i strongly believe that as a dj it's important to both entertain and
educate - if someone played just new tracks here in Minneapolis then the
dance floor would be empty during their entire set. It's a hard crowd to
please not because they "know" but because they don't! If you play here you
need to slip in the old and familiar to get people going then you can start
laying down some new sounds on them - but it'll take a good 6 months or
longer before those new tracks become popular with clubbers - to the point
where they hear it and recognize it and would put down their drinks to go
dance to it. This is for house music - techno is even harder to play here
imo.
Variety is the spice of life anyway....
MEK
"Thomas D. Cox,
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From: "Jernej Marusic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>I agree, if a record is good why stop playing it. I get more
annoyed with
>DJs who only play the latest records (and there's a lot of them),
even if
>there hasn't been any really good records coming out at that time.
>Good record is a good record no meter how old is it or how often
you hear
>it.
i agree so wholeheartedly with this that its insane. i keep trying
to explain this to people. house music isnt afraid to keep playing
old disco and classic house tunes, but techno people seem afraid
to revisit their old records. when i play, i bring at least a
couple classics with me like "alleys of your mind" and "nude
photo" and tunes like that.
tom
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