When It comes to DeeJaying a party, some DeeJays seem to want to see you dance and some seem to make you want to watch what they are doing. I prefer to make my audience want to dance. But, as I mentioned in my blog on "Love It Or Leave It Alone" any properly recorded mix can make a crowd want to dance, but what does that say for the raw talent of the DeeJay?
Here I have given you a brief glimps of five time world champion D.J.Craze using the Traktor Kontrol X1 with his mixer and turntables. A very impressive demonstration (if I have to say so myself) but as you listen, you have to ask yourself will this kind of performance rock a party? or will it just make people look on in awesome wonder? Can anyone dance to this? I don't think so.
Don't get me wrong, I think talent like this is essential to keeping the art of DeeJaying alive and worth paying for, but we also need to remain focused on what the people want which is a rhythm that will make you move. I love the talent that both D.J. Craze and D.J. Rafik display on the turntables and it's this kind of talent that made them both world champion DeeJays I just love it more when this kind of talent is also used to make a crowd wanna dance!
With all that being said, I'd like to point out the controller being used which is by Native Instruments. It's the Traktor Kontrol X1 which is a very verstile piece of equipment for DeeJays It has all the control capabilities found in the Stanton SCS.3 "DaScratch" and then some. Both will require some dedicated hours of practice before you can produce anything even close to what these guys are doing with it.
The price for this unit is also comparable to the Stanton controller so it becomes just a matter of preference between the touch pad or actual nobs and buttons. They both make an excellent addition to any DeeJay set up.
So that's about it for now, but as always, "Stay In The Mix"
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