All right, the verdict is in:
Pot depresses the living fuck outta me!
I switched ta hash for two weeks, and boom!
But I'm still many, many miles from the shallow end of the pool.
Pot helps my anxiety, so I tend to trade depression for anxiety when I chill on the herb. But at least I've proven it to myself conclusively.
Viva comparison testing.
In other news, the new year's party I played at was a flop.
Mind you, I played the fuck outta that club! We were four djs, so we only had 45 minute sets, which is waaaaay short for me (my record is 7 hours).
But the sound system was amaaazing and the sound guy was so smoking that our booth sounded EXACTLY like the floor. Which has happend to me, like, twice maybe since I started playing records for people.
So I burned through over 60 House and Salsoul records in 45 minutes. Which, to the non-vinyl savvy public, means ya "only play the money" e.i. you basically are playing a distilled version of the songs.
My mixing style is very "Chicago", in that, I almost never let a single record play alone for more than 2 mins., usually less. So the dance floor is almost ALWAYS hearing two songs layered. Which for me, is what spinning records is all about.
(I have MUCHO respect for the non-mixing selectors out there, but I NEEEED to hear two kick drums beating together.)
Of course, there's always some tracks that need to be played all by themselves. "Get Ready" by Derrick Carter, "Good Life" Inner City rmx and most good Disco.
But as far as I'm concerned, if the people on the floor wanted to here unmixed music, they'd dance to a juke box. As a dj, I'm paid to do more than just pick a song and press play.
I'm paid to create drama, excitement and sexiness with the music. And somehow, layering some skanky-assed 70's loft-disco over a tough, techy beat is pure heaven ta me.
L8TR SK8TRS
Pot depresses the living fuck outta me!
I switched ta hash for two weeks, and boom!
But I'm still many, many miles from the shallow end of the pool.
Pot helps my anxiety, so I tend to trade depression for anxiety when I chill on the herb. But at least I've proven it to myself conclusively.
Viva comparison testing.
In other news, the new year's party I played at was a flop.
Mind you, I played the fuck outta that club! We were four djs, so we only had 45 minute sets, which is waaaaay short for me (my record is 7 hours).
But the sound system was amaaazing and the sound guy was so smoking that our booth sounded EXACTLY like the floor. Which has happend to me, like, twice maybe since I started playing records for people.
So I burned through over 60 House and Salsoul records in 45 minutes. Which, to the non-vinyl savvy public, means ya "only play the money" e.i. you basically are playing a distilled version of the songs.
My mixing style is very "Chicago", in that, I almost never let a single record play alone for more than 2 mins., usually less. So the dance floor is almost ALWAYS hearing two songs layered. Which for me, is what spinning records is all about.
(I have MUCHO respect for the non-mixing selectors out there, but I NEEEED to hear two kick drums beating together.)
Of course, there's always some tracks that need to be played all by themselves. "Get Ready" by Derrick Carter, "Good Life" Inner City rmx and most good Disco.
But as far as I'm concerned, if the people on the floor wanted to here unmixed music, they'd dance to a juke box. As a dj, I'm paid to do more than just pick a song and press play.
I'm paid to create drama, excitement and sexiness with the music. And somehow, layering some skanky-assed 70's loft-disco over a tough, techy beat is pure heaven ta me.
L8TR SK8TRS