First, the positives: 2nd biggest crowd I'd seen at Austin Electronic show. Only PvD was bigger. Perhaps because it was 18+? People had come in from Houston & San Antonio. Even with the large crowd, the Sky bartenders are great. I never had to wait more than 4 minutes for a drink. Many people seemed to be having a great time, including the 95 pound dancing girl who accidentally hit me in the face with a vicious backswung elbow. I saw stars, & am debating whether I broke my nose. (hopefully just bruised). If you had a good time, I'm glad.
The negatives: ATB must have gotten hold of a book called "DJing for Dummies", filled with tips like:
Armin talks over Universal Religion
DFuse plays an electronic drum
Tiesto loves to play to the crowd
Josh Gabriel sings along
Paul van Dyk takes camera phone photos of the crowd
James Zabiela slows the beat down to a crawl
Oakenfold will play real old school Ibiza tracks
After ATB read DJing for Dummies & decided to rip off ALL of the schticks of the above DJs. Unfortunately, he has none of the talent of any of them. Painfully bad, to hear him holler "Let's hear it for the ladies!". & his idea of a build was to stop the music dead, then painfully eke out A BPM for a few minutes. & the drums....my cube mate tapping his pencil does a better job. His mixing could best be described as sub optimal, so bad I felt guilty when he dropped a track I did like (like "Noone on Earth"), cause it was so poorly done.
Am I glad I saw ATB for the first time? Yes, I'll see most people once.
Would I go see him again? Not unless I could play a drinking game for his ripoffs. & probably not even for that.
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Dec-04-2005 16:52
Rememberence_
James Packer
Registered: Oct 2002
Location: HXTA #6
lmao. *feels better about not going*
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Dec-05-2005 02:18
davemolina
Team Westphal
Registered: May 2005
Location: San Antonio, USA
LOL
Oh well, most of the people that go to those shows wouldn't have even noticed...
I'm sure most of them would have rather have heard Rap.
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Dec-05-2005 02:38
wavygravy_vp
Junior tranceaddict
Registered: Mar 2005
Location: Austin , USA
I think the people who went to watch a top 10 DJ spin were disappointed but the people who went out to dance and have fun were more than satisfied.
Dec-05-2005 03:17
rapfiend03
Closed Coffin
Registered: Jun 2004
Location: TXTA #50, Peurf SQD MBR
quote:
Originally posted by Rememberence_
lmao. *feels better about not going*
x2
quote:
]Originally posted by Dave Molina LOL
Oh well, most of the people that go to those shows wouldn't have even noticed...
I'm sure most of them would have rather have heard Rap.
Hey not all rap is bad. but on the flip side i have never been to a good rap concert most if not all of them sucked majorly. so uhh yea, but i'd still love to go to a Talib Kweli concert.
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Dec-05-2005 03:43
Carlos Pereira
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Jun 2004
Location:
quote:
Originally posted by rapfiend03
x2
Hey not all rap is bad. but on the flip side i have never been to a good rap concert most if not all of them sucked majorly. so uhh yea, but i'd still love to go to a Talib Kweli concert.
Throw Bobby Valentino in there....
did i leave out Nas?
Dec-06-2005 01:39
tmft
music & gum make me happy
Registered: Sep 2004
Location: Austin, TX #72
quote:
Originally posted by wavygravy_vp
I think the people who went to watch a top 10 DJ spin were disappointed but the people who went out to dance and have fun were more than satisfied.
Since when are those goals (see a top 10 DJ & have fun) exclusive? I paid my $20 to dance & have fun. A good DJ is someone who selects good tracks, mixes them well, & reads the crowd. A bad DJ is someone who mixes poorly, stops the beat, breaks up the mood with bad track selection, & hollers intrusively over the music.
PS: Who the heck goes out to NOT have fun?
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Dec-06-2005 04:44
wavygravy_vp
Junior tranceaddict
Registered: Mar 2005
Location: Austin , USA
quote:
Originally posted by tmft
Since when are those goals (see a top 10 DJ & have fun) exclusive? I paid my $20 to dance & have fun. A good DJ is someone who selects good tracks, mixes them well, & reads the crowd. A bad DJ is someone who mixes poorly, stops the beat, breaks up the mood with bad track selection, & hollers intrusively over the music.
PS: Who the heck goes out to NOT have fun?
Sorry to be unclear.
What I meant was that the people who went expecting a good show from a top 10 DJ, AND HAVE FUN WHILE DOING THAT(e.g. seasoned TA's like yourself) were probably disappointed because ATB is not all that. But people who went out just to have fun and did not know much about DJ's and mixing(e.g. my friends who normally listen to rap) had a novel new experience and enjoyed it.
As for myself, I enjoyed the energy in the crowd and some old favourites like Chicane - Saltwater.
Dint mean to offend any of you. Just my 2 cents.
Dec-06-2005 04:54
Lizandrooo
Cacklin' like its 1999
Registered: Nov 2005
Location: houston, texas
soooooo true
yea... atb was junk. that whole microphone thing was cheesy and it made me cringe how he would play my most favorite classic tracks at a high high pitch . *shivers in disgust*
(1,2,1,2,1,2,3!! (mike check ?))
the positive thing about the night was that it WAS fun and i got to see my austin break dancing buddy and some other cat whoms name i forgot(sry !)
Dec-06-2005 05:04
davemolina
Team Westphal
Registered: May 2005
Location: San Antonio, USA
quote:
Originally posted by rapfiend03
but i'd still love to go to a Talib Kweli concert.
He's the man!!! I saw him at VooDoo last year. Gotta give props to Aesop Rock too.
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People in Dallas aren't *ssholes. Just look at me, I live in Dallas.
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Dec-06-2005 05:38
Zild
Ten City
Registered: Jun 2004
Location: San Antonio, US : TXTA #156
Aesop Rock was one of the best shows I've ever been to in my life.
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