(I only ever give mho btw - before u strike up those flamethrowers!) The missed point here, possibly because of cultural differences is that an encore (and I'm only talking about Europe) has got very little to do with a dj being taken by surprise at the strength of feeling he's created - if s/he is any good at all, an encore is a thing which the spinner expects and an on-time finish is as sure a non-verbal 'did u like it?' as the actual question itself asked over talkover - now that WOULD be strange!
>-----Original Message----- >From: Eric Scuccimarra [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 1:56 AM >To: Cyclone Wehner; 313 Detroit >Subject: Re: [313] may's djing > > >I've never heard of a DJ getting an encore in the US, except for the Jeff >Mills Liquid Room CD which I also thought was bizarre. The closest I've >ever come was Doc Martin at Twilo sometime in 95 (right after it turned >from the Sound Factory). They kept trying to turn on the lights and turn >off the system and every time they did it he would throw on an even better >record and everyone would start dancing and they'd turn the lights off for >another 10 minutes or so. > >But I've never heard of a DJ getting an encore in this country at >least. As >I said in a previous email it seems very bizarre to me since it takes a >good DJ hours to do anything worth listening to and I don't see how that >can be replicated in a few minutes in an encore. > >I don't find the idea of a crowd wanting a DJ to continue strange - that >was happened lots of times - but I find that people generally get annoyed >if the music stops playing so that the DJ can bask in the glow of >the crowd >or the MC is announcing the DJs or anything like that. > >So here I think people would get more annoyed if a DJ stopped playing to >wait for the crowd to ask them for an encore than if a local DJ kept the >music going. > >Just something I found a bit strange. > >Eric > >At 12:40 PM 2/27/02 +1100, Cyclone Wehner wrote: >>I don't know about elsewhere but encores are traditional in Australia. It >>gives people the chance to give props to the DJ. If there's no >screaming for >>encores, it's seen as a diss to the DJ. Jeff Mills, Derrick, Stacey, all >>have done them. And lo behold local DJs coming on after who don't give the >>DJ a chance to do them..... Then it's ice grill time. People leave. >> >>---------- >> >From: "David Gillies" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], 313@hyperreal.org >> >Subject: RE: [313] may's djing >> >Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 12:41 PM >> > >> >> >>To me the point of having a DJ is having someone create >something over a >> >>matter of hours. So playing one record over the monitors seems a >> >>particularly bizarre way of doing an "encore..." >> > >> > He'd been playing overtime from what I remember. The security >in the place >> > turned off the sound system. The monitor was all that was >running. Nobody >> > wanted to go home. >> > >> > That was a seriously AWESOME night. Probably one of the best >nights of my >> > life. I doubt I'll ever experience anyting like that ever again. >> > >> > _________________________________________________________________ >> > Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com >> > >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > >> >>--------------------------------------------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
