“To me, this award means a lot because it shows the human element of music is what’s important. Singing into a microphone and learning to play an instrument and learning to do your craft, that’s the most important thing for people to do…It’s not about being perfect, it’s not about sounding absolutely correct, it’s not about what goes on in a computer. It’s about what goes on in here [your heart] and what goes on in here [your head].”
As a Dj I really care about what I do and I try my best to present it in a way that is authentic. These artists are not being challenged, they are being idolized and the repercussion is affecting the quality of their music and performances. Music is changing and people are left feeling frustrated. Innovation doesn’t exist the same way it did. Do you think The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix and Grand Master Flash would have been able to create timeless music without the element of being challenged? There is too much at stake when we are allowing music to plateau and accepting laziness. We can’t just brush this under the rug, we need to have this dialogue, examine it and not allow this one group of people (labels, TV, media) control how the Djing culture is represented. Sunday is a great example of what happens when large corporations, production teams and labels see something (Djing) as the new marketable trend. I was unsuccessful at switching channels during the Country performances of the night because I had Bree, at the other end of the line, convincing me that I should open myself to the genre. Reluctantly I sat through them and you know what? I’m grateful I did.
It allowed me to see the disconnect in the Djing performances even more because here’s a genre that I don’t pay attention to, that holds the stigma of being sappy love music, circling around lyrics of drinking into the night and getting back on your tractor. Yet it is the number one music genre in America and I can see why: It’s simple, it’s authentic and every performance was LIVE. No wonder why Country music is so highly supported, the artists stay true to their art. The replenishing cycle that promotes creativity and a challenging platform is based on love from the fans to the artists. If I started channel surfing, I would have never heard David Ghrol’s powerful message to the world “the human element of music is what’s important”. So step into your craft and always challenge yourself and allow yourself to grow by adding the human element of inspiration into your art. Bree’s response to these performances was also brought on by pure admiration for the culture. “While I understand it is hard to capture the art form I’m passionate about and the era I’m coming from into a 2 minute performance, the approach at this years Grammys was just offensive to the culture and community that I know to behold amazingly talented PERFORMERS, DJS, and EMCEES. I even like some of the artists who performed but feel somewhat sad that they succumbed to a place that they felt it was okay to perform half ass. It’s not okay! Please, please do not let this valuable culture slip into a clearance bin in the non existent record shops that have succumbed to existing only as websites.”
Look, is it fair for me to expect you to love DJing as much as I do? Probably not. But that being said, I DO LOVE IT with every ounce of my being. My entire life revolves around being a DJ and DJ culture so I refuse to sit by while I see an art I helped change and develop be exploited or redefined in harmful way. Not on my watch! |
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发表于 2012-3-17 19:01:54
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