Justifying picks [was: (fax) RESULTS OF FAX POLL!]

[Skip Acuff]

Christian,

Thanks for the thoughtful response.  If you don't mind my saying so, you
are too modest.  DJ-ing may not be rocket science, but it can be art.
The details of designing a mix logistically must be complemented by an
insight into the ineffable emotional dimensions of the music.  It's like
singing or playing an instrument.  You can't bullshit an audience on
whether you are adept at either.

I would like very much to listen to one of your fax mixes if you have
one on line somewhere.  BTW, Jack has done a few that are worth hearing.


Best regards,

Skip

-----Original Message-----
From: Christian [mailto:cvon at junglist.ca] 
Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 4:31 PM
To: Skip Acuff
Cc: faxlist
Subject: Re: Justifying picks [was: (fax) RESULTS OF FAX POLL!]

Hey Skip - that would have been was me, and I didn't really offer an 
explanation at the time - so now I'll try to put it into context:

IMHO it's an apples to oranges comparison between straight recordings 
and 'best of' recordings, even if mixed. The fact that it's mixed 
'interpretively' (as compared to say "A View To A Chill") to me doesn't 
change what it is - or more likely what it isn't. There is no new 
material, just (yes, I know that's a big 'just') a re-interpretation of 
existing material, which to me, makes it almost impossible to compare on

a level playing field with true Fax albums that offer up a single
project.

I'm not attempting to demean the track selection or mixing on either of 
the cookbooks (though speaking as someone who's dj'd for nearly 15 years

now, I can say it's not exactly rocket science), but as a self-admitted 
purist, I just don't feel that it's a 'new creation' as far as the music

goes - though I'll easily say that it is a new creation in terms of 
interpretation. But those, to me, are two different things, and thus 
apples to oranges - I wouldn't want to compare them, as they're two very

different species.

Now, that said, if we all want to have a poll rating the various Fax 
mixes that I know many of us have done over the years, then I'll stack 
any of my mixes against the cookbooks any day (I often have three tracks

playing together simultaneously and beautifully, but it doesn't make me 
a better artist than Namlook). But to weigh them against the original 
albums, to me, just isn't a fair or equal comparison.

cheers,
Christian.

Skip Acuff wrote:

>Someone suggested that it wasn't kosher to pick the Ambient Cookbook 2.
>Why not?  It is a very sophisticated mix that puts each component into
a
>new context, and even combines some components to create a new work.
In
>short, AC2 is an independent work of art, IMHO.
>
>Skip
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Kyle Schrock [mailto:monkeygra at gmail.com] 
>Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 3:24 PM
>To: faxlist
>Subject: Re: (fax) RESULTS OF FAX POLL!
>
>a lot of my picks i selected as a result of having been able to hear
>them via the MP3 discs, but i chose the specific album, and not the
>entire series/mp3 disc.
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