Clown DJ's

[LXJ]

I'll admit I'm a clown DJ.

[Ed Paris]

imho this rant seems a bit pointless to me.

[guiltyblade]

Not for nothing but I f*cking hate aoki. Mostly for his sh!t music and his terrible attitude and presence. Hes literally the worse thing to happen to electronic ever imo. Cakes in the face, barely behind the decks, champagne all over, what a douchebag.

[wongaling]

Why do people argue about what someone else is doing? People Love watching Aoki jump about like an idiot on stage and it makes for an entertaining performance. If DJ Blend wants to stop the music until he got his mask back who gives a crap, he might just get a bad response from his immediate audience. Personally I would get pretty cranky if that happened but not at Blend I'd get pissed at the guy that flogged his mask. Arguing over pointless crap if moronic. Just my 2cents

[Emmett]

There will always be good house music. There will always be people who enjoy listening to it and mixing it.

Irrespective of the mainstream pop/'EDM'/electro/ electronic music being hammered on the radio and at festivals, the 'good' stuff is going to survive. Although I agree with Sneak's underlying sentiments I ask the question: What difference does it make if SHM or Aoki are playing a poptastic tripe show to a bunch of people who don't give a shit anyway? The intended audience are the sort of folks who won't be found digging the crates, learning (or caring) about the history, or even attending small club nights.

House music has for most of its duration been underground with brief glimpses into mainstream culture. With advances of communication technology I'm sure that most of the people listening to SHM et al have actually had some exposure to the 'good stuff'. Guess what, much like the 1.5 generations before them the vast majority of people have no interest in it. House music is well sited in the margins and I'm perfectly ok with that. I'm not quite sure why Sneak is not...

I am aware that Sneak is a passionate man but I don't really see why he is getting so worked up. He is in a somewhat different market to these pop folks and wouldn't be headlining if they weren't playing because these gigs simply wouldn't exist at their present scale and frequency. That implies that the audience aren't the type that would go and listen to Sneak play...\

The overzealous pointing out of the crap stuff is akin to a first chair classically trained musician ripping on Andre Rieu; the first chair is likely technically better but the masses (and Rieu) don't care.

I'm glad someone with merit has pointed out the elephant in the room and been supported by other with merit. Carrying on with it is starting to sound more like misguided sour grapes than passion IMHO...

[chicomodo]

It's kinda complicated.

But I'll use Harry J. Friedman as an example. Harry J. Friedman used an awful tie everyday as a salesman. Why? Maybe his clients couldn't remember his name, but "the guy with the funny tie" sold to them.

When I see somebody using masks I always remember Friedman. Deadmau5, Bl3nd, Slipknot, heck even V for Vendetta! (someone wants me to slap for it) but masks or makeups could transform into symbols! And THAT means success. A LOT of people could see the Deadmau5 logo and tell that belongs to a DJ.

But all the criticism over the performance on stage should be evaluated. What is a DJ? The guy who records songs and play a pre-recorded set over and over again, and focuses on the audience and energy, or the guy who can't put the eyes off their Macbook pro looking for the perfect song to mix after another, forgetting the audience?

[Otacon]

me and my friend wear masks when we play, but we dont "clown around". We start off not wearing them, then as the show builds up and everyone's dancing and having a good time till we finally reach the 140 bpm point (last 45min-hour) we smoke the place out and throw our masks on and everyone goes wild. I never leave my decks, and he never leaves his VJ setup, but we use masks to kinda show the final transformation of the energy level/crowd. I think as long as your main focus is the music and your crowd you should do whatever you feel is necessary for everyone to have a great time and experience music the way you see it. Just my 2 cents

[photojojo]

[tekki]

who did it offend? Aoki?


Don't flatter yourselves guys, I don't think he reads the forum

That's not the point oliosky, though I can tell you there's many famous lurkers here.

Point is, we don't want the DJTT community to be known as a bunch of loudmouths. That said, on with the topic.

[space monkey]

KISS
Anyone remember these guys? Are we seeing the emergence of glam jockeys? Dolled up spinsters acting the clown giving the audience the license to let go as well? This is something philosoraptor should chime in on. As I await an answer there's some tunes I need to purchase and find some good loop points with. History and thought class is now over for me.
Ta ta