'D.J. AM' aka Nicole Richey's ex dead

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BigWill

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drug overdose.

I've heard the name, but I wouldn't know him if he was at the next urinal.

supposedly he's one of those people that's famous for being famous at some level.

Anyway, sucks for his family and friends.
 
yeah, I just read about the airplane crash and remembered hearing about it.

I guess at 45 I'm too old to understand how somebody becomes famous by putting someone else's CDs in a CD player and pushing "play".

I guess he's the modern-day Wolfman Jack, but I don't get it. He plays records at ******* nightclubs. He's "that" much better than the guy in the little booth at the "Body Shop" in Hollywood, spinning "Pour Some Sugar on Me" for Lexus, or Porche, or Mercedes, or whatever the **** that stripper's name is?

Again, I am sure that this guy has gotten more fame, wealth, and poon that I ever will. But I still don't get it.
 
There is a massive difference, Will, massive. I could try to explain it to you further than what Dusty did but I don't know that it will matter to you. But there are some people that do absolute magic. They can create their own music with others and often do indeed make their own remixes and songs.

There is reading a crowd and being able to change direction on the fly. It is an art and something that some are better at than others. AM was good, not great, imho. He was one who got a lot of hype and the Nicole thing and crash did not hurt him. But he was good enough that he was not a media creation.

Many dj's do get a whole lot of money for what they do but a lot of that is because a whole lot of people are moved by what they do for whatever reason. More power to them. They live a jet set life globetrotting around the globe from party to party. Imagine getting paid big bucks to have a residency at Ibiza or Mallorca for much of the summer all while playing all around Europe?

Not shabby.
 
Put me in the same category as Will. I'm sure there is an "art" to their profession but Who's DJ'ing at What club has never once influenced where I go. Maybe that is because I'm more comfortable at a Woodrow's, Flying Saucer or Baker Street Pub than a dance bar. But I'm silly - I also wear my ball caps on straight, my jeans up to my waist, and have my car seat inclined just a slight bit, not laying on the back seat.
 
Nor do most that like this music. I think you are referring to hip hop dj's who have a totally different skill set than a dj like what AM was. Some of them can cut and scratch but this is the forte of a Hip Hop or Tunrtabilist. What they do as well is freaking amazing. It's for sure not for everybody. But it is impressive to see a good one at work. Tons of hours of practice, hours and hours digging for records in stores where most don't even know record stores exist.

Beat matching and long mixing is another skill set. Some dj's can have 3 sometimes 4 songs playing at the same time at the same beat and you never really know it. Their mixes can last several minutes. Were you to suddenly take one track away you would surely hear the difference. The mixes can be flawless, laden with style or personality and very precise.

These guys don't play in "clubs" like a dance club on 6th street. They may play something in a club but not often. Usually large festivals and "massives" to thousands of people. An event like the Love Parade or Creamfields comes to mind.

I am glad this type of thing is not for everybody. It keeps a lot of close minded, negative energy generating people away.
 
loop, I get it but I don't get it. I've heard terms like "house", "Trance" and **** like that, and have no ******* idea what it means.

Most of the music that I enjoy was recorded thirty years ago (or more).

That's OK. Some guys like coke, some pepsi.

I've never enjoyed that type of thing, and I doubt that I ever will. This is one time that I'm completely comfortable with my ignorance.

You cats can have "DJ AM", I'll keep the Beatles and the Stones.
 
Big Stones fan too!!!

What is interesting, to me at least, is that I often find out that a dj I really enjoy got his influence and loves the same music from the past that I do. I find this a lot in the producers of music as well. It then all makes sense.

I totally see where a lot of people don't get it and would not expect them too. But when sometimes they assert it all sounds the same they are very wrong. And you are right about the genres and now sub-genres within this music. House has so many categories now it is ridiculous. Even I cannot keep up with it any longer. It is also sometimes regional or different from country to country.

I could never turn my back on music I grew up with. Stones, Floyd, ELO, Santana, War, Sly and Family Stone, etc. Never, ever.
 
At least Will and I agree on music.
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I'll will say for example, what the Dust Bros. did with The Beastie Boys "Paul's Boutique," was freaking brilliant.

But all the samples were taken from songs created by someone else.

Hell you could say "Licensed to Ill" was written by John Bonham.

Maybe I'm off topic here.

RIP
 
I have no freaking clue what "deep industrial" is. Maybe he was talking about sex with power tools or something.
 
Man. Some of you guys ought to try broading your horizons a little bit. I'm 40 years. I was raised on Van Halen, ZZ Top, Tom Petty and Gun's & Roses. I'm far more Woodrow's and Texadelphia than I am The Drake or Red Door. I'm not popping extasy pills and going to raves all night long, but I can sure enjoy a nice Paul Oakenfold or Pete Tong CD on a nice long drive out in the country in the middle of the night.

Denying the fact that these world class DJ's possess an extremely high level of creativity and skill simply spotlights your own ignorance of the subject matter.

Was DJ AM a world class DJ? I don't know. I'm not familar with his work.

Bernard
 
Forgive me for not caring that the boyfriend of the daughter of a mediocre 70's and 80's pop artist died from doing too many illegal drugs.

Mock away.
 
Never understood why people who have zero interest in a subject they don't even know exists need to post that fact in a thread dedicated to the subject they claim to have zero interest in.


But try posting the same thing in one of their precious threads....
 
pretty much most of what i listen to is electronic. it is my preferred genre. the "DJ" can mean a lot of different things.

you're right in a lot of cases. i've seen tons of dj's at clubs in dallas, and nationally, that are using cd's or even mp3's now. it is a shame, but it is true. that used to be kind of taboo by the underground dj. that being said, there is still talent there. if you ever tried it, you would understand exactly how difficult it is..... even with CD's.

matching beats/counting beats is not an art form, it is more of a science; however, making it sound good, doing it at the right time, an playing the right track is still a lot harder than you would think. that is where the people with true musical talent separate themselves from guys like me who loves the music, but has no true musical talent. i know because i used to have turntables back in the day, and can count/match beats.... but i'm not an artist. those with a trained ear (just like you may have for the electric guitar) can identify in a good DJ during his transitions.

thing with AM is that he wasn't like a real underground DJ or anything. he was more of a DJ to the stars, something keoki tried to do back in the 90's. he was more famous for being keoki than he was for his music (even though he was talented).... also a crack head. same with AM. he was famous for hanging out with famous people. he had access to those people because he was a dj at some very exclusive clubs. so, while i don't listen to that type of music (lots of top 40 mixed stuff), it stands to reason he had some decent skills in order to get those jobs.

another thing is that most of these dj's that become considered "world class", are considered that for a reason. exceptions to every rule, but generally in order to be a great dj, you have to have great natural music ability. so often times, these guys go on to start making their own music.... and some turn out to be great at it.

a good example for me would be "high contrast". a drum and bass artist, that got his start by dj'ing. little did anyone know that he was really a talented musician and would end up kind of changing the prevailing sound in drum and bass genre in the last few years. being a dj, was his opportunity to showcase his skills and get a shot in the studio.
 
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Lionel Richie mediocre? Maybe your musical understanding is off, or nonexistent. Between The Commodores and his solo career he's only sold over 100 million albums. There aren't a lot of groups or artists out there that can point to that achievement.













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Lionel Ritchie could have sold 11 trillion albums to every peasant in China and I would still not find his music to be anything more than mediocre at best.

Brittany Spears (80+ million) and the Backstreet Boys (100 Million) sold a lot of albums too.
 
I'm a meat and potatoes rock 'n roll guy, but I'm also open to new stuff. One of the most amazing music experiences I've ever had was in Barcelona a few years ago - we went during the Sonar festival there and decided to check it out. The festival was held in what looked like a big wharehouse park and there were wall to wall DJs spinning in every building. We got there after midnight on the closing night of the festival. Thousands and thousands of people, louder than hell. It was incredible and I wasn't even on drugs. Saw Sandra Oh there.
 
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