So how was the Tiesto show?

[david austin]

Originally Posted by djredeye

Obviously it is if you have to resort to theatrics to get a response out of people. And lol at djing being " a show". Since when is playing records a show? Paul van dyk damn near brings an entire studio with him when he plays and actually PERFORMS, if any trance dude had the right to act like a rock star it would be him.......and yet he doesn't. Hmmm.

Playing records became a show the second you could pull festival/rock concert crowds by just playing records. Its not like its a new trend.

And like JV said... Does it really matter? He clearly sells what he offers.

So yeah... point, laugh, complain, belittle, etc... all you want.

[djredeye]

Oh trust me, I know he's sitting around naked covered in pudding in a pile of money laughing his ass off at these clowns. He's defn8ly got his scam down. He walked with, well it'd not my place to say how much he made sat.....but it's fucking ridiculous.
But whatever, doesn't make dude any less corny. And how weird is it that there are people who think we're wrong for thinking the music is more important than onstage antics. Silly us.

[DJPePe]

Originally Posted by djredeye

Wait a minute...... He did what??? Landing on stage???YOU FUCKING PLAY CDS YOU DOUCHEBAG!!!! And yes ANthony, the term Jesus pose was not coined in Dallas. It's a term used worldwide. And is also an action resorted to pretty much by trance djs only. It's all about ego. It's the DJ equivelent of an Ed hardy shirt. Djs are not rock stars, not saviours, and not icons. That shit just looks retarded. I mean come on. And whatever about"euphoric moments". Every form of music has it's big moments in the tracks. Everything from house to drum and bass, and in none of those genres do the djs stand there with their arms out like they've just saved the world with a synth arrangement. Getting the crowd hype by dancing and clapping grooving and WITH them is one thing, but that other thing is just drawing attention to yourself. It's not suppossed to be about the DJ, it's about the music. The DJ is merely a catalyst or middleman.

Actually Fatboy Slim often uses the Jesus pose in his performances and he doesn't play trance.

Just sayin'.

[DJPePe]

Originally Posted by djredeye

Obviously it is if you have to resort to theatrics to get a response out of people. And lol at djing being " a show". Since when is playing records a show? Paul van dyk damn near brings an entire studio with him when he plays and actually PERFORMS, if any trance dude had the right to act like a rock star it would be him.......and yet he doesn't. Hmmm.

And what about Chicane?

[Gaylord Focker]

Originally Posted by DJPePe

And what about Chicane?

Chicane is to modern dance music what Richard Simmons is to the fitness industry.

EDI: His older music was and still is some of my favorite music, trance or no trance.

[david austin]

Im not really disagreeing with you on the 'he could do more' aspect.

Simply saying theres a market for that... and its clearly much greater than people give credit for... or at least at the DDM good-ol-boys-club-of-the-way-it-should-be table.

Not everyone (actually I would gather the great minority) goes to shows like this to hear the vast intricacies of mixing, production, etc, etc.

Most people go to shows like this for fun. They want the lights, the pyro, the video, the dj jumping around like an energizer bunny, etc, etc.

I brought up a point like this when someone posted up one of those Azteca de Playa or whatever that guy is. Is it cheese? Yeah. But those festivals and concerts look hella fun.

Fun... Maybe in the big scheme of things that is what is lost here.

[Gaylord Focker]

Im just being a dickly contrarian=)

[djredeye]

Originally Posted by david austin

Playing records became a show the second you could pull festival/rock concert crowds by just playing records. Its not like its a new trend.

And like JV said... Does it really matter? He clearly sells what he offers.

So yeah... point, laugh, complain, belittle, etc... all you want.

whatever, I've seen people play marathon sets to thousands of people going absolutley ape shit...and did it with no more than hand wave to the crowd at the begining and end of their sets. So don't give me that "it's a show" bullshit. But whatever, some people need shiny things to captivate them and some don't. Some people go to HEAR a DJ, not SEE him. So fuck it, there's 4000 suckers born every minute

[Gaylord Focker]

When I play with Corey I get super hyped by feeling the people out there get super hyped. Sometimes I jump around like an idiot but its all because its honest and thats how I feel.

Posing isnt much for techno music anyway =)

[david austin]

Originally Posted by djredeye

whatever, I've seen people play marathon sets to thousands of people going absolutley ape shit...and did it with no more than hand wave to the crowd at the begining and end of their sets. So don't give me that "it's a show" bullshit. But whatever, some people need shiny things to captivate them and some don't. Some people go to HEAR a DJ, not SEE him. So fuck it, there's 4000 suckers born every minute

It is a show... just a different kind of show.

Of course there are djs that can work huge crowds doing nothing more than burying their head in a mixer. Just like there are djs that have big rock concert like stages.

Both can be just as fun... Imagine that... different strokes.

Table must not be big enough for differing opinions

[djredeye]

Originally Posted by DJPePe

And what about Chicane?

Are you fucking kidding me??? The fuck outta here. And Fatboy Slim???? Really? The king of overhyped corny fratboy music? These two are your examples??? Thank you for proving my point for me

[Gaylord Focker]

Originally Posted by djredeye

Are you fucking kidding me??? The fuck outta here. And Fatboy Slim???? Really? The king of overhyped corny fratboy music? These two are your examples??? Thank you for proving my point for me

LOL @ scottie. The fuck outta here... lolz.

[djetaine]

In the immortal words of Eazy-E....
"shut the fuck up, get the fuck outta here"

[Sinner]

I like that Azteca De Plataaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!! was brought up. That fucking rox.

[djredeye]

Originally Posted by david austin

It is a show... just a different kind of show.

Of course there are djs that can work huge crowds doing nothing more than burying their head in a mixer. Just like there are djs that have big rock concert like stages.

Both can be just as fun... Imagine that... different strokes.

Table must not be big enough for differing opinions

Yes, and all those djs that need all that crap all seem to play the same type of stuff. Coincidence? If you can't pull it off with little more than a dark room, and a boomin system, then u can keep it. Fuck the hype.

Wolf+lamb party say what?!?