Ableton's great in the sense that it's virtually idiot proof once you start playing something

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Yeah, I go back and forth on what I think of it depending on how the people us it; one of the larger dubstep nights had some producers from out of town come in, they all used Abelton.

jsyk, Skrillex plays them through Ableton Live.

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Who cares, long as the show is entertaining? I was pressed with him last night.



Fact is music sales are poor and a lot of bands rely in gigs to make any money. The better show they put on the more people will keep going to their gigs as word of mouth will spread.



I like Skrillex as a bloke, he even encouraged people to torrent his stuff if they can't afford it. I guess 1 man can do this but a band would never survive (as seen a lot already with smaller bands)

I get what you're saying Dev but the lights and the frills are an important aspect IMO although obviously not as important as the music itself they do add to the overall atmosphere. It's not like I was just staring around like an idiot while deadmau5 was playing but you can still notice stuff like that even while you dance and IMO it made the whole event a lot more memorable than it would've been without.

I'm not saying that you would have been standing around like an idiot, but:

He needed all them props for his show otherwise the crowd would just be starring at one bloke mixing music for an hour and a half.

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It's not like I was just staring around like an idiot while deadmau5 was playing



I do this, especially when people I've not seen are mixing. I like to know what they're doing with their hands, how it corresponds to the music.

@Dev Somehow missed that comment.

But overall your opinion still seems to be that a good producer doesn't need lights and frills and although that is basically true I still do believe that they add a lot to the overall atmosphere and create more of a seperation between a live show and a regular night out in a club (on top of the better music)

Yeah I get that, but the atmosphere should be there in spades if the dj is doing his job properly. And the distinction between a live show and a club night is you're not getting the generic top 40 house remixes, you're getting a piece of that artist. But Moodymann says it best:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7ZyVPiUBbY

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"When I get to this club I'm going to be sharing with you my environment" - good stuff.

Not that the music isn't the most important part of the gig, but when I go a dance live concert, I'd like to see where my money went, and cool visual installations are always a plus in that regard. Especially when they tune together with the music so brilliantly as with (among others): Plastikman, Tobin, 2manydjs, Daft Punk, Orbital or Chemical Brothers.

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I think lights and stuff isn't a priority by any means, but it's always a nice touch to get you even more into the music.

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What's the motivation behind thinking Justice has pre-recorded mixes? That one pic where their shit was unplugged? I've heard tons of people claim that the pic was taken out of context and that they realized it was unplugged almost immediately and plugged it in.



Admittedly, it could just be white-knighting fanboys, but I'm pretty sure there aren't many big names in the game that don't mix live. People just know too much about DJing to be fooled by that, and anyone who wants to keep a decent reputation will make sure they learn how. Just look at all the shit Skrillex has gotten for his lack of mixing skills. But by many accounts, I've heard he's gotten better. And that's the benefit of him using ableton. He may have initially just queued up tracks, but he's been touring for a long time now I'm sure he's got some better knowledge about how to do it now.



If anything, less experienced artists might be relying on using the sync button on their CDJs a bit too much, but I really don't think there are many respected producers that can't at least put together a simple mix on the fly.

can we please designate Skrillex as "brostep" from now on?

or "scenestep" for that matter. "broscenestep."

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Or a real genre tag, like dubstep or when he goes electrohouse.

Bau5 boyz rules

Just read P4k's interview with Scrilla

"Do you DJ?" he asks me. "I don't." "Oh, it's easy, man."

I thought DJ-ing was hard

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Idk anymore, I see younger and younger people picking it up and if you produce too then well you've probably landed yourself a gig.



At least in my town.

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Lol yeah I saw that too. It definitely takes a lot of practice to get good at, and you can pretty much always improve in some way.



If some prestigious DJ was saying that it would be a bit weird but the funny thing about that quote is that he's notoriously bad at DJing so the question is, if it's easy then why do you still suck at it?