I really am totally miffed by this DJ Mag Poll

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Originally Posted by davethedrummer

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Originally Posted by jeroenliebregts

if the music is good, the crowd will be entertained.

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i totally see what you are saying mate
but it's still a bad attitude , djing ...in fact all music is entertainment.
thats waht people pay their money for
not for a discussion group , or a vibeless party with a really " clever " dj/musician teaching everyone about " new " music.
but for a good night out with their mates and a good boogie on the dancefloor , a good vibe and the possibility of a shag at the end of it.
that is the way it has always been and the way it always will be
remember this please.

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Unfortunately this is true for most people - that is all they want from a night out - however to cater to this market is to simply attempt to please the masses - a slippery slope imo as to take it too its logical conclusion then as a promoter, DJ or producer you would simply provide for the lowest common denominator to entertain the maximum number of people which inevitably leads to the conclusion that what they should be providing is very middle of the road stuff that the majority will want to dance too and be entertained by while they drink themselves silly and try to get laid, rather than creating or providing challenging, interesting music.


For me music is an artform first and foremost above being a form of entertainment - thats why I like the techno scene, because this element is strong within it. If the aim is purely to entertain the maximum number of people then we may as well give up innovating now and resign ourselves to a world of funky house, r n b and commercial trance!




Unfortuately true for m

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Originally Posted by dan the acid man

so nobodies going to vote for rudi schmulten then ? :( :lol:

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Indeed. Choose or lose, mother****ers!

Surely if EVERYONE on this forum voted Rudi number 1 then it would have to make some kind of impact?

STOP IT... F**KING POINTLESS SELF INDULGENT W*NKFEST OF AN EGO RUBBING ROOTBALL...

seriously, get this thread da f**k off.. hard house stadium piccotto/tiesto/pvd wa*nk..


and f*ck all the electro-ego sh*t too..


'look at me.. ppl like me... i'm famous'

click... BANG!

now, remove that stunted slime from my presence..

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Originally Posted by rhythmtech

just found this in my mail inbox :lol: :lol: :shock:

henry you sly dog... trying to fool us all into thinking you're too cool for school!!!!



From: Henry Cullen
Re: Dj top 100

Dear [insert name here]

please vote for me in the dj top 100 poll as i want to hang out with teisto and be a superstar.

lots of peace and kisses

henry

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Hahahahah!

:lol:

Your whole dj poll election seems quite similar to our pathetic presidential elections lately.

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Originally Posted by thetonewrecka

Your whole dj poll election seems quite similar to our pathetic presidential elections lately.

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lol nice one :lol:

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Originally Posted by rhythmtech

just found this in my mail inbox :lol: :lol: :shock:

henry you sly dog... trying to fool us all into thinking you're too cool for school!!!!



From: Henry Cullen
Re: Dj top 100

Dear [insert name here]

please vote for me in the dj top 100 poll as i want to hang out with teisto and be a superstar.

lots of peace and kisses

henry

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bollox ! :cry:

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k2...reenshot_2.jpg

i'm tellin ya - tiesto is the man

i want to be like him when i grow up

thats so sweet

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Originally Posted by koma

i'm tellin ya - tiesto is the man

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yes i must admit this article has completely changed my opinion of him too.

i once thought he was a prick

but now i know he's a caring adult , who just wants everybody to be happy

aaaaaahhh , lets just follow the f@cking yellow brick road together shall we??? :upyours:

hahaha what the fuk you doing on Tiestos web site Rory?

looking at all after much thought, i think this is a best at marketing poll (with a smidgin of entertainment skills thrown in).

so in that respect i shouldn't be getting p'ed about my inbox being full of it. no, on the contary, i should admire the fact that they're good at what they are doing.

instead, i am now pissed with MYSELF for not setting the rule in my inbox that if it says 'DJ Mag Poll' it gets sent straight to

JUNK

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A friend of mine sent me this on. Dutch progster Matthew Dekay is bribing people to vote for him :roll:
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Hi All


Want to win a trip with Matthew Dekay?

All you have to do is go to:


http://www.djmag.com/top100


and vote for this year’s dj top100. All you have to do is proof that you made the right choice for this year!

Vote for Matthew and press print screen and send us proof of this and you might be the one going to one

of Matthew’s sensational gigs in October, all expenses paid of course.


You can send your email to: yvon@matthewdekay.nl or peter@matthewdekay.nl


your vote counts!



Thanks,



Dk Music

hahaha

love tha call out by lee buridge

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"Anal sex is fun and all but in between poundings go and vote for ME in this cursed thing know as 'the dj mag top 100'. Go... and drag my sorry arse up from a pathetic 78, which is where I was beaten down to last year by lots of DJ's neither you or I have ever heard of (and still haven't). It seems canvassing voters is the only way to achieve any sort of ranking. I have always loathed this approach but due to (almost) falling into chart obscurity now have to 'play the game'. I'm definitely the 7th best DJ in the world but if YOU (imagine me pointing out of the screen right now) can help me get to six or higher i'll definitely buy you a pint of cider down the pub to celebrate. The voting has started and a dj mag insider has told me I've already got four votes (thanks mum, dad, peanut and tiesto) so click the link and then, if you have any love, make everybody you know vote to. DO IT!!!!! I'm planning on a world tour, not to dj but to canvass for votes via handshaking, kissing babies and speeches full of promises of what I'll do once IN POWER at number 7 in the chart...or higher if you get on it enough."

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Originally Posted by Sunil

A friend of mine sent me this on. Dutch progster Matthew Dekay is bribing people to vote for him :roll:
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Hi All


Want to win a trip with Matthew Dekay?

All you have to do is go to:


http://www.djmag.com/top100


and vote for this year’s dj top100. All you have to do is proof that you made the right choice for this year!

Vote for Matthew and press print screen and send us proof of this and you might be the one going to one

of Matthew’s sensational gigs in October, all expenses paid of course.


You can send your email to: yvon@matthewdekay.nl or peter@matthewdekay.nl


your vote counts!



Thanks,



Dk Music

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now that is really fukin sad... at least im offering the chance to stay in lovely kilmainham for a week :lol: :lol:

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Originally Posted by Sunil

A friend of mine sent me this on. Dutch progster Matthew Dekay is bribing people to vote for him :roll:
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Hi All


Want to win a trip with Matthew Dekay?

All you have to do is go to:


http://www.djmag.com/top100


and vote for this year’s dj top100. All you have to do is proof that you made the right choice for this year!

Vote for Matthew and press print screen and send us proof of this and you might be the one going to one

of Matthew’s sensational gigs in October, all expenses paid of course.


You can send your email to: yvon@matthewdekay.nl or peter@matthewdekay.nl


your vote counts!



Thanks,





Dk Music

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i live in outer mongolia
is he gong to pay for me to get to one of his gigs on blackpool pier?


i think not

oh bugger
now i need the edit button

did i change the right part ?

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Originally Posted by koma

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Originally Posted by essence

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Originally Posted by koma

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Originally Posted by jeroenliebregts

...come on.
If I want to see an entertainer, i go to the circus.

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not at all.
this is why parties arent (at least here) visited as much as before and why we are having "everything's going down" topics from time to time...

djs take themself a bit too seriuos today. if you can't entertain the crowd, move away and give space to somebody who can, simple as that.

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sorry mate - for me it's bullsh*t. i never care bout what the dj does, it makes me laugh when they shout with the public; i am not watching them for "entertainment"; only music that counts.
i used to like watching millsey - 100% focused on what he's doing, concentrated... i dunno if it's the same these days.

the only thing i hate - when dj's look like they were serving some punishment or behaving VIP style . when i saw ian pooley 6 years ago, he looked like he hated all people he was playing for. tired maybe..

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and when it comes to art... the only art in 4/4 dance music is making people dance :cheese:

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so true, i hate going to some nights when the dj just does his thing and plays completely the wrong sound for the club.

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Originally Posted by koma

hahaha

love tha call out by lee buridge

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"Anal sex is fun and all but in between poundings go and vote for ME in this cursed thing know as 'the dj mag top 100'. Go... and drag my sorry arse up from a pathetic 78, which is where I was beaten down to last year by lots of DJ's neither you or I have ever heard of (and still haven't). It seems canvassing voters is the only way to achieve any sort of ranking. I have always loathed this approach but due to (almost) falling into chart obscurity now have to 'play the game'. I'm definitely the 7th best DJ in the world but if YOU (imagine me pointing out of the screen right now) can help me get to six or higher i'll definitely buy you a pint of cider down the pub to celebrate. The voting has started and a dj mag insider has told me I've already got four votes (thanks mum, dad, peanut and tiesto) so click the link and then, if you have any love, make everybody you know vote to. DO IT!!!!! I'm planning on a world tour, not to dj but to canvass for votes via handshaking, kissing babies and speeches full of promises of what I'll do once IN POWER at number 7 in the chart...or higher if you get on it enough."

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thats great. :lol: :clap:

vote for me he he he....

bit sad realy telling people to to vote for you init... I know many do it because they feel they need it to get one step higher in the bookings world and up there FEE ! but come on asking people to vote for you is a little poo init... i think maybe best way to run a poll if one is bloody needed is maybe a IN CLUB vote ...granted the same big names would be at the top due to the size crowds and sheep they play to...but to be fair some djs like carl cox should be at the top of the pile i feel. but at least with a in club vote by clubbers and djs it would be the opinion of the people that go out and see the djs peform ... that has to be better than some turd who has nver been out of there bedroom voting for some dj they havent ever seen!!!!!!


right im up for setting this up who's up for helping ? ha ha ha

this poll, and indeed most articles in this magazine is quite simply to supply a bit of padding between all the ads. if i had a million quid for each time somebody asked me to vote for them this week, we would all be going on a major binge next weekend.

Give me 50p and ill vote for you mike

Or perhaps you could buy me a beer.