I don't think i am a cranky old man, i am quite young and some of my best
experiences in life have been dancing on a packed dancefloor with everyone
singing along to 'nothing but a heartache' by the Flirtations, or playing
for 5 hours to a packed dancefloor and not having to play any well known
floorfillers.
Its just i'm sick of the fact that hardly any dj's are willing to play music
that everyone doesn't know. I always try to push new music and play
absolutely rockin tunes that other people won't know and most of the time
all i get from people is 'have you ever dj'ed before?' or 'your shite, play
some chart music' people actually come up to me and tell me that i'm ruining
their night by not playing popular music. I guess I just wish there were
more open minded people in the world. Sorry if i sounded cranky
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>What are you talking about, cranky old man??? Yeah,
>there's a bigger bulk of dj crap replacing guitar rock
>crap of ten years ago, but do the math and you'll find
>that the lean, mean creative underbelly is
>proportionally larger as well.
>
>It is always harder to find challenging stuff than top
>forties, in music, film, tv, books, etc... the
>proportion of crap to excellence never changes, but
>the flourishing electronic scene means there is more
>room in the tucked away corners for the
>faithful/vigilant to come out and play. And as always,
>the search makes the reward more delicious. The only
>time for woe and confusion is between breakthroughs
>when people are kind of standing around waiting for
>something to happen. Ignore the crap, keep finding the
>good stuff, and stay focused on the abundance of
>beauty happening RIGHT NOW. We are so lucky, and my
>record collection is proof. =) It's the year 2000:
>unforeseen possibilities, tiny differentials yet
>unturned... We've never been here before, gotta think
>positive.
>
>(Ok, I admit I've been listening to Grupo Batuque
>"Between The Lines" a lot this past week, with lyrics
>like "Life is yours, it's a gift"...turning me into a
>damn hippy ;P )
>
>On a similar note...Last night I pulled out a Seiji
>record on reinforced from like '97 or so (hard, dark,
>busy, mechanistic dnb) and compared it with a Seiji on
>2000 Black or one of those, the new "Question It"
>single, a Neon Phusion-ish thing with that
>african-sounding chant-singing in it...The 2 records
>are radically differently beautiful. What a joy to
>watch musicians grow and change like that. They are
>the same person, right?
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