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why not ask that in the first place?
I can tell you why I havnt developed into a turntablist (even though I could have learned from some of the best). I started before 'turntablism' and became set in my ways - new scratches are difficult because you sort of have to retrain what you have already learned - the old styles come second nature. Also I started in clubs and went into production and engineering - adding turntablism would have been too much.
Ok, I too feel the same way, set in my ways. But that doesn't explain why the NEWER Black DJ's don't seem to be going that route.
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sure that would ALSO be controversial. But cmon you mention 'ignorant' and race in the subject. How about "sensational"?
If I didn't put it right out there on Front Street, and have us get rid of the Racial undertones upfront, and that's EXACTLY what happened, we would never have been able to move to the real question at hand....Why? Because if you don't acknowledge the Pink Elephant in the room, you might not be able to take some of the responses seriously.
Now, you can pretty tell who is contributing something worth talking about, and who isn't...Whether it be internal Racism, a general dislike for me, Ignorance, or simply talking about a sensitive, possibly explosive subject.
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And why does that mater? (not saying it doesnt)
It just seemed strange to me. No matter what, I don't think I can DO anything to change the OUTCOME, but seeing Don Q setting a bar that high made me wonder if there are other (Black) DJ's out there following in his shoes.
Someone in here said Don approaches "DJ'ing from a different perspective", and I'm very interested in that viewpoint.
Did he learn from DVD's? Who did he pattern himself after? His influences? How long did it take him to master his craft?
If it was ME AND HIM talking, I'd ask, hey how many Black DJ's do you see doing the same thing you're doing?
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I really do not think anyone can really come up with decent numbers here that mean anything. There is no studies - are you including all genres, just Hip-Hop? Are you going by people you know, on youtube, famous? and so on.
Again, I said HIPHOP Scratch DJ's in general, so no tangent there. And I'm going by people I know, on youtube, famous people, ALL BLACK HipHop DJ's in general.
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put whatever numbers you want up there - the reason is that Black people make up 13% of the US population.
That has NOTHING to do with it.
If you get 100 DJ's EACH of whites, blacks, hispanics, filipinos, and other Non-Blacks, the numbers would still be disproportionate OUT OF THE 100, (because the 100 makes everything equal), that can't do Advanced Scratches.
As a matter of fact, your theory fails as if you take your number of Blacks, say 13%, and ask the question of what percentage of the general population is, say affected with HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, the number would come back that Blacks are more at risk, and thus have a higher percentage of that disease.
Based on what you say, they shouldn't outrank the other Non-Blacks in High Blood Pressure, but we know that's not true. They are MORE PRONE to get it, via hereditary, bad diet, or whatever other things may affect them. It has nothing to do with the sheer number of them.
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thats why Im skeptical of why you would ask that here where race for the most part is an unknown and its obviously mixed company.
Because, some people here who feel that they FALL into that category MAY respond.
I've recently noticed that there are more Blacks here than I initially thought, so why not ask?
If it doesn't pertain to someone, or someone doesn't have something constructive to add, then they can ignore the question....
