What seperates you from the " great " dj's ???

[DJ George Bates]

I've been thinking alot on this subject lately..having various conversations on the subject with those who spin and those who don't and I read an article that David Morales did and he said what differentiated him from other dj's is he plays alot of his own music....

I plan to be one of the great ones.....

Faire One and I talk about this all the time ( top 30 [img]smile.gif[/img] )....if you want to be great you have to be different.....

Going to Gramaphone and buying the latest and newest ain't gonna cut it... to many guys playing the same stuff...IMO.

Take something that ain't " house " and make it house....I'll elaborate on that in a set/cd to come ! [img]smile.gif[/img]

Be an individual ! we all talent ... most of us can blend....some of us even program logically....but what seperates you from the great ones ?

any thoughts ?

[imported_Chr_stopher]

no one can be me nor can i be anyone else.

[JMJ]

Only motivation. Priorities change as you get older, but talent doesn't......JMJ

[C hristian]

circumstance.

defonitely not ambition or the power of my thinking.

[C hristian]

welll. maybe the power of my thinking. unemployment is a bitch that saps everything after the first month/year/1.5 years


and yes, practice practice practice ..(that's what music schools do. beat that into you.)

[ November 12, 2003, 07:55 AM: Message edited by: C hristian ]

[sammyrock]

nothing....... :(

[Savoir-Faire]

"roadies"...
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[Tony Cano]

my personal thoughts.....

you say you wanna be great one, but do you really know what you are asking for? i bet most of us couldn't handle all that comes with it........

addition - or willing to give up what it takes to get to that level (including myself).

tc

[ November 12, 2003, 08:44 AM: Message edited by: Tony Cano ]

[däp]

musically, definitely having a lot of exclusive/unreleased music will help i.e., david morales, knuckles, krivit, ect.

i saw a playlist from krivit on one of the websites and 70% of the songs were labled (advance).

[C hristian]

everyone handles success differently. even among the "successful" or "great" DJs

[Martin Red]

Originally posted by DJ George Bates:

Faire One and I talk about this all the time ( top 30 [img]smile.gif[/img] ).

?

[mdpm99]

Greetings DJ George Bates:

I wish you nothing but blue skies ...and that all of your musical dreams will come true. [img]smile.gif[/img]

At the same time kept in mind, that being on a pedstal is a very uncomfortable position.

We all shine on....like the stars, and the sun.

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d

[ November 12, 2003, 09:11 AM: Message edited by: david mancuso ]

['Magic' Juan]

The fact that I am not great, nor good really, but that I still do it for the love of the music.

magic_juan

[C hristian]

pedistals suck and are useless. they promote stagnation. to put it bluntly.

[DJ George Bates]

It ain't personal or a put down or even a secret thing...

i want to be a great one... not necessarily a superstar but a great one.....

someone who people say " his talents touched me "...I want to make my living doing what I love....

i want to be great .....

[mdpm99]

Originally posted by DJ George Bates:
It ain't personal or a put down or even a secret thing...

i want to be a great one... not necessarily a superstar but a great one.....

someone who people say " his talents touched me "...I want to make my living doing what I love....

i want to be great .....

Greetings DJ George Bates:

I just checked out your web site.....your doing great...so stop putting us on [img]smile.gif[/img]

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d

[DJ Keith Porter]

Don't think you are, know your are! [img]graemlins/cool_shades.gif[/img]

[däp]

the real question (not to hijack) is this. does greatness = level of recognition.

i've heard some "great" dj's who are virtually unknown. does having a big name make you great?

[DaveR]

I was thinking the same thing

[DJ Keith Porter]

Originally posted by DJ George Bates:
David Morales did and he said what differentiated him from other dj's is he plays alot of his own music....

If you want to be great you have to be different.....

I agree 100%

[mart]

The right attitude, dedication, modesty, hours of practice, an uncanny ability to pick out the great tunes from the mediocre, or turn the mediocre into great tunes, to build you up and put you down, above all to make you MOVE!

Music-making, not money-taking...

Mart

[TAD]

Originally posted by DJ George Bates: If you want to be great you have to be different.....

true, but you already are different. you're you. a unique individual. don't try to look for something that's not there. just be yourself.

[JMJ]

Originally posted by t o r i n:
the real question (not to hijack) is this. does greatness = level of recognition.

i've heard some "great" dj's who are virtually unknown. does having a big name make you great?

No......JMJ

[KBig]

Interesting... we (Bmore House Headz) are in the process of having this same discussion.
What has defined a DJ as "great" *to Me* is...
A DJ is Great When or If:

*They have the ability to make you dance and not get off the dancefloor.
*Gets the crowd involved in the mix!! Singing the vocals or adlib'ing.
*If the DJ is partying their dayum self behind the tables, enjoying the mix and the crowd.
* makes a blend sound like a new song
*Is inventive and not scared to derail from the norm of what is being done by the popular dj's
*If they have produced their own hot azz record that has other dj's spinning it
*is CONSISTENT !!!!!!

[mdpm99]

Music is what makes all of us great.

d