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wayfinder
Jul 7, 2003
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moombahton

What the gently caress?

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SUBFRIES
Apr 10, 2008

wayfinder posted:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moombahton

What the gently caress?

It is huge here in DC, crowds are really in to it, goes off on a big system.

Dave Nada's blog about it: http://moombahton.tumblr.com

SUBFRIES
Apr 10, 2008

thewaablah posted:

Mix I did for some party promoters called gently caress My Liver :toot:


http://soundcloud.com/whowe/whowe-fml-mix-3-17-11

What up holler boarder?

thewaablah
Sep 8, 2004

Stay down bitch

SUBFRIES posted:

What up holler boarder?

What's up my dude!

SUBFRIES posted:

It is huge here in DC, crowds are really in to it, goes off on a big system.

Dave Nada's blog about it: http://moombahton.tumblr.com

yup! It was actually just on NPR: http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2011/03/18/134661427/moombahton-born-in-d-c-bred-worldwide

SUBFRIES
Apr 10, 2008

thewaablah posted:

What's up my dude!

Last minute prep before a road trip to Victory Brewing. Spring Break 20111 woo!

I'm harry_ransom on there, lurk a lot & post rarely, but I'm friends with a bunch of regulars on there. Just saw Matt & Dave at U Hall on Thursday, their 12 hour homecoming before they went down to SXSW.

the unabonger
Jun 21, 2009

thewaablah posted:

Mix I did for some party promoters called gently caress My Liver :toot:


http://soundcloud.com/whowe/whowe-fml-mix-3-17-11

Moombahton is the poo poo.


Question: When you guys record your mixes and then put them on soundcloud do you just put it up there as whatever you recorded it as, or do you convert it first? This will be my first time putting anything on soundcloud

thewaablah
Sep 8, 2004

Stay down bitch

The Fresh Prince posted:

Moombahton is the poo poo.


Question: When you guys record your mixes and then put them on soundcloud do you just put it up there as whatever you recorded it as, or do you convert it first? This will be my first time putting anything on soundcloud

Mixes I convert to 192kbps mp3s. Soundcloud cares about time, like you'll see you have "39 minutes of available mp3 length"

the unabonger
Jun 21, 2009

thewaablah posted:

Mixes I convert to 192kbps mp3s. Soundcloud cares about time, like you'll see you have "39 minutes of available mp3 length"

cool cool cool danke.

Simsandwich
Feb 15, 2007
Headlined at a charity dance music night in my town last night for a 16-20 year old audience, music scene isn't great so decided to play a standard "electro house bangers a plenty" set, would love for some input here as I'm looking for a stable gig. Was my first time ever DJing in front of people rather than in my bedroom and it went down great. Chilled it down near the end so people didn't leave noisy.

"Tracklisting 0:00 Felguk - All Night Long (Original Mix)
0:45 The Boomzers - Rowentah (Deadbots Remix)
3:00 FANTOHM - Fun Fun Fun (Original Mix)
5:30 Congorock - Babylon (Riton Remix)
8:55 Dirty Disco Youth - Heads...Off (Mustard Pimp Remix)
12:00 Calvertron - Hit The Ground (original Mix
15:25 Djedjotronic - Fritz (Original Mix)
17:50 50 Cent - In Da Club (The Disco Villains Remix)
21:40: Herve Vs Metallica - Enter Sandman
23:45 Laidback Luke, Steve Aoki & Little John - Turbulence (Original Mix)
28: 40 Stanton Warriors - New York (Original Mix)
31:30 Meat Katie - Bizarre Is Beautiful (Original Mix)
35:45 Designer Drugs - The Terror
38:40 Dirty Disco Youth - Stupid Sound (Drikt Freddie Remix)
39:55 Don Diablo Vs Missy Elliot - Teen Scream Control
42:35 Redsquad - Bassline Roots (Original Mix)
45:45 The Bloody Beetroots - Rombo (Dirty Disco Youth Remix)
48:40 Mustard Pimp - Zombie Revenge
52:00 Dada Life - White Noise Red Meat (Original Mix)
53:45 Calvertron & Qualver - Raw 2 Da Floor (Lazy Rich Remix)
59:54 Cassius - I Luv U So (Skream Made Zdar Feel Like He's 20 Again Remix)
62:35 Cassius - I Luv U So (Krusha Remix)
65:20 Clare Maguire - Ain't Nobody (Breakage Remix)
68:45 Basement Jaxx - Raindrops (Doorly Remix)
73:07 Nine Inch Nails - The Frail (Bellini Remix) "

http://soundcloud.com/temperance-league/demotapemarch2011

actionjackson
Jan 12, 2003

New deep house mix

http://soundcloud.com/scott-jackson/scott-jackson-spring-2011

Rhadow + NTFO - Conclusions (Sintope Digital)
RifRaf - Philosophy - Alexkid remix (Tonkind)
LondonGround - Estrella (I Records)
Sakro - Deep Expresso (Minimo)
Gorge - Ona - Whiteshade remix (8Bit)
Trinity & Beyond - Near and Far - Pezzner remix (BEEF)
Luca Bacchetti - El Matador - David Alvarado remix (Ovum)
Alland Byallo - California (Push Communications)
Bucher + Kessidis - Leon (Plastic City)
Milton Jackson - Breathe - Aki Bergen remix (Starlight)
K-Bana - Chemistry (Night Drive Music)

MechanizedDeath
Aug 14, 2007

thewaablah posted:

Mix I did for some party promoters called gently caress My Liver :toot:


http://soundcloud.com/whowe/whowe-fml-mix-3-17-11

Well congratulations... I'm hooked, and your mix inspired me to do this tonight..


DJSleazyRock – WTF Is Moombahton

http://snd.sc/g80hhq


1. Pickster One & Melo – I Can Make You Dance
2. Dave Nada – Riverside (Moombahton Edit)
3. Nate Dogg – Gangsta Walk (Chong X’s Gangstatone Edit)
4. David Heartbreak – Ragga Muffin
5. Heartbreak – King Kong
6. Heartbreak – Chavvi
7. Puga – Sabina (Four Four Bass RMX – Nadastrom Moombahton Edit)
8. Benga – Night (Sabo Moombahton Edit)
9. House of Pain – Jump Around (Sabo Moombahton Edit)
10. Steve Starks – Lydia (Nadastrom’s Moombahton Remix)
11. Rampage y Nader – Beat That Bitch
12. A-Mac – Lemme See Ya Pop
13. Puga – Tampa
14. Stromae – Alors On Dance (Heartbreak’s Remix)
15. Moombahtron AKA Riot Earp – Feelings For You
16. Sandro Silva – Venga (Nadstrom Moombahton Edit)
17. Temper Trap – Sweet Disposition (Axwell & Dirty South Remix/Nadastrom Moombahton Edit)

E: Fixed link ( I hope )

MechanizedDeath fucked around with this message at 16:05 on Mar 23, 2011

Longtiem
Feb 9, 2010

MechanizedDeath posted:

Well congratulations... I'm hooked, and your mix inspired me to do this tonight..


DJSleazyRock – WTF Is Moombahton

http://soundcloud.com/djsleazyrock/d...-is-moombahton

2. Dave Nada – Riverside (Moombahton Edit)


Gotta have the classic, nice mix

E: even if its down atm?

Longtiem fucked around with this message at 06:56 on Mar 23, 2011

Swiss Kebab
Jul 16, 2006
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Maybe this is the wrong thread or whatever but.. I have been a resident DJ for 3 years at a reasonable frequented bar (100-300 guests at any time after midnight) and I don't get the music and mixes you are suggesting at all. The place I work is a top 40/mainstream/00/90ies kind of club, and most of the clubs in my city are the same (100.000 residents). Something like Basement Jaxx - Raindrops would kill the floor completely, people simply don't respond to something like this unless they are on drugs or really drunk.

Maybe it's a European thing, I don't know, but the music most of you post is too avantgarde or unknown for the crowd I recognize. Some of it is not even on youtube, so I am wondering, what kind of people do you play that stuff for?

Swiss Kebab fucked around with this message at 01:48 on Mar 25, 2011

Quincy Smallvoice
Mar 18, 2006

Bitches leave

Swiss Kebab posted:

Maybe this is the wrong thread or whatever but.. I have been a resident DJ for 3 years at a reasonable frequented bar (100-300 guests at any time after midnight) and I don't get the music and mixes you are suggesting at all. The place I work is a top 40/mainstream/00/90ies kind of club, and most of the clubs in my city are the same (100.000 residents). Something like Basement Jaxx - Raindrops would kill the floor completely, people simply don't respond to something like this unless they are on drugs or really drunk.

Maybe it's a European thing, I don't know, but the music most of you post is too avantgarde or unknown for the crowd I recognize. Some of it is not even on youtube, so I am wondering, what kind of people do you play that stuff for?

Generally - people who go out for the music.

Allow me:

http://www.be-at.tv/#/brands/ministry-of-sound/ministry-of-sound-london/we-love/joris-voorn/

http://www.be-at.tv/#/brands/cream/creamfields/creamfields-2009/timo-maas/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-w0h7u11qc

Socket Ryanist
Aug 30, 2004

Swiss Kebab posted:

Maybe this is the wrong thread or whatever but.. I have been a resident DJ for 3 years at a reasonable frequented bar (100-300 guests at any time after midnight) and I don't get the music and mixes you are suggesting at all.
Who are you responding to with this post?

Edit: I just listened to Basement Jaxx - Raindrops and it's a loving banger, who would ever not respond to that?

Socket Ryanist fucked around with this message at 03:22 on Mar 25, 2011

Swiss Kebab
Jul 16, 2006
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(Yeah I agree, its a great track, but it doesn't really work!)

Basically everyone in this thread, I have read most of it, and everyone seems to be talking about music suited for a very specific crowd. The links posted by Quincy Smallvoice are by major DJ’s playing at high profile events (ministry of sound, love parade), but I don’t recognize this audience at all. This is impressive work and the scene is awesome, but nowhere near what experience when I work I and go out, and I bet most DJ do (especially those just starting out).

This kind of stuff would scare anyone who hope to start out as a DJ away. I have always been told; ”play what people like, mix in something they like but did’nt expect.” that kind of stuff. As is said, this might be the wrong thread, if everyone really is a world class DJ who play for 2000 dedicated fans every night, or maybe I am just too used to a specific crowd, I don’t know.

Socket Ryanist
Aug 30, 2004

Swiss Kebab, are there any major (as in top 10 in any field) universities near you? Are you near any of the 15 most populous metropolitan areas in the country? If the answer to both of those are "no", you're probably not going to find the crowd most of the people in this thread are aiming at.

Electronic music is huge with the college crowd right now. They eat it up like candy. In addition, it's easier to find an audience for less-popular stuff near major cities, especially cities on the coasts (which have lots of transplants and tourists from europe and asia).

Socket Ryanist
Aug 30, 2004

Also dance music is just way more popular in practically every country but the US. Example: "Children" by robert miles hit #1 in france, germany, italy, norway, sweden, switzerland, austria and belgium, and was in the top 5 in australia, the netherlands, ireland, new zealand, and the UK, but only got to #21 in the US.

Socket Ryanist
Aug 30, 2004

Another example. This single hit the top 5 in every country but canada and the US last year:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wavpWRK6IX8

Swiss Kebab
Jul 16, 2006
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Socket Ryanist posted:

Another example. This single hit the top 5 in every country but canada and the US last year:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wavpWRK6IX8

The university in my city which I attend is only in the top 300 in the field of Engineering & IT worldwide and ‘no ranking’ in other areas, so I guess this thread made me realize that the world is bigger than I thought!

This might be why I don’t generally recognize the kind of playlists presented in this thread, especially since there are clubs that cater specifically to foreign students where I live.

But yeah, Children and We No Speak Americano were major hits which people responded to, but going into this thread I expected more in the same vain I guess, I thought that the crowd in the kind of clubs/venues most DJs worked at expected old/new /local/universal hits to be played, and thought this thread might be a source of inspiration in this regard, but I guess it’t a different scene all together.

Socket Ryanist
Aug 30, 2004

Swiss Kebab posted:

This might be why I don’t generally recognize the kind of playlists presented in this thread, especially since there are clubs that cater specifically to foreign students where I live.
It's not that only foreigners like it, it's that the presence of foreigners in an area causes foreign culture to be more visible and so more natives are likely to get into it (How many people on the east coast eat italian food on a regular basis? How many in the rest of the country? Same w/ west coast and asian food). University students also tend to be more cosmopolitan than your average citizen and deliberately seek out less-known things to be enthusiastic about.

Another thing is that while some people need to hear their favorite songs in order to get excited enough to dance, some people like dancing enough that they'll dance to anything with a beat. DJs like to cater to the latter group because the former tends to be boring to play to.

vanilla slimfast
Dec 6, 2006

If anyone needs me, I'll be in the Angry Dome



I'm sorry you have to play to a crowd with no taste, I guess? :confused:

Socket Ryanist
Aug 30, 2004

I honestly think the main reason dance music (especially straight beat dance music) is so unpopular in the US is because of our rampant homophobia and obsession with masculinity (because only queers and women like that disco crap). Most working-class guys I know would be shy to admit that they enjoy house or trance, but will happily talk about how they love dubstep because "it gets the girls' panties wet".

Blue collar manly men who go to raves can usually be seen against the wall in the drum n bass room nodding their head with a mean expression on their face.

Mister Speaker
May 8, 2007

WE WILL CONTROL
ALL THAT YOU SEE
AND HEAR
So I fixed my poo poo (problems with an effect hanging up due to MIDI; solved) and recorded a heavy dubstep (brostep) mix. Let me know what you think. Some obvious mistakes, but I think the flow is all right.

http://soundcloud.com/zscenturion/lovely-rave-music-heavy

Tracklist:
Technical Itch - One of Us
SPL - Bullet of Truth
Bassnectar - Cozza Frenzy (Bassnectar Mega-Bass remix)
Reso - Metal Slug
FS - Touch O Klass
Vaski - Blackout
AntiSerum - Nazca (ft. Violetness)
Nine Inch Nails - Me, I'm Not
Nero - Bad Trip
Datsik & Excision - Calypso
Seven - Villain
Feed Me - Blood Red
Chase & Status - Eastern Jam
Pendulum - Set Me On Fire
Skism - Rave Review
Bare - 2 Die For
Chase & Status - Saxon

Mister Speaker fucked around with this message at 06:20 on Mar 25, 2011

the unabonger
Jun 21, 2009

Socket Ryanist posted:

I honestly think the main reason dance music (especially straight beat dance music) is so unpopular in the US is because of our rampant homophobia and obsession with masculinity (because only queers and women like that disco crap). Most working-class guys I know would be shy to admit that they enjoy house or trance, but will happily talk about how they love dubstep because "it gets the girls' panties wet".

Blue collar manly men who go to raves can usually be seen against the wall in the drum n bass room nodding their head with a mean expression on their face.

I seriously doubt its this, unless you live in the deep south or near one of the most republican. Its mainly because the majority of American's have terrible tastes. I've played for mexicans (who make quite possibly the craziest awesome crowd) and I've played for europeans, and they are a great crowd, but every time I've played for only people from around here that are white I have been harassed for playing house and not playing dubstep. Americans have terrible taste in almost everything including music, and that wont change...

Socket Ryanist
Aug 30, 2004

The Fresh Prince posted:

I seriously doubt its this, unless you live in the deep south or near one of the most republican.
As someone who grew up near the suburbs of New York City I assure you that homophobia and obsession with masculinity are not limited to the deep south.

I even encounter it at parties in San Francisco of all places.

It's really more of an urban/non-urban thing than endemic to any particular region. I'm sure it's /worse/ in the south.

OG KUSH BLUNTS
Jan 4, 2011

The Fresh Prince posted:

Americans have terrible taste in almost everything including music, and that wont change...

This is a really bad generalization and not even correct. If Americans had such awful tastes than the rest of the world wouldn't be copying everything we do/buying all of our music/movies/tv shows/ clothing/etc.

Also If you can't break deep cuts, it's not so much the crowd as it is your inability to create a mood within the crowd that makes open to it.

the unabonger
Jun 21, 2009

OG KUSH BLUNTS posted:

This is a really bad generalization and not even correct. If Americans had such awful tastes than the rest of the world wouldn't be copying everything we do/buying all of our music/movies/tv shows/ clothing/etc.

Also If you can't break deep cuts, it's not so much the crowd as it is your inability to create a mood within the crowd that makes open to it.

I was spinning at a party that was literally billed as a house music party. the title of the party was literally: "I love electro, house and techno"

and just because american's lead trends doesn't mean they aren't horrible.

OG KUSH BLUNTS
Jan 4, 2011

The Fresh Prince posted:

I was spinning at a party that was literally billed as a house music party. the title of the party was literally: "I love electro, house and techno"

I wasn't there so I can't really comment on it but I have a hard time believing people that want dub step would go to a event billed as a house party. I've spun at both and the crowds are very different. Maybe the promoter had two sets of fliers, wouldn't have been the first time a promoter did shady poo poo.

quote:

and just because american's lead trends doesn't mean they aren't horrible.

That's your opinion on a very subjective matter.

Sjoewe
Nov 30, 2008
Well, as an European I can clearly see a difference between the American way and the European way of DJ'ing. From a distance it seems that DJ'ing in the US seems to be focussed on bars, with high competition to get in and good money to be made, with a residency as a key goal. Hence a focus on crowdpleasing and keeping the liquor flowing. What strikes as a me European is that in America, as a result of this (?), you have a whole different way of interpreting music. First of all the sets that are posted here are much more eclectic than they are on my side of the ocean. If you would go from techhouse to dubstep to drum 'n bass in a one hour set, people over here would start throwing bricks at your head. Seriously, I'm not kidding. And secondly it seems that the crowd comes before the music, while over here clubs and bars mostly stick to a specific genre (per night) and the crowds adapts to that.

So here in the Netherlands it's almost the exact opposite to the situation in the US. Getting gigs at bars is about the easiest thing you can imagine, because in the end everyone here want to be booked as a 'club' DJ. We have more solitary events that are thrown by a number of crews. So you don't have much residencies anymore, you get booked for one night at a time, doing what you do best, so unless you host your own night, you don't have regular gigs. These nights have a very specific musical focus (mainly deephouse/techhouse/techno) a, thus being on top of your game with cutting edge tracks is much more appreciated as the people who come out to these types of events really want to be part of an avant garde. But then again everyone wants to be that groundbreaking DJ, so competition is fierce in its own way.

Sjoewe fucked around with this message at 10:37 on Mar 25, 2011

Socket Ryanist
Aug 30, 2004

In most cities in the US it's hard to even fill a club with people who like tech house enough to dance to it all night. That should explain the eclecticness.

I can't speak for the rest of the US but in the san francisco area we have both systems that you describe. There are bar/nightclub/top40club DJs who play all night, make decent money and usually have a residency, and we also have european style dance clubs with a different DJ headlining every week. One difference is although the main DJ will be booked a night at a time, usually the opener and closer (if there is a closer) will be a resident.

Socket Ryanist
Aug 30, 2004

Sjoewe, in europe do clubs usually do their own bookings or are they usually rented out by independent promoters? Here both are common, although independent promoters usually throw the better nights because they tend to book better talent.

Socket Ryanist
Aug 30, 2004

Also how openly are drugs sold and consumed in clubs where you are? In the US we have laws that basically force venue owners to actively seek and kick out drug users/dealers or face prosecution, so at least around here people who like to take drugs usually stick to warehouse/art gallery parties (which have better music anyhow)

Sjoewe
Nov 30, 2008

Socket Ryanist posted:

Sjoewe, in europe do clubs usually do their own bookings or are they usually rented out by independent promoters? Here both are common, although independent promoters usually throw the better nights because they tend to book better talent.

Until a couple of years ago it used to be clubs doing their own bookings, but that has been on a down slope ever since the recent economic recession. Most clubs in (my country) nowadays work with independent promoters, as this model guarantees a minimum income for the club owners and there are only a few clubs left that get by doing their own bookings because they have developed their own unique sound, like Berghain in Berlin, or Fabric in London. So funny enough, it's kind of opposite over here. These high end clubnights tend to be a bit more experimental (but not the mainstream clubs of coarse) and the independent promoters are forced to book (slightly) more commercial names along the experimental ones 'because the rent id too goddamn high' to take too much of a chance.

Socket Ryanist posted:

Also how openly are drugs sold and consumed in clubs where you are? In the US we have laws that basically force venue owners to actively seek and kick out drug users/dealers or face prosecution, so at least around here people who like to take drugs usually stick to warehouse/art gallery parties (which have better music anyhow)

Well it's hard to say. Being from the Netherlands, I don't want to feed the stereotype that we and the rest of Europe are all hedonistic partydruggers :v:
But then again I think that you would find that drug-use in clubs here is common and sort of accepted. 'Everybody' does it, and everyone knows that it's happening, which is probably a result of the avantgardists who have always been closely connected with the club scene in Europe. (like Tresor, or the late club Roxy in Amsterdam) So yeah, there is more drug use in clubs, however the police recently has begun to crack down on clubs and their owners, forcing them to do something against drugs and to take action against the problems that come with drug use. Which in its own right has sparked the rebirth of a very lively ravescene among the same artistic crowd that formed the backbone of the clubscene. So the rules aren't set in stone.

Sjoewe fucked around with this message at 11:08 on Mar 25, 2011

Not Jerobi
Apr 19, 2010

Frimmin' on the frim fram.
Frimmin' on the fram.

Swiss Kebab posted:


But yeah, Children and We No Speak Americano were major hits which people responded to, but going into this thread I expected more in the same vain I guess, I thought that the crowd in the kind of clubs/venues most DJs worked at expected old/new /local/universal hits to be played, and thought this thread might be a source of inspiration in this regard, but I guess it’t a different scene all together.

Both these points and the "playing to a specific crowd" comments that you've made are exactly it. I've found, in my 15+year DJ career, that you obviously have to be aware of what kind of situation you're looking to book yourself in to. No, you most certainly do not want to bring your Beatport top 10 list mix with you to spin at your sports bar residency. I used to shop for tracks I liked + specific "hot" songs in whatever genre, which change regularly. I've noticed here, in Chicago, the actual tracks you play aren't as important as the whole piece, but this is sort of a new development. You used to be expected to play certain songs if you were spinning a certain genre. I enjoy spinning house and some electro stuff right now: The Electro I could go and spin at any fancy pants club no question, but I'm walking down a much more direct and narrow street in regards to house. I can also expect to make a few hundred bucks spinning that electro at that club, where if I went to go spin some house - I'd probably take home 50$ and get free drinks; but would most likely have a much more entertaining evening with people who actually love the music. I could go get a residency at a bar, but would be lucky to sneak in remixes from either genre unless it was "drunk chicks who really want to dance" night.

Essentially, club DJ does not universally translate to all encompassing DJ. You can be a DJ of all genres, but you still have to play appropriately to your venue. If you're at all talented you can work random poo poo that's a soft spot for you or novelty track into it, but that's on you and your abilities. To me, it seems like the mixes in this thread all fall somewhere between the genres that the DJ prefers to spin and a combination of what they think the DJ listeners in this thread want to hear (which is essentially the same approach one may take when making their set)

So, I don't expect to hear the same one or two "classics" or "current anthems" in any of these mixes, due to the venue (a DJ discussion on SA with DJ's from across the globe and of varying interests) Hopefully something I said made some sense. I think I was aiming more at explaining these differences as I see them, to Swiss Kebab, than anything else. Plus I'm not yet caffeinated this morning.

Not Jerobi fucked around with this message at 15:42 on Mar 25, 2011

TheWevel
Apr 14, 2002
Send Help; Trapped in Stupid Factory

Socket Ryanist posted:

Swiss Kebab, are there any major (as in top 10 in any field) universities near you? Are you near any of the 15 most populous metropolitan areas in the country? If the answer to both of those are "no", you're probably not going to find the crowd most of the people in this thread are aiming at.

Electronic music is huge with the college crowd right now. They eat it up like candy. In addition, it's easier to find an audience for less-popular stuff near major cities, especially cities on the coasts (which have lots of transplants and tourists from europe and asia).

The places I gig at are Top40/current rap only...I tried to play new poo poo when I first started playing out but immediately gave up because it was a futile effort. I dropped "Teach Me How to Dougie" in March of last year but because no one had heard it on the radio a million times yet, people were giving me the gas face. Now a year later, I can't go through a single gig without it being requested a million times.

My point is that regardless of where you live, the top40 crowds are literally the worst kind of people to play "deep cuts" for. They go out to hear only the music they know and if you try to play something that's new to them, you will get burned.

The good thing is that because the Top40 artists are obsessed with electro at the moment, it's now a lot easier to play remixes. Although I will be really glad when douchebags stop fist pumping anytime they here a 4 on the floor beat. We get it, you've watched Jersey Shore, that's hilarious.

FYI, I live in Atlanta and dj at places where college kids go. A lot of them, actually.

edit: i posted this in the phiz dj mixes thread but i think it warrants a posting here. this is the average person i deal with on any night i play out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_j053f69Ig

TheWevel fucked around with this message at 15:48 on Mar 25, 2011

Socket Ryanist
Aug 30, 2004

Oh and I guess I thought this goes without saying: most DJs are more eclectic when making recorded mixes than when playing out, because the kind of person who will listen to a DJ mix in the first place probably doesn't mind hearing tracks they don't know

vanilla slimfast
Dec 6, 2006

If anyone needs me, I'll be in the Angry Dome



I did a stint playing at a bar in my college town playing top 40/mainstream and it was the worst thing ever

I guess I'm really fortunate that at least here in Denver, there is a thriving underground and club scene that I can be a part of and get to play music I love to crowds that are up for it. For example, this is the crowd I played to last weekend at an underground party, all tech house and techno and they were loving it

Cabal Ties
Feb 28, 2004
Yam Slacker
My latest mix, lots of warehouse electro, tech and random house sounds. Please enjoy :)

http://soundcloud.com/careyb/cleanse-your-palate-march-mix

Revolver Groove - MikiX The Cat
Turn up the Volume - Autoerotique
You gonna want me (Hey Today! remix) - Tiga
She never wants to come down - Umek, Traumer
Apollo - Autoerotique
Mauful Sir - Clouds
Tonton Funk (Les Petits Pilous remix) - Teenage Bad Girl
Arabesque (NT89 remix) - 1984
Cal State Anthem - PeaceTreaty
Hurricane - Sound of Stereo
Opposite of Love (Les Petits Pilous remix) - Autokratz
Shake them hips (Punk Rolla Dirty mix) - Krafty Kuts
Ow! - Depressed Buttons
Pluto - Milt Mortez
Crazy - Harry Axt
Miss Pacman (Oliver$ dub) - RQM
Slush Puppy - Campbell
On the train - Daniel Steinberg

Cabal Ties fucked around with this message at 09:14 on Mar 28, 2011

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Aug 1, 2006

Before One
New set. Starts off housey, ends darker. Clocks in at 1,5 hours.

Figure 8 - Timepiece A - 13601



Tracks by, amongst others, Skudge, Jonas Kopp, Lucy, Xhin, Ben Klock, Mike Parker.

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