What exactly do those DJs in rock/rap bands do?

[HamSupLo]

I see a lot of today's rock/rap groups have a DJ. Linkin Park, Incubus, Limp Bizkit, and Sugar Ray come to mind. I can barely hear their tracks they're laying with all the sound coming from the guitars and drums. Occasionally, I hear a few record scratches. When I seem them perform on TV, I can see them spinning some records, but I can't tell if it's contributing to the music. Are these guys really playing music or just window dressing?

 

[yakko]

It depends on the group. Urban Dance Squad has a DJ and you can tell when he is working.

 

[DannyLove]

they usually make those "sounds" and "scratches"

danny~!

 

[loup garou]

They're just there to look cool and do the "Universal DJ Pose (UDJP)." You know, hold one hand up to your headphone, and scratch with the other.

 

[pulse8]

Well, if you hear anything that doesn't sound like a singer, guitar, drum or bass then that's them.

Man, I should work for Nasa!

 

[yakko]

<< Well, if you hear anything that doesn't sound like a singer, guitar, drum or bass then that's them.

Man, I should work for Nasa! >>

So if I hear a keyboard it is the DJ? No wonder the Mars probes keep crashing.

 

[pulse8]

<< So if I hear a keyboard it is the DJ? No wonder the Mars probes keep crashing. >>


Sorry, yakko, that was my fault for thinking that you could think for yourself.

Let me clarify. If you hear any noise that wouldn't normally come from a regular instrument and the band doesn't have a keyboard or synth in it, then it's probably the DJ.

 

[yakko]

Just like when you NASA guys say "I was adding in miles and he was doing kilometers."

 

[chiwawa626]

The only band i hear that has a working dj is sugar ray, u can hear him!....other then that none of the other bands make sense..even the limp dj guy goin all crazy in the back...



<< They're just there to look cool and do the "Universal DJ Pose (UDJP)." You know, hold one hand up to your headphone, and scratch with the other. >>


...there is no one hand scratching...one hand is on the record, the other on the crossfade when their holding their headphones to the ear they are usualy matching beats

 

[badluck]

<< Well, if you hear anything that doesn't sound like a singer, guitar, drum or bass then that's them.


Man, I should work for Nasa!
>>




Haha. smart a*s....

 

[loup garou]

<< << They're just there to look cool and do the "Universal DJ Pose (UDJP)." You know, hold one hand up to your headphone, and scratch with the other. >>


...there is no one hand scratching...one hand is on the record, the other on the crossfade when their holding their headphones to the ear they are usualy matching beats >>



I think you missed my point.