EPTThat also tends to happen these days ;;
Thats the new craze, book badass artists, and have the completely wrong vision of what kind of crowd to cater it to. And then be upset with the artist :D
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fusefuse
Estonia4644 Posts
That also tends to happen these days ;; Thats the new craze, book badass artists, and have the completely wrong vision of what kind of crowd to cater it to. And then be upset with the artist :D | ||
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nofAcedAgent
United States951 Posts
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MoonfireSpam
United Kingdom1153 Posts
Enjoyed the set though, cheers for linking  | ||
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bgx
Poland6595 Posts
And organ donor coming in 60min, it never gets old  | ||
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Kukaracha
France1954 Posts
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Game
3191 Posts
Also, despite what anyone in this thread thinks, promoters don't hire DJs for clubs that corporate. | ||
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sam!zdat
United States5559 Posts
On January 05 2013 14:17 Game wrote: I have no idea who DJ Shadow is, or his influence on the over-specified genre that is house music. no no no that's the point edit: do yourself a favor and go take a listen to Endtroducing... | ||
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DjDickGrayson
United States81 Posts
On January 05 2013 14:17 Game wrote: I have no idea who DJ Shadow is, or his influence on the over-specified genre that is house music. I do however live in Miami, and I have worked extensively on South Beach. The people at Mansion know what they're doing. The club is part of The Opium Group who essentially own all of the high class venues on South Beach. In different stories about the Mansion and DJ Shadow incident, it's said many times that the people in the club were not enjoying what he was playing. They simply did their job by kicking him out. The business logic behind it is simple. Also, despite what anyone in this thread thinks, promoters don't hire DJs for clubs that corporate. No, youre wrong. They dont know what they are doing. They should open up hotels and casinos because they do not know how to work with talent. Its all in the attitude. If you train your staff to listen to everything, the way it should be, then they will feel the sound and the room might have a different energy. but since they all prob listen to the same crap, their attitudes were prob hideous. it is never ok to let a rich patron change your business. in all things. sure, the customer is always right, but one? if you book an artist, you are in a contract, for the night. because if he doesnt play up to your expectations, that is your bad. -Edit- There is a fine line in business that is blurred when; money is lost, someone shamelessly plugs themselves by committing a break in contract. It can be done by a band that plays the wrong music or it can be done by a nightclub that kicks an act off the stage. A business can do whatever is in the better interest of said establishment? Not quite. In this situation, with DJ Shadow and Mansion Miami, the cultures are similar but the styles vary. DJ Shadow, one of the best DJ's in the world, has an electronica, chill sound to his music. Mansion Miami features mostly popular House Music acts and rave style music. Where do they meet? Hip Hop. No one does Hip Hop like DJ Shadow does and where in lies the probable reason he was hired. Which proves that there was no reason for him to be fired from his set, the follow-up apology proves this. The actual set is a brilliant work of meshed-up Hip Hop and plethora of assorted sub-genres. Mansion Miami, maybe only subconsciously, stole or attempted to steal fans from DJ Shadow. You see, by kicking him out, and hiring him, a new group of audience is stimulated. It is new business. For the sole reason that DJ Shadows business becomes their business, even if just for the night. They literally attempted to physically take his fans, and business. I say literally because they were present not because of Mansion Miami's reputation, unless they actually were fans, but were for the most part there because he said he was going to be there. It was a pathetic breach of contract, and a shameless attempt at self promotion: The group that dismantled the atomic bomb that is DJ Shadow. It is such an insult, I can't explain this enough, for a business group to expect a different take on club music and then simply attempt to get rid of him for delivering. This happens all the time, in all facets of life, in more ways and shapes than you can possibly imagine. It is almost too complicated to claim. A sort of passive aggressive, reverse phycological attempt at sabotage. When will the greed end? When is it ok for a business to portray being different as a "self plug"? Or, have the gull to to label or be a so called expert on the matter. In the end, this was a just a case of the mansion having a mind of it's own, a monster reacting in the way it was raised. | ||
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GnarlyArbitrage
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jtype
England2167 Posts
It's a complete disrespect to an artist and his audience, if you book him - knowing full well what he does - and then say that what he's playing isn't what you wanted. It may have been a genuine mistake and fair enough, these things do happen, but it just seemed to me to be probably caused by some 'VIP' waving money around who didn't happen to be in the mood for Shadow on that particular day. | ||
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Qumquat
Israel353 Posts
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khanofmongols
542 Posts
On January 05 2013 23:23 Qumquat wrote: Was it the Noisia track towards the end that made him get kicked out, our was it the entire set? I believe so. I read somewhere that it was a drum and bass track that was considered "too future" and got him kicked. So I'd expect that to be the culprit. Edit: here it is he posted it on twitter: http://melbournednb.com/tag/dj-shadow-gets-kicked-off-decks-for-being-too-confusing/ | ||
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DjDickGrayson
United States81 Posts
On January 05 2013 21:55 jtype wrote: Whether or not it's within the rights of the club isn't really the point here. It's not like DJ Shadow is some unknown entity that can vary wildly between 'hit or miss' in his performances. It's not like he sometimes only plays sets consisting entirely of chart-toppers. You know exactly what you're getting when you book DJ Shadow and that's a performance by one of the most consistent and consistently hard-working Producers/DJs in the industry. It's a complete disrespect to an artist and his audience, if you book him - knowing full well what he does - and then say that what he's playing isn't what you wanted. It may have been a genuine mistake and fair enough, these things do happen, but it just seemed to me to be probably caused by some 'VIP' waving money around who didn't happen to be in the mood for Shadow on that particular day. Right and a club doesn't get a lifeline or a replay flag by right. They should have stuck by DJ Shadow regardless. They closed down his set not even half way through | ||
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Kukaracha
France1954 Posts
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