:: How to be a DJ ::
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- Raniator0
what b_electro said.
i too have found my musical style to have broadened a lot. vinyl is very restrictive these days, you can't get the music you want and you can't get the new tunes as easily if at all. music is being released digitally first because it's easier and cheaper, but also, crucially the quality of the music does not suffer. there are some amazing house, tech house, minimal and techno tunes around at the moment... I shudder at the thought of picking these up on vinyl.
and yes, using cd-j's does not take anything away from the skill of djing, everything is still the same. you still need to beat match. you can still touch the platter and scratch like it is a turntable and you can still speed up the tune by working the side of the platter... you guessed it - like a turntable.
some elements are sped up admittedly, your cue points being one, but i can definitely live without having to lift the needle and drop it close to where i want and scratch about to find the exact point i want to start from. why not press a button, gives me more time to make sure the effects are set and matched as to how i want them (for example).
djing is djing at the end of the day, use what you want. there will always be vinyl-junkies who will never dabble with digital, and there will be people who have switched to digital and never look back. it's more about pushing your skills, loving the music and keeping the crowds happy. pick whatever weaponry you can do your best with... i know which way i go now.