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Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
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Doofgoblin - Winding Rabbit [live track]
Release StoreTags: doofgoblin, idm, live, experimental
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This is an excerpt from a live performance that I recently did at someone's party.
Now, playing at parties...
I have been invited to play parties in the past, and I have actually accepted these invitations a couple of times. Usually, I kindly reject these offers. Why? I’m not a DJ and I don’t make “party” music and usually there’s like one person at the party who is into what I’m doing (this is usually the person who invited me), and then nobody at the party wants to talk to me anymore after my set. Last Saturday was no exception.
The person who invited me is a very nice guy, a very cool dude. He’s been to most of my local shows and even helps promote them on occasion. After I asked him repeatedly, “so you’re sure I’m not just going to come up there and kill the party, right, 'cause that’s what usually happens when I play parties,” I decided to do it. Not because I was convinced that there would be a bunch of interested folks there, but because, well, I didn’t have the heart turn him down 
So I get to the party, a couple of hours north of here. Everyone’s very friendly, very “kind,” and the keg is flowing with very good beer. The DJ has got some boys and girls out on the dance floor, grooving to the retro breakdance hits and classic hiphop. After some time the host asks if I would start now, and I’m like “you sure man? These people are dancing and having a good time,” but he wants me to go on now since the party is at its anticipated peak capacity. Okay then…
I get in the mind set and fade into the DJ, and he cuts out and I’m free to be. After deflecting the usual party-goer questions such as “what cds do you have?” and “what are you going to DJ?” and “what’s the computer doing,” I’m free to disappear within myself a bit and it’s clear that I won’t have to worry about anyone spilling their beer on my rig because everyone has moved far out of that room, and before long they even moved out of the adjoining room as well. So, I successfully cleared the party except for a few dudes that were standing right up there watching, near the PA, and digging it. One of them tried to rally some people by taking my mic between pieces and saying “I just want everyone to know that they have no idea what they’re listening to right now.” Well, he might have been right. They didn’t know, and they most certainly didn’t care!
Don’t get me wrong, I had a good time. I wasn’t at all offended, saddened, disappointed, or anything like that. I wholly anticipated the reaction. I recorded my set so I was just happy to add to my backlog of live recordings. After my performance, the DJ got behind his turntables and played some disco and everyone resumed dancing and coming inside. I poured another beer and drank it in the shadows until I found a nice person to talk with about farming, design building, homesteading, and creating a sustainable ecosystem within your living space and land. My kind of dude.
I’ve uploaded an excerpt from the party. Recorded to cassette.
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06/15/06
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kwyj
Not caring what the masses think is a vital step in keeping it real - nice one! I'm going into the next room now (kidding).
06/15/06
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flies
needs BASS (or mabe it's just the recording). i like the transition from the 1st to the 2nd track.
the mood overall is nicely unsettled.
sry to hear about the crowd reaction, but yea, that guy probably shoulda listend to your warnings.
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umami
classic. i have been asked to DJ some events where it was obvious that i wasn't going to fit in. most of my vinyl is drum and bass, which i am quick to point out to the host, and invariably they'll say, "yeah, but it doesn't matter--it'll be fun." then i rinse out a set of the mellowest, most crowd-friendly dnb i can muster and i just smirk as people head for the doors. and the host comes back at the end and says "man, i dunno what happened." um, maybe people coming to see a rock show don't like drum and bass?
but i figure if you're gonna clear a room, you might as well clear it in style. have fun with it and revel in your powers of crowd control. nice set, btw. i had to listen from two rooms away just to get the full party effect.
edited: Jun 15 2006
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doofgoblin
flies - yeah, it's just the recording, and I agree with you that it needs some post eq.
thanks for checking it out, all.
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