I hadn't seen Tiesto since his Home Depot show in 2011, so I was a bit excited. Specially, since there was all that buzz last year about him returning to trance. After all, Tiesto was the Trance King and I will always respect him for that.

His big shows are all choreographed so he knows what he's going to play. However, at smaller shows, it's usually him free styling. This is where he used to really stand out. And here in LA, seeing him at a small venue is pretty rare.

It was very obvious this was a "small" show for him. There were no pyrotechnics, no singers, none of the usual Tiesto high end production work. It was just him in front of sold out club being Tiesto.

As soon as he went on, he started banging it out hard and within the first 15 minutes, he dropped the 1996 hard house classic Up To No Good by Porn Kings. Or at least some sort of remake of it. That got me excited and the crowd went wild. I remember wishing to my self that he would drop more classics and maybe, yeah, maybe play some trance.

Sadly, my excitement only last about 30 minutes as he quickly went full on POP! Yeap! I was getting ready to shoot my self and the energy went from 10 to 7. He would sprinkle the pop with some of his older, but not too old, tracks like Feel It In My Bones. I wouldn't even call them classics. If you must know, he was playing shit like Kid Cudi, Calvin Harris, Bingo Players etc. You know, your run off the mill "EDM."

When Tiesto went on and the crowd was "HOT" he seemed very happy and was even dancing on stage. Once he went pop, it looked as if he got bored very quickly. The stage was full of girls. Bored Tiesto, plus a stage full of hot girls equals a recipe for disaster!!!

You guessed it. He stopped paying attention to the crowd and started paying more attention to the girls. Just like he did at Spin in San Diego years ago. I'm sure some of you remember that night. SMH

So Tiesto kept free styling and I began telling my self that I should've gone to see Adam Beyer. In me, there was still a little bit of hope left. Than all of the sudden he completely killed the vibe and began playing DEEP HOUSE!!! YES! DEEP HOUSE!!! The whole club was just standing there like WTF? (VIDEO BELOW). Wrong crowd Tiesto. He looked so lost like he didn't know what to do. DJ 101 - READ YOUR CROWD!!!! Don't get me wrong, Tiesto used to also play house back in the days and I LOVE deep house, but back then his sets were more structured and had a natural flow to them. Saturdays set was all over the place.

Anyhow, he kept it up for like 2 or 3 songs and it seems like he realized that he fucked up cause he quickly began banging it again. This time he went HARD!!! The crowd went nuts and it got me happy. I knew that from here on out it would be an awesome set. Than all of the sudden, I began hearing some trance leads! I was like OH SHIT!!! TRANCE! FUCK YEAH! Just what I had been waiting for. Than BAM! Song ends and he walks off the stage!!! WTF? Some other DJ went on and actually kept up with the trance, he sounded pretty good, but I was too tired and decided to call it a night.

Sorry for the bad audio.





MAXIMAL CRAZY



DEEP HOUSE



CLARITY



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Last edited by DjWoody on Jan-28-2014 at 02:12

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If you could back the clock, would you have gone to Tiesto or Beyer?

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Prolly Tiesto again. There's light at the end of the tunnel. Ha! He used to be one of my favorite DJ's and usually puts a good show. Maybe it was just me that I'm getting old and the cheesy KIIS FM EDM Pop is not cutting it for me anymore. :/

I'll tell you what though. Tiesto brought a very diverse crowd from all ages. I saw everything from people that looked like they just turned 21 to some that looked old enough to be my grandparents.

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Seems so weird to me that grown ups listen to Tiesto. If you have listened to Electronic music (and know and appreciate music overall) for over a decade I really don't understand how anyone can listen to Trance.

I went to that Electric Daisy thing in Vegas and looking around at the trance and edm spots it was all 18-22 year olds that were just getting into it. Which is understandable I was there once.

Am I missing something?

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Originally posted by mindspin1 Seems so weird to me that grown ups listen to Tiesto. If you have listened to Electronic music (and know and appreciate music overall) for over a decade I really don't understand how anyone can listen to Trance. I went to that Electric Daisy thing in Vegas and looking around at the trance and edm spots it was all 18-22 year olds that were just getting into it. Which is understandable I was there once. Am I missing something?

Tiesto doesn't play trance anymore. Create is 21 & Over, so there shouldn't be anyone under 21 there. Which is probably one reason why it attracted such a wide range of ages and old schoolers. Think Nostalgia.

I've been listening and spinning electronic music since I bought my very first techno record in 1992. Trust me, I'm extremely open minded with music and appreciate all genres. But just because I've been at it for so long doesn't mean I have to stop listening to trance. Trance is not my favorite genre, but I don't mind it at all and I listen to it from time to time. As a matter of fact, I'm excited to go check out Paul Van Dyk at Exchange in April and possibly Armin at The Forum. Both are trance DJ's that I've seen countless number times.

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Originally posted by mindspin1 Seems so weird to me that grown ups listen to Tiesto. If you have listened to Electronic music (and know and appreciate music overall) for over a decade I really don't understand how anyone can listen to Trance. Am I missing something?

I'm 34 now and I've been listening to all genres since I was 17.

I still listen to trance, but it has to be the right kind of trance i.e: Menno de Jong, John Askew, Airwave, etc.

And to be fair, I've listened to tiesto too for quite some time but I finally gave up on him back in 2011 because his sets are just un-inspiring these days; no flow, no journey...he is just playing tracks just to play em and going through the motions.

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Originally posted by DjWoody I hadn't seen Tiesto since his Home Depot show in 2011, so I was a bit excited.

i stopped there. :|.

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Originally posted by DjWoody Tiesto doesn't play trance anymore. Create is 21 & Over, so there shouldn't be anyone under 21 there. Which is probably one reason why it attracted such a wide range of ages and old schoolers. Think Nostalgia. I've been listening and spinning electronic music since I bought my very first techno record in 1992. Trust me, I'm extremely open minded with music and appreciate all genres. But just because I've been at it for so long doesn't mean I have to stop listening to trance. Trance is not my favorite genre, but I don't mind it at all and I listen to it from time to time. As a matter of fact, I'm excited to go check out Paul Van Dyk at Exchange in April and possibly Armin at The Forum. Both are trance DJ's that I've seen countless number times.

Fair enough. Not sure where, when, or how but somewhere along the way I just got so bored of trance. Maybe it's just here in Toronto, but the trance events are terrible, like kids with glow sticks. Yet you go to a Jaime Jones event and the quality of people is much different. And the tunes of course are fresh!

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Originally posted by mindspin1 Fair enough. Not sure where, when, or how but somewhere along the way I just got so bored of trance. Maybe it's just here in Toronto, but the trance events are terrible, like kids with glow sticks. Yet you go to a Jaime Jones event and the quality of people is much different. And the tunes of course are fresh!

We all go through different musical stages. Here, you'll see glowsticks at at raves and rarely at clubs. For Tiesto, I didn't see any at all.

I get what you're saying about the crowds and I won't argue that. I saw Luciano two weeks ago at the same place as Tiesto and the vibe was completely different. Luciano had more of a mature, easy going crowd and Tiesto had more of a bottle service and rowdy crowd. To be honest, I enjoyed Luciano's night a lot more.

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Last edited by DjWoody on Jan-28-2014 at 19:28

off topic, but does anyone else fucking hate how dj booths these days are built to accommodate eight zillion people and their tables? create and sound both do this... avalon to some extent but at least at avalon the tables are a bit to the side and below the booth. move that booth back and open up the dance floor a bit, god damn

the fact that you still hold on to tiesto as a 'good dj' is a bit dated. hes made it in the industry years ago and doesnt havent to prove himself anymore, he just collects his fat checks, sits back and laughs now. thus modern tiesto is cheese-tastic (as been for years now) and your description of his show just solidifies that even more so. hes been and will continue to be the dj who capitalizes on the industry. smart business man and entertainer, sure...but as a dj hes as basic as it gets. thank his loyal fans who still keep him relevant and pay the audacious ticket prices for whatever reasons...