Decades Task - Performers essay

Performers essay

DJ Shadow

DJ Shadow uses both Pinoneer CDJs and turntables (Technics SL-1210MK5G). The reason he still uses turntables may be due to the fact that he much like many other DJs started on turntables. He also uses a few different types of beat machines.http://equipboard.com/pros/dj-shadow. I feel like the fact that he uses turntables live adds a level of interaction with the audience as it makes the performance unique and old school.

DJ shadows style of music is primarily hip hop influenced DJing beats and hip hop instrumentals sometimes with vocals over them live. He presents this to the audience through allowing to be closer to the stage than the normal performance as seen in his boiler room performance and a few others. As I've already said the fact the audience can see the turntables adds a level of interaction you might not get with a more modern performance. He also talks to the audience and even explains what equipment he's using at the beginning which is good as it allows those who go to the performance for the sound and the technical side of the music to know that the person they are watching also has that same interest in music and is as enthusiastic about it.

The techniques used by DJ shadow include scratching,  and sampling. His debut album Entroducing is known for being almost entirely composed of samples. He uses these techniques to interact with the audience as a lot of the audience are into hip hop as they wouldn't be there otherwise, which means they are probably aware of scratching as that was a fundamental part of building hip hop into what it is now. And samples can add familiarness to a song as many samples are taking from old and new songs which means more people are likely to recognise the songs which means the audience will feel comfortable with the music.

Oasis

Oasis use live instruments and amplifiers to present there music to the audience.  The band is very generic in its set up given the fact that it consists of two guitarists, as frontman, a bass player and a drummer. But for the bigger concerts they do (like the video linked above) they'll have a string section and other musicians. Similar to DJ Shadow the fact that they are using instruments instead of a backing track adds a level of interaction with the audience and it feels more classic. 

Oasis are a rock band and play arena filling songs that get crowds singing along. They talk to the audience in-between songs and by talk I mean either them swearing at them in their manc accents or them hyping the audience up for the next song. They get them to cheer for Manchester City as the Gallagher brothers are City fans. As I already mentioned they get the audience singing along to the performance and this may not be a thing they do intentionally but the style of music they make generally gets the audience to sing along anyway. These songs consist of

The fact that there music isn't technically complicated is a technique that allows the audience to get into the music easily. All Oasis songs generally consist of similar if not the same chords in each song meaning the music is similar and the audience know generally what the next song is going to sound like as Oasis have a very loud and when you hear an Oasis song you generally know it is by Oasis by the sound. With a combination of loud guitar solos and Liam's powerful vocals echoing through the arena, it is no wonder why the audience get into the songs.