Hey guys, was wondering if any of you are heading over to the BPM show this year in the NEC, Birmingham? Haven’t actually been to a BPM show yet and going by the line up of events, shows & sets (along with product displays) it looks like its going to be a good one.
For anyone that has been & played at the Play @ BPM area in the past do you know when they let the successful applicants know? Was hoping to get a set there this year but haven’t heard anything yet, tried Emailing them about two weeks back but they said they were still going through the entries…fingers crossed anyway
I wouldn’t bother. They put you in the foyer and people just walk past. No-one apart from your mates and girl/boy friend will pay a blind bit of notice and most of the DJs that go to BPM just look down on the guys that play on that stand even though the guys on the stand are probably better and more enthusiaistic than the penises that walk around in their muscle shirts with the sleeve tattoos looking like clones.
Done it for the last couple of years, Karlos is right, not many people take much notice but I’m also playing on the KAM lighting stage at some point on the Sunday. Will post the times just in case anyone is about.
Mainly curious to figure out what this is. It’s in the HDJ-700 video. My best guess is the DDJ-SZ2, but with all the new Rekordbox functions a Rekordbox exclusive controller might be an option as well. Any thoughts on this?
great discounts, I saved £160 on traktor z2 last year and I’m hoping to save some money on a pair of 2000 nxs this year =). Its hectic there it seems like theres a dj on every turn and smoke everywhere haha.
Have to say I had a brilliant time there yesterday, I went by myself in the end - all my mates pulled out and I got there at midday and left at 6.
I was on the PLAY@BPM stage at 12.45 for half hour, played a classic house set and got a load of great feedback from it - even Sam, the lad running the stage, said he enjoyed it and was going to be using some of my track selection in his own set later that night.
I then was DJing on the Gemini and KAM stage, used the new MDJ-1000s, which I thought were terrible, fair play to Gemini for trying to come back into the market but the 1000s just don’t cut it.
I was on there for about an hour and played a similar set, mainly due to the response of the first set and it went down well and I was joined by a special guest:
Karlos is right though, the place is full of DJs thinking they’re big time Charlie’s - one guy in particular on the Pioneer stand was using one of the demo units, had a load of mates watching him, one filming and he was ‘dropping’ the likes of Uptown Funk and Clean Bandit and giving it the Jesus pose and everything.
I find it’s best to just watch and laugh.
Saw JON1st and JBF, the latter who was joint winner of the DMC championship.
LMAO @ Chewbacca! Yeah man. The world has been flooded with Deejays. It’s changed the reality of the game in such a negative manner that it’s scary to see what the future holds. Won’t be long till everyone shows up at the club with a midi controller. Everyong will be rocking out to their own sets in their headphones and room will appear silent to onlookers.
For me personally as an ‘old timer’ I thought this year’s BPM was the quietist I’ve attended. I went on Saturday so not sure how Sunday and Monday compared.
Load’s of wannabes rocking out on the demo gear like they were playing to thousands - just horrified at what the future potentially holds.
Equipment wise I thought there were less stands and a on some stand’s a lot of empty space - for example Allen and Heath only had two set-ups running.
It used to be a weekend I looked forward too but it could be now something I only go too if I’m in the market for new gear. Never thought I would say that!
And I love your too dude … but you already know that
Sorry guys, I posted that first post then went on holiday - I didn’t mean to come across as harsh and all power to those of you that played at BPM although people do seem to agree that it is a bit of a waste of time playing but hey , not every time we play is awesome so yeah … just do it, ignore my cynicism.
I didn’t attend BPM this year - ironically because I was way to busy actually DJing, I didn’t get the time.
I’m hoping to attend next year because… well I’ll hopefully have a really good reason to be there (enough said, not hard to work out, check my sig).
This is exactly what I have been hearing as well.
To be honest there’s never really anything to go for other than hooking up with folks - the gear is all what we know is out there. I think the people that get the most out of BPM are the mobile/wedding DJ types as there are always great deals to be had on lighting and such things.
Won’t worry bout it really then if I don’t get on for that slot 
