Quote (MinzMLF @ Mar 23 2012 12:33am)
a bunch of people sit in a chat room, there are 5 slots for potential djs. when a dj slot opens, someone from the crowd is able to take a slot. each dj plays one song per turn and the audience has the option of rating the selection. u get points for +ratings and ur song could get skipped if it gets too many -'s
it's neat and all, but it's kind if irritating listening to a lot of these dance tunes all the way thru, especially when they are especially long. it's useful for discovering some tunes, but i find browsing is more suitable to my exploration needs. soundcloud, especially. genre specific stuff gets boring, i like an eclectic mix of things and none of the rooms ive visited have really sucked me in. i spent a few hrs in the ukg room, i literally heard several of the same tunes multiple times...that kind of stuff drives me crazy at the clubs, you would think people with an infinite selection of music could play some shit few people have heard before - OR YOUR OWN MUSIC.
the best part of the file sharing music communities back in the day (soulseek especially) was that so many of the users were artists themselves and could share their own music with other musicians. u dont hear dubplates or unsigned music in turntable.fm very often. i think that's really unfortunate...and even more unfortunate, it reflects what is actually happen in real dj'ing. bunch of people playing the same songs as the next person.
(holy shit that turned into a rant really fkn fast....my bad)
i hear you .. if people could accually mix it would be cool. i have no problem with dj's playing 100% released tracks in a set if its interesting or flows nice or works with the crowd , but it becomes lame when every set they drop is pretty much the same as the last with released tracks. if those tracks were unreleased, then yea it wouldnt be a big deal because it may be one of the only places you hear those tracks. but if you're dropping all released tracks you have to switch it up , keep fresh releases in there as well as classics/ songs that are worthy of selecting but always gotta keep sets somewhat different... good old soul seek days tho haha i remember that