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Posted by theognis1002 on Apr-23-2007 00:49:

DJs on the Mic

what you guys think about this?

I was listening to Carl Cox and was thinking about it...

do you think its good and improves crowd interaction or its just plain cheesy?

Posted by stan229 on Apr-23-2007 01:04:

Dubfire does it as well it seems from Pics.. i guess its ok sometimes
its better than wehn theres an annoying MC who screams retarded sayings that just piss me off and cuts off the important breakdowns or buildups with this retarded "LET ME SEE YOUR HANDS" or whatnot

Posted by DiscoStew on Apr-23-2007 01:10:

Carl Cox is the only one I've seen pull it off well. I think that's because he finds the right time in the music to talk over and build up the crowd before the track that's playing goes crazy. Also because the music he plays is total energy. You wouldn't want to talk over minimal, tech house, or even trance for that matter.

My general reaction to DJ's who talk (other than Carl Cox) is "Shut up and just play some f*ing music".

Just my opinion though.

Posted by limin_li on Apr-23-2007 07:11:

Johan Gielen use to. I only heard Ferry done it one time.

Posted by ZeJayMan on Apr-23-2007 07:13:

Coxy is a legend.

Posted by Mmanu on Apr-23-2007 12:11:

+1^^^

Use your mic in the unlikely event of a fire emergency. Other than than, STFU

Posted by BOOsTER on Apr-23-2007 12:46:

quote:
Originally posted by Mmanu
+1^^^

Use your mic in the unlikely event of a fire emergency. Other than than, STFU

hmmm i don't mind DJs who talk from time to time...I mean...I haven't touched the mic for ages...but there was a girl who lost her mobile in the club...so I took the mike and told the people if they found it that they can come to me on the stage and I'll return it...thanks god...it was there in like 3 minutes and I saved the day (again) lol...well...I guess there are events on ordinary club nights when you have an excuse to talk to the microphone really...

other than that...I'd not talk/see a DJ talk on a big event...

Posted by Mmanu on Apr-23-2007 13:41:

^^^^ yes, that can be useful in that case. But a Dj that talks more than plays music is a boring old pain in the ass, period. That's what MCs are for anyway. I use my mic once every 10 years or so.

Posted by BOOsTER on Apr-23-2007 18:39:

I don't use mine much more...I just wanted to point out that it's not a hard no-no...and people will like if you're down to earth willing to help if you can...

Posted by Jarvmeister on Apr-23-2007 18:54:

quote:
Originally posted by BOOsTER
...but there was a girl who lost her mobile in the club...so I took the mike and told the people if they found it that they can come to me on the stage and I'll return it...thanks god...

And I don't suppose your motivation may have been that you'd have got a nice enthusiastic sloppy blowjob for your troubles would it!?!?

And crikey - Sonique sings to her sets, or used to. That used to suck. But probably not as hard as the girl who's phone you managed to find for her!!!

Jarv

Posted by chubbs on Apr-24-2007 08:13:

Did you mack the chick?

Posted by the_gamemaster on May-08-2007 14:58:

I hate it. I went to a club on the weekend where flip and fill (yeah i no they mostly play cheese) were playing and it was quite a nice set, except it was ruined by some moron who felt he had to yell stuff at the crowd in the all through every track, especially in the breakdowns. It completely ruins the atmosphere imo

Posted by idoru on May-08-2007 15:43:

Carl Cox does a good job, as well as whoever was on the mic in the famous, "Carl Cox eating corn on the cob" video. Another notable mention would be Donald Glaude. He doesn't really get on the mic but he occasionally yells something towards the crowd and it works quite well.

Posted by RJT on May-08-2007 15:49:

Unless your name is Sven Vath, no.

Posted by DJ Sid on May-08-2007 21:24:

quote:
Originally posted by RJT
Unless your name is Sven Vath, no.

Gude laune !!!!!

Posted by kadomony on May-11-2007 02:48:

quote:
Originally posted by DJ Sid
Gude laune !!!!!

www.theshrine.de

Posted by Yohan on May-11-2007 03:20:

quote:
Originally posted by idoru
Carl Cox does a good job, as well as whoever was on the mic in the famous, "Carl Cox eating corn on the cob" video. Another notable mention would be Donald Glaude. He doesn't really get on the mic but he occasionally yells something towards the crowd and it works quite well.

Glaude over does it from time to time though. And he only says two things: PUT YOUR FUCKING HANDS UP! and MAKE SOME FUCKING NOISE!

It also works with only certain genres, usually funk or something hard techy.

Most DJs don't have that mic presence too.

And drunken mic talk just gets annoying