those mixes I make are pure practice and I even admit to fucking up on some mix.
Why not come see me out live before making an opinion like that?

Akeel could deffinetaly school me in the break beat department. But its not like im not trying to learn breaks, dnb and other types of electronic.
I love electronic with all my heart and as a Dj I went to be as versitile as I can. Spanning most genres of electronic. Where as one dj has 1-2 genres of music. I have 4 - sure, some of these genres need a lot of work, but I am practicing.
It will be 7 genres when I get CD decks.
In hopes to one day say that I can spin: techno, trance, GOA, breaks, dnb, industrial, house.
And ofcourse any dj's dream if they actually liked their music is to use not just 2 turntables. 3, 4 or more... Something im trying to do now with 3 turntables.

I'm not saying im the best out there and I dont really care to be the best, I just want to continue with my passion.

[Leviathan]

^he was talking about you mixing breaks, not techno :)

[Leviathan]

I want to see a big Ninja DJ FIGHT!

[ppcock]

Originally Posted by Leviathan

^he was talking about you mixing breaks, not techno :)

im not a breaks dj.. and im not in any hurry to learn breaks and other genres but I gurantee you that one day when akeel is still playing breaks and hitting his hippie drums I will be making mixes with 7 genres in them.

[ppcock]

and as an added.. im already making trance mixes that show 3 minutes of track before I mix in
and with trance that is extremely hard.

I once said that spinning trance is extremely boring when playing out but as I showed in Fusion dreams and Apex 04. That speed mixing trance can be extremely fun.

[Leviathan]

Marty called Akeel a hippie!!!!

OMG!!!!

[ppcock]

I've been calling him a hippie ever since he bought that drum machine.

[ebbomega]

Originally Posted by ppcock

im not a breaks dj..

Neither am I. I can still spin them.

and im not in any hurry to learn breaks and other genres but I gurantee you that one day when akeel is still playing breaks and hitting his hippie drums I will be making mixes with 7 genres in them.

Marty, you're making excuses.

find_appendage("mouth")->place("money");

Can I judge too? Name the date and I'll see if I can make it.

[mapleleaf4ever]

I just want to watch this as I'm not skilled enough yet to judge.

[dj_soo]

i'll judge

[Van Tek]

I can't say I've ever seen someone backpedal more in one thread than Marty has in this one...

musta been a professional swimmer in a former life ;)

[Moon]

quantity vs. quality man

i'd rather hear a really dope set with 1-3 "genres" than 7 "genres" for the sake of having alot of quantity

ppcock, i don't think you stand a chance to akeel... the guy is probably one of the most skilled djs in north america. lol mixing trance is pretty damn easy imo. i'm sure akeel could put up a good trance battle. hahaha

[ppcock]

Wow everyone vs marty.

Wouldnt it be sweet if you guys were blown away? That would shut you all up :)

Im not djing to impress, im djing for passion, I could care less if i was getting booked. its a hobby that i've put a lot of time in to and I will never give it up.

So you guys can say I suck as much as you want. Like your opinions count anyways.

You guys got me into the music.. That's all I wanted.

[Akeel]

yo marty, i dont think anyones trying to chomp on your bit, but matching beats as a dj is pretty simple...and even though you want to be versatile and spin all those genres, they're all still around the 130 to 140 bpm range so thats really not much of a feet to accomplish. I play breaks, and i also play prog and house...hoo haa look at me i can buy 3 different sub genres of the same style of music. rooty toot.

playing my hippy drum while doing all of that is a hell of a lot harder then mixing...even if you're using 3 decks (trust me on this one).

i nominate tribeca as the battle ground, you, me and your techno records (no breaks)....plus its probably the only place that will tolerate such tomfoolery....i'll ask regis to make us a cake.

[dj_soo]

ok if it's at tribeca then i'm not judging :P

[Filo]

if it's at tribeca.. i'll come.... the winner has to hoop 5 caps of E though

[Akeel]

Originally Posted by mofo-x

ok if it's at tribeca then i'm not judging :P

c'mon man! regis makes a wicked chocolate ganache.

[ppcock]

yeah dude.. for sure. I'd totally tag you with my techno

how bout thursday? Bring some breaks, I think i have a few breaks as well. I'll also bring hammy and barbie girl :)

pre imf show :)