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ParticipantI’ll limit my DJ top 5 to “Happy moment” songs. Where the song made both me and the crowd happy.
Back in the Day (Damn, I’m loving the fashions and dance moves on these videos):
1. Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam – Let the Beat Hit ’em
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2. DJ Quik – Tonight
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3. Tony Toni Tone – Feels Good
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4. R. Kelly – She’s Got That Vibe (guilty pleasure)
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5. Digital Underground – The Humpty Dance
[media=youtube]cj9_yW8tZxs[/media]NYC 2001 Club Days (Completely Different Vibe)
1. Sueno Latino – Bushwacka Mix
2. Mike Coglin – The Silence (Tekara Mix)
3. Tsnuami One – Hip-Hop Phenomenon
4. Plump DJs – Scram
5. Timo Maas – Ubik The Breakz (Original Mix)All the above are in roughly equal order, but this is my ultimate Number 1:
Earth Wind and Fire – September (I pity the fool that needs a link to this classic)
The only song I could play over and over without me or the crowd getting sick of it.Now its time to build the 2012 Hong Kong list!
ParticipantWhat about using some term from microbiology that’s related to transitions and/or growth? DJ amniocentesis doesn’t exactly roll off the tounge, but there may be a simpler term or another term you could simplify. Look at an earlier post of mine on finding my cantonese/english DJ name (DJ Homei) – maybe that’ll give you some other ideas.
ParticipantI just took a quick read and this is a quick reply on the ferry, so if I might be missing something . . . . .
BUT, it sounds like you might not have read the crowd properly. It sounds like you had a very short window of time about an hour or something before the event closed. You might have been able to take them in a different direction, but you didn’t have enough time. Sounds like the crowd was thinking “we’ll have more of the same til the event is over – yay Rhianna! ” and you were thinking “ill take it in a new (hard) direction like the other guy” The crowd may have been more tolerant of non-top40 because they felt the evening was young and could get their mainstream groove on later. Hard to say.
But I wouldn’t beat yourself up too much about this. Crowds can indeed change their mood dramatically in only 10-20 minutes, especially at charity parties with a heavy mix of non-club people. I’ve seen the vibe of a party shift like this, and I had to scramble to save things. Sometimes they’re just not much you can do. When I was a weekly resident, some nights my same old crowd was just hard to get dancing for no particular reason. It doesn’t mean you’re a bad DJ, just that you’ve learned a good, if hard, lesson in reading a crowd.
ParticipantBeen like this since 1987. Welcome to the club!
July 5, 2012 at 12:15 pm in reply to: DJ effects: When to use them (and when not to use them) #1007210ParticipantI don’t mind the effects as much as the “performance” that goes along with it. I’ve seen too many DJ’s who act like a filter sweep is a feat of incredible physical difficulty. You’re turning a knob dude, not playing a violin solo at Carnegie Hall. Does anybody else feel this way?
ParticipantIf you know you’re not going to win, maybe you could have some fun with losing? If losing face doesn’t bother you too much, why not go down in flames with a smile? There was a scrawny comedian who loudly challenged professional wrestlers and got all sorts of publicity and attention from it. Just an idea, though it is offbeat.
ParticipantMaybe call it Boffaz instead of Buffaz so you don’t have to correct people’s pronunciation all the time?
Personally, I’m not a fan of switching s to z: i.e., skillz, thrillz, etc. I usually see this type of spelling used by suburban kids trying too hard to be “Street.” I’m not saying this is who your are or what you’re trying to do, but the connotation is there, and it might not be something you want.ParticipantThis is of course if you let iTunes organize your music folder.
Unfortunately, I keep my .mp3s in one big folder. But thanks, its an interesting and clever workaround.
Maybe I could organize and then re-consolidate. Hmmmm. I just need to take extra care to preserve my extensive Justin Beiber collection :p
Participant@Steelo: Yeah, I thought about that, I may have found a workaround. Turns out iTune’s genre field will support multiple words. So I could put both Disco and Funk in the Genre field and the same song will show up on both the disco and funk smartlists. This techinque doesn’t play that nice in the drop-down list, but I would let me contain genre-specific keywords in that field. Seems like the way to go, but I’m sure there’s some headache out there waiting to happen for me in Traktor! 🙁
@Phil. Thanks for the tip! I will try this little thing out. I don’t know how that article escaped me, I have been trying to do my homework before posting!
This could be a separate thread, but: do you guys know if there’s any way to batch select and delete low bit-rate mp3’s in the OSX finder? I can’t find a utility or workflow to do this. I incorrectly burned my classic soul CD’s at 128kbps, and they’re floating all over my hard drive. I could make a smartlist in iTunes, but “Show in Finder” will only work on a single file (as far as I know). I tried using OSX smart folders & custom search criteria but the bitrate option doesn’t have any filtering capacities. It’ll show everything or nothing. Augh!
ParticipantThere’s a little voice in the back of my head . . . . “If I can’t remember the song, is it even worth playing?'”
ParticipantTime to tune out the visuals and dig!
ParticipantI just wish the Traxsource design wasn’t so horribly ugly. I don’t know about you guys, but the idea of looking at those ugly grey colors for more than 10 minutes makes me shudder. Its like bad early 90’s web design.
ParticipantWow, looks like I better look at Beatport’s charts again. It’s been a while. It sounds like Celine Dion Dubstep mixes must be at #75 now! :p I’ve also been out of USA for almost 2 years, so I haven’t witnessed the mainstreaming of EDM (about F’ing time!).
Okay, I’ll edit my OP with a new example of obscure EDM: Himmel, Celebrate Life. Anybody know that without doing a Google? I bought a white label 12″ vinyl about 10 years ago. It’s not the remix on YouTube. I can’t imagine a trixie screaming at a DJ to play ol’ Himmel.
ParticipantSteelo, post: 21828, member: 1368 wrote: Your examples above are certainly interesting… Apologies if I cam across rude . . .
Not at all, asking for different perspectives is kinda like asking people to disagree with me.
Where do you guys think Deadmau5 is? Has he joined the pantheon of the mainstream, or big “indie” artists?
What about Bjork? She’s extremely famous, possibly mainstream. But to her credit, she keeps her music aimed at people with underground sensibilities.
ParticipantDang. Awesome answer, yes. Thank you D-Jam! But I was hoping to get a lot of interpretations, too!!
I have a somewhat different take:
Mainstream: Artists or Songs the public at large is familiar with. Artists: Lady Gaga, Bee Gees, Run DMC Listener: Your mom, little kids, joe six pack
Indie: Artists or Songs that well known and respected within their music genre but not generally known outside it. Artists: Daft Punk, MFSB, Tribe Called Quest Listener: an artsy person who isn’t musical, i.e., a graphic designer who likes hip-hop.
Underground: Artists or Songs that are only known to serious fans of the genre. Artists: Plump DJs, Strafe “Set it off”, Pete Rock & CL Smooth Listener: music lovers or fans of a specific genre
Obscure: Artists or Songs for cratediggers and generally unknown even to serious fans. Artists: #75 on a Beatport Chart, Obscure Italo Disco, original hip-hop breaks. Listener: obsessive fans, trainspotters and music prosSome DJ’s may think this way:
Mainstream = Sheep / Indie = Posers / Underground = Keepin’ it real / Obscure = Why can these dummies appreciate this?Or this:
Mainstream = Successful / Indie = Wannabes / Underground = Jealous / Obscure =LosersPersonally I think quality music can be found in all areas to differing degrees. I prefer to DJ in the indie realm. I might swing towards the mainstream or underground depending on the situation, with a few obscurities to keep things fresh and exciting.
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