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Originally posted in MWTA:

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Originally posted by Daniel K mark knight...luke fair.... DESYN?!!?!?!?! yeah ok, maybe im a bit jealous... what a great start to the weekend for ya guys.....

Don't be.

Fair and Masiello were lies, advertised all over Suite, just to get people in the door. They gave us the run around all night before finally telling us that Luke and Desyn just "left."



And beyond that, it's 3 AM and we just got back from a club because PORTER SUCKED! It was easily the worst set I've heard from him and without a doubt one of the worst sets I've ever seen out live. Boring, predictable, abrasive, and completely uninteresting. I've heard Top 40 jocks mix and program in a more meaningful way than Steve did tonight...

On the plus side, Phil & Fluff were AMAZING as openers, far better than Eli or Steve, and were some of the nicest cats I've ever met. They had the dancefloor packed for the second hour of their set, and when Eli came on he played pretty solid to start, but proceeded to get a lil rough until finally Bon Johnson came out to do his utterly terrible and absurd "song" before Porter came on and ruined the night....

Oh well, there's always Diggers tomorrow...



and just so you guys don't think RJT is crazy, this is lucid.... and i approve and agree with this post 110%!!! i just can't get into the megamix style, but the openers were WELL worth the $20 alone it cost. oh, and telling us a fucking sick lineup that cooincidentally just didn't "work out" FTL!!!!

(Clevername posting from aracebo's account, too lazy to log out)

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I've heard Top 40 jocks mix and program in a more meaningful way than Steve did tonight...

Hope you're having fun at Sasha. I didn't get in to zab tonight ftl Hope it goes better tomorrow night at desyn.

Porter could play shit and I think he wouldn't care, lol. He'll still get paid in the end.

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Originally posted by BiG MiKE Porter could play shit and I think he wouldn't care, lol. He'll still get paid in the end.

He should be paying me.

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Originally posted by BiG MiKE Porter could play shit and I think he wouldn't care, lol. He'll still get paid in the end.

Mike, why would you say that? I've talked to Steve several different times when he's been playing in New York and he's been nothing but a nice guy who seems pretty dedicated to the music and his fans. Ask hitokiri about when Steve was giving him advice at Cielo one of the last times he was there.

Sorry to hear he played a shitty party for you guys down there.

I honestly thought Porter's set wasnt that bad...and when did they ever promise Desyn Masiello to be there?? Check out the flyer below:

http://www.djsteveporter.com/index2.htm

THe main thing about this event was the great, musically savvy crowd, who were mostly there for quality beats rather than just trying to be in a cool venue. Too much pretentiousness in miami...so it was a nice warm-up party for the rest of hectic week for me. Got a chance to hang out with Second Sun and Serge devant at the party as well, who were only there to listent to some good music...nice to see.

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Originally posted by VisionsofPVD I honestly thought Porter's set wasnt that bad...and when did they ever promise Desyn Masiello to be there?? Check out the flyer below: http://www.djsteveporter.com/index2.htm THe main thing about this event was the great, musically savvy crowd, who were mostly there for quality beats rather than just trying to be in a cool venue. Too much pretentiousness in miami...so it was a nice warm-up party for the rest of hectic week for me. Got a chance to hang out with Second Sun and Serge devant at the party as well, who were only there to listent to some good music...nice to see.

Did you not see the pink flyers everywhere in Miami?



And I still think Porter's set was rubbish.

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Originally posted by VisionsofPVD and when did they ever promise Desyn Masiello to be there??

Suite updated their site with information that said "Desyn Masiello, Luke Fair, Mark Knight, & Cedric Gervais" would all be there... those names were also listed on the HUGE poster that was hanging inside the front window @ Suite... not to mention, when we asked several people on the staff when and what room these guys were going to be playing in, they answered our questions as if that line-up was for real, telling us they would be going on downstairs around 12:30 or 1am.

i tried not to get my hopes up a few days prior to this event just because i wasn't sure if it was true or not, but when the poster AND staff confirms that very evening that the line-up is "real" i believed i was actually going to see those guys that night... and i was certainly let down when we found out it was all fake. i think they just used those names to get more people there... pretty shitty thing to do if you ask me.

FTGDMFL

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Originally posted by djarecebo FTGDMFL

our balcony party > Porterhouse

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Originally posted by l�cid our balcony party > Porterhouse

+2

fock ya!

hey guys, adam here, the promoter of the porterhouse party.

sorry you didn't enjoy yourselves at our party. we thought it was great and had over 1000 people for a wednesday. i am baised, but everyone we spoke with had a blast. we try our best to make these porterhouse parties special and i am sorry you didn't enjoy yourself.

i thought steve played great and he was having a blast.. i agree with you; eli and phil and fluff did great.

as for the error with luke and desyn, that sucks, and i can assure you we had nothing to do with that as it was the venue's mistake and it was only put on their website 2 days before our event and our ads never advertised them playing.

hope you all had a great miami trip. i miss it already.

All the best,
Adam

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Originally posted by tribalsoundz as for the error with luke and desyn, that sucks, and i can assure you we had nothing to do with that as it was the venue's mistake and it was only put on their website 2 days before our event and our ads never advertised them playing.

Time to point fingers and deflect responsibility, eh?

Sounds like "damage control" to me...

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Originally posted by BiG MiKE Porter could play shit and I think he wouldn't care, lol. He'll still get paid in the end.

Have you ever seen him spin? I know Steve personally and this is not the case. He is a great guy and his concern is not to get paid in the end. He is about making sure everyone has a good time at the party. If he didn't play a great set in your eyes then fine. I wasn't at the party myself as my plane got there late but I heard he played pretty well from reliable sources. Steve is the last person to go the sellout route.

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Originally posted by GUBostonDubs Have you ever seen him spin? I know Steve personally and this is not the case. He is a great guy and his concern is not to get paid in the end. He is about making sure everyone has a good time at the party. If he didn't play a great set in your eyes then fine. I wasn't at the party myself as my plane got there late but I heard he played pretty well from reliable sources. Steve is the last person to go the sellout route.

For the record, I never accused him of being a sellout.

I will say though, that his set was awful. I've been a HUGE Porter fan for quite a while now, and have heard what he is capable of behind the decks. Unfortunately, that didn't happen on Wednesday, and if his set on Wednesday in combination with his new compilation "Porterhouse" are, in fact, a clear indication of where Porter is headed as an "artist," that's fine. However, I personally think it's rubbish, and as a big fan I also find it exceptionally disappointing.

Edit: Also, I find it funny how almost everyone I met at the Suite party was from Boston and said that they made the trip to WMC specifically for Porters set.... His residency must be going well...

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Originally posted by DJ RJT Edit: Also, I find it funny how almost everyone I met at the Suite party was from Boston and said that they made the trip to WMC specifically for Porters set.... His residency must be going well...

lol that's strange....you would think people would want to see djs that HAVEN'T seen at the conference...hahaha

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Originally posted by trancEyes22 lol that's strange....you would think people would want to see djs that HAVEN'T seen at the conference...hahaha

Yeah, but you know what? Those Boston kids pretty much made the place worth being at for a lot of the night. They were gettin' down and havin' a KILLER time, regardless of who was on, and that to me was definitely a rad sight!

Props to the Boston kids for stickin' by their man, I dig seeing such devoted fans like that out at shows! Definitely takes away from the "be there to be seen" vibe.

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Originally posted by DJ RJT Yeah, but you know what? Those Boston kids pretty much made the place worth being at for a lot of the night. They were gettin' down and havin' a KILLER time, regardless of who was on, and that to me was definitely a rad sight! Props to the Boston kids for stickin' by their man, I dig seeing such devoted fans like that out at shows! Definitely takes away from the "be there to be seen" vibe.

that's a very good point. i'm sure they def added to the vibe. i guess if i had gone to the conference, and one of my dc boys were playing, i'd be there in a heartbeat.

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Originally posted by trancEyes22 that's a very good point. i'm sure they def added to the vibe. i guess if i had gone to the conference, and one of my dc boys were playing, i'd be there in a heartbeat.

Yeah, if there was one saving grace to this night it's that it was BY FAR the least pretentious crowd I saw during the entire week. For the most part, it seemed like Suite was full of people who were in fact out for the music and not just to look good, so there's my silver lining to Steve's rough set

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Originally posted by l�cid Suite updated their site with information that said "Desyn Masiello, Luke Fair, Mark Knight, & Cedric Gervais" would all be there... those names were also listed on the HUGE poster that was hanging inside the front window @ Suite... not to mention, when we asked several people on the staff when and what room these guys were going to be playing in, they answered our questions as if that line-up was for real, telling us they would be going on downstairs around 12:30 or 1am. i tried not to get my hopes up a few days prior to this event just because i wasn't sure if it was true or not, but when the poster AND staff confirms that very evening that the line-up is "real" i believed i was actually going to see those guys that night... and i was certainly let down when we found out it was all fake. i think they just used those names to get more people there... pretty shitty thing to do if you ask me.

I guess I was going by all the flyers I'd seen in NY leading to up the event. I had no expectations of Desyn,etc to be there..that does suck if they had printed flyer with misinformation on it...

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Originally posted by VisionsofPVD I guess I was going by all the flyers I'd seen in NY leading to up the event. I had no expectations of Desyn,etc to be there..that does suck if they had printed flyer with misinformation on it...

We saw them at our Hotel, all over the street that Suite is on, and covering the club...

And promoters saying they had "nothing" to do with it is a joke... Clubs rarely, if ever, take care of their own promotion... tribalsoundz and whichever promotion he represents, IMO, lost every ounce of credibility they ever could have had with the way this party was set up.

$15 Guest List... Never happened.... Desyn, Fair, Knight, and Gervais... Never Happened.

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Originally posted by DJ RJT For the record, I never accused him of being a sellout. I will say though, that his set was awful. I've been a HUGE Porter fan for quite a while now, and have heard what he is capable of behind the decks. Unfortunately, that didn't happen on Wednesday, and if his set on Wednesday in combination with his new compilation "Porterhouse" are, in fact, a clear indication of where Porter is headed as an "artist," that's fine. However, I personally think it's rubbish, and as a big fan I also find it exceptionally disappointing. Edit: Also, I find it funny how almost everyone I met at the Suite party was from Boston and said that they made the trip to WMC specifically for Porters set.... His residency must be going well...

I was talking to big mike

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Originally posted by GUBostonDubs I was talking to big mike

No worries m8!

i wouldnt so much say porters set sucked, but it wasnt the best ive seen...i will say the opening track, porters remix of will smith-miami was absoulutely sick and that club went about as crazy as ive seen a club go, i was into it but in rjt's defense, i never leave shows till the end and we left at around or so to go back to the hotel but there was a kitty calling us from there..lol...porter was still a cool cat got to speak with him for a while there and then monday night on the space terrace where he did rip it for 2 hrs b4 desyn

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Originally posted by RzO i wouldnt so much say porters set sucked, but it wasnt the best ive seen...i will say the opening track, porters remix of will smith-miami was absoulutely sick and that club went about as crazy as ive seen a club go, i was into it but in rjt's defense, i never leave shows till the end and we left at around or so to go back to the hotel but there was a kitty calling us from there..lol...porter was still a cool cat got to speak with him for a while there and then monday night on the space terrace where he did rip it for 2 hrs b4 desyn

I never leave shows early either, this was the only wmc show I left before the absolute end. Rjt and lucid left early and I wanted to hang out with them, and had no one to go insane with at the club I was much happier hanging out at the hotel. His set just didn't seem to go anywhere.. just easy ID after easy ID, very predictable. I probably woulda stayed if the crowd was into it or if there was a crowd by the time I left. Seemed like people just weren't very into it.

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