THE iPAD DJ
Posted by BRETTThat’s right. We had the iPod DJ. That was pretty whack, unless you simply saw yourself as a selector with absolutely no use for transitions or creative touches. Now, there are these guys, the iPad DJs. There are a few examples online, but this seems to be the one that has caught the most traction to date. She claims to be the worlds first. I’m not sure exactly how you might qualify that, but I have no grounds to contend it (other than that she has zero skill) so I won’t. Anyway, regardless of the poorly executed demo, you can kinda see what she is getting at…. there is a lot of creativity to be had with these things.
Whilst on the iPad tip, Gaslamp Killer was spotted going ape shit on stage with an iPad in hand at the Worldwide Festival earlier this month. He was doing all sorts of remote triggering, looping and effects while Gonjasufi tried to drown out the crowds booing with his mumbled noodlings. Seemed more like product placement than genuine creative showcasing. Oh well. You can see him doing something similar but far more subdued here.
One last thing, and please be vocal if you disagree, but I can kind of see how the iDaft format of delivering music as a grid set of pre-defined playable parts and loops could lend itself to many more DJ orientated releases of the future, particularly if the touch screen interface becomes king of the decks. If every track were an app… maybe that’s another article of it’s own.