so who is to blame for the "scenelessness" in the US? The clubs, the promoters..cant be the artists because they rock. all of the above, plus the govt. Just like in europe, the US had some sketchy rave promoters in its bigger scenes. You can only steal from the crowds enough times before ...

i feel like the people who complain about new tools like ableton and traktor are just has-been vinyl dj's who are pissed off somebody can do what they do, on a basic level, more easily and that some people might be better than them without having to "beat match" which for vinyl dj's seems...

please tell me how you can read the crowd when your staring at an LCD display on your laptop all night. watching someone playing a laptop is about as fun as watching someone read emails I'm not starting a flame war, but you don't even know me ;) In 2008, are you still that mesmorized to see black c...

with all the bells and whistles of this new version it seems to take away all the work. laptop dj's are just so :roll: as a club owner why not just buy a laptop and leave the DJ at home? I'm not trying to start a rant, but lusting over software updates is rather pedantic good thing there are boring...

patrick bateman wrote:

[Cortez] wrote:the movie is with paul kalkbrenner

Really?

ive also heard he does a decent job. many berlienrs were nto enthusiastic about Feiern, but i have not read any bad reviews on berlin calling yet.

patrick bateman wrote:@Ami: are you responsible for the fantastic sound at Arena?
Had my debut there this Saturday, wow... cool sound.

i am only there in capacity as a consultant now, but yes, thank you.

now im mixing mics for guys in suits in hotel ballrooms, lol.

I wouldnt be so fast to write off berlin as any other city in the world. It appears that the smoking band is being effectively fought against.

Damn, you guys get fuckin FLEECED in the EU. however, health care is a lot better (at least my experience in germany). I paid basically nothing for a knee operation this year, which was quickly scheduled, too. Copayments are 10 euro per quarter, versus perhaps 100 bucks per visit in teh states. I d...