variety-does it work??

[sash]

It's like eatin soup right. On it's own it's bland (you might like bland). Too much salt and it tastes shite (you might like too much salt).
Mix in just the right amount of salt and BOOM.... you got yourself an awesome meal/entree/ snack/ ....whatever.

[Methodixxx]

I've played Jimi Hendrix to a crowd of hard techno nutters and it went down a storm.. as has been said by Henry and others, it's up to how, when and the situation you do it in... there are times it won't work, and as a dj you have to know these times and the times it will work...

I've been lucky as I've always played the full spectrum of techno so I sometimes get booked at diff types of clubs with diff music policies and I can still do my thang.. but people still say, "oh he's a hard techno dj so thats all he plays" when they haven't heard the other stuff yet as they had only seen me at a "hard techno night" where I knew the crowd wouldn't be up for anything else... it comes down to mood as well as the crowd for me... I usually put at least a little bit of everything in my box when going to a gig so I can go in diff directions if needed or I want to kick something out of place up the ass of the crowd...

But now I have my own night running I've specifically told the djs there is no music policy... I'm only booking djs I trust know how to read and rock the crowd, so I don't think someones going to go off on one and make everybody leave (and if they do I 'might' have a word with them.. haha)... there is a somewhat 'techno' element to it as most of the djs are tech djs, but I can see a few suprises will be popping up too ;)

And I was actually just thinking this morning that the next set I play is going to include the benny hill theme and that little spanish fly song from the simpsons (thanks patty dsp :lol: )... I'll slide them in there somehow with some solid kick drum and see how many laughs I can get on the floor... it's all a bit of fun in the end.. I'm not trying to be mr serious and stand there like a statue with a scowl on my face for the whole set... hehe...

Another example, I was playing B2B last wekeend at a huge **** off party here in Sydney (5000 nutters, you saw the pics Ferny ) and they guys before us were playing breaks... my mate has a selection of nice rocking breaks (same speed as the tech) and he had some with him, so we ended up playing some techno, some breaks and a little bit of other tuneree for a good portion of the set and my god did it work!! Some of the best reactions of the set were the change-over mixes from one style to another...

Do your own thing is all I can say in the end...

[AcidBastard]

Do your own thing is all I can say in the end...

Yeeeeep, I agree with you on that 110% :clap:

[schlongfingers]

[quote="davethedrummer"]and as for jerome
well i've seen him play very straight actually , and then i've seen him play really wonky.
he doesn't always throw in an old hip hop classic or something like that, sometimes he hardly scratches , and that's not always a bad thing , in fact the last time i saw him play he played really straight and it really went down great. that was just the vibe that night.[quote]

Yep you're right, I was just bringing his name up as an example of someone who is able to play a large variety of music without clearing the dancefloor.

maybe jeromes version of experimenting is to keep it really sane!

Gotta disagree there though :D been pretty insane most times I've seen him - anyway I'll shut up don't wanna embarrass him!