Mash-ups are at best amusing. Nothing good comes from them however, as DJs are simply not musicians. If they had any inclination of musical talent, these people would be writing their own songs and playing their own instruments, not stealing (Oh, I'm sorry... Sampling!) everyone else's riffs to scribble notes over top of.
lolwut?
That's crazy talk....like seriously. Some DJs play their own instruments and then get them pressed onto a vinyl, or chop up songs rearrange the notes and patterns into new patterns creating a new beat and get that pressed. A person with no musical talent would not do a good job and cutting and splicing together new stuff from old songs.
It also takes musical talent to blend songs together, as you have to first pick songs that are in the same key, and have similar rhythymic structures. And then there is the performance aspect, the dj must be proficient with his tools, have a plan layed out as to how to mix the songs, and be able to do all the mixing in real time, and in time with the music. Doing this requires a strong sense of rhythm, and of timing.
A guy at a party who puts the record on isn't a musician, but a "turntabilist" is. Despite that he is creating new music from old music does not mean he is not a musician. Musicians create music, if you use somebody else's performance in a new way, in a way that makes it sound like something completly original, then you are making music, and are therefore a musician.
And a lot of DJ's use synths, you know, a keyboard? Yea, they have those things in their rigs too and play them.
Also, I'm not gonna do the the internet thing and argue this into mud, because I know I'm right
ANYWAYS, the demo was a ton of fun. It racked different parts of my brain than guitar hero. And the mixes were AWESOME! The set list looks great, lots of surprising looking mixes. I just wish the game didn't cost so much, the peripheral cannot cost that much to make. More than likely the music business is getting a little more greedy with its licences....
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