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<blockquote data-quote="Marlow Wilson" data-source="post: 25335" data-attributes="member: 47">Re: Why the &quot;DJ&quot; prefix?There are probably more wannabe DJ&#039;s than soundmen or bands because the entry cost is so low.&nbsp; Believe me, professional DJ&#039;s feel the pain from the bottom feeders too.&nbsp; The cost of records used to keep things sane, but now DJ&#039;s have to have other ways of standing out. On one level I understand what you mean about sampling, but the entire hip-hop movement was really based on grassroots sampling.&nbsp; Were&nbsp; Grandmaster Flash and Afrika Bambaataa pioneers or thieves? On an unrelated note, there is an excellent BBC documentary on British Reggae, which discusses some of the cultural importance of DJ&#039;s and sound systems to the modern music scene (It&#039;s long, so maybe save it for a night off!).It&#039;s called &quot; Reggae Britannia &quot;, and both legal and less-than-legal sources for it can be found with google.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Marlow Wilson, post: 25335, member: 47"] Re: Why the "DJ" prefix? There are probably more wannabe DJ's than soundmen or bands because the entry cost is so low. Believe me, professional DJ's feel the pain from the bottom feeders too. The cost of records used to keep things sane, but now DJ's have to have other ways of standing out. On one level I understand what you mean about sampling, but the entire hip-hop movement was really based on grassroots sampling. Were Grandmaster Flash and Afrika Bambaataa pioneers or thieves? On an unrelated note, there is an excellent BBC documentary on British Reggae, which discusses some of the cultural importance of DJ's and sound systems to the modern music scene (It's long, so maybe save it for a night off!). It's called " Reggae Britannia ", and both legal and less-than-legal sources for it can be found with google. [/QUOTE]

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