Is the 'art' of djing really a dying art?
Djing as an art form is dying! Not to get all sanctimonious (this isn't what this is about), but to set the scene for those that don't know, I'm now 46 years old and of that 46 years I've been a professional DJ for 25 of those years, meaning I've held residencies and travelled playing a number of variations of set lengths and musical styles in that time. I'm certainly no Carl cox or even remotely close to that but compared to many, many others I've been very fortunate and I'll forever be grateful for the opportunities I've had and continue to have. When I started out djing, roughly around 1995/96 it's well documented that djing was different, and to be really honest, djing will always evolve, certainly in its technical iteration will always be moving and so it should. What I'm referring to in this particular instance is the art form from the perspective of its culture, the notion that the music... the clubs, the dark corner clubs, the small...