sure - i get blamed for everying else

yppaH_rM said:

sure - i get blamed for everying else

 

thats the spirit

yppaH_rM said:

Chris_Hutchinson said:

liquideyes said:

I'm not saying all hard house DJs are [censored], but a disproportionate number do play all the same tunes. My mate who is a hard house / techno promoter says 95% of the mix CD demos he gets contain the same old Nukleuz / Tidy tunes.

 

biggest critiscm of my mixes is that there havent been enough 'obvious' tunes on them....

 

ignore them! your playing a style thats unique to you and if and when you make it, you'll be reconised for it.

clean your ears then

liquideyes said:

I can't comment on Frantic, but I agree that loads of hard house DJs are completely unimaginative. That's because it is the most bandwagon-jumped dance genre of the last few years.

 

I'm not saying all hard house DJs are [censored], but a disproportionate number do play all the same tunes. My mate who is a hard house / techno promoter says 95% of the mix CD demos he gets contain the same old Nukleuz / Tidy tunes. Now it should be the job of promoters to filter out the [censored] DJs, but that fact is, lots of clubbers out there lap up the same old [censored]!

 

Bang Bang.

 

From this point on liquideyes is now my spokesperson.

liquideyes said:

I can't comment on Frantic, but I agree that loads of hard house DJs are completely unimaginative. That's because it is the most bandwagon-jumped dance genre of the last few years.

 

I'm not saying all hard house DJs are [censored], but a disproportionate number do play all the same tunes. My mate who is a hard house / techno promoter says 95% of the mix CD demos he gets contain the same old Nukleuz / Tidy tunes. Now it should be the job of promoters to filter out the [censored] DJs, but that fact is, lots of clubbers out there lap up the same old [censored]!

 

so what are you saying Andy, it is the tunes that make a [censored] dj then???

 

 

Well the fact that the "said" DJs are choosing these same old same old tidy/nukleuz style records/tunes does make them a [censored] DJ

 

IMO

miss_diddy said:

so what are you saying Andy, it is the tunes that make a [censored] dj then???

Yes, that is exactly what I'm saying.

A DJ can only be as good as his records.

liquideyes said:

miss_diddy said:

so what are you saying Andy, it is the tunes that make a [censored] dj then???

Yes, that is exactly what I'm saying.

A DJ can only be as good as his records.

 

i used to disagree with this statement, but after going though a 'phase' of trying to be amazingly technical and cocking up every mix i've quickly learned that a good DJ plays good records and maybe a little extra if it fits at the time

liquideyes said:

miss_diddy said:

so what are you saying Andy, it is the tunes that make a [censored] dj then???

Yes, that is exactly what I'm saying.

A DJ can only be as good as his records.

 

So shall we start blaming producers/record labels too for not making/distributing that are in your opinion, tunes that you wana hear/play out?? Or shall we say this is more down to peoples opinion of what tunes/genres people like in general and the places that play nukleuz and tidy tunes are not clubs that play ur idea style of the music?

labels like tidy trax dont help by not promoting up and comming producers, only their in house team. however i dont think they're soley to blame. not by a long shot. if DJs played a bit more varied selection of labels then smaller labels would have a chance to be heard.

 

sadly its a vicious circle. alot of clubbers only want to hear their favourite tunes. so DJs play the big tunes so clubbers dont hear tunes by less known names so the less known names dont get a chance to beome big names (i think that made sence)

liquideyes said:

miss_diddy said:

so what are you saying Andy, it is the tunes that make a [censored] dj then???

Yes, that is exactly what I'm saying.

A DJ can only be as good as his records.

 

defo - track selection is the key to being a decent dj imo - if you cant program a set properly then it doesnt matter how good you are technically, your set will be shite!

ala fergie (sorry liam but i still think his track selection is shocking)

yppaH_rM said:

ala fergie (sorry liam but i still think his track selection is shocking)

 

not heard him for about 18months.... but last time I did hear him play, he was awesome!

 

tho I hear he keeps backspinning all the time now??

18 months ago he was awful!!

 

his much better now imo