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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
So, what, like a musicist or something?
I like what roachboy said about the technical aspects, the ear/training required, and the act of making collages. There are likely good DJs and bad DJs, and much of that could be pinned on whether they were a good musician or bad musician.
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Well IMO, a DJ is a DJ. And you are right, as with all artists there are degrees of talent among them. Some DJs are average while others are exceptional and take the art of DJ'ing to other levels.
I am a musician because I play musical instruments. The ability to play a musical instrument is precisely what makes a musician a musician. A turntable is not a musical instrument, it merely plays recorded music and a DJ manipulates that recorded material. There is a major difference there.
Someone could be the most talented musician on this planet but could not do what a great DJ does and vice versa. They are different creative skill sets. It's just not the same thing. To further illustrate, a singer is not a musician unless he or she also plays a (manufactured) musical instrument- not just the ability to create melodies from the vocal cords. A singer is a singer or a vocalist- an artist just the same, but not a musician.