Originally posted by siastyle
Okay iv hurd the Album and lemmi tell you guyz.... Tiesto is gono make it back to the top again with these hits. The thing about it is that hes trying 2 bring a new style tho just like he did with Just be and it worked. they songs areunt TOO HIGHT up. but the vocals acaully are the best thing in 2007. The Track Carpe Noctum is like traffic but it hink he could of prefected the shit ouf it. but generalllyy its an amazing album...oh and Ten Seconds Before Sunrise is like Forever today TIMES 12
Oct-31-2008 19:24
elFreak
Blood Diamonds and Salsa
Registered: Feb 2008
Location: With Juan Pachanga Eating Tacos. Ah Ha Si Mi Gusta.
I think that is a loaded question as the people who would disagree would be the same ones that he talks about doing it wrong.
Originally posted by elFreak
unfortunately i have seen more openers who try and make it about them above setting up the headliner that people came to see.
Actually, I withdraw my previous statement. I suppose I see a lot more of what you're describing, than what I had presumed as common knowledge.
I always chuckle a little when I see one of these. I don't remember who it was, but there was one a few months back that was pretty similar...talking about the art of the opening dj as if it's some sort of crazy exact science. I dunno maybe it just makes more sense to me?
That said, I agree with him 100% (especially on the longer sets part, how is the opener supposed to OPEN when their set is 10p-11.15p?). For the record, I love being an opener.
Glasgow dj's have a horrible habit of being bad opening acts imo as they always tend to go for the glory.. Having said that we do have a couple of the best resident dj's i've seen who do sub culture (harri and domenic). Outside that I've yet to see a good warm up set apart from the night I get to play at now as the other two residents who i share with are superb (alan belshaw and paul ingram - both great dj's and good friends - that sounds slightly biased but they really know their stuff).
I visited cocoon frankfurt before I started dj'ing in clubs and it was a total education on how a night should go. I went for dinner with friends first of all around about 8pm to the cocoon restaurant, the club and restaurant had a few people and it and it slowly filled up to ambient music being played. People came in got drinks sat around and socialised, by the time the opener came on (toni rios) there was a nice crowd in and the dance floor filled up fairly quickly there after - he played for around 2 hours then handed over to hawtin who preceeded to destroy the place for 6-7 hours, at 7 in the morning just as we thought it was coming to an end rios came back on and brought it right back down again into some great mellow feel good house stuff. By that time I was fucked and decided to call it a night as did the rest of our crew.. The place was still half full when we left and the party continued...
That imo is the perfect night of clubbing and the best one I've ever had to this day. Sadly with the draconian licensing laws the glasgow city council employ (clubs close at 3pm) it will never be the same in this (un)fair city so there isn't really a great deal of scope for me as a warm up dj as I usually get an hour max..
Last edited by chesco on Oct-31-2008 at 20:14
Oct-31-2008 20:07
Paradox Lost
In This Twilight
Registered: Aug 2007
Location: San Francisco
Some very sound advice that a number of opening DJ's are very much in need of, and also is mainly just a bit of common sense when you actually reflect upon the advice given.
Any young, inexperienced DJ would do especially well to read this, since they generally start out as openers.
Oct-31-2008 20:13
lücid
electric girl
Registered: Aug 2003
Location: NY
"Wearing a pirate scarf may or may not make you a better DJ"
