plaing what only you want to play is ok if you already produce and you're getting booked for your production style. but if you only dj, you have to compromise or you don't get booked, which in turn defeats the object of getting ppl into your sound (why else whould you dj huh???). my big thing is to get ppl on side and then occasinally go left of centre. mind you, if i played some of the shit i sometimes like listening to at home, i'd be shot. i think being clever about the way you 'tell' ppl about your sound is the way forward.