> I wasn't judging the rest of the country or the world on what goes down
> in Phoenix. It's not the worst music city, at all. Just a little behind
> the times, and some people don't appreciate the ecclecticity of what
> rare grooves can bring. I was a little disenchanted with things last
> night. Remembering the days of the Hip Joint, where 100+ crowds of
> groovers dancing and enjoying the RARE and ecclectic stuff. I get sick
> and tired of some local dj's playing later Kool & the gang, Average
> White Band, and Ohio Players and think it's some Rare Groove, it's
> not!!! It's K- Tel Funk. I guess when I play Hugh Masekela, Odetta,
> Marcos Valle, and Candido, it's a long stretch from the norm to your
> average club goer. If I was probably playing with Gilles Peterson, Russ
> Drewbury, or Patrick Forge it would be nice to be around that same rare
> & ecclectic groovin' element.
i've had the exact thing happen in l.a. sometimes the crowd just isn't
ready--or they came to hear something other than what you got booked to
play. if you know you're playing dope records (and the people that booked
you dug what you played), you have to shut out the crowd's reception. it's
really hard, and makes you want to move (or at least *play* somewhere else),
but you have to soldier on until the crowds are ready.
i went and saw gilles when he was in l.a. (where i live) and of course, he
rocked it. however, part of the reason the crowd dug what he was doing was
because he was gilles--"he's from london, so i guess he's good." if i had
played the same set of records to that crowd, they wouldn't have gone off as
much because i'm not a name like him. that takes nothing away from
gilles--he's dope as f*** (with his still-learning-to-beatmix-self)--but the
recognition factor does come into play. the way i think this applies to
your situation (and i'm sure you'll correct me if i'm wrong) is that if
z-trip (or any of the bombshelter guys) had played your exact set, the
response would have a bit better--the crowd trusts them.
-t
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