Production

[Zyon Base]

Is there any point/future in producing but not DJing DnB, in your opinion? Will it just mean that you'll never get the chance to promote your own tunes, or can it still be viable to an audience or label?

[Sol]

There are quite a few producers who do not DJ. Proberly not in the majority but there is no reason why u cant spend all ure time making beats :)

[corea]

Dnb is too stuck to clubs and dancefloor damage. A little number of tunes ignore the club and go for a different structure or a more complex story telling... So if you're only producing and not DJ-ing I say it would be a pity making music for dancefloor damage when you can forget that (and free youself of many limitations to your music) and turn yourself to a wider non-dnb audience. I think we miss that kind of projects. Some pleasant listening music just with a 170bpm breakbeat structure. I think the wide audience would dig that, and the wide audience is what dnb needs.

When you move from a village to a big city, your personal liberties increase quite a bit. If you get the analogy.

[BEN D.PLOY]

ive just sterted producing dnb ,. and have found myself not mixing at all. ( at home),, therefore im not promoting myself as a dj, ( which aint good ) , but i think the producers who dont dj seem to keep it real >production wise.

[loz]

i think the producers who dont dj seem to keep it real >production wise.

dont quite know what you mean by this. if anything, a djs production has the advantage and the experience of knowing what works on the dancefloor. djs can be particular about having the right intro for mixing.

[BEN D.PLOY]

i mean that non dj producers dont get caught up in all the pantamime/ 'gimme a rewind for no reason'' type shit.

[mrwilson]

St files doesn't DJ.

[woody]

some of the best d&b ever made would die on a dancefloor

i think it's healthy to have a bit of both, some chilled stuff, some dancefloor stuff...

[loz]

too right