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Comment by Cameron Johnson on March 22, 2012 at 3:04pm

Good luck watching "Novecento"/"1900" in about 2 years, Korey, because it's going to take you another 2 to finish. No, but that film really is over 5 hours long. I hear it's good, and I do look foward to "really" seeing it in close-to 2 years, when I'm 18, because it's NC-17. I've got my parents' consent - nay - my father's, "I don't care, go ahead" shrug right now and it's probably not even that bad, but hey, I'm gonna be a good little whimp and wait. Enjoy that #1 spot on the longest films I've ever seen for quite some time, uncut version of "Das Boot".

Comment by FalseFace on March 22, 2012 at 4:10am

@Leon - I feel you on that, but it's not always that simple.  I DJ in Korea and the spot I usually play at is mixed in ethnicity and age.  I've played Basement Jaxx, Parliment, De La Soul, Drake, Kanye, Donna Summer, Salt-N-Pepa and Teena Marie in the same night!

Like I said, gauging the crowd is important, but so is actual song selection, especially TIMING!  For example, if I play Outkast's "B.O.B.", I can't play 50 Cent's "In Da Club" right after because the BPMs are way different. Also, the vibe of the songs are different.  You always gotta watch the crowd -- what type of songs they're nodding/dancing to more. 

I look at DJing like being a salesman.  I have to sell the crowd on the atmosphere of the bar/club I'm in.  If they don't like it, they WILL leave (and that's heart-breaking).  Especially with new or old songs people don't know, blending them with stuff they DO know makes them more engaged and more willing to dance or simply enjoy the vibe.   

Comment by Goatsey on March 21, 2012 at 10:25pm

Ahhh, ACOCO- my favorite podcast. Can I be your guys' mascot instead?

Comment by MesSihr on March 21, 2012 at 6:22pm

Found a video of Leon with a beard

Comment by Saltfan on March 21, 2012 at 5:38pm

I rader listen to this than LTD i cant understand anything of whats happening overthere anymore. Cind of sucks...

Comment by ThatGuy on March 21, 2012 at 11:56am

"When you're gay, You can be 60 and you can still party"

I posted this before on the forum, but this is a pretty funny...but odd podcast I found that really fits with their "special guest" and they even have a new episode with more stuff than an interview. http://chirb.it/z2EgOF

This and the next episode, seems like something interesting to talk about LET'S DO THIS!, just a suggestion

Really great show, keep bringing on the laughs guys!

 

Comment by Leon on March 21, 2012 at 9:59am

I'm torn on this because on one hand: How is it anymore difficult than sizing up the median age of the crowd then playing one of those NOW! or greatest hits CD collections from the year they graduated high school?

On the other hand: DJ Milez became my personal hero at the first party of Spill Dot Con last year.

Comment by James G on March 21, 2012 at 5:13am

I thought moon & sunshine were the last old school space films like 2001 and silent running

Comment by FalseFace on March 21, 2012 at 2:29am

Cool podcast.  If I were Brad Pitt, I wouldn't have gotten married in the first place!  All of those chicks Korey would've gotten out of their clothes and abandoned could've gotten DONE with no problems!

Anyways, as a DJ, I want to say thanks for recognizing the difficulty of the craft!  Cats really don't understand what goes into it!  It's not rocket science, but it IS harder than it looks.  Beatmatching is important but understanding the vibe of your audience and how to control it -- sustaining or changing -- is more than technical mastery.  Also, song selection is mad important.  It's not like an iPod playlist on random.   Every song after the other should make SENSE -- not having the crowd scratch their heads like, "Why did he play this?".  A lot of DJs now just put on a song at the same BPM without thinking and that can kill moods quick.  

There are DJs who just press stop and play these days, but there's more to us than that!  Look up the legends and big names doing it now.  I saw and met Skratch Bastid in February and his "show" was awesome.  Check this out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJrY5GLmO7E

Peace

Comment by Crosshair on March 20, 2012 at 10:31pm

Since Peroni is Korey's favorite beer, does that make it the official drink of ACOCO?

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