Show BIO — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Wednesday July 31 2002 Mew ttreinid: Itodl NEW YORK (AP) — Friday nights at Brooklyn's BQE bar appear like most others Auractive hipsters fill the space with laughter and cigarette smoke bopping their heads to the beat as they order $7 gin and tonics They come to meet friends and hear the disc jockey spin the week's worries away What most don’t know however is that this DJ’s turntables are empty — all the music comes from twolO-gigabydisk drives each smaller than a pack of cigarettes Ben Kirkendoll leaves the records at home in favor of his iPods Apple music player d Computer’s which he simply plugs into an audio high-ceiling- ed ie disk-base- ' system's mixer He’s part of a small but growing number of DJs who have turned to MP3 music files for their accessibility and convenience' Some equipment manufacturers are even getting hip offering special- ized products beyond the iPod a general usage music player A few digital DJ systems qre already available and one due in August promises to combine MP3 technology with mixing capabilities New York ad salesman Michael Parrish who noticed the BQE’s DJ when he was tumtables-fre- e ed a song says anyone can be a DJ ed now “When I was younger I felt like there was a talent to it because they were spinning records backwards and forwards and really cutting it in and overlapping songs" Parrish says “It doesn't take much talent to be a DJ anymore You just have to Cedar have a good flow of songs" Kirkendoll by day an artist at a New York advertising agency acknowledges that plugging an iPod into a'sound system and cueing up tracks doesn't require even a fraction of the skill needed to spin records And he can’t use iPods to match ' up beats alter the pitch of music or and forth for a spin records back scratching effect — all things that professional club DJs consider Markagunt Plateau For an intense wildflower viewing experience though you can stay in Cedar City Right on Main Street the Iron County Tourist Office is the backdrop for a building lot- - to decide’’ A 1998 copyright law the Digital Millennium Copyright Act bans cir-- who calls himself '“The Podiatrist’’ was hired for his collection of music and penchant for feeling the vibe of a crowd not his ability to mix or scratchy “I love that you can walk into a bar with two little gimmicks in either pocket and have over 4000 songs to play" says Taya Pocock booking manager at the BQE ll Part of the beauty of MP3s says is that a regular guy with a dire job and a passion for music can be a DJ without years of practicing and thousands of dollars scouring record shops for those rare APphoto Donnie Datkwave aka Jonathan Krisei right entertains dancers and bar patrons at Balanza in the Brooklyn borough of New York Daricwave said he can work with over 1000 tunes using just the two tiny IPODS and the mixer on the table Kirk-endo- include scratch capabilities and pitch controls normally available only to conventional DJs And Gem Sound has the MP3X-Pr- o mixer which networks and Internet allows digitally downloaded music download sites provide Kirkendoll to be stored in the unit itself with a hefty supply though he still There are also software-base- d prorelies heavily on CDs from his own ' Visiosonic PCDJ as such by grams collection which he converts into and DJPower by DJPOwer InternaMP3 files tional LLC but they require a comManufacturers are starting to rec- puter ognize that DJs are obtaining more Gerald Webb a DJ who switched from the Internet t— of their music from vinyl to CDs eight years ago some legally others not sd — or con- thinks many manufacturers have verting their CD tracks And they’re ‘ been reluctant to offer MP3 devices responding with products because they fear copyright lawsuits Pioneer is set to release the QMP-55- 5 Pioneer’s response is die Secure an MP3 player it says will must-hav- es Peer-to-pe-er ‘ - size field of wildflower varieties of every hue You don’t really even have al to drive to find some in Cedar sight seeing City One morning I found a historical marker for the old Cedar City Railroad Depot I read the marker and looked around for the station itself unsuccessfully at first Then'there it was before my eyes — the striped and starred Union Pacific shield right ' above the Godfathers Pizza sign! Inside the pizza manager pointed out that they have preserved the familiar railroad red ceiling depot and the original lights Taking a short morning walk up Main Street from our ' motel I soon found the Iron Mission State Park Museum Interpretive exhibits relate the efforts in iron mining and cross-mem- built into software and devices But it does not require manufacturers to incorporate such measures A Mil pending in the Senate would Rut proposal from by Sen Ernest Hollings would “shut down electronic DJ culture” said Siva Vaidhyanathan a University of Wisconsin professor critical of modem copyright laws Further manufacturers are increasingly placing controls on CDs so that they’ll play in a CD player but can’t ' be converted to MP3 format That means some legally obtained music already can’t be transferred to iPods and other MP3 devices Officials from the Recording Industry Association of America refused comment for this story For now the digital movement’s effect on DJing is limited largely because many longtime DJs still frown on the technology "I think we kind of tend to stick to the tried and hue stuff Not that we don’t embrace technology it’s just very new” says Brian Pember and creative director of Web site Groovetech a Seattle-base- d that broadcasts liveDJ sets and deals electronic music He says DJs who use laptops MP3 players and digital turntables in clubs get scoffed at by the “purists” “You’ll definitely see a lot of snickering and meeting" Pember says “but really it’s out of a sense of D-S- C' essential: But Kirkendoll non-festiv- Continued from B1 E)J)s ‘srdddii gOdsCs be Data Card which stores and transfers digital files for the DMP-55- 5 The SD card allows the same song to be copied only three tunes and permits transfers only to computers from which a file originated But as for assuring the digital files were legally obtained to begin with “there’s really no way that we can regulate what our users are doing’’ ' Pioneer’s Brian Buonassissi says “They have to cover themselves” Gem Sound takes a similar stance “MP3 is definitely legal” marketing manager Barry Seiden says ” “There are ways to do it that are illegal The person that’s using it has foundry work in the 1850s which give the park and museum its name More space is devoted to the museum’s collection of n vehicles used from 1870 to 1920 There are also displays of pioneer crafts such as carpentry spinning candle making rug weaving and quilt making An early day print shop took my eye and a milk horse-draw- fear" wagon and cream separator a nude early snowmobile and a set of lens- es for an early days optometrist were all interesting In the museum yard is die ' oldest log cabin in southern Utah built in 1851 by George Wood die founder of Cedar City Hardly even big enough for a modem motor home it housed families as they reared several children in the one hand-crank- ed room A less structure inviting nearby is a cage-lik- e jail cell a 7x7x7 Cube of metal bars with some bunks for sleeping A wide collection of pkl buggies wagons farm machinery and other items in the yard memobring back early-da- y ries even though they are in poor repair unlike the select- ed ones in the museum interi- or that are in classy shape multi-purpo- se let-do- NOTICE OF PROPOSED TAX ' INCREASE The City of Logan is proposing to increase: its property tax-- revenue As a result of the proposed increase the tax on a $135000 residence Will be $13781 and the tax on a business haying the same value as the average value of a residence in the taxing entity will be $25056 Without the proposed increase the tax on a $1 35000 residence would be $1 2704 and-thtax on a business haying the same value as the average value of a residence in the taxing entity will be $23099' The 2002 proposed tax rate is 001 856 e Without the proposed increase the rate the rate would be 001 71 1 This would be an' increase of 847 which is $1077 per year ($90 per month) on a $1 35000 residence or $1958 per year on a business having the same value as the average vaiue of a residence : in thetaxing entity With' NEW GROWTH this property tax increase and other factors City of Logan wjll increase its ff : -- 'V propertytax revenue from $2059062 last year to $2261 837 COLLECTED P col-lect- ed THIS YEAR WHICH IS A REVENUE concerned citizens iare Invited to a public hearing on the tax increase to be held on August 7 2002 $:30 pm:‘ at 255 N ' r: All Main Logan Ut itimS fWw iMBiWiqx i mill V vw' I ‘I i1: |