I've always called myself a DJ until another thread got me thinking. Am I really a DJ or am I an on-air personality?
I am most definitely not a DJ by any true DJ's standards. Being a DJ would imply that I mix music. That I blend tunes to tell a story. That I do more than play MP3s for a set.
I do not really do any of those things. What I DO is entertain a crowd on any given night, during any given show. I play to the crowd, I joke, tease, laugh and occassionally even get nakie with the people I'm playing for/with and in between all this I play music. Sometimes a set playlist, sometimes requests, sometimes themed but always entertaining.
To the true DJs of SL and the whole world over, I salute you. To the On-air entertainers, I salute you as well. It takes all kinds of talent to do what we do which is play the music we want to, make the people dance and ultimately, walk away from a set satisfied that we pleased the people.
Whether you're a DJ or an entertainer...
YOU RAWK!
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Trinity Serpentine
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01-31-2005 09:52
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Lecktor Hannibal
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01-31-2005 09:56
I am definitely a personality, probably not cared for by many *sob*
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Eggy Lippmann
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01-31-2005 10:00
You know what, screw the music already, let's have some decent radio shows
 Do something controversial. Get Alby and Darko screaming at each other on air  Or, a small skit. Make people laugh. Charge people for sending love messages on air to each other. This is SL, we are supposed to be creative _____________________
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Lecktor Hannibal
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01-31-2005 10:01
You know what, screw the music already, let's have some decent radio shows Do something controversial. Get Alby and Darko screaming at each other on air Or, a small skit. Make people laugh. Charge people for sending love messages on air to each other. This is SL, we are supposed to be creative I would love to run with this idea Eggy ! May I? _____________________
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Eggy Lippmann
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01-31-2005 10:03
Of course Lecktor. Let me know what you're gonna do, and when it airs
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Shadow Weaver
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01-31-2005 10:07
Trin.....bites tongue really hard ......bites harder n leaves the thread...
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Madame Maracas
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Interesting Distinction...
01-31-2005 10:07
Trin, you KNOW I love your shows, and you certainly ARE a personality, on or off air, entertaining N lovely!
 I would have to guess that most of the time, I'd fall in the more classic DJ category by your description (which I think is dead-on). I am wondering what prompted the thread? I know that the more variety present in the DJ buffet, the better I think it is for all of us, DJ's and audience alike! Just like anything else, it provides impetus for quality! (or so the theory goes)  _____________________
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Jason Spinnaker
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01-31-2005 10:07
I am a DJ, not a radio jock, not a wedding jock, but a true club jock. SL and RL. I don't get on the mic because that is what MC's are for. I let the music speak for me if there is no MC around. I use true club medium. 12" vinyl records, 1200's, TTm56, headphones and monitors. No mp3 wannabe for me.
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Trinity Serpentine
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01-31-2005 11:54
Trin.....bites tongue really hard ......bites harder n leaves the thread...  Crap, Shad, now ya got me curious. Since when have you ever held back a comment or opinion from me? Spill it! *tickles till you talk* _____________________
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Trinity Serpentine
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01-31-2005 11:56
Trin, you KNOW I love your shows, and you certainly ARE a personality, on or off air, entertaining N lovely! I would have to guess that most of the time, I'd fall in the more classic DJ category by your description (which I think is dead-on). I am wondering what prompted the thread? I know that the more variety present in the DJ buffet, the better I think it is for all of us, DJ's and audience alike! Just like anything else, it provides impetus for quality! (or so the theory goes) It was a thread on special events that got me thinking it, Madame. I love you to death, lady blue. You ARE a DJ of the highest quality. *smooches*_____________________
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Trinity Serpentine
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01-31-2005 11:59
I am a DJ, not a radio jock, not a wedding jock, but a true club jock. SL and RL. I don't get on the mic because that is what MC's are for. I let the music speak for me if there is no MC around. I use true club medium. 12" vinyl records, 1200's, TTm56, headphones and monitors. No mp3 wannabe for me. If you read my original post, it's basically paying hommage to both DJs and radio/wedding jocks/MCs everywhere. Whatever your choice, whether spinning or playing MP3s, it's all good. _____________________
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Nylon Pinkney
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01-31-2005 12:22
You know what, screw the music already, let's have some decent radio shows Do something controversial. Get Alby and Darko screaming at each other on air Or, a small skit. Make people laugh. Charge people for sending love messages on air to each other. This is SL, we are supposed to be creative thats cool, i'd like to hear something like that instead of the usual retro 80s or techno in SL |
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Trinity Serpentine
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01-31-2005 13:08
You can tune into Nala and I being silly, sexy, bawdy and just downright nasty every Saturday night from 7:00PST to whenever.
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Cristiano Midnight
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01-31-2005 13:33
You can tune into Nala and I being silly, sexy, bawdy and just downright nasty every Saturday night from 7:00PST to whenever. If nothing else, you'll laugh your arses off! * sings 'Do you think I'm a nasty girl?' * _____________________
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Shadow Weaver
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01-31-2005 13:53
Crap, Shad, now ya got me curious. Since when have you ever held back a comment or opinion from me? Spill it! *tickles till you talk* My job here is done your curious now.. Shadow _____________________
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Jason Spinnaker
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01-31-2005 14:02
If you read my original post, it's basically paying hommage to both DJs and radio/wedding jocks/MCs everywhere. Whatever your choice, whether spinning or playing MP3s, it's all good. Nah, i was just simply describing who I am, not starting beef with anybody. |
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Jason Spinnaker
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01-31-2005 14:03
thats cool, i'd like to hear something like that instead of the usual retro 80s or techno in SL I don't play techno, but I bet people that don't know will assume its techno. RL peeps always call it techno. FILTERED HOUSE BABY! |
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Torley Linden
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02-01-2005 06:15
I don't play techno, but I bet people that don't know will assume its techno. RL peeps always call it techno. FILTERED HOUSE BABY! YEAH!!! "Techno" is such a blanket term for TECHNOlogically-based music... it's an umbrella of umbrellas... 300 subgenres and counting, LOL... even with "Filtered House", you're gonna get French and Italian varieties, plus different angles of funk and even "Filtered Tech-House with a subcomponent of Ambient Breakbeat Acid Jazz". My oh my... flashbacks. Semi-jesting aside... I've just found "DJ", like "Techno", to be a flexible and amorphous term. I like Trin and what she does, and she does make me smile -- both with her av and her on-air personality. Paradigms shift, but I hope the laughter will roll on. Trin, more Kraftwerk please... play "Computer World" for once... PLEASE... *grins*_____________________
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Roberta Dalek
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02-01-2005 06:31
I hope you enjoyed my Kraftwerk event Torley -although I appreciate that it was much more focused on their early stuff.
However there will be more Kraftwerk coming up I promise... Oh - fwiw I'm a DJ not a bubbly personality - not that there is anything wrong with being a bubbly personality - my style is to let the music speak. |
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Trinity Serpentine
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02-01-2005 07:26
YEAH!!! "Techno" is such a blanket term for TECHNOlogically-based music... it's an umbrella of umbrellas... 300 subgenres and counting, LOL... even with "Filtered House", you're gonna get French and Italian varieties, plus different angles of funk and even "Filtered Tech-House with a subcomponent of Ambient Breakbeat Acid Jazz". My oh my... flashbacks. Semi-jesting aside... I've just found "DJ", like "Techno", to be a flexible and amorphous term. I like Trin and what she does, and she does make me smile -- both with her av and her on-air personality. Paradigms shift, but I hope the laughter will roll on. Trin, more Kraftwerk please... play "Computer World" for once... PLEASE... *grins*Torley, I lurvs ya!!! _____________________
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Charlotte Gillespie
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02-01-2005 07:29
Oh - fwiw I'm a DJ not a bubbly personality - not that there is anything wrong with being a bubbly personality - my style is to let the music speak. My style was "station name, time, sponsor live read, bit from X-Trax, time again, songs coming up, competition, phone number, station name again, next song". |
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Roberta Dalek
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02-01-2005 07:54
My style was "station name, time, sponsor live read, bit from X-Trax, time again, songs coming up, competition, phone number, station name again, next song". Yeah but as I'm not being paid I don't have to do any of that crap (thankfully) |
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Trinity Serpentine
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02-01-2005 08:46
Yeah but as I'm not being paid I don't have to do any of that crap (thankfully) Hurrah for getting to do what we want/how we want to! FWIW, I think you're a great DJ. _____________________
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Kate Hanks
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02-01-2005 10:33
Haha, Trinny, I love your bubbly personality and your bubbly laugh! And I especially enjoy it when you yell at Nala!!
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02-01-2005 10:41
Haha, Trinny, I love your bubbly personality and your bubbly laugh! And I especially enjoy it when you yell at Nala!! (j/k Nala!)ROFL. It's not so much yelling as squeels of disgust.  _____________________
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