Do you feel respected?

[ZxZDeViLZxZ]

Mostapha here's a playlist of a short proggy style set I did http://serato.com/playlists/Harmonicdreams/10-24-2014_2 if ya want I can dump to mixcloud and link ya

[mostapha]

I remember several of those tracks....that was a fun part of my life.

[DeanOakley]

Sadly a lot of promoters feel that more DJs mean more guests and so on so I see a lot of nights crammed with DJs. It's not right.

This. Nights round my way are getting silly. There's this one event coming up that I've seen the flyer for, 10 DJs on the bill but the bar is only open for 7 hours....

[IznremiX]

This. Nights round my way are getting silly. There's this one event coming up that I've seen the flyer for, 10 DJs on the bill but the bar is only open for 7 hours....

That's insane, but completely believable. I understand why promoters do it and I appreciate all the work they do to put on nights, but I'd be lying if I said I wouldn't like longer set times. For those of us who get to travel once in a while, it's not uncommon to spend your entire day getting to a gig to only play an hour haha

[sarasin]

Here's my opinion and experience.

I've spent time and played in a bunch of cities, and of course they are all different, so whatever.

But In my current city...this is how I have found success.

----If you play what people WANT to hear...no respect. If you play what people NEED to hear...respect.----

It may sound a little philosophical...but it is true. Play the unexpected, play the unusual, play the out of place, mix it up.
90% of club and rave djs are pretty much playing the same 1000 songs on a monthly basis.

When I play a track and someone looks at me and they have that look in their eyes...like..."I have just lost control of my body, why is it moving this way...and HOW??" That's when you know your playing good tracks.

Even other djs will respect you, because you put the time and effort to find a track that no one in your area has ever heard.

Its hard to respect anyone that is playing tracks that can be found and acquired in 15 seconds on itunes for 99cents.

Put forth the effort, people will notice.

IMHO

Many of you know my style of djing, is based more on finding the most obscure tracks i can play (good ones) I'm a digger for life!

Here is Cape Town, I have played at the larger PsyTrance outdoor festivals (Clubs too) and there is a style of Psytrance for the time of day. If you play a certain style of Psy, you get booked to perform at the time it should be played. That being said, I too would not just play what everyone else is playing. I would try and source new tracks (unreleased) that have not been heard and EDUCATE the crowd on them.

That worked for me, really well. However it is pretty much what we all do. Psytrance shelf life is REALLY short. So you pretty much HAVE to play new stuff all the time.

If you just stood there AB'ing, you would not get as a good reaction as when you put some energy into it and worked it!

I always got a load of respect here.

I was one of the first to use a Controller at these festivals (VCI100 Arcade) and I did get a lot of jeers but once I rocked the slot and really when to town with it, I got the respect of my fellow DJ's.

The crowd did not really see what i was playing on, so they just into the music....not what you using.

Playing Live with my mates Dubstep outfit, I used TT's Mixer and Controller and the gear was what the crowd liked (the scratches too) but the technical effort put into it, is what got the other performers respect.

Crowd wise, I usually got respect at these gigs. Playing at private birthday's and other gigs where a mix of genres was on the cards, not so much. I found that very hard to get right.

[sarasin]

That's insane, but completely believable. I understand why promoters do it and I appreciate all the work they do to put on nights, but I'd be lying if I said I wouldn't like longer set times. For those of us who get to travel once in a while, it's not uncommon to spend your entire day getting to a gig to only play an hour haha

Yep!

Our outdoor festivals are usually an hour or 3's drive and to get there and play an hour is shitty.

I can understand the frustration of folks traveling even further!

[ZxZDeViLZxZ]

Welcome to the ADD Generation past are the days of 4 hour time slots.... When I did Internet radio streams back in early 2000 my sets were normally a minim of 2 hours and average 4 hours with lots in the 5-6 hour range

[JZed]

^^^

It's crazy how well known Deko-ze is in TO, I didn't realize he was so big! On a side note I'm glad I'm finally moving out of here in the near future as well haha.

It's actually insane how popular he is. I think these days, besides guys like Carlo Lio, Nathan Barato & The Junkies, he's the most notable name in the house music scene from this city. His energy behind the decks is unmatched, no one pulls off their shirt and starts head banging behind the decks at 6am quite like him. It seems very few people know he's from Saskatchewan too.

[mostapha]

Welcome to the ADD Generation past are the days of 4 hour time slots....

I've been to a number of sets with 3+ hour slots for DJs. Granted, it was pretty much only the headliners...and some of them weren't exactly legal...and went on until well into the next day. But it does happen....just not at mainstream clubs.

Could you spin that for more than an hour?

[ZxZDeViLZxZ]

Oh mainstream shit God no I'm lucky if I can tolerate it for more then 45mins..... I do agree I have seen lots of 4 hour sets in my time but haven't in a long time... Last time I saw a nice long set was back in 2007 was from 10-2 and was a pretty legit trance set was also a headliner in a packed sold out club in Houston so yeah....