DJ-ing in Caldas da Rainha on Sat 2nd July

Leo

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good to know people support a wide-ranging garage rock-to-electronic night, seems like most places are strictly single-genre nights. granted, multi-genre nights can be pretty grim if the DJ doesn't know what they are doing and just randomly plays different genres back-to-back. But I know they are in good hands with you, Rich.
 

IdleRich

IdleRich
It's quite a funny one cos my friend who is visiting rocker swung it and so he's gonna warm up. I said to the guy shall I play like garage to electro and he put my exact words on the - extraordinary - flyer. Thanks for the vote of confidence, I will try to live up to it!

Might be there is noone there but thet putting us up, feeding us and so on and I really like Caldas so nothing to lose...
 

Leo

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do you play vinyl only, or also some digital? I have a hard time picturing you bopping behind a pair of CDJs and a laptop.
 

IdleRich

IdleRich
You're completely right. I play one hundred percent vinyl. Not cos I'm a purist* but more cos I don't really know what I'm doing with cdjs... I mean I wouldn't claim to be a technical whizz with vinyl and turntables but I can make it work a lot better with them.

But that said, Liza has started buying more and more files and dj-ing with a mix of USB and vinyl. That has obvious advantages in terms of convenience and so on - and actually the main problem for me is an unforeseen one that arises when buying vinyl in Portugal, that if you order a record online there seems to be a serious chance of it never showing up.

So I actually would like to learn better on cdjs and then could be flexible and it would be easier to travel and get new tunes etc I think Liza has the right idea of a "core" set of vinyl stuff with mp3s that come in and out around it.


*There is a French** guy we know who always makes a big thing about how much vinyl he's gonna play "My radio show is going to be 80% vinyl" or "I am playing at Le Baron Saturday and I will play a minimum of 70% vinyl" etc though sadly he's stopped saying that so much lately - possibly he's finally realised that Liza was taking the piss when every time she saw him before he played she'd say "what percentage vinyl are you playing tonight Kevin?" and then she got pretty much everyone we know to do the same thing. Anyway, I digressed a little there but my point is I'm not one of those guys.


**Also famously claimed it was "Racism against French people" when the police shut down his party.
 
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Leo

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yeah, definite conveniences to digital in terms of selection (you could buy the mp3 of that Mary J. Blige edit!) and not having to lug a stack of records around. I imagine you might also sometimes run into situations where a club has crappy turntables, no cartridge, etc.
 
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IdleRich

IdleRich
Yes... but also Liza keeps running into problems with cdjs not reading her USB, plus at the Isodea Festival the headline dj saw the crappy old cdjs they had there and broke down in tears before refusing to play. So it's swings and roundabouts really.

Seen live acts completely unable to play cos their laptop fell over too.
 

Leo

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yeah, for all their faults, records probably have some advantages. a laptop can crash at almost any time, a small USB drive is easy to lose, etc.
 

IdleRich

IdleRich
add this to your odd expressions thread.


ppI've heard it said "what you lost on the swings you made on the roundabouts" but I dunno which truly derives from the other (or which way round it goes with winning/losing f¹or that matter).

yeah, for all their faults, records probably have some advantages. a laptop can crash at almost any time, a small USB drive is easy to lose, etc.
It would be for me. Then again I would probably lose the turntable....
 

IdleRich

IdleRich
This is gonna be fun, sadly Renato has dropped out but even so it's going to be Me, Fred and Igor on a proper lads' weekend in Caldas - bring it!
 

IdleRich

IdleRich
In the end it was me Igor and Aidan who went down for a lads' weekend in Caldas. Great fun.

There was a mildly amusing moment (you'll like this @WashYourHands ) involving this Brazilian girl who was amongst the punters - while I was dj-ing for six hours straight without evening going for a leak, this girl bought me five or six drinks which was pretty nice of her I thought. I was sweating like a pig, absolutely knackered and no-one was bothering to get me a beer. Aidan and Igor were dancing and too fucked up to think about getting me drinks, and as for the bar owner Renas, he was also too fucked up to get me drinks. So yeah, i was really happy when this girl turned up and started buying me drink after drink. The bar shut at six and Renas kicked most people out but then we carried on putting records on back to back until about 900am to a select group of his mates, one of whom was this girl. As it was winding down she came up to me and said "I've got a plan - how about you and your Australian friend come to my bed and we can all have some fun?" - to be honest I didn't think I would have much fun in bed with Aidan so I politely declined. Dunno why Igor wasn't invited.
 

WashYourHands

Cat Malogen
In the end it was me Igor and Aidan who went down for a lads' weekend in Caldas. Great fun.

There was a mildly amusing moment (you'll like this @WashYourHands ) involving this Brazilian girl who was amongst the punters - while I was dj-ing for six hours straight without evening going for a leak, this girl bought me five or six drinks which was pretty nice of her I thought. I was sweating like a pig, absolutely knackered and no-one was bothering to get me a beer. Aidan and Igor were dancing and too fucked up to think about getting me drinks, and as for the bar owner Renas, he was also too fucked up to get me drinks. So yeah, i was really happy when this girl turned up and started buying me drink after drink. The bar shut at six and Renas kicked most people out but then we carried on putting records on back to back until about 900am to a select group of his mates, one of whom was this girl. As it was winding down she came up to me and said "I've got a plan - how about you and your Australian friend come to my bed and we can all have some fun?" - to be honest I didn't think I would have much fun in bed with Aidan so I politely declined. Dunno why Igor wasn't invited.

@LizaTron
 
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