DUBFLY
08-27-2007, 01:43 PM
I was thinking about the thread about ( Mixing Skills Of The Past)
and Milo made this really interesting comment
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This topic question depends on what city, time periods, and the mixing techniques we are talking about. I can't speak for most early 70's DJ mixing styles here in Chicago/NYC. I'm old but not that old ;-). Before anything let me start by stating.... I am talking about mixing styles, not music presentation, or getting a crowd going..... In the late 70's early 80's in Chicago, there were two types of mixing styles, straight blending, and hot mixing. For those of you that don't know, hot mixing is a combination of a style of turntablism & blending. Many Chicago DJ's started with hot mixing (blending, scratching, slip cueing, phazing, backtracking ect...) with little to no reference to go by beacuse we had to work with what we had. The music played was a mix of both electronic (House, Italo, Electro, Hip Hop) and live instrument tracks (Disco, RnB, Funk). If you were to compare a typical Chicago DJ of the 80's with a Q Bert or a Merlin Bob style of mixer the Chicago DJ can be a little of both. If you ask most Chicago veteran DJ's to get into a DMC type of set or to mix with long blends they probably can. When Chicago radio stations started to air mixes this was a perfect learning tool for most of us. In the 90's long blends were standard at clubs and hot mixing took a back seat to turntablism because of the music styles that changed. Not to sound arrogant or start a NYC/Chi debate, but Chicago DJ's grew to be like the jacks of all trades when it comes to mixing styles. If your are a Chicago DJ you get respect everywhere you spin because of how we mix. DJ's are curious to here us spin because we have a distict mixing sound. We are the Spartans of DJ culture......
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Well I don’t know about Spartans of DJ culture ( No Diss !!) ...... but that was they way all the old skool jocks in the NY/NJ area played back in the days………
Ya know NY /NJ and CHI DJs have so much in common !!!!
Honestly The only difference I ever notice about Chicago DJs are the type of disco they play….Good shit Btw !!!!
What do you think !!!
and Milo made this really interesting comment
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This topic question depends on what city, time periods, and the mixing techniques we are talking about. I can't speak for most early 70's DJ mixing styles here in Chicago/NYC. I'm old but not that old ;-). Before anything let me start by stating.... I am talking about mixing styles, not music presentation, or getting a crowd going..... In the late 70's early 80's in Chicago, there were two types of mixing styles, straight blending, and hot mixing. For those of you that don't know, hot mixing is a combination of a style of turntablism & blending. Many Chicago DJ's started with hot mixing (blending, scratching, slip cueing, phazing, backtracking ect...) with little to no reference to go by beacuse we had to work with what we had. The music played was a mix of both electronic (House, Italo, Electro, Hip Hop) and live instrument tracks (Disco, RnB, Funk). If you were to compare a typical Chicago DJ of the 80's with a Q Bert or a Merlin Bob style of mixer the Chicago DJ can be a little of both. If you ask most Chicago veteran DJ's to get into a DMC type of set or to mix with long blends they probably can. When Chicago radio stations started to air mixes this was a perfect learning tool for most of us. In the 90's long blends were standard at clubs and hot mixing took a back seat to turntablism because of the music styles that changed. Not to sound arrogant or start a NYC/Chi debate, but Chicago DJ's grew to be like the jacks of all trades when it comes to mixing styles. If your are a Chicago DJ you get respect everywhere you spin because of how we mix. DJ's are curious to here us spin because we have a distict mixing sound. We are the Spartans of DJ culture......
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Well I don’t know about Spartans of DJ culture ( No Diss !!) ...... but that was they way all the old skool jocks in the NY/NJ area played back in the days………
Ya know NY /NJ and CHI DJs have so much in common !!!!
Honestly The only difference I ever notice about Chicago DJs are the type of disco they play….Good shit Btw !!!!
What do you think !!!