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Top DJ of the world?Top DJ of halifax?WTF?…is loading a cd that complicated?What a joke….How about…Top Joke of downtown halifax….can’t believe the hype over some one playing records.You put it on and play it.Big deal,gheeech,how moronic.Listen to this one everybody,i love this song,lol.
—djsarejokes
This article appears in May 14-20, 2009.
23 Comments
OP, take a chill pill and pop in some Incubus… that’s what a real DJ does. Have a DJ in your band? I’d come see you. As for DJ awards… there are definitely some who are much better than others and it certainly takes a lot practice and an ear for rhythm and key but, outside accepting accolades with fellow band members, I can’t see anybody making a big deal of it, except other DJ’s, of course. Just let them play their silly games.
Can you DJ? No? Ok than how would you know how easy it is? Watch “where in the world is pete tong” or whatever it’s called, and take a chill pill.
Is this LIFE SUCKS’ alter ego? Gheeeech.
Self destruct in 4…3…2….
I DJ. Not so bad if I say so myself.
DJs can pound sand. Overglorified trolls that come out of their parent’s basement to infuse us with dynamic beats and attitude. What a crock of crap. Somebody should take all your dj gear and melt it into a big lop of shit.
I personally see no skill in being a DJ. Then again, I’ve never looked into the details of doing it.
Either way…get a real job.
I doubt very few people would invest the money required to be a good DJ or karaoke host, $10,000+, depending on how much music you have. The hardware alone is near the $6,000, not including a reliable vehicle to transport it in. Don’t dis a job until you’ve tried it.
Personally I think baseball looks easy and they make millions. If you’re a fielder you may have no balls hit at you or a few. Or even better a bench warmer getting a hundred grand or more.
“Don’t dis a job until you’ve tried it.”
Does that include burning shitters and poisoning groundhogs? Some ‘professions’ must be trashed, it’s just the right thing to do.
Dino, I think the likes of you should pack their bags and get back to the valley and stick with milking cows, you are an embaracement to the city of Halifax, are you trying to tell me that DJ Tiesto( which is an internationally well known dutch DJ) is not talented??, no wonder people in other provinces are laughing at us, its because our city is full of simple minded individuals like you.
and that goes to the OP as well.
TIESTO? hahaha. Tiesto is CHEAP. Some of his mixes are alright, but he’s kraft dinner compared to other DJs out there. Case in point: look up his mix of Jes’s “Imagination” and compare it to Kaskade’s mix of “Imagination” (both are on youtube)…Tiesto’s is HORRIBLE.
And not all DJs just spin records, some actually create their OWN music along with remixing others. Imagine that.
A five year can do just as good a job as these posers with one of those string-pull barnyard animal sound toys. DJ Hasbro.:)
I have a lot of respect for the time and creativity it takes to be good at DJing. If anyone says “anyone can do it,” well step right up and show us what you got. I can’t wait.
Judging by the amount of venues downtown that have DJs as opposed to actual live bands it looks as though a good chunk of the masses prefer them. Let them get rich. I know I couldn’t stand playing/mixing most of the modern (or even 30 yo “retro”) crap that’s gotta be played in order to get hot young wimmin crowding your dancefloor night after night. What bothers me is how some DJs act as though you’re interfering with their art if you try and request something.
i think OP is thinking DJ’s in dance clubs on wed/thurs/friday nights…. they play a song (not theirs) and try to mix it into another song – something winamp can automatically do BTW.
If the DJ composes their own songs to spin and people go apeshit for it… then ya. but to take songs and mix one into the other… there’s little talent there than just picking the next song within 4 mins and queuing it up.
Q-Bert > Tiesto.
Murder Junkie – it can be a bit annoying if/when you play a specific genre and you have one person in a crowd of several hundred asking if we could play an entirely different genre “just for them”.
I used to play at a few of the afterhours and I spin house/breaks; god knows how many times I’ve had some annoying bar star come up and ask me to play hip hop just for them.
house music on a house night means house music; no hip hop unless its in a remix or mash up.
Ace Boogie, does it embarrass you that you spell it “embaracement”? Put some effort into it. You can be internationally known and still be crappy.
ooh noo…I missspelled “embarrassment”, how could I live with myself after this. Get a life douchbag well ya, did u get the point of my previous comment about the DJ argument or not, now if wanted to read a comment from a jerk-off bragging about his language and his spelling skills, then u are free to type. واحد أخو شرموطة عرس
The whole point is how DJs suck. Not how bad YOU suck. It’s always all about you isn’t it.
Fat –
I don’t recall mentioning genre-jumping in my comment.
If it wasn’t for us “bar stars” (I don’t even know what that means) who would your audience be?
Wherever you’re spinning in Halifax – it ain’t the Budda Bar so there’s no need to be pretentious.
The internets tells me that واحد أخو شرموطة عرس means “one brother bitch wedding.” Hmmm. I’m thinking either the internets are wrong or you’re just very free association with your insults.