record label owner.

唱片公司老闆

The sort of, like, science of DJing,

有點像...DJ 的科學

if you try to boil it down too much to a simple

簡而言之

description of beatmatching, for example,

像是對拍

definitely like an intangible to it.

就是 DJ 的無形資產

On a very simple level, beatmatching is what you

在很基礎的程度

call matching the tempo of one song to the next song

對拍就是把一首歌的節奏合到另一首歌

that's playing so that you have a continuous beat.

播放後就可以有一個持續的節奏

And just going back to the basic idea that DJs

DJ 的初衷就是

keep people dancing.

讓人跳舞

You're able to keep the tempo steady as you go from

你能夠讓節拍保持穩定

song to song.

從這首歌到下一首歌

It's actually a pretty easy technique, but DJing itself

這真的是一個很簡單的技巧，但 DJ 本身

is not that easy and I think the real role of the DJ is

沒那麼容易，我覺得 DJ 真正的角色是挑

selection, it's picking songs and having a sense of

選歌、而且對於該播什麼音樂或播放時機

what to play and when.

會有概念

And that's the part that's harder to break down or explain.

這個部分就比較難解釋

What really differentiates a good DJ

真的要區分一個傑出的 DJ

from a not so good DJ is

跟平凡的 DJ

selection and taste and sense of timing

是選擇、品味、掌握節奏的判斷力

and also knowing how to adapt to different crowds.

也要知道如何應對不同的群眾

That's probably the biggest thing that DJs have to learn

DJ 最需要學的

is to understand not only what to play and when

可能是去搞懂不只是放音樂的時機或素材

but in which setting.

還有情境

You can't play the same set everywhere.

你不能在每個地方都放一樣的音樂

Electronic music's been around since the late '70s,

電子音樂從 70 年代後期、 80 年代初期開始

early '80s.

發展

So electronic music isn't new but EDM is this newer,

所以電子音樂不算新的樂種，電子舞曲更新

bigger, more polished manifestation of it.

更受歡迎、音樂表現更精湛

And when it really broke in America, at the beginning of

當他真的流傳到美國

this decade, it's also when certain songs were

這十年初，當某些歌曲

really bona fide pop songs, and were playing on the radio.

變成真的流行歌曲在電台播放

New audiences embraced these big records that had a

新的聽眾接受這些暢銷曲

universal appeal, and by the same token embraced

有全球曝光度，象徵著聽眾也接受

the producers and DJs who were behind those records.

在樂曲背後的製作人和 DJ

More and more of these festivals started popping up.

越來越多音樂季相繼出現

I think that confused a lot of people.

我覺得這讓很多人困擾

Just seeing a DJ essentially play songs

只看 DJ 播放

that were already made,

已經製作完的歌曲

on the stage where they'd be used to seeing

在台上他們可能看過

the Red Hot Chili Peppers or something.

嗆辣紅椒合唱團之類的表演

People were questioning whether

人們會好奇是否

DJs were really just pressing

DJ 只是按播放鍵

play and that became a bit of a buzzword,

就衍生出了一些流行語

"pressing play" or "button pusher."

「pressing play」或 「button pusher」

The range of different styles that started existing

有太多不同風格

got almost too big to just categorize as one thing.

以致於難以歸類

So, do some DJs just go up and press play and

那很多 DJ 在不同場合只是上去按播放然後

phone in the same set at a lot of events?

放一樣的音樂嗎？

Yeah.

是的

Does that mean that all DJs do that, no.

這代表所有的 DJ 都這樣嗎？不

A lot of DJs have true craftsmanship and art

很多 DJ 有真本事

to what they do.

對於他們做的音樂

Usually the argument that most people will give

通常最多人在議論的是

and that I was just giving also is that DJs don't

我前面也有提到的也就是

really play the same set everywhere and we're

DJ 不會在每個場合都放一樣的音樂

mixing live and all this stuff.

而且我們都在混音之類的

But in some cases when the show is so big, that you

但是在某些時候如果是一個很大的秀

get into a place where there actually is literally pyro

進去 DJ混音 的應用程式 pyro

and effects that need to be timed and this and that,

效果要即時所以

then you'll have a DJ who plans their set.

DJ 要自己設計他們的音樂

But even that to me, can be compared to theater.

但像我，可以比喻成劇院

When you go watch theater, it's pre-planned but it's

你去劇院看表演，那是事先安排過的

great entertainment.

但還是很棒的娛樂體驗

In the case of a DJ, the DJ is doing a sort of

以 DJ 來說，DJ 也是在進行一種場面調度

mise-en-scène, of songs that they know the crowd

在歌曲方面，他們知道群眾

will enjoy hearing.

喜歡聽什麼

And songs that they are sometimes connected to or

還有他們有共鳴的歌曲

that they made.

或他們做的音樂

And translating that into a show that will work

並轉換成一場

in front of 60,000 people.

在 60000 人前表演的秀

There's an art to that too.

這也是藝術

The control of energy is kind of magical

現場氣氛的控制有點神奇

and undeniable.

而且千真萬確

And that's a big part of the art too.

這也是藝術很大的一部分

So between that and

所以在那之間

the sort of sonic wizardry

聲音的魔法

that happens with the knobs on here,

就藉著這裡的旋鈕展現

it definitely isn't something to be diminished.

它是不可或缺的