各位有心做dj的朋友們
大家對dj這份工作了解多少呢?
dj是可以當作藝術來對待的一份工作
如果沒有熱情
就也真的只是一份"工作"
路能走的多長走的多遠 建立在對於所做的事所抱持的理解,態度和熱情
接下來幾篇
是香港dmc 冠軍dj miky所寫的一系列關於dj和turntablist的文章
相信可以給有心了解dj的朋友一些很清楚的概念
dj miky blog:www.alivenotdead.com/michaelli
DJ- What is it?
A lot of people have an understandable misconception of what
a DJ is/does. I thought I might explain my understanding of the
‘industry’. This is very general and a lot of people may disagree
. Then again, no one is forcing you to read it.
(很多人對dj不了解或用誤解想法來定義dj,以下是我對這個dj"產業"的解釋, 如果你不同意我的看法沒關係,沒人逼你看下去)
In my opinion, there are 3 (really) broad categories of DJs:
（我把dj分成三種類型）,
1. “Dance music”, “Club”, “Mixtape” DJ
I guess this is probably the most popular conception of a DJ. This type
plays in clubs, makes remixes and rocks parties. There can be many styles
of music… House, Techno, Trance, DnB, Breakbeat, Breaks, Hip Hop, Funk,
bla bla bla. Typically, these DJs are more technology based, i.e. they are
very much into their DJ gadgets (like Serato, MP3, effects, video). The beauty
of this is that nowadays, everyone can be a DJ. It’s really not hard to download
some MP3 and burn it onto CDs and mix them in a club. All you have to do is press
some buttons.
（第一類,放dance music或夜店或製作mixtape的dj ,我猜這類dj是最普遍受歡迎的dj類型.
這類dj在夜店放歌,製作remix還有搞highh party!可以有各種不同音樂類型的dj,House, Techno, Trance, DnB, Breakbeat, Breaks, Hip Hop, Funk,
這類dj基本上使用高科技的播放設備,如serato搭配電腦,mp3,效果器,影像處理軟體等,讚的是把dj的門檻降低,現在人人都可以是dj.你
只需要動動手指按按鍵就可以下載一些mp3燒成cd,然後拿去夜店播放)
However, the thing that separates from shitty ones and the big dogs is the ear for
music. By that I mean you play… the right songs at the right time… songs that the
particular crowd enjoys…adventurous songs that are rare but good. The list goes on.
In terms of practise, it’s all about getting your mixing tight (maybe a little turntablism).
(重點來了,如何區分一個狗屎dj跟一個成功的dj?品味是個關鍵,在對的時間放對的歌,或是特定群眾喜歡的歌, 冒險點放些很難找但是很
棒的歌 ..還有很多很多需要累積的經驗, 不斷練習都是為了讓你的set更緊湊有張力 , 也許會需要鑽研些turnatablism的技巧)
In a way, this is the glitz and glamour of the DJ industry, the part where
so-called ‘professional’ DJs make money. In Hong Kong, as you might guess,
there are LOADS of club DJs. The ones that I heard that particularly made an impact are
DJ
Beware (World top 12 in 2001 and 2002) and DJ Tommy (World top 2 in 1996). Beware
does a lot a blends that are used by top DJs in the world. Tommy’s club set
sounds like a mixtape done live. Respect to both of them. In other countries,
there are DJs like Tiesto, Ferry Corsten, and so forth, who mostly are labelled
under “dance music” and got famous mainly to do with their production game.
（某方面來看,這是dj產業光榮與浮華的一面,這是所謂的專業dj賺錢的方法,如你所猜想的,香港有許多的夜店dj,我聽過的兩位最有影響力的是dj
beware,2001跟2002年的dmc世界第十二名,dj tommy,1996年dmc世界第二名.beware做很多特別的remix,被許多第一流dj使用,dj tommy的現場演出完美
到聽起來像是現場完成了一個mixtape,對這兩位dj的成就與努力我們要致上最高的敬意, 在別的國家像tiesto,ferry corsten等被歸類在"dance music"的
dj通常是因位他們製作的舞曲音樂而出名)
2. Turntablists/ Scratch DJs
( 唱盤藝術家/刷碟dj)
This is mainly using turntables as a musical instrument. Two things that people
do are Scratch and Beat Juggle. Scratch is when you have 2 turntables and 1 mixer
. One of the turntables you play the beat, the other you find a sound and you go
back and forth. Beat Juggle is when you have 2 records (commonly two of the same
records) and then do a live remix. In other words, if you have the same boom-bap
in each record, you can end up with “boom boom bap boom bap boom bap”, by
cutting between two records. After you can do both, then you compose your
rountines and enter battles like DMC, Vestax Extravaganza, ITF, etc.
(這類的dj主要把唱盤當作樂器來使用,技巧方面分為scratch與beat juggle.scratch的定義是,當你使用兩個唱盤一臺混音器時,其中一臺唱盤放節奏,另
一台則是選擇適合的聲音,用手前後的去推動唱片產生特別的音效.beat juggle是你使用兩張唱片-通常是兩張一樣的節奏,做出一段現場的混音.換
句話把節奏區分為大鼓-蹦,小鼓-啪,可以使用兩張一樣的節奏交錯而成"蹦蹦啪蹦啪蹦啪"之類的節奏型.當你scrtach跟beat juggle都上手後,你可以把
招數組織起來去參加像DMC, Vestax Extravaganza, ITF之類的dj比賽.)
This is like the more “underground” part of DJing, where people supposedly keep
it real and stick to the roots. What it really is, are sad nerds who stay at home
all night just to practise that same scratch pattern. Practise wise, you spend A
LOT more time than other types of DJs, scratching, juggling, mixing, etc. As a
result, you don’t have a social life, and when your friends call you, you don’t
pick up... eventually they give up.
（這部份是屬於dj"underground"的部份,精神上應該保持自己的個性並且去學習dj技巧的源流,實際上的狀況是,練習需要花費大量的時間,會導致你
沒有社交生活,朋友最後也放棄找你出去玩LOL)
There are loads and loads of awesome scratch DJs around the world. Some go onto
club djing after battling and make a killing, some do showcases, some don’t even
battle to begin with. Nevertheless for some strange reason, there is a stronger
bond between all scratch djs, i.e. they always get along. I guess all scratch djs
are working to a common goal and share common insecurities- learn more techniques
while incorporating it with different songs/samples according to their own tastes, and hopefully
one day you reach a level you are content with.
It’s a much harder road to walk in my opinion. But in the end of the day I think self-achievement is always more fruitful than some stupid
comment from clubbers with beer-vodka-cigarette-2am-stale breath. What is a DJ if you can’t scratch?
(這世界上有太多厲害的scratch dj,有些在比完賽後轉戰夜店,有些作showcase表演,有些根本沒有開始比賽過.基於一些奇怪的理由,scratch dj之間的關
係通常是很和睦並且緊密的,我猜是因為大家有共同追求的目標,也有一樣的焦慮-在選擇並組織各式各樣的歌曲/取樣中學習更多技巧,希望有天
能達到自己期望的水準,依我的看法,相對於其他類型dj而言這是條很難走的路,但最終自我成就比來自於搞不清處狀況的舞客的評價來的有意義
多了,如果你不會scratch,你敢自稱為dj嗎?)
3. DJs who aren’t really DJs
(這類dj並不是真正在dj)
Due to the nature of the DJ industry, it’s quite easy to get by as a “professional”
DJ. I don’t really use the words “professional” DJs, because sometimes they are
used to describe the following people:
People who don’t stop talking on the radio.
（在電台說個不停)
People who only knows how to use a CDJ
(只會使用cdj)
People who play “commercial” music and know nothing about other music
(只會放商業音樂)
People who DJ, but are too high on cocaine so they don’t realise they suck
( 剋藥剋昏頭自以為很high的dj,其實他們爛斃了)
If you are one of the above, good luck. If you manage to persuade someone to pay
you, just by dropping the new Usher track… job very well done!
（如果你符合以上幾項,恭喜,只要你放usher的新哥,就會有人付你錢)
To be fair, although I divide Djing into categories, sometimes things aren’t that
clear. You have LOADS of scratch DJs who rock parties and at the same time you
have “dance music” DJs who can scratch and juggle as well. It doesn’t matter
if you spend all your time digging records or freestyle scratching all day every
day, you advance in your own field and hopefully find a speciality or become
all-round awesome.
(雖然我對dj做了一些分類,但是並不代表這些界線是一清二楚的,很多scratch dj是派對高手,或是舞曲dj精通scratch與beat juggle,不管你是致力於尋
找唱片或是scratch到沒天沒業,想辦法在你的領域中求進步,希望有一天可以有驚人的表現)
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