Been a few months since i posted - my bad been busy etc etc
any ways, in this club and the DJ is playing a radio playlist, and just fading between tracks completely out of time , key etc. it was sounding dreadful, and in every transition the crowd was looking round not knowing what to dance to as the beat hick-uped along until he faded the old track out.
So i try and have a good time ignoring this, just trying to get into the groove of whatever he's playing, even though none of it is what I'm into. But after nearly an hour in this club I'm fed up - i want to have a good time here with my friends but I'm just not feeling it.
so:
I go to the booth, catch him when he's just staring into space and ask him if he's got any house music and if he could mix a few tracks together.
His reply was that he loves house music, and thats all he used to play, but it's not what the kids in the club want and if he played it then he'd be out of a job. i try and get him to go for it but he's not moving.
Kinda got me thinking: This guy has become an iTunes jukebox. The passion and soul has gone. surely if it gets to that point you know it might be time to at least move to a different venue?
The guy must enjoy being behind the decks?? But who enjoys seeing an awkward crowd every time you try and change tracks? To the extent where you just let one track stop and then press play on another deck every time.
I duno if anyone else has seen this sort of thing? what do you do when you feel your not allowed to express yourself behind the decks anymore? Is it your fault for not moving with the clientel? or for not keeping them interested in your music? or is it out of your control when tastes just change as things progress beyond what your into?
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