ENKI Calls Out Wack Opening DJs
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4. Don't even take a job doing a hip-hop slot if TROY, 3 Biggie songs, and Scenario are all you plan to play.
LaserWolf said:musica said:http://blogs.sfweekly.com/shookdown/2011/03/how_to_be_an_opening_dj_by_oak.php
I appreciate an opening act that is in contrast to the headliner. Headlinerlite aint making it.
I don't think he meant it as headliner-lite.
One can still play a contrast set that works within the mood of the whole night.
If the headliner plays house and disco, you can start off the night with rare groove and hip-hop.
If the headliner is going to play hard Southern rap all night, you can lead off with a miami bass/80s hip-hop set.
There are tons of examples where you can play a contrast set that doesn't get into the territory described in the article.
I appreciate an opening act that is in contrast to the headliner. Headlinerlite aint making it.
I don't think he meant it as headliner-lite.
One can still play a contrast set that works within the mood of the whole night.
If the headliner plays house and disco, you can start off the night with rare groove and hip-hop.
If the headliner is going to play hard Southern rap all night, you can lead off with a miami bass/80s hip-hop set.
There are tons of examples where you can play a contrast set that doesn't get into the territory described in the article.
hermes1 said:LaserWolf said:musica said:http://blogs.sfweekly.com/shookdown/2011/03/how_to_be_an_opening_dj_by_oak.php
I appreciate an opening act that is in contrast to the headliner. Headlinerlite aint making it.
I don't think he meant it as headliner-lite.
One can still play a contrast set that works within the mood of the whole night.
If the headliner plays house and disco, you can start off the night with rare groove and hip-hop.
If the headliner is going to play hard Southern rap all night, you can lead off with a miami bass/80s hip-hop set.
There are tons of examples where you can play a contrast set that doesn't get into the territory described in the article.
This.
I didn't mean that the opener should be headliner-lite, though in looking back over the post, I can see how it would read that way, so that's bad phrasing on my part. Even editors need editors!
I appreciate an opening act that is in contrast to the headliner. Headlinerlite aint making it.
I don't think he meant it as headliner-lite.
One can still play a contrast set that works within the mood of the whole night.
If the headliner plays house and disco, you can start off the night with rare groove and hip-hop.
If the headliner is going to play hard Southern rap all night, you can lead off with a miami bass/80s hip-hop set.
There are tons of examples where you can play a contrast set that doesn't get into the territory described in the article.
This.
I didn't mean that the opener should be headliner-lite, though in looking back over the post, I can see how it would read that way, so that's bad phrasing on my part. Even editors need editors!
JimBeam said:
yeah! save that lazy selection for a headliner!
playing other people's music can be so complex.
If "playing other people's music" was all that DJing involved, I could step in for someone like Tiesto at one of his stadium gigs in Uruguay or wherever, and just play "other people's music", and nobody would mind, right? As long as they're getting a DJ who's "playing other people's music" - because that's all a DJ is, after all - then what would they have to complain about?
yeah! save that lazy selection for a headliner!
playing other people's music can be so complex.
If "playing other people's music" was all that DJing involved, I could step in for someone like Tiesto at one of his stadium gigs in Uruguay or wherever, and just play "other people's music", and nobody would mind, right? As long as they're getting a DJ who's "playing other people's music" - because that's all a DJ is, after all - then what would they have to complain about?
cause its part of the really annoying, super obvious hip hop canon set you hear all the time at hip hop shows that starts with NWA express yourself, House Of Pain - Jump Around.. arrrrrgh.
good advice there, definitely fucked this one up a few times. NEVER PLAY SONGS BY THE ACT YOU ARE SUPPORTING. (probably obvious but everyone falls foul of this!).
good advice there, definitely fucked this one up a few times. NEVER PLAY SONGS BY THE ACT YOU ARE SUPPORTING. (probably obvious but everyone falls foul of this!).
Ulysses31nicholas said:cause its part of the really annoying, super obvious hip hop canon set you hear all the time at hip hop shows that starts with NWA express yourself, House Of Pain - Jump Around.. arrrrrgh.
Last time I saw The Roots in London, I could count the number of songs the DJ played that were less than 10 years old on the fingers of one hand.
Last time I saw The Roots in London, I could count the number of songs the DJ played that were less than 10 years old on the fingers of one hand.
Ulysses31nicholas said:cause its part of the really annoying, super obvious hip hop canon set you hear all the time at hip hop shows that starts with NWA express yourself, House Of Pain - Jump Around.. arrrrrgh.
good advice there, definitely fucked this one up a few times. NEVER PLAY SONGS BY THE ACT YOU ARE SUPPORTING. (probably obvious but everyone falls foul of this!).
OK, that's what I figured was meant, I just wasn't sure why that one particular song was singled out. But sure, its one in a long list of overplayed stuff.
good advice there, definitely fucked this one up a few times. NEVER PLAY SONGS BY THE ACT YOU ARE SUPPORTING. (probably obvious but everyone falls foul of this!).
OK, that's what I figured was meant, I just wasn't sure why that one particular song was singled out. But sure, its one in a long list of overplayed stuff.
its a particular phenomenon of the hip hop show which is a fundamental part of the decaying appeal of the hip hop show (along with OKAY WHEN I SAY HIP, YOU SAY.. PUT 2 FINGERS IN THE AIR FOR PROOF 2PAC BIGGIE [delete as appropriate] MAKE SOME NOISE IF YOU LOVE HIP HOP etc) although it might have been fun the first 25 times you experience it. maybe.
Really, a set of rules made to show respect to the headliner? Blaming the failure of a night on the opener? If you are the headliner and you are as bad ass as you think you are because, well you are headlining then it doesn't matter if your opener played obscure 19th century chamber music mixed with hair metal...you are the headliner, you should be able to rock it. No excuses. You can't whine that the opener ruined the night, you are the headliner, the fault lies with you if it was a wack night.
Imagine these silly rules being professed for opening bands...as if a headlining band could blame the opening band for a lame show. If you can't take the night where you want it to go, then you are a shitty band. Same with DJs. Dint go blaming your failures on the support act(s).
Imagine these silly rules being professed for opening bands...as if a headlining band could blame the opening band for a lame show. If you can't take the night where you want it to go, then you are a shitty band. Same with DJs. Dint go blaming your failures on the support act(s).
The_Hook_Up said:Really, a set of rules made to show respect to the headliner? Blaming the failure of a night on the opener? If you are the headliner and you are as bad ass as you think you are because, well you are headlining then it doesn't matter if your opener played obscure 19th century chamber music mixed with hair metal...you are the headliner, you should be able to rock it. No excuses. You can't whine that the opener ruined the night, you are the headliner, the fault lies with you if it was a wack night.
Imagine these silly rules being professed for opening bands...as if a headlining band could blame the opening band for a lame show. If you can't take the night where you want it to go, then you are a shitty band. Same with DJs. Dint go blaming your failures on the support act(s).
This.
Imagine these silly rules being professed for opening bands...as if a headlining band could blame the opening band for a lame show. If you can't take the night where you want it to go, then you are a shitty band. Same with DJs. Dint go blaming your failures on the support act(s).
This.
The_Hook_Up said:Really, a set of rules made to show respect to the headliner? Blaming the failure of a night on the opener? If you are the headliner and you are as bad ass as you think you are because, well you are headlining then it doesn't matter if your opener played obscure 19th century chamber music mixed with hair metal...you are the headliner, you should be able to rock it. No excuses. You can't whine that the opener ruined the night, you are the headliner, the fault lies with you if it was a wack night.
Imagine these silly rules being professed for opening bands...as if a headlining band could blame the opening band for a lame show. If you can't take the night where you want it to go, then you are a shitty band. Same with DJs. Dint go blaming your failures on the support act(s).
go/gc
Imagine these silly rules being professed for opening bands...as if a headlining band could blame the opening band for a lame show. If you can't take the night where you want it to go, then you are a shitty band. Same with DJs. Dint go blaming your failures on the support act(s).
go/gc
