Hey guys, so I just got back from EDC and I can honestly say that it is the best party ever! Over 100,000 flock out at night to come into the Las Vegas Speedway, the traffic going there is horrible though, 1-2 hours to drive from the strip to Speedway. However it's enjoyable cause everyone's car is blasting music, they're having mini parties in it, hundreds of cars are painted with "Honk if you're going to EDC", "EDC 2012", etc.
Walking into the Speedway for the first time and getting blown back by the view of all the people and lights, it's literally like a party city inside. With over 200 DJs, it's hard to not find a stage/DJ you don't like, even for the elitists.
The whole experience during EDC is surreal, right when I got there, I met up with my friends who were at the Above and Beyond stage when there was a 20 minute fireworks show, preceded by 6-7 Red Bull parachuters with sparklers strapped to them and doing designs in the sky. The whole place was a visual stimulant. It's hard to get bored in a place like this, when it's HOT dry weather (30-37 degrees), BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE (sexy girls in tiny outfits lol), free carnival rides, free water refill stations, $5 for a beer/water bottle/Powerade, and FREE PARKING.
Here's a clip of Armin on the Sunday on the main stage. He came on after a surprise 30 minute set by Avicii who was on after David Guetta, so he brought his 'A' game coming on after two huge house act in a big house music scene.
I haven't been to Ibiza, so I can't compare anything to it, however I've been to ASOT 550 in Amsterdam with 50,000 people and I must say one day of EDC beats ASOT out of the water. It's amazing to see how many people with colourful outfits walk around the hotels and the strip at 6-7pm getting ready for EDC, it's definitely like our generation's Woodstock. During the day there are several pool parties going on with DJs, like Avicii, Markus Schulz/Ferry Corsten B2B, on the morning after the last night of EDC, Danny T hosted a free pool party with Nicky Romero in my hotel but I was too tired to make it out
Again I reiterate, for those who have never been to Vegas or EDC, you must check it out and experience the whole thing while you're there. Booze and parties go on 24 hours, and there was a lot of PLUR (sorry to make it sound cheesy lol). Also helps that I was celebrating my birthday there and had 35 friends come out
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Jun-14-2012 15:51
jchung52
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why would it be "IMPOSSIBLE" to play to this crowd? lol biggest records u have, the end.
and why do you "assume the majority" of DJ's have pre-programmed or "pre-planned" sets? where are u getting this from Chung?
Biggest records doesn't mean playing the crowd.. Since there are so many people, you can't really pick out who to judge your set by. Some people might be fist pumping, others wobbling their heads, and some exiting the area. Do you need to cool off the crowd or hammer them till their knees give out. That's what I mean by playing the crowd.
As for pre planned sets: it doesn't have to be start to finish planned... what exact second to bring in a track.. I mean more like, I have an hour set so what 14-18 tracks am I going to play. Having some sort of playlist pre planned can reduce one thing to worry bout when performing to the masses with all the distractions that could come about. The fans expect something epic...its not a crowd of 400 or 4000, but 40000 is a huge expectation
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Jun-14-2012 15:55
geroin
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Originally posted by jon jon
why would it be "IMPOSSIBLE" to play to this crowd? lol biggest records u have, the end.
and why do you "assume the majority" of DJ's have pre-programmed or "pre-planned" sets? where are u getting this from Chung?
i think if your set consist of just biggest records your set becomes stale imo anyways, i think if you're playing longer than a 1 hour set you have to build the music somewhere to showcase yourself or your style. If it's just the biggest and the most popular records your set does not differentiate from any other dj that plays the exact same music.
Originally posted by geroin
i think if your set consist of just biggest records your set becomes stale imo anyways, i think if you're playing longer than a 1 hour set you have to build the music somewhere to showcase yourself or your style. If it's just the biggest and the most popular records your set does not differentiate from any other dj that plays the exact same music.
by "biggest records" that means "biggest records to you", not just straight bangers... of course you'd still have to program the set lol jesus
man this thread got sidetracked hard by rambling DJ's
It's been a long week... Let's have a beer soon!!
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Jun-14-2012 22:37
geroin
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Originally posted by jon jon
by "biggest records" that means "biggest records to you", not just straight bangers... of course you'd still have to program the set lol jesus
agreed, thats the thing though, most of those djs (from the commercial dudes) lack those "programming" skills, all they do is play straight up banger after banger, playing it safe imo
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