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Originally posted by djkatmaus Please clarify. I would like to hear your two cents.

I dunno where to begin.

Bas went to CSULB, and lives in LA, and has played several great parties around here.

Just because Long Beach has a bunch of hip hop clubs does not make it the 'Hip Hop capital of the world'

I would say either Los Angeles or New York hold that title, in general, if it is necessary to even give it.

Also, we play deep house, techno, disco, and everything in between at parties all around LA. There is a market for good music, that you are obviously unaware of. It's not mainstream and it's not what is most prevalent in Los Angeles at all, but it exists.

If you like playing trance, find trance parties and play at them. lol Simple as that.

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Originally posted by ******** Seplling don't demonstrate intelligence and educatoin - knowing does.

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Originally posted by djkatmaus Bueller? Whatever. You do it your way, I'll do it mine. If the crowd likes it, that's all that matters.

He is out there dude. There's more than one way to throw a party. Don't take it personal

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Originally posted by bas You know absolutely nothing about the Los Angeles club/dance scene and these posts just reek of it. Passport? I fucking live here you doucher.

Good for you? Doucher? Wow, I could come up with something better than that. Name me some clubs you play at? Don't lie. I was a scout for Universal Records. I know what's outhere. How many times a week do you play? What's your DJ name?

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Originally posted by KiNeTiC ENeRgY He is out there dude. There's more than one way to throw a party. Don't take it personal

Not at all taking it personal. I don't like it when a certain few find it necessary to attack others just because of what they're doing. I don't knock anyone for what they spin, what they perform, what they write.

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Originally posted by djkatmaus Good for you? Doucher? Wow, I could come up with something better than that. Name me some clubs you play at? Don't lie. I was a scout for Universal Records. I know what's outhere. How many times a week do you play? What's your DJ name?

Temporary Spaces, Temporary Spaces 2, Avalon, Vanguard, Circus, The Standard (both downtown and on Sunset), King King...others I'm forgetting I'm sure (hard to remember 8+ years of gigs around here). I have a residency at both El Cid and the Standard Downtown on Sundays, a residency at Cinespace on Wednesdays starting in April and I'm pushing for another residency at Avalon's Honey Lounge on Saturdays. Oh and both Clovis and myself are part of Droog's(also from LA) record label out here.

Where do you live again?

Congrats on being a "scout for Universal Records", something that has absolutely no bearing on me or the music I play.

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I am not understanding the hate in this thread, which ever way it is directed.

Something that is being totally over looked in this thread is that there are different types of clubs out there.

Correct me if I am wrong but TM plays in quite a commercial club. Therefore commercial club rules apply.
Clubs with a more mainstream audience are far more sensitive to DJs who play obscure matterial than clubs who are at the heart of an underground scene.
The average clubber in each has a totally different mind set and you are not comparing like for like.

TM has a DJing job that pays and he gets to do what he loves.

People have been very quick to judge his choice of track that he posted, and at face value it's not my first choice either. But no one has actually asked him why...?

It may be a number of reasons but I would put money on the fact that its based around what it does to the club that he works in and not necessarily a question of a personal love for the track itself. Let's face it, no self respecting DJ would assign themselves a signature track if it cleared the dance floor.

Surely that sits at the very heart of being a DJ, whoever you play for?


Cheers
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Originally posted by Nemesis44 I am not understanding the hate in this thread, which ever way it is directed. Something that is being totally over looked in this thread is that there are different types of clubs out there.

Good point.

Not only different clubs, but different scenes, different cultures, different cities, different people and different situations. Everything being discussed here as fact, is in fact relative to where and what you are.

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Originally posted by ******** Seplling don't demonstrate intelligence and educatoin - knowing does.

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Originally posted by djkatmaus Not at all taking it personal. I don't like it when a certain few find it necessary to attack others just because of what they're doing. I don't knock anyone for what they spin, what they perform, what they write.

Wow this guy is a jobber. Scout for universal records? Why didn't you hook yourself up?

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Originally posted by ******** Seplling don't demonstrate intelligence and educatoin - knowing does.

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Originally posted by Clovis I dunno where to begin. Bas went to CSULB, and lives in LA, and has played several great parties around here. Just because Long Beach has a bunch of hip hop clubs does not make it the 'Hip Hop capital of the world' I would say either Los Angeles or New York hold that title, in general, if it is necessary to even give it. Also, we play deep house, techno, disco, and everything in between at parties all around LA. There is a market for good music, that you are obviously unaware of. It's not mainstream and it's not what is most prevalent in Los Angeles at all, but it exists. If you like playing trance, find trance parties and play at them. lol Simple as that.

I've played plenty of parties in and around LA. I know the market exists. Trust me. I'm looking at the bigger picture. Not just the background or underground scene. I play the exact same music. But in most clubs, it's not allowed, and when it is, its minimal.

Obviously, you've been doing it longer. I retired from it in 1994, and came back in 2007. Things were a little different back then, and I was more into turntablism. So until I have that type of pull/following (that you and Bas have), I have to suck it up and do what they want.

I know Long Beach isn't the capital, but hey it's close enough to LA.
A bunch of clubs? Almost all of them are Hip Hop.

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Originally posted by Nemesis44 People have been very quick to judge his choice of track that he posted, and at face value it's not my first choice either. But no one has actually asked him why...? It may be a number of reasons but I would put money on the fact that its based around what it does to the club that he works in and not necessarily a question of a personal love for the track itself. Let's face it, no self respecting DJ would assign themselves a signature track if it cleared the dance floor.

This. And let's not forget that Tony is from Calgary, either. It's not LA, it's not Chicago, it's not Toronto and it's not New York. It's fucking Calgary, and God knows that EDM is far from being a large market there.

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J Levels is...decent...damn better than a lot of the shite dominating the charts at the moment. It sounds absolutely nothing like...a billion and one similar tracks in this big-room style. I always had a soft spot.

Haha. This is the thread that keeps on giving.