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Nope, the one straight from that gig.

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Originally posted by adi_hanson truly a killer set!

Yeh went off like a shot.

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Originally posted by b i n k u n i always thought responding to a crowd is more important when the DJ isn't familiar with the crowd. As in, he's got to pick out what will get a particular crowd going. Some crowds are more up for it and enjoy the breakdowns right away (typical trance crowd), some require a longer warmup time before they enjoy the breakdowns (prog crowd), and some just hate breakdowns (techno crowds). Big generalization here, but I'm sure you get my point. It all depends on what kind of people the crowd is made up of. On the flipside, when the crowd knows the DJ, that is when he is allowed to flex his artistic muscles, and can get away with playing whatever the fuck he wants. With unknown crowds, they have to be drawn in (familiar music to them), before they will accept something new.

I'm not talking about simply spotting what style the crowd likes. If a DJ is big-name then the crowd paying the expensive door fee will probably want to hear his style anyway and if not then they should be there to try something new. It's very unlikely a well-known DJ will face a dancefloor of people who don't like what he usually plays.

Small DJs will have to work harder to figure out what the crowd likes, but the promoter should have matched their style to the night and how it was advertised.

What I'm talking about is the mythical experience of a DJ and a crowd constantly feeding off each other so you get some sort of symbiotic relationship where the DJ knows from the crowd exactly what to play next, every time. Some people would have you believe that it's the holy grail of being a DJ, but I can only see it happening in long-running residencies where the two sides have grown familiar over a long period.

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Originally posted by l�cid when Donald Glaude cuts the music and yells "put your motherfuckin' hands up!"

That's him making a citizen's arrest.

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J I'm not talking about simply spotting what style the crowd likes. If a DJ is big-name then the crowd paying the expensive door fee will probably want to hear his style anyway and if not then they should be there to try something new. It's very unlikely a well-known DJ will face a dancefloor of people who don't like what he usually plays. Small DJs will have to work harder to figure out what the crowd likes, but the promoter should have matched their style to the night and how it was advertised. What I'm talking about is the mythical experience of a DJ and a crowd constantly feeding off each other so you get some sort of symbiotic relationship where the DJ knows from the crowd exactly what to play next, every time. Some people would have you believe that it's the holy grail of being a DJ, but I can only see it happening in long-running residencies where the two sides have grown familiar over a long period.

+1 and all that. My sentiments excactly

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J I'm not talking about simply spotting what style the crowd likes. If a DJ is big-name then the crowd paying the expensive door fee will probably want to hear his style anyway and if not then they should be there to try something new. It's very unlikely a well-known DJ will face a dancefloor of people who don't like what he usually plays. Small DJs will have to work harder to figure out what the crowd likes, but the promoter should have matched their style to the night and how it was advertised. What I'm talking about is the mythical experience of a DJ and a crowd constantly feeding off each other so you get some sort of symbiotic relationship where the DJ knows from the crowd exactly what to play next, every time. Some people would have you believe that it's the holy grail of being a DJ, but I can only see it happening in long-running residencies where the two sides have grown familiar over a long period.

I'm with ya.

You gotta nail someone in the face with some vinyl, really the only way to go.

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