Back in August, Max Graham played at Spirit in NYC. The openers for that night played psy-trance at 145-150. Read the reviews for yourselves and see how happy everyone was with the flow of that night. While lots of people thought the openers were good, all the comments were about how that style of music shouldn't have been played before Max Graham. http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...threadid=288243

Dictating setlists isn't cool, but from my understanding, that's not what Armin's booking people are doing. There's still a lot of non-Armada tracks below 130 that do well to start the night off. All that he's asking is to not play to hard and don't play all of the tracks that him and his label discovered and signed or created themselves.

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Originally posted by Groundhog Boy All that he's asking is to not play to hard and don't play all of the tracks that him and his label discovered and signed or created themselves.

which is just common sense really... i still don't know what everyone's getting worked up...

who the fuck cares?

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Originally posted by ctprincess who the fuck cares?

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN dont argue with the yanks nutter, they know best!

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Originally posted by eROs.au +1

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Originally posted by Groundhog Boy Back in August, Max Graham played at Spirit in NYC. The openers for that night played psy-trance at 145-150. Read the reviews for yourselves and see how happy everyone was with the flow of that night. While lots of people thought the openers were good, all the comments were about how that style of music shouldn't have been played before Max Graham. http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...threadid=288243 Dictating setlists isn't cool, but from my understanding, that's not what Armin's booking people are doing. There's still a lot of non-Armada tracks below 130 that do well to start the night off. All that he's asking is to not play to hard and don't play all of the tracks that him and his label discovered and signed or created themselves.

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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.

so true...sometimes i think it takes more skill to warm up a crowd than play peak times. and if he has any skill..he'd kno how to play before armin. Knowing how to warm up should be common sense.

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The last time I saw Armin was in NYC and Remy opened for him. Remy was out of control and EVERYONE was on the dancefloor going wild. Armin hit the decks and started it off Proggy and slow and built the set incredibly from there. Honestly, this is the same thing that happened in June and March when I saw him. So I call "BS" on the thread starters claims. Armin knows no matter what he does he is going to get the crowd rolling.

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Originally posted by john2 Markus Schulz (or Gabriel & Dresden) could be a great openner for Armin ,although sometimes Markus goes up to 135BPM and Armin starts from 130BPM.Sometimes big name dj's should leave the prog trance part to the warm up dj's as most people pay x$ to listen to trance music from Armin and not prog trance.Apart from that i agree that you can't play tunes that the next dj will play,damn i'd say not to play even a different remix from a tune the next one will play.Warming up a crowd is great,there are so many great low-tempo tunes that can drive mad a crowd,it doesn't have to be 140BPM a tune to get the people moving

I saw markus open for armin 3 times. It works perfectly.

who honestly cares
if a big dj is soo big...shouldnt he/she have material that no one will hear..
its easy to play a set on the spot..and its usually the best i think.

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Originally posted by Wyndham so true...sometimes i think it takes more skill to warm up a crowd

:rollseyes: that's just common knowledge...

OMG HIS MANAGERS REAFFIRMED WHAT AN OPENING DJ SHOULD BE DOING IN THE FIRST PLACE! THOSE BASTARDS!!!!!!!!11

Not to take partial sides with Armin or anything, but seriously... All they did was reitterate what an opening DJ should already know. Granted they shouldn't have to do that at all, but it's not a crime.