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Please post a sample of a bad Tiesto mix (pg. 25)
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| SYSTEM-J |
| quote: | Originally posted by Trance-MB
Solo means in this case that he set up the whole concert, decided how it would look and chose all tracks. It was a complete show, not just a DJ behind the tables. |
So ing what? It isn't solo if the little sideshows count as supporting acts. A concert can be planned to the full by one member of a band, but if the whole band plays, it isn't a solo show. |
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| Trance-MB |
| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
So ing what? It isn't solo if the little sideshows count as supporting acts. A concert can be planned to the full by one member of a band, but if the whole band plays, it isn't a solo show. |
I'm not going to discuss this. Everywhere you can find it was a Solo concert. If according to you it wasn't solo, fine. |
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| SYSTEM-J |
| No, everywhere I've found bafflement at what exactly was so special about Tiesto's gig. Other DJs have played stadiums before, but with supporting jocks. However, if they planned it, then it is a solo gig, and so Tiesto didn't do it first. Either way, there was nothing special about TIC, beyond what his hype-machines told you. |
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| Shroud |
Come on now.
It's not reading the crowd to realize ahead of time that you should play some house in Prague and 8 million epic trance tracks in Holland.
How in hell is that honestly reacting on the fly to "the crowd"?
Tiesto's biggest sin is that he thinks his talents are on the level of a true musician. The guy spins ing records and often times too many of his own.
And yes, I think Tiesto sucks. |
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| Konijn |
| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
Tiesto didn't take part in the games, didn't win a medal, didn't do anything historic. He just played at the opening ceremony. It isn't exactly memorable for someone to be providing music to an opening ceremony.
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don't underestimate what a leap forward the olympic gig was: for an event that's generally buttoned-down and conventional and that has featured stodgy orchestras since its inception, having edm played during the introductions was quite a change. |
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| SYSTEM-J |
| quote: | Originally posted by Konijn
don't underestimate what a leap forward the olympic gig was: for an event that's generally buttoned-down and conventional and that has featured stodgy orchestras since its inception, having edm played during the introductions was quite a change. |
It may have been a leap forward for the Olympics, but I don't see how it's a leap forwards for dance music. Obviously the organisers wanted the whole "new meets old" thing, and so they turned to the source of tranced up classical pieces. I don't think it represents a quantum shift for dance music that it's percieved as "cutting edge". |
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| Shroud |
| How was it a leap forward for the Olympic Games? The Albertville games had Dead Can Dance during one of the ceremonies. It isn't like opening ceremonies are simply bland and standard. They're always trying to find a new way to present themselves to the world. Who even saw Tiesto during the ceremonies let alone cared enough while oggling some of the females walking into the stadium? |
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| Konijn |
| quote: | Originally posted by Shroud
How was it a leap forward for the Olympic Games? The Albertville games had Dead Can Dance during one of the ceremonies. It isn't like opening ceremonies are simply bland and standard. They're always trying to find a new way to present themselves to the world. Who even saw Tiesto during the ceremonies let alone cared enough while oggling some of the females walking into the stadium? |
oh yes, how could we forget the albertville games? opening ceremonies are usually impressive while introductions on the other hand are a fairly anodyne affair, redolent of a high school marching band's music locker.
considering that since 1896 olympic introductions have consisted solely of orchestral/marching band blandness, one would imagine that posters of this site would see the inclusion of edm as a positive -- guess i was wrong, my bad. |
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| SYSTEM-J |
| Nah... I don't go in for this "dance music should be brought to the people!" stuff. People rave about hearing a track on a TV show, or at the Olympics, or an album winning some crappy music award... I don't see why. Dance music has and still does cross over on a regular basis, and I'm all for seeing dance music in the charts and on TV, provided it got there by being so popular with the community that it got wider recognition, ie Leftfield or The Prodigy, rather than someone like Tiesto constantly trying to barge into pop culture despite the fact that he still can't sell a tenth of the records a new Prodigy album will shift. TiC was put across as some sort of record breaking achievement, when it really wasn't. Tiesto is trying to hype up what are respectable achievements (getting 25,000 people into a stadium is still impressive) into world-shattering feats of brilliance. Tiesto fans (and I'm not calling you one) try and put across his achievements as unparalleled, but it's just a ruse for him to try and get into the mainstream without actually doing anything. The Prodigy played to 250,000 people in Moscow (ten times more than TiC) but you won't find them bragging about it, or releasing a DVD of it, or fronting it as a superhuman achievement. |
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| beats and beeps |
Djs are .
Mixing is .
Sasha is , Tiesto is , you all are . |
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| SYSTEM-J |
| quote: | Originally posted by beats and beeps
Djs are .
Mixing is .
Sasha is , Tiesto is , you all are . |
Clearly. In fact- we're so we're obviously holding you back from your true potential. If I were you, I'd flee TA before it's too late! Quickly, before they catch on. Run for your liiiife! |
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| isoterra |
| quote: | Originally posted by beats and beeps
Djs are .
Mixing is .
Sasha is , Tiesto is , you all are . |
post of the week |
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