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Posted by bas on Apr-23-2009 07:41:

quote:
Originally posted by Cool1g
I've never heard Steve for more than 5 or 10 minutes but i have caught DJ AM a couple of times and IMO he knows his dance music history. When you see AM at LAX on sundays, he always drops a lot of old school rave tracks in his sets.

Sounds like he really knows his stuff.

edit // And if he's not using headphones than he edits all his tracks to be the exact BPM. Traktor doesn't beatmatch for you.

Posted by DaveT on Apr-23-2009 07:59:

I am just gonna keep randomly posting this in this thrad...

Posted by Kismet7 on Apr-23-2009 09:54:

quote:
Originally posted by DJ Reese
We need some dj's to chime in here. There's a lot of talk here about the tracks. You obviously need a good track selection, but as it was said in this thread, we all pretty much go to the same places to get them. As a dj it's about the constuction of a set. The programming of the mixing and tracks to create an experience. Carisma is a great thing, but means nothing if you're music sucks. I wouldn't love someone like Zabs any less if he just stood there. And even someone like Glaude, at least has dj skills and a decent track selection. One of the things we pride ourself on in the EDM scene and especially on this board is having good taste in music and djs...although our opinions may vary. He's done something right to get to where he is...but it's not his musical talent. And his carisma...you can stick a cd in of badly mixed Justice and Boyz Noize remixes and have any drunken asshole in a sparkle shirt jump up and down on stage if you want to be entertained. Fact is anyone with taste would lose interest when the music selection jumps around while being mixed poorly. And the first time he played at Vanguard, he played no less than 4 Justice remixes. I mean come on man.

See the thing is, what im saying is valid if you want to climb the DJ ladder. You don't have to do the song and dance to be a good DJ or play good music. So i'm not saying you have to do it to be considered good musically at all. What i'm saying, if you want to be fully recognized by the promoter, the club goer who pay your checks by showing up to your shows, because they know you'll entertain them, then you have to make urself unique in a way that is memorable to them ON TOP of the great music. Its something extra that the most successful DJs seem to have. Do you need it to be a great DJ? No. Do you need it to be successful? I think it definately helps.

Steve Aoki is an example, but not the example you or anyone here should follow, he overdoes it, there are others who do it in other ways like Eric Morillo or Carl Cox or Lee Burridge. So do you have to be a monkey? No. All you have to do is show your passion for what you do, and nothing is wrong with that.

Posted by Thierry on Apr-23-2009 15:46:

He has such a HUGE following where I live, its so strange. Basically any DJ that plays some form of 'electro' is beloved here. I went to an Aoki show once or 2wice and he'll play a lot of crap and then drop a big hit in there then back to more bad house/electro stuff. His antics on stage are stupid when he starts standing on the decks and falling off because he's too drunk and shit. One time here, he kept knocking the decks off and skipping the CDs because he was drinkin straight out of the goose bottle so the resident had to step in and take over... that is unprofessional.

Posted by tjpatel on Apr-23-2009 15:50:

Posted by AbcGum on Apr-23-2009 15:55:

quote:
Originally posted by Kismet7
And based on his performance he is building a following by using physical movements alongside the music to entertain his audience. you could practically say he is unique. he is adding a dynamic to a set that doesn't really exist in many DJ sets. Which makes him unique in a way and makes the old school EDM listener open their mouth like those

If you say so.

Plenty of dj's get physical. It's not something new.

Posted by DaveT on Apr-23-2009 15:57:

lalala

Posted by skell on Apr-23-2009 16:21:

quote:
Originally posted by Andrieux
Here's a pic of Steve Aoki's drunk ass in Toronto earlier this month. He jumped into the crowd and noone caught him, and he laid on the floor for a bit

Posted by skell on Apr-23-2009 16:34:

Skipped to the good part so you don't have to watch the whole massacre. (just watch about 15 seconds of it from where I started it)

Posted by nchs09 on Apr-23-2009 16:52:

sooo i am guessing steve aoki is a mix between

and

?

Posted by DaveT on Apr-23-2009 17:01:

Need the caption for the Peter Hook video of him playing the CD from mixmag!

From Wikipedia...

"Since 2002, Peter Hook has begun doing DJ sets, though numerous videos recorded of him live show him doing nothing more than playing a free CD included in Mixmag."

Here's anyone video of him "mixing" for the hell of it!

Posted by 72hrpartyanimal on Apr-23-2009 17:06:

Posted by bas on Apr-23-2009 17:23:

quote:
Originally posted by skell

Skipped to the good part so you don't have to watch the whole massacre. (just watch about 15 seconds of it from where I started it)

I'm pretty sure he's having a seizure and no one is helping. Why won't someone help him?!

Posted by delusional on Apr-23-2009 17:30:

JOKES

Posted by Rukes on Apr-23-2009 23:14:

70% How You Look
20% How You Sound
10% What You Say

Posted by Waterproofpaper on Apr-24-2009 01:34:

quote:
Originally posted by skell

Skipped to the good part so you don't have to watch the whole massacre. (just watch about 15 seconds of it from where I started it)

Wow.. Im totally doing the wrong things when i DJ. Maybe i should copy aoki and get madddd fans.

I dont even know why people are cheering for him being a retard.

Posted by Kismet7 on Apr-24-2009 01:54:

quote:
Originally posted by skell

Skipped to the good part so you don't have to watch the whole massacre. (just watch about 15 seconds of it from where I started it)

so awesome! when is his next show? i'm goin with dolla bills yo.

Posted by R!CH on Apr-24-2009 02:45:

quote:
Originally posted by skell

Skipped to the good part so you don't have to watch the whole massacre. (just watch about 15 seconds of it from where I started it)

this video wasn't working when i read this thread, but now it is... and now i'm so confused...

Posted by spanglo on Apr-24-2009 03:43:

quote:
Originally posted by DaveT
Need the caption for the Peter Hook video of him playing the CD from mixmag!

From Wikipedia...

"Since 2002, Peter Hook has begun doing DJ sets, though numerous videos recorded of him live show him doing nothing more than playing a free CD included in Mixmag."

Here's anyone video of him "mixing" for the hell of it!

Oh my GOD that's pathetic and hilarious at the same time! Honestly though I wouldn't have any problem with a DJ just walking up on stage throwing a mix CD on - so long as it was original work and it moved me.

It's definitely not necessary to see the DJ in order to enjoy a set, but if the DJ is a showman with presence & charisma it certainly adds to the overall.

I found it hard to watch the videos of Aoki he was so bad on so many levels. Thought him to be a bit campy TBH. To each their own...

Posted by Nerologic on Apr-24-2009 11:52:

quote:
Originally posted by nchs09
sooo i am guessing steve aoki is a mix between

haha thanks, i was looking for that one!

Posted by delusional on Apr-24-2009 18:57:

Abel Ramos looks like a damn FOOL

Posted by Kismet7 on Apr-24-2009 21:13:

quote:
Originally posted by delusional
Abel Ramos looks like a damn FOOL

What do you mean? Hes a geniusss.
And look at the finesse and timing, he was able to handoff the shoe and then pump his fist in time for the beat dropping in. Mortal? It is questionable, and potential blasphemy.

Comedic genius of course...

Posted by Brian Scott on Apr-24-2009 21:56:

quote:
Originally posted by Kismet7
What do you mean? Hes a geniusss.
And look at the finesse and timing, he was able to handoff the shoe and then pump his fist in time for the beat dropping in. Mortal? It is questionable, and potential blasphemy.

Comedic genius of course...

Who mixes with a shoe, honestly?

Posted by david.sound on Apr-24-2009 22:01:

yeah this guy is a moron. haha.

Posted by rizo on Apr-24-2009 22:03:

quote:
Originally posted by Brian Scott

hahaha omg where is that from again? is it 3 ninjas or surfninjas... either way both sound like crappy movies from the title alone

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