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any one else like me?

am i the only dj out here trying to create a set full of fresh tunes that are just as nasty as all the bring tha rukus s**ts but not as played out> i mean i search high and low for no name promos and whack sounding producers so i can have a set full of dark nasty FRESH plates.....i dont understand why anyone would want to buy every single classic hard hitter that comes along unless you are playin out every weekend....if your coming up it would make more sense to but unusual but bad ass s**t that nobody has heard that way when you do come up your not spinning an hour of old ass tunes that are all played out and s**t......be original and s**t....thats my thinking...is anyone else feeling that .......everyone wants to hear bring tha rukus....what tha fuk..

Re: any one else like me?

play what the I feels, don't get caught up in try'n to be "original". Originality will come naturally, seen?

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totally feel u rapture.

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If the beat is phat, and you feel it. Play it. Don't get caught up TRYING to be original. Come with your style. The crowd will apreciate it, and use that energy and passion you feel to make the best music you can, not to hate fellow junglists that just like the sound and play it.

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"i can have a set full of dark nasty FRESH plates....."

Having a set of nasty plates won't help at all when you are spinning in your bedroom. You still have to get out to big clubs and perform to large crowds to get your name out there.

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i think it all depends on why you buy records many my friends and I in sd have this discussion all the time and we came to the conclusion that we are collectors somtimes we buy a track that we know we will never play out but the track strikes a chord some how. so i say buy what you want because you want it in your collection .

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i think what he's saying is that the lower-level dj who maybe hasn't spun out and has that as a personal goal of his, has much better chances by spinning different s**t. not just to be different or original, but when you think about it, as some point, technical skill becomes much less of a crowd-drawing attribute at the higher levels where tracks and reputation, often based on production (tracks), go even further. So if you're playing the same thing as the guy's who's already proven and "ahead of you" at a lower level, no one really has any reason to give you a chance because you offer nothing someone already there has. How do you progress if you're moving at the same speed as those starting the race (as an analogy) before you?

Play what you want, yes, and there are a lot of NASTY plates out there that won't ever show up on RedEye and still keep the floor rocking with a new (to the masses) sound. Lots of peeps coming up right now, just gotta keep yer nose to the floor.

ive shifted away from a focus of spinning out myself. Production has me absolutely grabbed by the nuts. Feels nice! =)

[ twotokes - 7 Oct 2002 02:59 ]

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true.

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i hear ya... i am always searching for tunes (going through all the white labels and no names) looking for some good s**t that isn't heard all over the place... and try to balance that with some stuff that people know, cause that will get them on the floor and movin... but keep it fresh...

i feel ya all the way... i would like to play all unknown sheezy, but i think the crowd feels it a little more when you mix it up..