has it all gone a bit too ravey?

[wrong]

I believe if the time you've been given to play your set in forces you to compromise what you're gonna play then thats a bad thing.... I lose track of the ammount of times i hear things like ' yeah i was only playing an hour and i was tucked in between dj x and dj y so i just banged it'.. And i include myself in having said that.. If you've got some music that you know is gonna work the dancefloor but isn't 'straight up' then you need time to introduce it.. like changing your clothes.. start planting bits and bobs around the place, maybe add a hat... then slip off the gloves.. when the smoke machine's on really thick change your jumper , then finally, when the crowd 'aren't looking' you can whip your trousers off, on with ya bermudas and hey presto.. you've changed and the crowd haven't noticed but now you can do what you like cos you're in your comfortable clothes! Its hard to do that in an hour, let alone half; hence the temptation to stay wearing the last dj's clothes often wins when playing short sets. boo
(apologies for the metaphor)

[...Dave...]

I believe if the time you've been given to play your set in forces you to compromise what you're gonna play then thats a bad thing.... I lose track of the ammount of times i hear things like ' yeah i was only playing an hour and i was tucked in between dj x and dj y so i just banged it'.. And i include myself in having said that.. If you've got some music that you know is gonna work the dancefloor but isn't 'straight up' then you need time to introduce it.. like changing your clothes.. start planting bits and bobs around the place, maybe add a hat... then slip off the gloves.. when the smoke machine's on really thick change your jumper , then finally, when the crowd 'aren't looking' you can whip your trousers off, on with ya bermudas and hey presto.. you've changed and the crowd haven't noticed but now you can do what you like cos you're in your comfortable clothes! Its hard to do that in an hour, let alone half; hence the temptation to stay wearing the last dj's clothes often wins when playing short sets. boo
(apologies for the metaphor)

priceless:lol:

[Little_Fella!]

I believe if the time you've been given to play your set in forces you to compromise what you're gonna play then thats a bad thing.... I lose track of the ammount of times i hear things like ' yeah i was only playing an hour and i was tucked in between dj x and dj y so i just banged it'.. And i include myself in having said that.. If you've got some music that you know is gonna work the dancefloor but isn't 'straight up' then you need time to introduce it.. like changing your clothes.. start planting bits and bobs around the place, maybe add a hat... then slip off the gloves.. when the smoke machine's on really thick change your jumper , then finally, when the crowd 'aren't looking' you can whip your trousers off, on with ya bermudas and hey presto.. you've changed and the crowd haven't noticed but now you can do what you like cos you're in your comfortable clothes! Its hard to do that in an hour, let alone half; hence the temptation to stay wearing the last dj's clothes often wins when playing short sets. boo
(apologies for the metaphor)

Yeah, great metaphor that and so true... if you've just obtained some new and interesting tunage that is more where your at, or have some stuff that you would be more keen to play that isn't the usual barnstorming, then it would be very frustrating to know that you don't have the time to experiment with the crowd to see if they get it or not...

So the dilemma is set and as you say, the tendency is to play it safe so that you don't create any negative feedback on your 'half hour of "fame"... definitely boo!!