This is going to be a bit long winded so please bear with me. I tried searching the topic over the internet and in this forum but i'm getting the feeling this is something of an unwritten rule so there's nothing published anywhere.
So over the past few years my friends got me into the rave scene ( in Europe, east ) and there are several private PSY events and public rave parties I have attended over the years. Usually at these events people tend to enhance their performance to keep up with the beat or immerse fully into the sound and let's be honest: nothing better than to dance all night to good music in the company of friends and other party goers. But I'm getting the feeling my friends haven't picked up the ways the (good?) DJs are talking to the crowd OR IM JUST GOING INSANE but hear me out:
I understand that a big part of a great party is crowd reading by DJs, so I'm looking for some background info on the different ways the DJs are communicating with the more seasoned crowd that I might be missing.
Some examples:
I've noticed that sometimes you DJs send out "scorching" samples (hard to describe, like a rev limiter if it were a car) in your music trying to find answers of how big of a portion of the crowd have enhanced themselves for the looooong night (usually a show of hands in the air by people dancing) so you can pick a tempo for them or side with the honest dancers on the floor.
Playing sirens or similar - by my last experience I guess they mention there might be some wolves in the den. I'm only hoping that the dj is on the crowd's side and have an eye to pick out people who don't belong and might get you in trouble so a warning goes out
There are some more things I think i have noticed but it's hard to put my finger on it as I'm usually not among the honest dancers.
So, finally:
Am I going insane and nobody actually does this with any special kind of meaning or is there some truth behind this, because me friends seem to not have noticed any of this. As a novice raver i'd like to hear about your experience on either side of the fence. All other examples are more than welcome.
Thanks for taking your time.
PS!
Mods, if I go against any rules, sorry. Feel free to delete this if super weird question. Also not a native speaker so apologies for weird use of language.
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