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rjwhite41, post: 32709, member: 2565 wrote: I don’t dj out of some need to stand on stage and play whatever other people want to hear (no offense intended to anyone, there is nothing wrong with playing what people want so they have a good time). I dj to play the music I love in a creative way. No requests and no concern for punters who stumbled into the wrong place. In that way we are different types of djs with different motivations. You’ll find me in Quadrant 1, and if I get booked by a bad promoter or I fail to properly evaluate the gig I may end up in Quadrant 2 but you’ll never find me in 3 or 4. Now if you’re concerned with djing paying your bills, then this attitude may not be for you.

definitely, spot on bro, much respect.

Fxn-L, post: 32705, member: 502 wrote: Once you find the right promoter who can supply the right crowd for you, I’m sure you’ll find yourself in the same boat.

I hope so, even though it’s very hard and rare but I’ll keep looking for opportunities
thanks for the input guys.

keep rocking

rfb, post: 32651, member: 2662 wrote:
And if you can’t be bothered to play “that mainstream shit” (I don’t enjoy it either) then draw the right consequences instead of blaming other people. There is no absolute for what good music is. I listen to prog jazz and progrock occasionally but THE UNIVERSE doesn’t give a f***, mate 😉

thanks for the input man and no offence taken, just to clarify for the last time, I’ll try to keep it short and not to turn it into an underground vs mainstream thread.
I came off a bit harsh there talking about tastes, it’s not that I give a single f*** what people listen to and what they don’t as long as they give it enough time before they start arguing about what’s good, let me rephrase that

mainstream is basically all about listening to whatever buzzing atm and checking this and that chart with no focus on the music itself, just because it’s easy to find, it’s getting handled to you over the web it’s allover the place because of the websites, promoters & even the digital shops are getting huge $$$
when it come to music people (including many DJs as well) are getting too convenient with technology and so on.

now the reason why I called it “shit music” because the lack of originality, I used to be a big fan of mainstream a couple of years ago but then I got bored of listening to the same loop and same sample packs on each track over and over again, when watching tutorials and so on I stumbled upon this one tip by a famous producer which got me thinking!!
he said when he’s producing a mainstream track (talking dance music here) which is Mainroom House (SHM & Avicii type of house) you basically grab a track you like and copy the same structure, all you need is a sample pack (most of the time it’s Vengeance) and a couple of VST presets and you’re set.. isn’t that just lame !! is it even by any means art !!

now about the “uneducated” part.. I mean c’mon people can’t tell the difference between genres, they don’t know what an original mix is and what a remix is, they call everything with a 4×4 Trance and they think mixtapes are actually a continuous original production and they still believe they know all about Dance Music (talking about Egypt here).

it’s like there is a handful of people who actually care enough about this culture (where I come from) and they did their homework knowing how it all started and how it changed over time, and every single one of them has his own taste and I still respect them for that even if I’m not the biggest fan of their sets.

I hope you understood my point there, and thanks again for helping rfb.

D-Jam, post: 31124, member: 3 wrote: Underground folk always have to build a scene…not convert one.

wow man, great advice, thanks a lot for all the help, cheers