The sad thing is, all this is actually becoming publicity for them because people NEVER put their money where their mouth is, and nobody will boycott that place. They'll just keep going back.
The sad thing is, all this is actually becoming publicity for them because people NEVER put their money where their mouth is, and nobody will boycott that place. They'll just keep going back.
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This goes hand in hand with how pissed I get about people only going to the clubs to meet women instead of listening to the DJs. Nothing quite like going to see one of my favorites only to be shoulder to shoulder with everyone else who is trying to get laid.
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It's the dark side of a a coin. For local stuff, we've had all kinds of success playing house to pop crowds thanks to the shift in pop instrumentation and adoption of synthetic timbres. I don't do it anymore, because I'm a stuck up dickface who only plays to my favorite crowds from mainrooms :teeth: and I don't gig theses days much anyway, but back when I took all the gigs I could this was my saving grace. And it made the crowd have a happier night. People want the most out-there music they can tolerate. Usually that means pop music b-sides. Sometimes it means digging deeper into the music mines.Originally Posted by mrkleen
So it goes both ways, and I think money and status might be one of the variables here. One thing is that with the stigma against house music gone, there's a lot more opportunity and bigger crowds than there were, regardless of pop's feedback-based influence.
Sort of true in the grander sense, but DJs of a certain kind, when playing at impersonal, media-featuring venues need maintain both their personal brand but also their beloved music as well. Like, yeah, you always play to your crowd. If you don't like your crowd, change scenes or build a new one. But this is a bit different: he was booked to be him, and he wouldn't have played at all if he wasn't lead to believe this wasn't his scene. Additionally/again, because of the fact that it's strangers there for him, his has a duty to uphold his music tradition because of the global nature of music and music politics.
And of course the whole bit of he didn't even play etc for anyone thinking I didn't read the article simply by responding seriously to this -.-
I wouldn't say that - the stigma with listening to EDM is going away in an overall sense. The stigma with regard to house specifically still exists as when I say I listen to house music, people think progressive and electro.
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Vegas should just replace the Dj's with jukeboxes that play the top 10 hits on repeat. This is bullshit.
...and replace hookers with sluts that just do it for free... am i right?
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Seems like the promoters for these clubs are loose enough, they even act like whores
Eh that's not a stigma, that's just being ignorant
I think in the end this will be way worse for dance music than anything some vegas club could do:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/06/bu...&smid=fb-share
livenation taking over local promoters
I'm not a mark farina fan personally, but the fault is totally on the club/promoter/music director, they booked Mark Farina, and should have known his brand of music, vip's or what not they should have honored their deal with him, they will lose more customers in the long run by kow towing to a few bottle service guests
imagine if I showed up for Tiesto, and they booted him, it would be goddamn GOOD MORNING SAIGON up in there
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