lessons learned....

I took a break from my multi-sampling adventures in order to prepare and play for a DJ gig, which I haven't done in quite some time due to fatherly duties/fixing up the house etc etc. I felt a rush diggin' for vinyl again, setting up and then jamming. But what I had in my head didnt quite work out, and all the records that I thought were party records clearly did not hit with the crowd. Because my entire life isn't consumed by being a DJ anymore, I've long left ego at the door, so I gave it up to the ipod and enjoyed hanging out with the party people.

What's the main lesson learned? that modern digital laptop DJs have it aces - since I was on vinyl, I had no recourse once my main breadwinner records didn't win (shown below); if I had a 500 gig drive with my entire music collection, I could have rocked the crowd. Ultimately, I enjoyed hanging out watching the girls dance and shooting the breeze with the homies much more than being up behind the "decks". I'm going to have to explore this turn of events, as I still very much love mixing music. (I finished the next electro showcase mix finally, tonight).

mad wax says "I knew I had to pack it in when these records didn't get people grooving"