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So Mr Dj, you like music, do you?

Lesson Beginner Stage 5: Musical Craft November 2007

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0:00 This is going out to all DJs who love music

All right, folks, this is going out to all DJs who love music. All right, I've been in a situation whereby I've asked someone, a DJ, so you like music? Yeah, I love house. Ah, cool. What sort of house do you like? Yeah, I like Kerry Chandler, Masters at Work, Armand Van Helden. Oh, right, so do you like soul R&B? Nah, it's shit. Well then, I've basically said to them, well, you don't like music then? Oh, I do, I love music. Well, you don't, because music is all genres. Music is everything. DJ tutorial by Ellaskins, The DJ Tutor. If you opened your mind, possibly, and listened to other kinds of music, it may make you better at what you're doing and what you're playing. For example, these Cheesy Now CDs in the UK. Yes, they're not the best of, but having said that, they're fantastic for collaborations of just all kinds of music. Sounds of Blackness, gospel, soul, wonderful.

1:50 Anthems, best anthems ever

Alicia Keys, she's got a voice to die for. Michael Jackson, he's had his hard times, but then again, he is a bloody good artist. Take my hat off to the guy. Jazz Fusions, jazz, wonderful. The Beatles, without the Beatles we wouldn't have any supergroups of today. Motown speaks for itself. Nat King Cole, again, what a man. Stars on 45, bit of a remix thing there, but it's, you know, people do like it. And then there's this here. This is a good CD, I'd take this out with me. Anthems, best anthems ever. What have we got on here? We've got Leffield, Underworld, The Chemical Brothers, Manic Street Peaches, Skunk and Nancy, Ash, Prodigy, Placebo, Foo Fighters, Fun Loving Criminals, Paul Weller, James, Suede, Pulp. I mean, this, all of this, is still music. So to say that you like music when you only like house and nothing else...

Basically, I would say to you that you don't really like music. Open your mind and just view everything. If you can like all of that, then I would say yeah, you like music. So as usual, practice and enjoy. Don't take this to heart. Just think about it. Maybe your friends may class you as a house head or a drummer bass head, but do yourself a favour. When you're in a room by yourself and no one else around you, sit back and listen to something different and you never know, you might appreciate what people used to make years and years ago. Practice and enjoy. Thanks for watching.

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