Should we discuss the Steve Angelo "Mime" incident?

Mike Steed, post: 5610 wrote: [COLOR=#333333]I play the same records everyday I don’t need to listen to what I do .. Its my party trick and respect that instead of hating on it . If u doubt it come in the both or try do it yourself before u judge !! Ok .. Nuff said .. SA”[/COLOR]

His sets can’t be very interesting if plays the same tunes everytime and is it just me or is putting a pre-mixed cd on not a very good party trick?

The absurdity of a DJ saying “I don’t listen to what I do” just struck me in full force.

Why on earth is this guy famous?

I don’t think there’s anything wrong with it – I mean how many DJs have pre recorded mini sets for bathroom breaks etc? I for one like having a primetime/closing mix that I can throw on and go out into the crowd and just get silly for a little bit! 😉

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I’ve been back and forth on this one for days. I agree on the idea of a DJ perhaps making a pre-recorded megamix for reasons like a bathroom break or even for some special part of the show with a visual effects setup that needs to be in sync.

However, I watched this video and I don’t see that. I see a guy who fears a bad blend so much that he’ll cheat. The set itself was energetic, but nothing special that any DJ couldn’t do normally. You can’t claim the visual show as the reason for this because from an audio standpoint, you’re not bringing anything interesting to the table. I’ve seen light guys in Chicago here who did amazing shows with a live DJ going. Noting planned, but he felt the music enough that he was able to play his lights to that music…and would do special blasts and such on tunes he knew.

The pyro thing is NOT where I’ll admonish Angello. Again, for something special like that it’s an excuse, especially if he produced some amazingly-edited megamix to play. I’m talking about at 3:40 when he “brought in” One More Time by Daft Punk. The song “magically blended in” while he was fixing his hair and getting a smoke.

I’m sorry…there is NO EXCUSE for that. If you’re going there, then get a laptop and use a sync. Doing what he did is no better than lip syncing a live show. When you’re paid thousands to play in front of a massive crowd that’s paying $20-$40 each to get in, you don’t do that.

My biggest fear is this will become a precedent. We’ll see big names toss out the “DJ” aspect of it all and people will pay big money basically for a mix CD played on a big system with lights and guy doing Jesus poses.

If you’re not going to do the job, then don’t bother…or the crowds should get an eyeful and think twice before shelling out big money for a “big name DJ”.

I don’t even believe in bathroom break mixes… If you need a break, mix in a song you know is long enough, that you can easily mix something in with when you return, and make it quick..
Concerts have had lights and pyrotechnics for years, that is no excuse. When a rock concert synchs in some fireballs the band doesn’t kill their amps and play a CD. You rehearse and if something goes wrong, something goes wrong. But the absolute LAST thing you do at a live performance is fake it. Lost a lot of respect for this guy… His explanation was even worse. “I don’t need to prove I can mix, I’m a pro mixer. I spend more time mixing than I do with my family!” Well that’s all well and good, but it’s like Metallica saying they don’t need to play live because they’ve already “made it.” Boooo Steve, booooo.

I agree with the idea of making bathroom-break mixes. In the past when you had two guys in the booth it was easier to take breaks. Now with people being tight on money, it ends up as one guy on his own.

Benny Mackney, post: 5898 wrote: As for Steve, I think he’s a bit arrogant but from what I know of pyrotechnics, it’s near-impossible to sync live.

I agree…hence why I only gave him flack for the first nine minutes of that video when he wasn’t doing his pyro show.

I’d point out 3:30 in that video and ask him how he psychically mixed in One More Time with his back turned.