| blac | Wow ....
Its funny I am on my first visit to ITM in over 18 or so months and am an ex-vic guy with a few years in the dance scene, form the perspective of a DJ/Producer and alos event promoter.
Its always good to see people who are passionate about the music and their idea of what constitutes GOOD MUSIC, but it is important always keep in mind if you want to be a popular DJ ITS ALL ABOUT THE CROWD PERIOD! Along the way if you get their attention .. sure you can slip a few tunes in to educate, but I have seen many DJs over the years who have no concept of being their for the crowd. This is why I have seen dudes with great selections and crap mixing rock the floor why DJ's with imaculate 3 deck skills clear a floor...
DJ Josh my man dont let people who say otherwise get to you, if you rock the crowd then you are good DJ period! There will allways be some jaded person who has their own style they perfer to push that dosent connect with what the crowd wants, and they get pissed when they walk in and see 1000 people rocking to tunes they think suck.
Dance music has been commercial for around 10years now and I dont care what anyone says, sure it has its "underground" element, but the bulk of it has been swallowed up and adapted to some marketable genre. For instance look at how mainstream electro house has become?.
Other the years I have progressed from Hip Hop to Techno to Psy_trance to Hard Trance/ Hard Style to Tech Trance back to Techno, to Electro to House and fusions of all of the above. I have played Hard techno to people dont even like dance music and got them groovin, because at the end of the day its all about reading floor and working the room.
Peace out to you and good luck with your gigs.. |