Or should I get a disco studio?

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Should I illegally download a copy of the popular DJing + music production program ABLETON?

Or should I convert my bachelor pad into an authentic studio with an authentic synthesizer collection?

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Should I spend a lot of money on instruments instead of a computer/sending my kids to college in order to make ‘the greatest italo-tribute record ever produced’?

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Or should I buy a vintage Windows 3.1 computer, play Ski Free all day, ‘jerk off’ to JPGs of nude women on floppy discs, and then ‘off myself’?

Or should I just say ‘Carles. U had a good life. Let’s have 1 last meal at Chili’s’ then end my natural life in the parking lot of a local Chili’s, and ascend into electro heaven, where every1 has access to every ‘bad ass’ instrument and computer program ever created?

Yall. Feel sad that I don’t have a collection of authentic synthesizers. Will I be able to make authentic music without it? Are my podcasts ‘good’ even though I am not producing them authentically?

Not sure if I have much money left 2 buy instruments. Need to cut back on my ‘lifestyle budget’ that I use 2 see shows, buy drugs, eat at restaurants, and ‘buy alcohol.’ Need 2 save up some $$$$. Might have 2 get a part time job.

I was reading Created Digital music, and I saw the setup that Jousteece uses.  Should I buy all of this stuff, yall?  Is it expensive?

//WHAT TYPE OF EQUIPMENT DOES JUSTICE USE ?? ///

• 3 x Jazzmutant Lemur 
• 2 x MacBook Pro 
• 1 x Korg MicroKorg 
• 1 x Korg ZERO8 Live Control 
• 1 x Pioneer DJM800 
• Software: Ableton Live

Should I spend my Tax Return money on some of this stuff?  Will it automatically transform me into an amazing producer?  Do I have to ‘come up with a gimmick’ because my skills+technology won’t put me over the top by myself?  Do I have to make a myspace profile or will it be authentic if I am just some type of ‘Mysterious Producer’?

Do yall really believe that Justice uses GarageBand?

Are pure bangers coming back?
Will Crystle Castals’ next album be 100% bangers?
Does Alice Glass know how to use Ableton?
Will Crystel Castels ever top their co-remix with Health? [link to the shittiest HRO post ever when I was a gimmicky hypemachine mp3 blog that had no reason 2 b alive]
Will they ever top their remix of the Little Ones?

[MP3]
White Lies Death (Crystal Castles Remix)

Myspace
http://www.myspace.com/whitelies
http://www.myspace.com/crystalcastles

Yoinked from discobro
http://discodust.blogspot.com/2008/08/crystal-castles-white-lies.html

XX BONUS ALTBRO PORN XX

Lately I’ve been rlly into alt-zombies & snuff-ish films with alt-divas with fishnet over their face.

Here are some notable comments on the Ableton Debate of 2k8. A lot of people made a lot of great points that should be highlighted.

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Anonymous has left a new comment on your post “Ableton Live Makes The World a More Creative Place…”:

“actually” djing with turntables is for primitive faggots, if you seriously think being able to scratch a fucking record makes you better than someone using a computer youre a faggot cum homunculus with a tiny malformed penis

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ur all dork fggts has left a new comment on your post “Ableton Live Makes The World a More Creative Place…”:

WHAT DO U LOOK 4 IN UR DJ?
a) mad skillz
b) good taste
c) black mac books with cool stickerz
d) “I’m not a DJ” tees
e) WHO CARES as long as ur dancing with HOT CRUNK ALT HOs

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Anonymous has left a new comment on your post “Ableton Live Makes The World a More Creative Place…”:

WHO CARES
NO ONE USES VINYL ANYMORE BECAUSE ITS STUPID. LIKE 30% OF THE SONGS I PLAY DONT EVEN EXIST ON VINYL BECAUSE THATS STUPID.
SERATO SCRATCH IS THE EXACT SAME THING AS USING TRAKTOR EXCEPT YOU GET TO PRETEND YOU’RE A “REAL DJ” BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO BIG HUNKS OF CRAP IN FRONT OF YOU YOU TOUCH.
MIXING WITH CDS IS BASICALLY THE SAME AS MIXING WITH VINYL BUT YOU CAN BURN THEM
BUT VINYL ISNT “BETTER” ITS JUST WHAT EXISTED IN THE PAST. ITS NOT LIKE DUDES THAT DROVE CARS IN 1905 WERE ASSHOLES BECAUSE LIKE THEY TOTALLY NEVER LEARNED HOW TO RIDE A HORSE GOOD.
MIXING WITH ABLETON IS DIFFERENT THAN THE ABOVE, BUT YOU CAN DO LOTS OF INTERESTING THINGS
ALL OF THE ABOVE ARE FINE OPTIONS NO ONE GIVES A FUCK EXCEPT FOR RETARDS AND NO ONE THAT IS ACTUALLY A REAL DJ OR REAL PARTIE BRO CARES ABOUT ANYTHING EXCEPT THE SOUND THAT COMES OUT.
WELL SOME 40 YR OLDS ARE PISSED BECAUSE THE YOUNGINS NEVER HAD TO SPEND MONTHS LEARNING TO BEATMATCH MANUALLY- GOOD! BEATMATCHING MAKES THE PARTY SLIGHTLY BETTER SO IM GLAD IT HAPPENS MORE NOW.
DJING IS 90% TRACK SELECTION, 5% SONG ORDER, 4% MIXING (WHICH CAN BE DONE VERY WELL WITH ALL THE ABOVE OPTIONS) AND 1% IF YOURE HOT/DANCING AROUND A LOT/HAVE A FUNNIE STICKER.
IM GLAD IM THE FIRST PERSON WHO IS NOT A RETARD TO CMMNT HERE.

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Anonymous has left a new comment on your post “Ableton Live Makes The World a More Creative Place…”:

*haiku*
enjoy UR vinyls
but the partie wants 2 dance
and get crunk alt hos

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Anonymous has left a new comment on your post “Ableton Live Makes The World a More Creative Place…”:

i think carles has pretty much established themself a retarded ‘alt hoe’ slo-bag who could never know dick about music and should stick to trolling partypic sites and doing her best impression of vice’s do’s/dont’s even though the concept is totally dated. pps i love this blog for the sheer awfulness of it all please don’t change a thing X0X0

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jamie has left a new comment on your post “Ableton Live Makes The World a More Creative Place…”:

yeah, i’m glad people are talking about taste. it’s more than just BNGRZ and the nunushit, it’s about mixing the past and the present to push us to the FUTURE. future dance partie 4realll.
speaking of the future, will there be enough weeklies to satisfy all macbook djs in five years?
what will happen when ed banger crew can’t fly around the world anymore because of fuel prices?
when will someone host and promote the first ichat party?

Does n e 1 wanna get buzzed and have an iChat partie?
Should I make a flyer for it that is a GIF?
Love yall cmmntrs.

We are all just trying to find out why we should respect DJs. I hope we find out soon. I’m worried about all of the hate in the DJ scene.

…but some people think technology is ruining the partie.

Is Ableton Live bad for music?
Do too many ass holes think they can make music?
Do even more ass holes think they can DJ now?
Should DJs be required to own at least 50 vinyls?
Should DJs just be allowed to DJ out of Winamp and iTunes?

I’m just glad that Ableton Live is a difficult program to pirate, so that decreases the amount of bedroom producers by about 80%.

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