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February 22, 2005 at 1:40 pm

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while i think that there are probably a lot of creative activities which may be theraputic for some people with mental-health problems, i’m not sure about this one

http://www.do-it.org.uk/cgi-bin/do-it/display.pl?mode=details&vacid=741728

while i would hope people could enjoy spending a day learning to mix…. i don’t really get where this is going…long-term mental health patients going raving? :confused:
February 22, 2005 at 2:03 pm

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General Lighting

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WTF?

IME its usually the other way round if anything; I’ve known the stress of DJ’ing / being involved in the party scene, coupled with the relatively unsupervised use of various drugs, to spark off (already existing) mental health conditions in people and/or psychotic episodes. Out of the old-skool ravers I know a lot of them have been sectioned…

much of the urban music scene is aggressive, competitive and if you introduce someone with any psychopathic mental illness to it there is the risk of violence. (they might be a grade A student at this music course but will be person who shoots down a rival on the street after a DJ competition)

I don’t think this project (as it stands) is a very good idea…

I know this doesn’t sound very politically correct, but there are plenty enough people with fairly serious mental health issues already fucking up the party scene in North London without introducing any more! Some have already had dealings with the institution mentioned in this post.
February 22, 2005 at 3:20 pm

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it just seems like a mis-guided attempt to make mental health services seem cool

and while i do think that everybody has a right to access ‘mainstream’ activities of their choice, this seems on first appearances to be an ill-concieved choice

i think i’ll look into it a bit deeper
February 22, 2005 at 3:48 pm

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globalloon wrote:

it just seems like a mis-guided attempt to make mental health services seem cool

and while i do think that everybody has a right to access ‘mainstream’ activities of their choice, this seems on first appearances to be an ill-concieved choice

i think i’ll look into it a bit deeper

i can see the good intentions – many creative people have mental health issues anyway and vice versa – its just that from personal experience “DJ culture” has various risk factors (as does the commercial music scene as a whole) – particularly if any of the participants are seeing it as a chance to compete for a future career in the music industry.

If such a project was carried out, I’d hope that firstly the patients attending it would be monitored by their carers, and those showing any signs of increased aggression due to it would be warned first and if they persist they are excluded. That IMO seems fair enough – they are after all there to get better, not become more dysfunctional!
February 22, 2005 at 3:53 pm

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i dunno, the whole making order from chaos (or two sets of beats) could be very theraputic, i can see what you mean about strees levels of being a trying to make it dj, but learning to mix is quite chilling, i think.

im not saying it isn’t frustrating.

otoh, i recon vjing would be more theraputic, because imo its easier to pick up on a basic level…anyone can make a decent show if someones already sorted out or talked them thru the images/video.

personally im glad the mental health crew arent just pumpin people full of drugs and locking them up, which seems to be their m.o.!
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