Chords for DJ Hype Interview - Guestlist (HD)

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_ Hiya, [G] what's good?
It's your boy Retreat 2, chapter 4, 2Q45.
[E] You're now looking to the guest list network of [C] Steelheart.
Welcome to the guest list network.
Today we're going to get the lowdown with DJ Hype.
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Tell us about your favourite era.
I don't have a favourite era to be honest.
I think _ you always look back on stuff with fond memories, you know.
And always, _ I've kind of come to the conclusion in the last year that you always, no matter who you are,
you always look back on stuff as if it was better than what, you know, it's not like the old days.
But it is like the old days.
It never sits still.
So what happens is _ I'm an old git still doing it, you know.
Like my core audience from years ago will moan that you don't do it like,
it's different now, it's not like it was.
And I'm always saying it because it's not meant to be.
You don't, we're, you know, and I'm [E] not against people who like the old style, I like the old style.
But things move on and change and you kind of adapt with it.
And I enjoy the challenges.
I get frustrated.
I have times when I'm like,
but I think I wouldn't have it any other way. _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ Talking about change, I mean you've got thousands of records.
_ _ I mean, are you still playing vinyl at the moment?
What, did you switch to CD?
CD? _
No, no, I switched to Serato last July. _ _
Why? _ _ _ _ _
Well, one, I was playing at so many places where, you know, like the local guy's playing,
he's playing CDs, it's all fun, great.
I come on, headliner, the needles are jumping,
I can't do what I'm doing.
It was just driving me nuts.
And I got to the point where I'm looking at certain people with this Serato thing
and it has a setting that stops the needle from jumping.
And I'm like, I need that.
But at the same time, I'm a record company, I'm trying to keep the vinyl alive.
_ You know, _ I was caught between the two.
Also, I wasn't mad on the early sound of the sort of digital compute, you know, Serato tractor.
I wasn't a fan of it.
Then it got to the stage at the beginning of last year where I'm looking at sort of people
that are using all that and as a DJ, the benefit they're getting from it,
the frustration I'm getting from playing dubs where, you know, it's not the financial side.
I mean, I was spending a lot of money on dubs.
They cost a lot, but that's part of my job.
And I'm, you know, I earn a decent enough living to cover that.
But the frustration of spending all that money and then you can't even play it,
you know, also I'm known for, you know, cutting, scratching.
I wasn't really doing any of that.
So I was starting to sort of get jealous of the digital DJ, watching the guy, you know,
like there's a lot of things you can do with it.
But I'm still doing it on turntable.
I'm still keeping it as close to, you know, like original turntable-ism as I can.
And I enjoy it. _
People look at me setting it all up and laugh, but I enjoy it. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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Have you got any plans for any forthcoming albums, anything like that?
Possibly a compilation album this year, but it's not sort of set in stone.
I think the sort of compilation market has changed with the digital era.
So _ _ if I'm going to do, usually I do two types of mix album.
I either do an in-house one with just my artists or I do one with a major,
you know, with a load of, you know, when the budget's big and you're licensing the best of everybody's tracks. _ _ _ _
I've been, in my head, it's like I want to do a mix, but I'm debating, do I do one or,
the other hand is I might just start doing online, you know, a few free mixes that I give away.
Over to you.
Cool.
Away from drum and bass, if you were stuck on a desert island,
and you could only take three famous people with you, who would they be?
And why?
Take none of them.
What do I want to take?
I'd take my family.
It's so difficult Kevin.
Well you asked a dumb question, what famous people?
Yeah, what am I going to take?
What the fuck do I want to take?
I'm on alone on an island, oh yeah.
I wish I had a celebrity with me.
Who's going to be good breeding material?
I've got to reproduce my race,
I've got to bring myself back.
_ Yeah, I suppose I'd bring a chef and two fit birds.
_ _ _ Is that me now?
Now I've got to tell me off.
It's actually David Platt from _ _ Coronation Street.
But yeah, the whole celebrity culture I hate, so please, you know, it's not,
_ _ _ if anything I'd rather they weren't celebrities.
That's why I don't even go to D&B functions, because I'm like that.
I don't like being around a load of people that are, you know, nothing against them,
they're not doing nothing bad, it's just I don't know, I get weird.
Even in what I do, there are some places I turn up and people are like,
you know, _ as if you're, and I'm like, mate, I'm no different to you,
I just play records, you know, a bloke who acts on the telly,
what, he's better than the nurse at the hospital, or the police, you know,
he's better or worse, you know, you judge, I like people for the person.
I don't give a fuck if you've got 10 million in the bank
and you're at the latest Hollywood film, or you're the guy that sweeps the road.
I don't judge people, you know, judging by the character.
No, I don't know, I find it even in our game, there's sort of,
I ain't going to name no one, but I've watched it with certain individuals
that come into a scene where they haven't had success yet,
_ _ and they're actually really nice people, you know, like you meet them
at their lower end of their game, and they're humble, they're nice, you know,
and you talk to them, then they might have a couple of hits,
and the next minute their whole haircuts change, they walk in, you know,
the whole chemistry's changed, and you look at them like,
no, and I won't have it. _ _
_ _ _ [N] _ What tips have you got for any new DJs, producers which are coming into the scene?
Be honest in your approach, there's too many people that I meet
that make music that actually isn't, it's not ready,
and, you know, there's no disrespect, everybody has to start at a certain stage
and you work your way up, but where they're at a stage where the music's not there yet,
it's not right, and you're telling them, they ask you your advice,
you give them it, and they get upset, and I'm like, you've got to take criticism,
nobody likes it, I don't like it, but, you know, if you're honest,
you know, like I can give you an opinion, say I don't like this, I don't like that,
now, if you think I'm completely wrong, honestly, you're not going to listen,
you're going to do what you're doing, but if you're honest with yourself,
because I'm not always right, but I'm saying just be honest in your own,
like I'm my own worst critic, you know, like I will sit there,
and it drives me mad, but I can't help it, but I'm very real about it,
you know, like the whole ego thing, you know, like I made it,
therefore it must be good, you know, like you meet so many,
yeah, but I think it's just part of human nature, a lot of people are like that,
you know, if it was just the odd individual, but, you know,
me being in this game for so long, there's one thing I recognise,
is a lot of people that make stuff, they want your opinion,
and then you give it to them, and because it's not what they want you to hear,
they get upset, and I'm like, well, don't ask me then, you know,
I don't go, right, what did you think of my set at Fabric last week,
but if you're going to say you don't like it, don't say nothing,
[B] it's like, I don't know, when people say to me, how did it go,
I say, don't ask me, I say, ask them.
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_ _ _ [Gm] _ You know, there's plenty of times I walk out of a club, yeah,
I loved it, I thought it was great, but you've got to ask them at the end of the day,
you know, the audience, I _ think, I'm doing sang, right,
because I'm still going to be sitting here in 2011.
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