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Darude cut short at Club Dome Sat 16th
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| darudevil |
Hey good Montrealians! (?)
I spun at the Dome tonight. For a brief hour+. I was thrown out of my own set. Almost physically so. And I was called the worst amateur in history. Because of what? I did not play Sandstorm when *the Boss* wanted me to. You know what, I was going to, in the end of the set as I usually do. In some form. But not when he wanted me to. Why? Attitude? Maybe a little. More so because IT DID NOT FIT RIGHT THEN AND THERE. And I don't jump when someone tells me "I've been in this business for eleven years and I know this stuff and this HOUSE* music is clearing the floor...". Well, the floor was not jam-packed during all my set (but was too every now and then when people heard something they recognized) but it had good 200+ (or something) people even at the slower moments.
So He gave me an option: "Play Sandstorm right now and end your set short (at 1:45, I was booked for 12:30 to 03:00) or I'm gonna take the music down". Well, I took the music down myself. But He wanted it back up quickly. Silence in a club is powerful. Obviously that was asking for trouble... I got to mix another track in and then the house sound system took over with r'n'b or hiphop or something. I was escorted out by these huge security guys and followed by *the Boss* who yelled "nice" comments ("You didn't earn a penny of the money I paid you, you f*****g amateur, you're done etc...") to me all the way out.
I was doing what I've done for some time (not "11 years" but still a good five years) and I think I was doing pretty well. It's not rare the floor thins out a bit when the dj spins a touch more progressive or non-top40 stuff in a commercial club. They obviously didn't know what they booked (wanting Sandstorm only) but I still kept a great core crowd going, obviously a whole bunch of people who were liking it a lot, even if I say it myself. I'm sorry my HOUSE* music didn't do it for Him.
(Btw, I've played an hour live set there before 2-3 years ago but even my live set is not the same thing anymore and especially the dj set is a bit harder/more prog/whatever.)
I wanted to let you know that it was not me who wanted the music to stop (or change to other stuff) and I wanted to play the stuff I play and make no compromises (or not at least a huge one... don't get me wrong, I can, and I do, finetune my set according to the crowd but...)
Thanks for the people who showed up because of me for a nice hour+. And I'm sorry for any inconvenience eventhough it was not my fault.
Ville/Darude
* excerpt from the setlist
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super8 - cre8
matti laamanen - life
age of love - the age of love (m&c rmx)
warp brothers - smells like
above & beyond - no one on earth (g&d rmx)
mike shiver & elevation - hurricane (ms mix)
darude - next to you (original) + love comes again
k & k project - jendai + loneliness
avanto - the flute
snap - power (eric prydz rmx)
dogzilla - your eyes
marco v - automanual
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| FunKenLouis |
Dome = stupid idiots that dont know about music
the BOSS is not an exception |
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| malek |
dude, seriously, did you get your money? I hope you did, cause these peoples are idiots and know nothing about music all they want to hear is benny bennassi - satisfaction, deep dish - flash dance and sandstorm...
their idiots, don't even bother with them unless you didn't get your money. |
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| starsearcher |
| Wow...Darude himself...I know nothing about Montreal clubs really but that sounds horrible :( I'm sorry that you had to go through such experience that is really pathetic! :whip: |
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| milanster |
wtf?? tell ur boss to go himself...yes show him this message from me!!
wtf was that? are u serious? i've never heard of anything like that before! stupid idiots who listen to garbage commercial music:whip: |
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| FunKenLouis |
its not like if the guy was nobody...
Darude
the guy comes from Finland to get his ass kicked out of the club by a stupid macho-mafiosi funker
:mad:
no respect |
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| exergo |
HOLY this is CRAZY
are you telling me that darude was kicked off the decks.....this is really darude posting? seriously dude do NOT take this personally, cause that club is terrible!!!!!! i feel bad for you!! |
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| RazerYokes |
 to darude for posting such message.
I never went to Dome and I'll definitively never go.
P.S: I like the "political/ethical" weight of this board. A Dj explaining himself overhere will be listened and understood. And then we'll all talk about that to our friends, which will do the same, ...
Great way to have a message going through the whole city without giving an interview to Hour :D |
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| discojoe |
| Hey man i give you alot of respect for comming in here and trying to explain yourself. Sorry you had to have that happen |
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| Psy-Trancer |
| i cant believe i missed this....that was a pretty trancy set.....crap namit....aw well...my warm bed felt so much beterr..lol |
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| alec |
| quote: | Originally posted by darudevil
* excerpt from the setlist
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super8 - cre8
matti laamanen - life
age of love - the age of love (m&c rmx)
warp brothers - smells like
above & beyond - no one on earth (g&d rmx)
mike shiver & elevation - hurricane (ms mix)
darude - next to you (original) + love comes again
k & k project - jendai + loneliness
avanto - the flute
snap - power (eric prydz rmx)
dogzilla - your eyes
marco v - automanual
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Holy , that's an awesome set! I think most trance lovers would love this! However most gino sandstorm type clubbers that go to the dome wouldn't. wish I was there for that! |
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| DJ Charlie |
LOL...
ok I hope you got paid for this.
I think the problem is that those people they stick an image of you as a top40 dj. You were hired to play in front of the wrong crowd.
And they hire you for a dj set when they know that hip hop fills the floors. Even if you had played Sandstorm it wouldn't had made a difference... All these gino's want is hip hop.
I think I heard an had on the radio and they said your name with sandstorm playing in the background. They only know you for this.
Next time you come to Montreal tell us were you're going to play.
I will go hear your set. |
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