DJ Sneak: You’re Not A DJ If You Don’t Use Vinyl
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Here we go again. DJ Sneak just went and upset the apple cart by arguing that real DJs use vinyl. What gives? He is who he is, and other DJs do what they need to do in their own way. Here at MMP, we try to support all of you. In the end, you know what makes a real DJ? It’s the person who learns the craft, practices it, constantly strives to improve, and makes people happy in the process.
Is that too simplistic? Maybe. But the hardline that Sneak is talking about doesn’t seem very helpful, or realistic, to me.
What about you? What do you think makes a “real” DJ? Check out the whole article, and DJ Sneak’s actual words, here.
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I have to partially agree with Sneak. I do believe that vinyl is the way to go, when it comes to learning the art form. But where I disagree with Sneak is, that in this day and age, vinyl is very expensive and sometimes hard to acquire. I recently went to a seminar at Scratch Academy in Los Angeles. Personally I enjoyed the faculty and the facility, it is, to me, a very comfortable environment. However, I could not attend any course because of the pricing for the courses. Now I recently acquired a Pionner DDJ-SB, it is a USB controller. As a college student, I would love to learn the art of DJing on vinyl, but let’s be fair, it’s expensive. I am struggling to beatmatching as of now, but I don’t think just because I have to work within my means, implies that I can not become a DJ. Sneak is very lucky to have been able to learn from vinyl, which I think, gives him the edge over many DJs today. But if you have someone, such as myself, who would loves the art but lacks the funds to acquire quality equipment, my question to Sneak becomes, does equipment matter in comparison to someone’s level of experience? I am a novice at this point, if I got my hands on vinyl now, I would probably literally be destroying records.