Announcement: Use of the word "DJ" has been banned

drush · Post by **drush** » Fri May 06, 2005 11:02 pm

thank you.

D K · Post by **D K** » Fri May 06, 2005 11:41 pm

i thought those were initials.
the term as far as i remember is
disk jockey,
which is two words.
no, thank you.
d

blakejarrell · Post by **blakejarrell** » Fri May 06, 2005 11:45 pm

are you pissed at my topics drush?

defunkt · Post by **defunkt** » Sat May 07, 2005 12:54 am

i am out to dinner tonight and will be wearing my d.j.

drush · Post by **drush** » Sat May 07, 2005 1:31 am

it's a word as acronym in common usage.

and lighten up fellas... i'm not pissed about anything

there's just been this huge influx of really basic dj-ish questions lately, many of which have been covered many many MANY times. but even as early as this morning you can see here that i'm glad to do what i can. i'm by no means an expert compared to some here but i have been using the app since version 1.5.

i was just being ironical for those of us who have been here for a while and also (subtley, i'll give you) trying to reinforce the idea that "dj" as it relates ableton is a really outmoded concept. yes, of course it's a convenient word. but if the sum total of what you want to do is play tracks back to back and goof around with some efx (perhaps with an iMac...?), there are far easier apps to do this with (i'm not speaking to anyone in particular, but rather generally).

ableton gives you the ability to have a virtually unlimited number of 'decks' and the power to remake anything into your own creation nearly, if not literally, on the fly. so that takes us into some philosophical discussion about what is the difference between djing and a live pa (of which there have also been many here)...

anyway, point is, use the search function here and read the manual. that said it's a great forum so don't be afraid to ask questions; if you're new here, welcome. there's just a lot of built-in.. shall we say resistance here to reinventing the wheel everyday.

blakejarrell · Post by **blakejarrell** » Sat May 07, 2005 1:53 am

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FaX-01 · Post by **FaX-01** » Sat May 07, 2005 2:16 am

drush wrote:thank you.

Thank God someones seen the light

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Former Pharaoh · Post by **Former Pharaoh** » Sat May 07, 2005 3:56 am

I like the term digital artist myself. But girls who come over call me a geek so digital geek works.
And yes i am bragging about the girls.

timothyallan · Post by **timothyallan** » Sat May 07, 2005 5:57 am

The problem is that the lamen (read 97% of people listening to your music at a gig), will call you a DJ, even if you've never been behind a set of decks in your life. i.e. Me.

People come up to me after a gig and say stuff like "Nice one DJ Timmo" or "Way to go DJ man", and I used to try and correct them, but you kind of come off sounding high and mighty, so i just forget it and write it off as lack of understanding, and a horriffic generalization.

I've seen shirts that say "I am not a DJ" on them, maybe I'll wear one out and see what the response is

-DJ Tim

MrYellow · Post by **MrYellow** » Sat May 07, 2005 6:03 am

From now on DJ's will be called "Head-boper-human-jukebox" or "tweakage-professional" and Live PA "Butt-wiggle-technician" or "instrument-noise-maker-guy"

-Ben

mike holiday · Post by **mike holiday** » Sat May 07, 2005 6:46 am

timothyallan wrote: I've seen shirts that say "I am not a DJ" on them, maybe I'll wear one out and see what the response is

-DJ Tim

i like the shirts that say "i am not a juke box" better

but then there are those "destroy all trance" shirts 2

AdamJay · Post by **AdamJay** » Sat May 07, 2005 6:57 am

poor poor DJ Tanner and DJ Connor

MrYellow · Post by **MrYellow** » Sat May 07, 2005 6:58 am

i like the shirts that say "i am not a juke box" better

Mike Patton from "Mr Bungle" back when they had just released "California"
in the US but were touring in Australia before it's release. They were playing
all new songs no one had heard. Everyones screaming "Egg, Egg, Egg".

"Theirs a jukebox in the frontbar if you want to hear your favourites, fuckhead!"

-Ben

hambone1 · Post by **hambone1** » Sat May 07, 2005 9:44 am

I'm struggling to come up with a business name/image the denotes that I am NOT a DJ, but a VJ. "Huh? What's a VJ?," everyone asks.

I don't even want to be seen as an entertainer, which to me connotes corporate fat-cat suits smoking cigars and guffawing at some lame racist/sexist comedian, or polyester pant-suit cellulite victims doing karaoke.

Sorry 'bout the rant..

vandeloow · Post by **vandeloow** » Sat May 07, 2005 10:05 am

i use since 2005 a new word for my deejaying work with ableton

b-jay

[bit-jockey]

with this, i have no discussion problems with "normal" deejays

of course, i was also a "nromal" deejay for 15 years..

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