On 20 Dec 99, Brock @ Motormouthmedia wrote re: Re: (idm)
beatmatching etc.:
quoted 6 lines even more fulfilling is simply showing your appreciation by> even more fulfilling is simply showing your appreciation by
> dancing and showing the DJ that you're digging the track. That
> kind of response is what makes hauling speaker stacks and 40-lb
> flight cases around worthwhile as a DJ, and one of the reasons I
> kind of switched up my style after spinning idm to seemingly
> disinterested crowds..
Yes, I find this to be totally true - there are two types of DJ's (well,
there are lots more than that, but for the sake of this ... ) those who
actually please the crowd while keeping a certain integrity without
stooping to the lowest common denominator (God forbid!), and then
there are those who rejoice in clearing the dance floor by dropping
hyper inaccessible obscure shit that only *they* can get off on.
Little point to doing that if you're out playing to other people - you
may as well sit in your bedroom with headphones on to hear what
only YOU want to hear.
I don't consider it 'selling out' by throwing Soft Cell's Tainted Love
into a set, or even Basement Jaxx's Rendez-Vu - I do believe that
people enjoy hearing something familiar that they can relate to, you
can then go back to more experimental stuff after having lured them
onto the floor.. when you find them drifting, play New Order's Blue
Monday and see them flock back. It works :-)
I
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