Going to sound ol'skool but totally agree Bernie.
My anology of 'some' djs today in bedrroms to clubs use laptops/mp3s and call themselves Djs.
DJ is an art form that most people can participate - but a good dj will know the tunes, mix varients of each vinyl (yes vinyl) andknow how to work the crowd from tracklists to showboating.
To me what a lot of djs use (don;t get me wrong some 'are' creative) the mix is done for them by the software.
You cant beat the buzz of having that vinyl spinning on a SL1200 series cutting the mix, making sure the stylus sticks, grabbing the vinyl, spinning it , cutting it and knowing you are mixing.
My anology of todays mp3 mixing and software setups seems to be more painting by numbers colouring in books.
...and yep the 80's was cool...one minute you'd be chatting with yer mates - next min bundling into cars to a remote location hearing the buzz of a generator, make shift sound systems and a shit load of people buzzing their tits of tripping or gurning like theres no tomorrow until the fuzz turned up
Takes me back. ...