Re: RE:1. topic... or... What happens when you play music that isnt yours


kevin kiernan (mrfliz@interport.net)
Sun, 12 Sep 1999 15:52:09 -0400



am i the only one to see the irony here? nat, i have no doubt what you were
aiming to do was a good thing--to play good, interesting,
anythingbutrunofthemill tunes. i think all of us who've dj-ed have a
preternatural desire to expose people to new music. unfortunately, as an
upcoming dj, you sometimes have to pay your dues. unless you're a 'name'
with a rep, you're generally not getting hired to turn people on to your
particular tastes in music, but to rehash to them the same crap they hear in
cheesy clubs and the radio. i admire that you tried to 'educate' with what
was, i assume, anti-crap. the bottom line, however, is that you weren't
ready for that party. that crowd, for better or worse, clearly preferred
the run-of-the-mill crap, and it was frederico-ico-ico who knew how to
provide it, not you. had he not dropped in his name over and over, the
crowd might actually have thought you were providing the tunes they liked,
which was not the case. in short, i'm laughing at what i see as your saying
"how dare he drop his name into the mix i was passing off as my own because
i was otherwise unprepared for the gig."

as you evolve as a professional dj, you learn how to mix the pabulum a large
crowd (1,000 people should have been your indicator that you'd have to play
some generic crap to please several hundred of them) demands; once you've
got their trust, got them dancing, then you can start to push the envelope a
bit.

you had a hard time with a birthday party? try a wedding!

for all my griping, however, good on ya for trying to push things--just
don't be surprised or disheartened when you don't get the reaction you hope
for.

kevin k-now k

----- Original Message -----
From: <NRahav@ixl.com>
To: <erikg@macconnect.com>; <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
Sent: Friday, September 10, 1999 5:40 PM
Subject: RE:1. topic... or... What happens when you play music that isnt
yours

>
> yo, I have a horror story about that (hit delete NOW if you dont wanna
read
> a long tangent):
>
> I got hired not so long ago by some Colombian friends for this huge
birthday
> party they were having in this BEAUTIFUL space, 1000+ people, and they
were
> all amped, they were like Yeah Yeah, bring salsa! house! latin grooves!
Hip
> Hop! and I was like word, this party's gonna be hot.
> The moral of the story is, use whatever playback device you want to play
> back your sounds. It dont matter. In the end there is the same effect from
> any kind of musician: a person has some thoughts and translates them
> somehow, through banging on a pot or playing a record or strumming some
> strings, into sound. That sound travels through the air and affects
> (effects) the people listening.
> The MOST IMPORTANT thing, though, is that you are acting on your OWN
ideas,
> and that your audience is there to hear YOU do THAT.
>
>
>
> .·´¯`·.¸¸.N·a·t.¸
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Erik Gaderlund [mailto:erikg@macconnect.com]
> Sent: Friday, September 10, 1999 3:14 PM
> To: acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
> Subject: RE: 1.Topic to chat about
>
>
> >
> >You're right, i should have phrased that differently. "crowds of people
who
> >*don't care* what makes a good dj" would have been more what i was
getting
> >at. A crowd that would be happy with a mixtape... A mixtape with lots of
> >trainwrecks on it ;P
> >
>
> This does remind me of a DJ friend who was doing a wedding reception and
> they gave him the Dimitri from Paris MixMag CD and he ended up leaving it
> on for several tracks. Said it was a great CD/Mix.
>
> erik g
>
>
>



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