Sumir

Here ya go James, something a little deeper for ya bro, and by a little I mean a lot 😉
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But what if our abilities suck? LOL jk…sort of. I’ll play along ..:)
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alright, Grandpa Sumir has gone and liked. take care.

*sits back down in his rocking chair* lol

I’ll echo what D-jam said for a minute here. What I said about myself, early gigs were of the sort that I mentioned. Some weddings, cultural functions etc. I used to open for my older brother, my DJ tutor. At the time I took any damn chance I could get to spin, because I was itching to play in front of people..I was a kid after all. When I went solo, and focused in with confidence on what genres I wanted to spin..the crowds understood what to expect. Of course we need to feed off the energy of the floor, that’s where the fun is after all! But I personally am at my best when spinning the music I truly love, otherwise they can just get a juke box. Now I guess it’s gotten to a point , where if someone calls me in they now what to expect ..soulful ,deep house journeys 🙂 So Djams right on with getting them into the palm of your hands, but to do so may mean giving up some gigs. That or compromising at some gigs, like I did early on. If Djing is one’s primary source of income, which it is not for me anymore . Then of course, I can understand taking what ya can get..or if you’re just starting out and dying to be in front of a crowd. I gotta run , have something at the apple store ready to pick up. Take care folks

Obviously Frankie Knuckles is not on the forum however lol, but he is out there at your age…still spreading the love 🙂

Michael M. Hughes, post: 16121, member: 197 wrote: There’s a fine balance between being a “crowd whore” and a great DJ playing great music. That’s why it’s an art. And it’s important to understand your crowd and to remain flexible, regardless of how you see yourself or what you feel is “correct” DJing. Because in the end, if people aren’t dancing or are bored, you’re not doing what you’re being paid to do.

The crowd at this party was not fully enjoying the younger DJ, regardless of his tight spinning and creativity. They weren’t being “educated”—they were being bored. A great DJ fits somewhere in-between the young guy and the old guy—creatively programming the sound and working the crowd. Working that middle-ground is a skill that takes a lot of practice in front of an audience to master.

Sure there is . But , for instance what recently happened with Dennis Ferrer in Florida. A true artist will stick to his art form, and not allow anyone else compromise their artistic integrity, as Dennis stuck to his. Commercial venues, such as the one Dennis was kicked off his set from need not hire DJ’s like him (and myself) , if they can’t accept the genre he’s going to play. Unless stipulated in advance. In the end it boils down to what venues and crowds you want to play for . If someone is happy with being a wedding DJ, or playing in a mass commercial event. And having the crowd fully dictate their set, down to which tracks to play. …then that’s their purgative . But I personally could not be happy with myself in that situation, in the long term.