Chris Jylkke - Mix Session [October]

Soulshow #71 with Ferry Maat - Arrow Jazz FM

01 – Play That Funky Music – Wild Cherry
02 – The Sound Of Music - Dayton
03 – Foxy Lady – Crown Heigts Affair
04 – What’s Going On – Take 6
05 – I Wants Mo’ Stuff – Margie Joseph
06 – Why You Wanna Try Me – The Commodores
07 – My Man Is a Sweet Man – Millie Jackson
08 – The Breaks – Kurtis Blow
09 – Steppin Out – Vernon Burch
10 – Love All The Hurt Away – Aretha Franklin & George Benson
11 – Lady Sunday – R. Kelly
12 – It’s a Groove – TTF
13 – Thrill / Friends – Ray Goodman & Brown
14 – Duck ‘n’ Cookies - Nils Gessinger

DJ Jazzy Jeff x Skillz - The Jazz Cafe Experience

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A-Trak - Don't Push My Buttons

There's a new buzz-word in the world of DJing: "Button Pushers." As the DJ moves from club booths to festival stages, the equipment has become increasingly varied. And as the lines continue to blur between a DJ who mixes and a producer who presses play, questions of authenticity have been raised. I should mention that I am a DJ myself. I won five world DJ championships (yes, there is such a thing) at a young age, and this has been my career for 15 years, so I feel a certain responsibility to weigh in on the subject.
Traditionally, a DJ spun vinyl records on turntables and would change his set every night. So what about guys who play on laptops? Those who spend more time raising their hands than mixing? Or those whose presence is lost behind intricate light shows? Esteemed electronic producer deadmau5, who recently graced the cover of rock bible Rolling Stone wearing his namesake, robo-rodent mask, decided to blow the whistle himself with a refreshingly frank tumblr post entitled "We All Hit Play." Explaining how his pre-planned stage show works, he admits that the term "live" is an overstatement. But his tone is strangely defensive and he unjustly lumps DJs into the argument, reducing their craft to mindless beat-matching: "I had that skill down when I was 3."

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