On 18 Oct 2004, at 15:45, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Martin D.""It's easy to give the audience what they want, it's much
harder
to
give them something they didn't know they wanted"
Steven Patrick Morrissey
Dust out"
What does that mean?
Seriously, explain it, I can't work out what it means.
Right, over the last couple of months we've been playing the hard
clubs/squats, they all have a great crowd and it's clear they love it,
even if you don't. But rather than take the easy route, we've been
sneaking in stuff they wouldn't normally listen to - that's what I mean
by the above statement. Surgeon is the master of this, yet everyone
seems to think he's all boom boom boom <Boldrick voice> It's clearly
not the case.
I can name loads of records at 140+ that have still got the funk and I
know it's not for everyone but if everyone did the same mash ups, how
dull would that be and I can bet you your last dollar we'd be having
this discussion in reverse. We've always played what we wanted, Blue
Monday into Prince into Mark Hawkins. I do know what you mean but it's
not what everyone wants nor should you go chasing the masses, it won't
work.
Here's another example. Take SHAKE. In the 13 years or so I've been
following this music, I could count on one hand the amout of times he's
played here.
The times I've seen him, he's rocked. And I tell you now, he could
take the
roof off the biggest party in Manchester, the Electric Chair. But,
they'll
never book him. Ever.
Why? Because everyone thinks he's a 'techno' dj. E.g. if they put him
on,
they'd get three hours of bang bang bang 140 bpm 'techno'.
That's their loss tho isnt it - if they don't know crap from clay,
tough titty - why don't you put him on?
Martin
