MCs.... yay or nay?

[Pots]

Massive NAY from me.

Dance music is created through 2 very long and thoughtful processes - production and DJing. The process from the producer's first ideas for the track to the DJ actually playing it out to a crowd takes so long and involves so much thought, planning, consideration, the creation of the track, the selection of a tune by the DJ in the shop, the selection within a set, the mixing... for a third person to then impose themselves on top of the whole process largely undoes all the good work leading up to it. The MCing that I have experienced involves absolutely no skill, no planning, no thought. Used sparingly - as ive heard they do in Holland, only speaking every now and again to let everyone know who the DJ is, maybe get everyone moving on a big tune once in a while. But when are they TRULY necessary?

Thoughts?

[Paul Nisbet]

I hate mcs man. hate them an awful lot!

[Nath]

I like MC's but in Moderation,

Ya need Some One Who isnt Ryming Sh.ite over the Music, someone who Lets the Music Do the Talking, I think someone Like Ribbz,Ikon,Si The Sigh fitz this perfectly

[Ashley]

Yeah just a little bit though.

[Sulphuric_acid]

i h8 most mcs mostly in the happy hardcore scene they do my ed they screamin all over the song like wen there r lyrics in the song u do actually want to hear them n u got storm, whizzkid or odyssey squealin over em n this does my ed in.

mc as in ribbz, sharkey, ezy, ikon, squidgy b n si the sigh they know wot they doin they know wen to shut up so we can actually listen to the music n they dont scream nshout they jus mc.

[Voorheez]

I really detest MC's.

If I wanted to hear MC'ing, i'd listen to garage.

[Pots]

I really detest MC's.

If I wanted to hear MC'ing, i'd listen to garage.

I went to Uprising in Sheffield a few months ago to see Uberdruck, and for me it totally ruined the evening. Why do you think they are such a long-standing tradition, and do you think it will hinder the spread of the hardstyle genre into the minds of more mainstream clubbers? I.e we were talking in another thread about preconceptions about a genre - i think MCing does even more damage to peoples conceptions of whether a DJ's music is 'intelligent' or not...

[lukekendall]

i think mc's are good as long as they dont repeatedly say to much! i got a few mark eg and m-zone tapes from slammin vinyl were the mcs ruin the set! :doh: . mcs like ribz and si the sigh are my kind of guys! get the crowd going with out being annoying! :clap:

[DJ Pearcey]

this topics been up before.

no to mc's.

[Voorheez]

Yeah Pots I think it really will turn a lot of people off hardstyle if MC'ing becomes a given at all events - mainly because many people will see our music as a sister genre to hardcore. I, personally, am instantly put off when I see that an event has an MC, because it can really ruin the night for me.

[DJ Backlash]

to be honest I really like Mcing,it sets an atmosphere i think.Definitly Sharkey is the mutts nutts!

[Andy__C]

I prefer 'hosting' to MCs.....if there's much of a difference......

Hate it when Dj comes on with no announcement.......and I like a cheeky bit of gettin the crowd going....can really make a difference........
defo against the 'sound engineer tunr my mike up louder can't drown out the tunes enuff with my ramblin yet' though.........


Havin said that....haven't caught many hosts/MCs recently....Jus shocker, NRG and Ribbz......


So over all opinion...... = 'it depends' :lol:

[MARKEG]

nah apart from the odd one's who relly add to it. ribbzy is my fave.

[karl54]

Ribbz is the daddy @ mc'ing. he get's it just right, not too much woffling, and hypes the crowed up realy well.. i think its his tone of voice.

+ he's always dancing around and smileing, whcih rubs off on the crowed and makes the atmospher that little bit better.

he's an alright dj too.

,, not into most other Mc's but Ikon is quite good and Ezy sometimes, but ribbzy #1

[wenna]

1 ribbs
2 si the sigh
3 easy

i used to quite like mc's back in about 1995-6. when they were kind of new to me,but now only these 3 (literally) do it for me. i think mc's nowadays feel they have to wail on the whole time to make a name for themselves! its kind of like djs in a away, theres so many about!

[DJ Corbzy]

Yeah Si the Sigh and Ribbzy only for me really...anyone else is just shite really... :nono:

[Carl]

some mcs are ok - si and ribbzy are wicked. those of you who have said that you've been to clubs/events where the Mcing has ruined the night for you, i tell you this - if you ever went to the country club, when si was Mcing, it wouldnt have ruined your night ;)

[Jay M]

I dont mind mc's if its done well and not over the top of the djs mixing.
I like Sharkey hes a wicked mc but im not keen on storm , wiki wiki waaaaaaaa wail screeech

[Si the Sigh]

a large percentage of MC's do my fu*king head in! theres no need to scream your bollocks off over a set. just host & learn the main thing...when to shut up. the MC's that do it for me have got to be:

1) Ribbz (the UK's finest host)
2) Squidgy B (hardcore techno's most under-rated IMO)

[lukekendall]

I dont mind mc's if its done well and not over the top of the djs mixing.
I like Sharkey hes a wicked mc but im not keen on storm , wiki wiki waaaaaaaa wail screeech

storm is gash!! totally screatchy, does not shut up!!!

should stick to hardcore!!! :rambo:

[rapture]

Minimal mc'ing yes. We are there to listen to the tunes at the end of the day.

I can't stand it when the mc goes over the lyrics of vocal sample etc on a record :evil:

[subsonic]

ribbz
mcmc
sharkey
i think all of those guys just hype the crowd with out killing the tunes
but you get some mcs going on and on and on just like storm and bassman he killed my set in peterborough a few years ago :nono:
but the lads at the top i rate :lol:

[romelpotter]

some mc's are good but in genral I am not a fan

[subsonic]

oh yer mc majika crap stixman crap just go on and on