No music in this town..

go · Post by go » Sat May 31, 2008 5:01 am

Im just wondering if there is anyone ones eles out there like me...

I live in a pretty decent sized town nothing to big nothing to small, we have a couple of clubs and plenty of people that want to party. I do a little dj'ing here and there and have been for a number of years now. Ive played everything from bangin techno to jacking house and all the nice fluffy stuff inbetween. And more recently over the last couple of years techno/minimal. But the thing i find funny is that no matter what i play im never able to keep the people happy. I dont believe its my dj'ing skills or my ability to read a crowd because i have done so quiet sucessfully in other places. And now ive just got the the point where im sick of trying to play what people want and not what i think is good music. It almost sceems asif im a couple steps ahead of everyone. But i know thats not true because when i get on this forum i feel like a newb again. Im not here to have a sook even though im sure it could probley come across that why, im just wondering if anyone eles out there has the same kind of problems as me...

omnipresence · Post by **omnipresence** » Sat May 31, 2008 5:27 am

You're not from Perth are you?

go · Post by go » Sat May 31, 2008 5:32 am

nah man, mildura victoria... 6hrs from melb, 4hrs from adelaide.

miroslav · Post by **miroslav** » Sat May 31, 2008 6:07 am

I would suspect you're far from alone in this.

I can obviously really only speak for myself, but being in Columbus, OH I can tell you there isn't much of a scene for the techy minimal madness that I love... I don't try very much, but I doubt I could energize a party crowd around here with stuff that I would play. I'm not sure they would get it.

I might be a bit too negativistic...but this is part of why my music obsession only lives in my basement where I record my mixes, online where I get involved in forums and people (sometimes) listen to them, and at a few points in the year in real life when I get together with old friends from different places at Detroit and other festivals and relive the glory days for a while.

But it's not my fault that most people around me are too small-minded to be able to comprehend these sounds...or anything that doesn't come from a radio.

That may sound elitist, and that's fine with me

omnipresence · Post by **omnipresence** » Sat May 31, 2008 6:23 am

Yeah I understand how you both feel too. It's not so bad here (it could be worse) but often it feels pretty hit and miss. Sometimes it seems like you're fighting a losing battle but you've got to keep the hope and give it time.

Post by **John Clees** » Sat May 31, 2008 7:51 am

omnipresence wrote:hit and miss.

it's even like that in detroit...

timeless / good / positive energy is priceless..

clubfoot · Post by **clubfoot** » Sat May 31, 2008 8:00 am

don't worry mate

i've got loads of experience like that. in the UK. and when i moved to prague my record bag scared people - other djs even. what did it contain... the best mnml of that time.

djshiva · Post by **djshiva** » Sat May 31, 2008 8:17 am

miroslav wrote:I would suspect you're far from alone in this.

I can obviously really only speak for myself, but being in Columbus, OH I can tell you there isn't much of a scene for the techy minimal madness that I love... I don't try very much, but I doubt I could energize a party crowd around here with stuff that I would play. I'm not sure they would get it.

I might be a bit too negativistic...but this is part of why my music obsession only lives in my basement where I record my mixes, online where I get involved in forums and people (sometimes) listen to them, and at a few points in the year in real life when I get together with old friends from different places at Detroit and other festivals and relive the glory days for a while.

But it's not my fault that most people around me are too small-minded to be able to comprehend these sounds...or anything that doesn't come from a radio.

That may sound elitist, and that's fine with me

so sad too, considering the artists that columbus, oh has given to techno. titonton, todd sines, monochrome. the whole ele_mental crew was killin' at one time and then everything died and everyone scattered.

you know i am feeling ya man, being in indianapolis and all...