Apple Music gets access to exclusive mixes from Steve Aoki, Sigala and DJ Suss One

AppleInsider said:

With the content now available on Apple Music, DJs can create their own mixes, Dubset said.

To be clear, DJs creating their own mixes and the Aoki quote that follows have nothing to do with Apple Music. Both refer to Dubset's own MixBANK library, and not Apple Music.

It would be wonderful if you could mix with Apple Music, but there are two roadblocks:
1. No mixing software and controller which yet work with Apple Music DRM.
2. No key info shared with Apple Music tracks (though this could be identified if the tracks could be scanned when item 1 is addressed, it's still a massive pain in the butt to have no key info in iTunes). 

I know we’re supposed to be awed by people who are generally not musicians, but technicians, but personally I am not impressed with DJs. If these con men can fool people into buying their “product”, I guess that’s the market at work.

Sigala and DJ Suss One aren't even remotely close at being one of the worlds top DJ's. Some of the top DJ's in the world include Hardwell, Martin Garrix, Tiesto, etc. 

SpamSandwich said:

I know we’re supposed to be awed by people who are generally not musicians, but technicians, but personally I am not impressed with DJs. If these con men can fool people into buying their “product”, I guess that’s the market at work.

I disagree. A lot of the top DJ's in the world are musicians who play instruments such as the piano and guitar. I don't see how DJ's are less of an artist to someone say in a popular rock band. Take for example Zedd. That guy is a pretty damn good musician. Sure, there are a few DJ's out there (won't mention names since I don't want to get into trouble) that I would consider con men since they aren't writing their own music, and are instead, using ghost producers. Having worked with quite a few popular DJ's, I think they are pretty talented (not all though). 

boltsfan17 said:

SpamSandwich said:

I know we’re supposed to be awed by people who are generally not musicians, but technicians, but personally I am not impressed with DJs. If these con men can fool people into buying their “product”, I guess that’s the market at work.

I disagree. A lot of the top DJ's in the world are musicians who play instruments such as the piano and guitar. I don't see how DJ's are less of an artist to someone say in a popular rock band. Take for example Zedd. That guy is a pretty damn good musician. Sure, there are a few DJ's out there (won't mention names since I don't want to get into trouble) that I would consider con men since they aren't writing their own music, and are instead, using ghost producers. Having worked with quite a few popular DJ's, I think they are pretty talented (not all though). 

I agree. You need a certain ear for music and an instinct of what works well together and what doesn't. If you actually play instruments, you'd be even better at it. Overall, I think DJs are artists.