Re: (313) My take on Yussel
This whole argument is moot. I've seen Mills spin like six times in the last year and a half, and he certainly hasn't played the same set every time, or anything even close. The only commonality has been that he's played lots of his own material, and lots of those tracks are similar set-to-set. Fair play, it's his music. If he played the same set while on one tour, that's one thing (and understandable for reasons already cited), but tour-to-tour it just doesn't hold water. Late last year he played Fabric and was throwing in house and disco, as he was when he played The End earlier that Autumn. It was different stuff each time as well. Since then I haven't heard him do that as much, but each set has still been substantially different. Perhaps this argument held water a few years ago - I don't know. It certainly doesn't now though. Reading tracklists of online mixes does not equate to seeing him perform regularly first-hand. Tristan === http://www.phonopsia.co.uk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: (313) My take on Yussel
i kinda agree about the limitations of your set when you're a dj on tour but it's not as bad as what you guys are saying. a record crate holds a lot of records, enough for 3 completely different sets at least, mix and match and you have i dunno 6 or 7 pretty different sets. also a fun thing to do is go record shopping before your gig if you have time, en play those records that night. guess you gotta have room to carry them to your next gig tho. i was recently in atlanta for a show and me and the other guys i was with hit a recordstore beforehand and found a bunch of dancemania and trax for $1 each. that stuff was almost all that got played that night...fun...guess you don't do that so much when you're a bigshot with a big paycheck tho and people are paying $25 to get in or whatever, but i dont think that applies to most dj's or most occasions..whatever... _ Check out the coupons and bargains on MSN Offers! http://youroffers.msn.com
Re: (313) My take on Yussel
-- Original Message -- From: jason kenjar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Ok everyone, this statement is obviously another attempt by Yussel to >force us into giving him our collective attention. So lets all fill >each others mailboxes with the obvious refutes to this terribly over >simplified and unjust statement and give our little drama prince the >attention he deserves. i dont know, im just saying that it seems like most deejays who tour can only bring along so many records at once. i mean i guess you could go home and repack your records after every gig but i bet the people paying your flight shares might be unhappy. it also seems like theres a pretty high pressure on deejays to play things people know. so i wouldnt say that they play exactly the same set, but i bet it gets pretty repititious after a while. i mean why do you really need to play different records if people arent going to like them? theres a finite number of records to play, and only a very small percentage of them is going to fall into the kind of music you want to play, and an even smaller number are going to be the ones to really get a reaction out of a crowd. i can think of many records that i own that i love that i would probably never play at a gig unless it was like a lounge type atmosphere where getting people to dance wasnt the primary concern. i like playing different settings so i can play different kinds of records in different ways. i imagine jeff mills isnt getting asked to play the chill room too often. tom andythepooh.com
Re: (313) My take on Yussel
Ok everyone, this statement is obviously another attempt by Yussel to force us into giving him our collective attention. So lets all fill each others mailboxes with the obvious refutes to this terribly over simplified and unjust statement and give our little drama prince the attention he deserves. On Friday, April 30, 2004, at 12:26 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i'd go so far to say that most DJs play essentially the same set. it might evolve over the years, but in a 12-18 month period you won't hear much variety.
