Will the VJ replace the DJ?
Is the question ask in this DJ Mag board discussion thread. As I wrote in the VJ Forums thread I can state over and over that I highly agree with the naysayer punters that write things like
Doubt it, I think VJ'ing is pointless, I'd far rather be looking at the people I am dancing with, or in fact have my eyes shut rather than staring at the screen. ...
or from a similar thread
ore pertinant to me is why have a vj poll? it's hardly talent to click a mouse, even if your dexterity allows you to do it in time.
i think vj's are glorified lighting technitions who believe they are adding more to club culture than they actually are.
bring on the top twenty doorkeepers - some of them can tell jokes.
the top twenty djbox hangers - they know the dj ya know.
The number one reason why I am in "research mode" as of now making not many public appearances anymore - I am sick and tired of the VJ medium - it does not satisfy myself nor does it satisfy more then one out of 100 in the audience (subconsciously it might but its not very satisfactory for me nor most of the guests). Its not moving forward it has no meaning its random its flickery its artybarty and it doesn´t make any impact to society at large nor small. No - other then theories I have not many solutions - other then moving the whole party concept forward I do agree more and more with the people who say the VJs are the better lighting technicians - I have not given up yet and seeing a one layer trend coming through again with actual content on the screen is making me believe in a better future - but its still distant, far and bleak.
They did not get it because there is nothing to get....