ditch the jockey

[sleepytom]

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[hookturn]

Originally Posted by VGA

I mean who really gives a flying fuck go and make some fucking clips for me to steal you bunch of fucking layabouts.

LMFAO at this comment.

[hookturn]

Originally Posted by john01

(side note, if you haven't already check out the Dub Side of the Moon)

Side note for your Side note

Have you heard their latest, Radio dread. Chuffin excellent. Its some of Radio heads best tracks dubbed in an Easy All Stars fashion.

[werlin]

sleepytom, not a tv chef, but hell, sometimes we even hunt and fish our own footage

[cycloptic]

terms aside i think what we do has much more in common with playing an instrument (whatever your custom 'instrument' is) than djing. it's more like drumming with light or playing a guitar made out of knobs and buttons than crossfading records.
I think a while ago, aside from the oillamp stuff (which i consider to be more in the lighting field) people would crossfade between vhs tapes, music videos and film reels and in those terms it was accurate to be called a visual jockey, whereas now with so much content being self-sourced and/or created on the fly... i think we should just be called GODS

[John David]

I am a DJ and recently started down the path of becoming a VJ(I only use VJ for lack of anything else). Both ventures are equally hard in their own way, and to say one is harder than the other is like saying "being a doctor is harder than being a surgeon" there is really just no way to judge something like that. As in anything that is done by more than one person you will have some people that inevitably are better or more skilled than the rest of the pack. Further still, you will have a small group of people that take the medium to a place that is beyond anyones expectations. I'll admit I had no idea what was really involved in putting on a good visual show, but when I look at some of members of VJforums.com web sites I see some of you taking that next step and evolving past the VJ label.

This same transition happened in the DJ world when people like Q-Bert realized that so much more could be done with the turntable. If you have ever seen him or the scratch pickles perform you will understand what I am talking about. They along the way didn't feel that the name "disc Jockey" said enough about what they do. So they adopted the name "Turntablist". Suggesting their mastery of their chosen medium.

So I offer this, rather than getting offended when someone calls you a VJ. Simply state that you do more than just show up and pop a video in, that you are the reason that their night is far more than just standing in a room listening to a DJ spin, that you are the reason why they are in the middle of a fully entrancing audio visual experience....You are a Visualist!


thank you,
John David

PS. I still feel the the term DJ is overused as well. I don't think it is right to call Me(a club/house DJ) a morning radio host and the guy who plays "the Chicken dance" at a wedding all DJs. So I completely get why this thread was started.