Your DJ Booth Is An Instrument
Unless you’re a producer, DJs can feel like they’re not the ones creating music. DJs play other people’s music, right? Maybe not. Look at the DJ software loaded onto your laptop or all that equipment you’ve sunk money into over the years. All of that stuff is actually an instrument. When you use it to mix, build playlists, fiddle with effects, you’re actually playing an instrument. Granted, your instrument doesn’t look anything like a guitar, a keyboard, or an acoustic drum set. But, you use your equipment in similar ways that musicians use traditional instruments. You use your software and equipment to make new sounds and new rifts.
Ableton is paying tribute to you with an article that looks at exactly how the music studio – including a DJ booth – is actually an instrument. So, if anyone tells you you’re not a real musician, you can tell them that you are. It’s just that the instruments you use look different. Check it out here.
