A superstar DJ and his technology

#5665Post 1 of 262004-10-18

[url]http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/10/18/explorers.pauloakenfold/index.html[/url]

Awesome pic of him too!

#282008Post 2 of 262004-10-18

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[img]http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2004/TECH/10/18/explorers.pauloakenfold/story.oakenfold.jpg[/img]

i didnt realise Oakey was a so dreamy, lol.. what a puff! looks like he should be in the BackDoor Boys.. or some bloody boy band

#282076Post 3 of 262004-10-18

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:WTF:

#282163Post 4 of 262004-10-18

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this is not so cool

#282176Post 5 of 262004-10-18

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interesting read - can't really agree with much that he said

#282179Post 6 of 262004-10-18

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Starry Eyed Surprise :Bingo:

:roll:

#282187Post 7 of 262004-10-18

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what a joke. now i see the dumbass mentality behind his bullshit performances.

#282191Post 8 of 262004-10-18

that chick is Hottt

#282207Post 9 of 262004-10-18

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[quote=unome";p="67742][img]http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2004/TECH/10/18/explorers.pauloakenfold/story.oakenfold.jpg[/img]

i didnt realise Oakey was a so dreamy, lol.. what a puff! looks like he should be in the BackDoor Boys.. or some bloody boy band[/quote]

hahahahah " ... girl!!! OH GIRL!!! nah nah nah .... " and all the mickey mouse crap. :Wasted:

#282227Post 10 of 262004-10-19

"With a CD player you can put the CD in, press play and lock it in time, and it does it all for you. "

I could also burn a 2 hour set to CD prior to going on and then just play it when I'm supposed to DJ, but but who the fuck does that?

seriously, why are jocks dissing the CD/mp3 thing. I love it. Yoshitoshi closed down in DC over a year ago and I thought my DJing was over. I had to spend $50 - $75 a month just on shipping alone....now with beatport, EDM, 3 beat, etc., I can not only get the new shit, but tracks that would have never been released bc label mgrs like Oakey just don't like the track. whatever. fuck that monkey....:D

#282230Post 11 of 262004-10-19

[quote=nietzsche";p="67992]"With a CD player you can put the CD in, press play and lock it in time, and it does it all for you. "

I could also burn a 2 hour set to CD prior to going on and then just play it when I'm supposed to DJ, but but who the fuck does that?

seriously, why are jocks dissing the CD/mp3 thing. I love it. [b]Yoshitoshi closed down in DC over a year ago[/b] and I thought my DJing was over. I had to spend $50 - $75 a month just on shipping alone....now with beatport, EDM, 3 beat, etc., I can not only get the new shit, but tracks that would have never been released bc label mgrs like Oakey just don't like the track. whatever. fuck that monkey....:D[/quote]

[url]http://www.yoshop.com/app/YO[/url]

are you sure they closed down? i order from them all the time.

and they have downloads too

Hooj went out of business.. not yoshitoshi

tho [url]www.hooj.com[/url].. you can still order from

#282267Post 12 of 262004-10-19

i agree with oakey....to the extent of laptops....cdj's sure....but once u go laptop u've basically broken down barriers for creativity within a parameter. What you can do with turntables, records, and maybe some cdj's is more intriguing than fucking around on a laptop.

#282287Post 13 of 262004-10-19

[quote=unome";p="67995] [url]http://www.yoshop.com/app/YO[/url]

are you sure they closed down? i order from them all the time.

and they have downloads too

Hooj went out of business.. not yoshitoshi

tho [url]www.hooj.com[/url].. you can still order from[/quote]

i believe he was referring to the actual store location, which did close down.

the online operation continues though.

#282293Post 14 of 262004-10-19

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what a tool!

#282387Post 15 of 262004-10-19

i couldn't really understand some of the language he used as i'm from down under.. is that british for "i'm out of the game?"

all he's basically saying is how everything should stay the way it was in the nineties, and i think the millions of words sent back and forth across the internet and every other means of communication in the last three years would suggest that no, it shouldn't

#282413Post 16 of 262004-10-19

[quote=Localizer";p="68038]i agree with oakey....to the extent of laptops....cdj's sure....but once u go laptop u've basically broken down barriers for creativity within a parameter. What you can do with turntables, records, and maybe some cdj's is more intriguing than fucking around on a laptop.[/quote]

bro the laptop is just storage and the software its the interface ...you use specially coded records that read the mp3 ...so you are still using vinyl..its called final scratch :DumbAss:

#282422Post 17 of 262004-10-19

thank you captain obvious.....however, i wasn't talking about final scratch, i was talking about solely using the laptop as your powerhouse for performing in livesets. ie: using software like ableton during your performance....

oh and final scratch is ghey too....digital junkies can piss off...thanks..

#282589Post 18 of 262004-10-19

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:BangHead:

#282652Post 19 of 262004-10-20

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what a pile of crap, the whole thing that you just put a cd in and it does it for you, has he ever heard zabiela play, how you can embrace the technology to get a better live performance, the man is so out of touch.

#282780Post 20 of 262004-10-20

[quote=Localizer";p="68215]digital junkies can piss off...thanks..[/quote]

There always are ones who are afraid of technology rather than embracing it. Kind of like Bush. Kudos.

#282949Post 21 of 262004-10-20

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nice to have a Dj related article on CNN nonetheless

#283097Post 22 of 262004-10-21

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2 things:

"You're pulling records out, trying to match the key, the structure, looking for the breaks."

When did he start doing this??? Never did when I saw him.

"Paul Oakenfold is one of the world's leading DJs and remixers."

:CrackUp: :CrackUp: :CrackUp: :CrackUp: :CrackUp: :CrackUp: :CrackUp:

#283123Post 23 of 262004-10-21

[quote=";p="68634] [quote=Localizer";p="68215]digital junkies can piss off...thanks..[/quote]

There always are ones who are afraid of technology rather than embracing it. Kind of like Bush. Kudos. [/quote]

Eh? I use cdj's, but I don't use it as often as I use my tt's...my cdj's just sit around and it's rare that I pop a cd in.

#283180Post 24 of 262004-10-21

[quote=Localizer";p="68038]i agree with oakey....to the extent of laptops....cdj's sure....but once u go laptop u've basically broken down barriers for creativity within a parameter. What you can do with turntables, records, and maybe some cdj's is more intriguing than fucking around on a laptop.[/quote]

I managed to get into a Coldcut show a few years ago and they basically were sitting behind a desk with two laptops. They cut up video and music live. You could see everything they were doing because their UI desktops were was beamed up on the screens. Amazing show. So, it can be done! At least by coldcut anyway...

#283347Post 25 of 262004-10-21

the point is that, if used correctly, all this new technology makes creativity limitless, not more limiting, as Oakey suggests.

not to mention that as a Bedroom DJ and and horribly inept producer, I can still get my hands on good music and share my bad creations with others through the digital format.

#1711147Post 26 of 262014-03-14

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wat

Music madethis place,we just kept itgoing...

A superstar DJ and his technology