Oh and then people wonder why he SUCKS COCK! disgrace, not a DJ.

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Originally posted by Trancegen Warm-up DJs? Calling the two DJs, who played before Armin, Warm-up DJs is almost an offence.

Well i don't know exactly what context it was. But unless they were also event headliners and/or had much longer playing time than Armin, that's their role. "Warm up dj" isn't an offence, it's an under-rated job that is one step from being a headliner dj.

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Originally posted by paranoik0 Well i don't know exactly what context it was. But unless they were also event headliners and/or had much longer playing time than Armin, that's their role. "Warm up dj" isn't an offence, it's an under-rated job that is one step from being a headliner dj.

i think he's getting to the point that any warm up DJ is obviously better than armin.

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Originally posted by Lepanto i think he's getting to the point that any warm up DJ is obviously better than armin.

yes, and?

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Originally posted by basd Sadly, the art of warming up properly is one that less and less DJs master.. Most bedroom DJs only have that peak-time two hour slot in their minds when practicing at home. But still, you're right.. I'd expect a warm up DJ to do what he's hired for, warming up, too. Not banging the brains out of everyone at 10 PM.

Well said M8, some of the locals near me could learn to take your advice...

It's just too bad more DJ's don't understand the art of warming up, if they did, booking agencies wouldn't have to lay down specific rules for opening DJ's...

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Originally posted by paranoik0 yes, and?

yes, and what? Speak full, coherent, sentences!

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Originally posted by Fearless One Armin is afraid that someone could be more banging/rocking than he... LOL

Who couldn't? Anybody can play a better tracklist than him. ASOT is the same songs over and over every week.

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this happens most of the time in this industry

remember when j00f did a review of one of the gig he went at ?
he was talking about the warm up dj before him who was playing like crazy burning people's energy before him... even playing j00f's tracks.

i think its totally understandable

btw, telling the dj to play at 130bpm only means to not play crazy hard party tracks at 140

haha same thing with Paul Oakenfold when he was in Vancouver...
his manager was on stage for 3 hours before Pauls set just to monitor the BPM counter...
then as soon as it hit over 133 bpm then the manager would flip

but i can understand why some big djs do this
just incase a city is into hardtrance more than prog (just as an example)... i think its a good idea to have djs before him that dont spin hardtrance...then as soon as the big dj starts to play banging tracks...itll seem harder compared to the tracks before that were being spun by the prog djs... if i were a promoter id abide to it and leave all the banging locals for last.

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Originally posted by DJ Charlie this happens most of the time in this industry remember when j00f did a review of one of the gig he went at ? he was talking about the warm up dj before him who was playing like crazy burning people's energy before him... even playing j00f's tracks. i think its totally understandable btw, telling the dj to play at 130bpm only means to not play crazy hard party tracks at 140

yeah i remember that article too. though J00f did complain because the dj before him played hard house at very high bpm. then when it was time for j00f to take over, and for those who knows j00f, he always starts out with a slow progger and then moves on to faster and harder stuff.

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If the point of going to see a DJ play is to spectate, then yeah, the warm-up DJ has an obligation to not outshine the star everyone's paying to see, as with any concert. They're shelling out 20-60 bux to see the headliner, not the opener. Check yo' ego, man!

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i like warming up, i get to spin my deeper stuff. build it up, i also like palying peak, you know, play the big ones.. then closing is great too, as hard as you can go...


fuck i think i just to spin the whole night....

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