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<blockquote data-quote="Marlow Wilson" data-source="post: 25353" data-attributes="member: 47">Re: Why the &quot;DJ&quot; prefix?Steve,&nbsp; I wasn&#039;t trying to dispute anything.&nbsp; Mostly discuss.&nbsp; I&#039;ve eliminated the embedded link to save this fine site any problems.I think the majority of DJ&#039;s are terrible, but there are some really talented people on both the local and touring scenes.&nbsp; Often the difference between the good local DJ&#039;s and touring guys was happenstance.&nbsp; Just like bands, some good ones stay unknown while some bad ones get famous.&nbsp; I can go on about this forever, but it&#039;s also worth noting that DJ&#039;s are often stuck playing popular music they themselves do not enjoy.&nbsp; One working club DJ I know is also active on the indie/internet radio Funk/Boogie/Early Disco scene.&nbsp; He hates top 40 for the most part but knows what keeps him working.&nbsp; Community radio doesn&#039;t pay the bills :lol:Anyways, in the context of this thread ( the persistence of the prefix &#039;DJ&#039; ) I think the answer is in the history that is carried forward by popular culture.In terms of the theft/pioneer thing, the music business is full of questionable practices in terms of borrowing bits from other artists.&nbsp; Many go on to be famous too (Girltalk??) I&#039;m not condoning it, but I think kids are going to play with music either way - and if they&#039;re making mashups in GarageBand instead of trying to be guitar hero, then that&#039;s fine by me.I guess maybe I&#039;m lucky to not have to work with the worst DJ&#039;s out in the wild, so there may be a trend I&#039;m missing.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Marlow Wilson, post: 25353, member: 47"] Re: Why the "DJ" prefix? Steve, I wasn't trying to dispute anything. Mostly discuss. I've eliminated the embedded link to save this fine site any problems. I think the majority of DJ's are terrible, but there are some really talented people on both the local and touring scenes. Often the difference between the good local DJ's and touring guys was happenstance. Just like bands, some good ones stay unknown while some bad ones get famous. I can go on about this forever, but it's also worth noting that DJ's are often stuck playing popular music they themselves do not enjoy. One working club DJ I know is also active on the indie/internet radio Funk/Boogie/Early Disco scene. He hates top 40 for the most part but knows what keeps him working. Community radio doesn't pay the bills :lol: Anyways, in the context of this thread ( the persistence of the prefix 'DJ' ) I think the answer is in the history that is carried forward by popular culture. In terms of the theft/pioneer thing, the music business is full of questionable practices in terms of borrowing bits from other artists. Many go on to be famous too (Girltalk??) I'm not condoning it, but I think kids are going to play with music either way - and if they're making mashups in GarageBand instead of trying to be guitar hero, then that's fine by me. I guess maybe I'm lucky to not have to work with the worst DJ's out in the wild, so there may be a trend I'm missing. [/QUOTE]

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