persistant or foolishly pigheaded?

[weepingpixie]

I'm going to say a lot of stuff people have been too afraid to say for whatever reason. I'm not putting anyone down and I like the people I might end up mentioning but there are some things that are relevant to this post and I'm going to speak freely, as everyone should

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[_loki]

Bah, Peter always plays the same stuff because people always request the same stuff, as a quick look on the request list on any friday night easily demonstrates. I no longer see the point of going out to listen to music, now I just do it to get wasted. If I want to listen to the same old stuff I already know, I'll stay home and let DJ iTunes spin, and so going out has become more of a "I'll get fucking wasted to forget I'm in a goth club" kinda thing.

At this point, I think it's more interesting to check out new places, regardless of musical style, so I can be someplace where I don't know all the songs and don't have to recognize any faces or say hello to any insignificant socialites with an inflated sense of self-importance. You know, a place where I can just relax and have a beer, simply.

[weepingpixie]

it's true that requests don't change very much at all. there's that girl that always wants wumpscut but will ask you when WHILE you're playing a wumpscut track, there are the big bald guys who only want rammstein, etc, etc.

i'll come along and try out one of these new places with you if you promise not to threaten the lives of anyone on the way home. ;P well, it IS kind of entertaining so it's okay. threaten away! but yeah, let me know and i'll tag along. :)

[_loki]

Sure, we haven't grabbed a beer in a little while. Sometime along the next week good with you?

And hey, the evening's not over til I'm yelling at strangers on the street and you're buying Gatorade in anticipation of a major headache.

[weepingpixie]

haha! quite true.

we have a gathering coming up on thursday. i'd say that's a good start. ;)

[biomech]

moi tout se que j'ai a dire sur ca s'est que musicalement parlant mtl est mort.. so si tu veu etre dj, ta pas le choix faut tu sois un jukebox a greates hit 95, et dans mon cas ca m'intéresse pas... so moi decidé de metre mon temps et energie ailleur...

[weepingpixie]

haha! ton icon est parfait pour ce que tu veut dire! :)
je ne pense pas que la musique a mtl est mort, en generale, car il y a toujours des nouveau bands indi et electroclash qui se forment et ils ne sont vraiment pas pire. mais pour ce qui est des goths, oui, j'en suis d'accord. c'est devenue une grosse perte de temps. je recois encore des emails de certains bands que le monde aiment mais je doit les refuser car ca ne vaut plus la peine. c'est meme pus nue question de finances pour moi; c'est vraiment que je ne veut plus me casser la tete pour cette crowd.

toi, tu ne veut meme plus booker? plus de soirees? riens?

je te comprends...

j'essaie de me dire que dans une autre scene qui est quand meme le fun, je pourrais peut-etre me trouver un autre niche. j'aime just trop ca spinner mais ca deviens asser banals quand on spin chez nous, dans notre salon. ;P

[biomech]

je mix une fois par mois ca me suffit..... soirees p-e un jour si jai le gout.. et booker de temps en temps mais rien de comparable a avant

[weepingpixie]

:(
encore, je te comprends...

[salamalek]

adding to this incredible horseshit whirlwind of club politics, i have a fresh one for you- check last lj entry.

[weepingpixie]

i'll go have a look!

[nassim]

I second ‘s comment: “Bah, Peter always plays the same stuff because people always request the same stuff, as a quick look on the request list on any friday night easily demonstrates”. I would like to add that no one is actually listening to music or buying music anymore. Basically, no one checks out new or old albums they missed out on and simply want to hear the same tracks at clubs. Therefore, one should not blame Peter for the audience’s blatant monotony.

I’m not stating that everyone should become a music geek, but damn it some interest would surely make a difference in terms of what is spun at clubs!

For you my dear, something with Claude and Sly sounds great!

[weepingpixie]

The Claude/SLY thing was a hypothetical thing. I tend to relate to those two more than to other djs.

I totally agree with what Ben said, too. It's something we all face when spinning in this scene. The key is to know what to do with said requests, I guess. :)

[fetternity]

While this post is quite valid, there's a little amount of View Askew I think. I'll give it to you as the observant-musically-enclined-occasional-club-goer that I am