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I was DJing in California for many years, just having a good time, watching the rave scene get real big. Then it became a bit fashionable and Electronica hit the mainstream and there was no way to make any money as a DJ unless you sold your soul to the local drug dealers and club owners... So I left the country and moved to Portugal, where I made shit loads of cash at the expense of selling my soul to local drug dealers and club owners. Was fun to play with guys like Richie Hawtin, but the stress of spending 2 months trying to hunt down your cash became too much... So, after nearly 12 years of playing records and making people dance, I am feeling damn jaded. The "Its just about the music" bullshit seemed to die off years ago and now "Its just about the fashion/trends/drugs".
Maybe it was just about the fashion/trends/drugs back in the early days too, but I wasn't jaded and it all seemed so perfect. Perhaps my only regret after all these years was trying too hard to "Make it" as a DJ and not sticking to the "just have fun" principles.
Anywayzzz.... don't delete this tribe :|
Maybe it was just about the fashion/trends/drugs back in the early days too, but I wasn't jaded and it all seemed so perfect. Perhaps my only regret after all these years was trying too hard to "Make it" as a DJ and not sticking to the "just have fun" principles.
Anywayzzz.... don't delete this tribe :|
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Jaded Producer
Sun, January 18, 2004 - 11:53 PMI'm jaded that producers don't get booked hahaha :P
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Re: Jaded Producer
Sat, February 28, 2004 - 8:03 PMand some of us are about destroying the preconcieved idea of wht music actually is ... espesh u cooks!
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Re: Being Jaded
Wed, March 24, 2004 - 5:21 PMWell I think it is about all of it. The music/sex/drugs are and have always been a part of it. The difference between now and then is that now I realize that the drugs are bullshit and how much of the scene itself is fueled by addiction alone. That is sad. It's even sadder when I go to some club (which in the terms of the "rave" scene, has been a few years) and I see some 16 year old kid out of their head on X.
I do love the music, but I hate that shit and I don't want to be partying with high-schoolers. Hell, I didn't even want to party with them when I was one of them. I mostly just go to smaller weeknight 21 & over gigs. Weekends seem to just have a bunch of lame yahoos that could be in any club, they just want to be out and get wasted at some nondescript or random dance club. Weeknights you encounter more of the purists. I think the crowds are a turn off for me too, I like the intimacy of a small club. -
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Re: Being Jaded
Thu, March 25, 2004 - 10:01 PMdamn rachel just opened a can of worms that im containing! -
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Re: Being Jaded
Tue, August 31, 2004 - 12:25 PMon that intimate vibe, if your're in L.A., come down to Syncopated (www.alienunderground.net). There's a whole bunch of us bitter, jaded older djs, partying with whoever is left from the 90s rave scene, desert folks and burners. Yes, I too used to play at phat pants wearin' raves, til i noticed the kids getting younger, the drugs getting worse and the music sucking. I left my crew when I realized that these kids don't like tasty techno, house or downtempo. I used to play chill music(and not get paid usually) until the promoter decided nobody likes chill musc;( "chill music doesn't pack a room" he says. So, fuck em'. Their loss. You Etards can have your bad hard house, drill n bass and gay prog trance. So.....I ended up where I am now, with a mix of old ravers, other djs and burning man people. Our club is pretty low key but always has quality music and a friendly mixed crowd. more bitterness to come;) P.L.U.R. or whatever
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