Paul Hillen

groovemixer, post: 10788 wrote: I was standing a floor above watching DJ Shah pretend to mix. All he did was turn the eq knobs and play his midi keyboard. Funny how the knobs turn and nothing changes with the music.

EXACTLY what dada life and boregore were doing. I mean, its blatantly not doing anything. So SO annoying and I felt extremely ripped off.

Alix Elder, post: 10815 wrote: Yeah, that’s the only thing I don’t like. It’s kinda like lip syncing. What’s the point in turning the nobs when we all know it’s fake? If you’re not going to do it right, then for gods sake at least try to fool everyone properly. But then again, if you do that you might as well just do it right.

Hahahaha right? Kind of a catch 22. If you do it, Make it look real. If ya make it look real, might as well DO IT REAL

mr_john, post: 10533 wrote: If I step on a frayed cable in a puddle of beer get electrocuted and die, I want the crowd to know it within a short period of time.:cool:

hahahahah I love that. I completely agree with everything you said. Kinda feels like false advertisement when they don’t actually DJ when they advertise it as they are.

Cool Cats, post: 10633 wrote: In the case of a big name doing it mainly to cheat, then I don’t condone it. Like how Steve Angello was doing it in that video. I agree with Mr_John that if you’re going out and getting paid thousands to be a DJ, then be a DJ. Unfortunately as Cool Cats alluded to, people also just hire producers to show up and play their tunes. We as DJs can get mad, but the scene/consumers come out in droves…so the market has spoken.

I just saw the video. EXACTLY what I was talking about. I hate the turn nob thing that dj’s do!! And ya, Producers playing their stuff sells out…sad but true.

Spandryl, post: 10474 wrote: For myself, and I’ve only been to a handful of shows, its about the atmosphere and the sound/light system. That’s really what I’m paying for. I saw Daft Punk perform in Montreal in ’07, but I already had the Coachella festival bootleg from the year prior. Same set. They could’ve done it live, but it was the same mixes… however, I was not disappointed at all. The energy in the room was insane!

When I go to dubstep shows now, that’s why I go. The system, the energy, maybe some exclusive tracks, some excellent track selections. But I’m never watching the DJ… I’m raging!

Exactly this. BOREGORE is deep dubstep, and to follow the drops and dance with the crowd is crazy fun. I dont have a problem in paying for the crowd environment or the party aspect of it, but I dont like to pay 45 dollars in the case to SEE Dada Life “preform”. You could get the same effect by pluggin in a IPOD and playing it crazy loud. But then again, Big names = Crazy parties. So that part makes sense.

mr_john, post: 10490 wrote: I’m not a fan of it. When I’m at a show and a big name DJ messes up, I smile and cheer. For example at ATB’s show he faded to the wrong track, just smiled and waved. My respect rocketed for the guy.

When a set is too perfect I start to get suspicious. Kinda like when a singer is hitting every note perfectly you start to wonder if they’re lip sinking. All a DJ’s doing is playing recorded music anyway, playing a fake set they might as well not even be there, and I might as well not pay 40 dollars to go see them.

I would do the same. To see the guy is trying would make me give MAD respect. and Very good comparison with a singer, that’s kinda how I felt. Don’t get me wrong, had a AWESOME time. But that was in the back of my head the whole time. Thinking that they aren’t reading the crowd at all.

Erik Toth, post: 10499 wrote: It’s matter of taste and the show.
You think a dj who is on the tour 10-11 months with the same gig almost every day gonna play the mixes live? They go pre-recorded and just put some effects and samples on it to sound slightly different compared to the day before.
They make the show and they have to give you the impression that they do everything right then at the spot.
About “playing a fake set they might as well not even be there”…..I have 1 word for this: Kraftwerk 🙂

Excellent point as well. Totally forgot to think about it in that way. You could also think about it in the way that you paid 45 dollars to see excellence, and to hear them f up might not justify it.

Carlos Vara, post: 10301 wrote: love the beginning lmao. I dont really listen to dubstep but its good, nice job

I Have fun with the intros :).

Ya I know dubstep isent for everyone 😛 . Wanted to change it up a bit this week though.

DJ GRE, post: 10296 wrote: Hey Paul, definitely fixed the EQ problems on the other mix. Great job, looking forward to these weekly mixes. I know when I miss the cue for the next song I mini-panic and start running through the rest of the song in my mind like, “where’s the next out.” – usually this makes me wait for the outro section as usually those are designed to be mixed with.

Exactly! I miss it and I panic so I figure either mix mid beat section (Sounds bad, can work with the right songs), or wait till the outro. Thanks Gre! I appreciate the feedback.

Wow, Thanks a lot U31! I really do appreciate all the insight and I really do follow it when it deems fit! I stuck to shorter songs (3-4) when I played on Friday and the crowd reacted amazingly well to it. Thanks again!

Thanks for the feedback U31! I just played a gig and I kept my music to about 4 mintues and the energy seemed to flow extremely well. Also, Ya I was talking to my friend about how a mix and playing live are completely different in lengths. I mean, listening to a song it gets old a lot faster but dancing the beat keeps ya going. Its kinda the whole doing something/ not doing something.