ChipMusic.org - Why do you call yourself DJ?

Re: Why do you call yourself DJ?

2013-01-21T21:07:53Z

calmdownkidder wrote:

I perform under the name DJ Sax Appeal, I take off my shirt and only play songs that have saxophone in them.

You should play songs that only have saxophone in them.

Re: Why do you call yourself DJ?

2013-01-21T20:08:30Z

I perform under the name DJ Sax Appeal, I take off my shirt and only play songs that have saxophone in them.

Re: Why do you call yourself DJ?

2013-01-21T17:28:48Z

jefftheworld wrote:

I don't call myself a DJ.

Re: Why do you call yourself DJ?

2013-01-21T15:38:04Z

Dick Jocky

Re: Why do you call yourself DJ?

2013-01-21T15:34:16Z

Dj Dollynho

Re: Why do you call yourself DJ?

2013-01-21T14:52:43Z

Jokys freak me out, little hands and such....

Re: Why do you call yourself DJ?

2013-01-21T11:33:33Z

I don't really care one way or another. Even beyond chipmusic, I think most non-DJs who call themselves DJs are doing so to evoke an image, not because they don't know what a DJ is.

Re: Why do you call yourself DJ?

2013-01-21T10:50:06Z

Saskrotch wrote:

I think the thing we should focus on here is that there are barely any chip producers who call themselves DJ

Well, that's a good thing right? Unless they are actually DJ-ing.

Re: Why do you call yourself DJ?

2013-01-21T08:44:40Z

I think the thing we should focus on here is that there are barely any chip producers who call themselves DJ

Re: Why do you call yourself DJ?

2013-01-21T08:41:10Z

jefftheworld wrote:

I have nothing against DJs, I think it's a fun and important part of music culture. I also don't write off entirely the skillsets used by some DJs; some of them are doing very musical and technical stuff. However, most of DJing is song selection and that's not the same thing as writing music.
That said, I don't call myself a DJ.

Agreed. Especially DJ's that do modern types of techno, house, minimal. It's very much a choice of good records and timing which does the job, not so much the technique or skills to mix a 127bpm 4/4 track in to another 127bpm 4/4 track. No offense to those who DJ really but it's a lot different than actually writing music.

Re: Why do you call yourself DJ?

2013-01-21T08:10:32Z

I have nothing against DJs, I think it's a fun and important part of music culture. I also don't write off entirely the skillsets used by some DJs; some of them are doing very musical and technical stuff. However, most of DJing is song selection and that's not the same thing as writing music.

That said, I don't call myself a DJ.

Re: Why do you call yourself DJ?

2013-01-21T06:20:09Z

because it makes people upset.

Re: Why do you call yourself DJ?

2013-01-21T05:40:23Z

InactiveX wrote:

Someone said to me as I struggled with my kit "hey, Mr DJ!"

Come Mr. DJ song pon de replay,
Come Mr. DJ, won't you turn the music up?

Re: Why do you call yourself DJ?

2013-01-21T05:28:13Z

I went to a jam recently downstairs in a pub. I had my guitar, effects and amp with me, all in cases.

Someone said to me as I struggled with my kit "hey, Mr DJ!".

I replied indignantly that I was a musician and I never played other people's records at public events.

Besides, DJ as an epithet reminds me of characters like this one:

Re: Why do you call yourself DJ?

2013-01-21T03:08:08Z

btw, aside from spurn of the moment noise/chip overrated improv pieces that happen, I am mainly just dj'ing my own material on stage.

So what does that make me?