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Ok... phew... after an insane couple of days here are the pictars + review from me:
The night itself was a ton of fun, I personally felt like my mixing was better (Or at least VERY consistent) than it has been at a few of my gigs lately, the setup was great, and Dustin really played well with me, his track selection was definitely choice. Unfortunately he also got a lil drunk by the end of the night and accidentally killed the ONE track I had been waiting all night to drop, and at the worst possible time. Just as the intro was finished and the first break hit, with the house about as packed as it was the entire night, Dustin hit the "cue" button on the playing CDJ and just cut all music to the room. Needless to say, I wasn't thrilled. Beyond that, once he got a little bit more inebriated, he also decided to start playing with the EFX which he really didn't have any experience on, and it KILLED a couple of my mixes that would have been mint... Again, I was disappointed, but moved on.
Unfortunately, I also think this is the last time I will be playing at Ravens. The management/promotion has been less than stellar (I'm out $280 on promotion materials I was never compensated for), and the appreciation for our work is lacking incredibly. We went down on Friday night to kind of support the club and check out some other DJ's and there was a total of 6 people in the lounge. Saturday, we had at least 40 (Capacity in the lounge is only around 80) that were there just for US, not to mention the random stragglers who popped in, and the owners just acted like it was expected of us and that we really didn't do anything at all for them when in reality, the ONLY reason the bar made any money was because of my promotion (I say "my" because not even one of the other DJ's playing, either of the owners, or the "promoter" did anything to promote the event). In their eyes, it seems as though they'd rather have psytrance and hardstyle DJ's because that's what they prefer to listen to, even though the DJ's they bring in inevitably end up playing to empty rooms. It's funny, I should have seen it coming a mile away when the first time I went to play one of the owners asked me what I played, and when I replied with progressive/house music the only response I got was "Oh, ok... We actually just asked the previous house resident to leave because we are sick of house music."
It's sad, the place really has potential to be a cool little spot, but mismanagement and a lack of appreciation for what are essentially unpaid employees bringing them business really just rub me the wrong way... And I'm not ranting here because I want to get "paid more" or at all for that matter, but not having any support from the people who you are essentially paying the bills for really just made me feel let down, which hurts even more because there are NO clubs really in this area that I can try to get into and I really thought that perhaps this would be a place where I could carve out my own little niche... C'est La Vie I guess...
/whiny rant... sorry to any of you who actually read that, I needed to get it off my chest.
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Last edited by RJT on Feb-21-2006 at 19:14
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Saturday Feb. 18th - Rob Turner vs. Dustin Capelle at Ravens Lounge
