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1. Loudwon
   

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   Posted 4 years ago #

   Do you know what, f**k it... I DJ and I ONLY play vinyl.
   I don't do time coded sh*t, I don't use CD's, I don't even own a laptop... Hell I wouldn't buy a Rane mixer 'cause it had serato or what the hell ever these weak ass punks use.

   If you really love music and give a damn about the people making the music you love, you'll pay for it and want a physical copy of it.

   Today's society is too throw-away... but I say no more stand up for what you love and believe in.

   The least I want to achieve in my life is that I can keep turntablism alive... it ain't going out on my watch.

2. esomedina
   

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   Posted 4 years ago #

   Post some mixes up or else it didn't happen.

3. zerosignal
   

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   Posted 4 years ago #

   man i used to be like that for the longest time. hardcore vinyl only. peep our mix at rabidvinylmonks.com - like 80 tracks mixed live, all vinyl.

   but then, i realized by embracing technology, it allows you to explore other areas unchartered. sure, most kids probably download tons of sh!t....but i still buy stuff on vinyl. i still search for OPs.

   even dudes like craze, qbert and chris karns use vinyl and those guys are able to do some of the craziest sh!t i've ever seen, all by themselves, as one person. it allowed them to take DJ'ing to the next level.

   don't be that guy that gets left in the dust homie!

   (hope this wasn't a jab at that video i posted of me flippin some pete rock doubles and scratching btw).

4. Loudwon
   

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   Posted 4 years ago #

   It was a rant due to getting the wong vinyl through the mail lol.

   For me it has always been about the vinyl manipulation and seeing a dj with a laptop plugged in really pisses me off.

   It's not about getting left in the dust, it's about doing what I love and doing it the way I love.

   Vinyl ain't broke, it don't need fixing the music is right there for you to play and manipulate.

   We wouldn't be here if People under the Stairs just made their music on a computer like Will.He.Ain't.

   Some things are worth keeping.

   Eso... my cd recorder is unplugged at the moment. I had been working on a new mix, honest lol.
   But all my attention is on playing my friends 30th on the 16th, records all over the place and I just got another one in the mail so gotta go open that now...

   I hope its the right one today lol.

5. YoYoPo
   

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   Posted 4 years ago #

   and NO I don't have your Tinie Tempah track on vinyl you WILL have to listen to Prince and Sade!!

6. Loudwon
   

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   Posted 4 years ago #

   

   I DON'T use computers!!

   

   Funnily enough it's all about 1983... I'm starting with tunes from that year (being a 30th).
   Got 'Rockit' in the mail today

7. JK93
   

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   Posted 4 years ago #

   Feeling you, Loudwon, all the way. Here's a mix I made last December-ish;

   https://soundcloud.com/polyptychal/golden-age

8. Loudwon
   

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   Posted 4 years ago #

   Just what I needed to hear tonight, cheers dude.
   Listening while watching the game.

   We'll help keep this sh*t alive.

   DJs, Turntablists, they have a hard enough job being seen as musicians and artists without being crouched behind a laptop.
   Being a DJ is being an entertainer... like a band, a singer etc.
   When I go to see a band I want to see them playing instruments, performing, entertaining.

   I feel that vinyl has an energy in it's sound like instruments do but 1s and 0s don't carry that energy.

   I went for a beer after work at my local worker mens club this evening, a dude had left a box of 7inch singles in there for me

9. Loudwon
   

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   Posted 4 years ago #

   I'm 1 hour 3 mins into your mix dude.
   I am enjoying it.
   I need a hard copy and a tracklist of that shiz haha.

10. Saakki
    

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    Posted 4 years ago #

    I'm mostly with Loudwon with this. Serato is cool but dunno, I like the whole aspect of changing records and flipping em and screwing around with them. I just focus on the vinyl. Yeah I know Serato would be quite handy but still..I like the whole inconvenient side.

    On a side note, I'm lucky that I found another DJ from our town who has a similar mindset as me. We mostly spin hip hop, jazz and funk. And now we started creating live beats with jazz / funk/ instruhop records. Another flips the beat from one turntable and improvises it and another scratches instruments / accapellas on it. You can go on forever like that (well as long as the vinyl lasts haha). Infinite instrumentals! We are going to make concept record with that method. Will post that here when we are done.

11. a_salvador
    

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    Posted 4 years ago #

    This was a topic that used to get me so angry. I was and still am 100% vinyl. But a couple of years ago my mate was about to do a vinyl set after a guy did a set with a laptop, my mate got on, stopped everything, grabbed the mic and just verbally slammed the previous 'DJ'. I was looking at the crowd cheering and shouting thinking, "f**k me, to a women & man you where all just dancing & singing along to that last set, you f**king clapped laptop guy off now your screaming fake?!?" really changed my feelings on this. Most people out there don't care as long as they enjoy the tunes. It just seems a hardcore minority need to see us 'old school' DJ's.
    I only spin vinyl and that is the art form I love. For me, these i-pod, laptop & hard drive dudes just provide more gravitas to us guys with the vinyl collections & the skills. Real heads will always know, but loads of people just don't care. I am cool with that!!!!!

12. callmemistertibbs
    

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    Posted 4 years ago #

    Vinyl for me...f*** Serato (not that I know anything about it).

    That said, it's like anything in the modern world - times change, new things come and go (most are sh!t), but the masses get drawn to what's new and easy and thrown in their faces, they don't have the time & patience for anything classed as 'old'.

    We all know vinyl is the purest form of sound, nobody can dispute that, but it's what you believe in at the end of the day. I still buy the odd cd (for the car), but I'm vinyl and always will be. It's not just the music, it's the whole package. I've got three kids under 6 and at the moment they love the vinyl experience, but I'm sure in years to come they'll probably get caught up in all this downloading bollocks. However, if one of them sticks with vinyl then that will be a bonus.

    Only today I collected an amp (Rotel RA-840 - check it below) which I bought from eBay (a bargain at £28.50) so I can set up my third deck. I couldn't warrant buying a new one, but it doesn't matter as this will serve it's purpose so I can spin wax in another room in the house. Happy days...

    

13. Loudwon
    

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    Posted 4 years ago #

    Just got home from a 5 hour set for my friends 30th... worked damn hard... might get some future work outta it!

14. MrQc
    

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    Posted 4 years ago #

    I used to spin vinyl all the time but life & space caught up with me & although I still have all my wax I've been using the DJay App on my IPad lately just to spin a few tunes & have a mix now & again. I'd love to have my 1210's out but these days it's just not going to happen unless I get a bigger house.

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