Thomas L Friedman and the future of DJing

[House]

Given Friedmans proposition that the world is flat (perfect information and all teams compete on a level playing field) what is the future of djing and who will be the prototypical dj?

[dj-chefron]

Some kid in China or India who will embrace all of the technology and come up with a new sound and make lots of Euros.

[Chris Wood]

some person with wires coming out of their head with a hardrive for a brain and see out of turntables with the dancefloor connected like a wi-fi zone with the dancers picking up the DJs feelings as they play...

i dunno

[DaveR]

Given Friedmans proposition that the world is flat (perfect information and all teams compete on a level playing field) what is the future of djing and who will be the prototypical dj?

Perfect information has been achieved (music-wise) ... we're at that point right now ... so just look around

[House]

Perfect information has been achieved (music-wise) ... we're at that point right now ... so just look around

one of the criticisms of Friedmans work is that while perfect information has been achieved it has not been applied....just look around

[djdarryl]

some person with wires coming out of their head with a hardrive for a brain and see out of turntables with the dancefloor connected like a wi-fi zone with the dancers picking up the DJs feelings as they play...

i dunno

Or in simpler terms LSD/extasy. Done!

[Bill Blake]

People won’t be out dancing anymore because the elites are and will have everybody too busy competing for their measly pay under the impression if they don’t someone on the other side of the world will.

Bye bye fun, hello 'serve the economy'.

[House]

maybe i was toooo vague in my "quest for fiiyaaaaah" (sorry)...let me rephrase

if, conceivably, every person can be a dj, and has access to the whole history of recorded music, and can beatmatch (skill or computer it doesnt matter)...what will seperate the wheat from the chaff?

[Armento]

if, conceivably, every person can be a dj, and has access to the whole history of recorded music, and can beatmatch (skill or computer it doesnt matter)...what will seperate the wheat from the chaff?

creativity..

just like with cooking.

[Sal Paradise]

the culture. the information on the culture is out, but the people and peoples day to day life and experience that makes up the culture is an element I feel is missing in the information about the culture that is now everywhere on this earth.

[House]

creativity..

just like with cooking.

creativity....its amazing how many MORE creative tools we have at our diposal today...yesteryear it was just mixer, tts,edit block and razor - and thats if you had some lucchini

*edit*

i forgot the pause button and echo chamber..how could i forget my hiphoppity roots?

[Sal Paradise]

creativity....its amazing how many MORE creative tools we have at our diposal today...yesteryear it was just mixer, tts,edit block and razor - and thats if you had some lucchini

I was watching a youtube doc on the creation of acid house and they were talking about how they found the sounds. Which was by blindly turning knobs and making the machine do things it was never attended to do from the designers point of view. It's the whole mad scientist thing. I don't know enough about the production end but I'd imagine artists that start doing crazy shit with all these new machines will find breakthroughs by mashing buttons and cranking knobs so to speak.

[Fletch]

if, conceivably, every person can be a dj, and has access to the whole history of recorded music, and can beatmatch (skill or computer it doesnt matter)...what will seperate the wheat from the chaff?

The same question was asked 25 years ago when the Yamaha DX7 came out!

[House]

The same question was asked 25 years ago when the Yamaha DX7 came out!

what was their answer?

[Fletch]

what was their answer?

Prince
Kashif
Rick James Bitch!
Herbie Hancock Rockinit
Stevie still Stevie

Everybody else is just, well.....everybody else!

[House]

Prince
Kashif
Rick James Bitch!
Herbie Hancock Rockinit
Stevie still Stevie

Everybody else is just, well.....everybody else!

That Herbie Hancock was some NEWWWWW shit right dere. I remember the Grammy show that year ...wow

[TAC]

what will seperate the wheat from the chaff?

The willingness to BEND OVAH!!!!!

[House]

The willingness to BEND OVAH!!!!!

that is so 80's

and 90's

come to think of it, cats will still do anything to get on the turntables

[TAC]

come to think of it, cats will still do anything to get on the turntables

Exactly. Some things never change!