Students & Dubstep

[lucky strike]

You sound like you want to tarnish every student with the same clueless brush...

I'm playing at a fresher's night and to be honest this is what they like.

people who think all students only like the wobble are as closed minded as those students that do only love wobble.

You sound like you want to tarnish every student with the same clueless brush...

I'm not saying either of these things. Read what I posted. I am playing at a fresher's night. That is what I posted.

I've played there a few times already. I have been told Purple City by Joker is 'too depressing'. I have had endless Chase & Status requests. I have been told I should play more 'pop remixes'.

I am not generalising or stereotyping students or being prejudice towards them. I am simply trying to learn what they like. As far as I can tell they like happy vocals.

[TRNSPLNT]

was at a skream show in sheffield a few months back and i swear the floor was pretty empty until he dropped in for the kill. and he was playing some fire!
students are just on the mainstream jump up 90% of the time. but yes, there are exceptions.

Which night was this?

metropolis at 02. people were in boys noize or some standard shit, and then that remix came on and people come rushing in suddenly loving skream. haha

[whitelight]

I am not generalising or stereotyping students or being prejudice towards them. I am simply trying to learn what they like. As far as I can tell they like happy vocals.

(Not directly aimed at you)

Well, maybe there's a way to play more uplifting dubstep without falling into the shitty stuff? I think too many people on this forum think that happy=shitty, or that good stuff shall be evil and headbanging... Fuck off.

[mdc_1990]

Fucking hell talk about generalising, if i went to a dubstep night and all i heard was doorly and chase and status there'd be blood on the floor. Cutz & Flexout in Lincoln have got Breakage and Subscape booked for their next big night, don't assume students are so limited.

[dash]

Wack on 'Hyph Mngo' by Joy Orbison. If it's good enough for Sasha, it's good enough for them

[setspeed]

You sound like you want to tarnish every student with the same clueless brush...

I'm playing at a fresher's night and to be honest this is what they like.

people who think all students only like the wobble are as closed minded as those students that do only love wobble.

You sound like you want to tarnish every student with the same clueless brush...

I'm not saying either of these things. Read what I posted. I am playing at a fresher's night. That is what I posted.

I've played there a few times already. I have been told Purple City by Joker is 'too depressing'. I have had endless Chase & Status requests. I have been told I should play more 'pop remixes'.

I am not generalising or stereotyping students or being prejudice towards them. I am simply trying to learn what they like. As far as I can tell they like happy vocals.

you're about right.

ignore all the harumphing, ultra-defensive 'i'm a student and i like good music' types - they've completely missed the point, i would presume because they've never played a £1 a drink night down the Students Union.

which is that if you're presented with a room full of pissed-up students who don't necessarily like dubstep, then the amount of dubstep you'll be able to play to them is very limited. Deep Medi won't get you far, although there will almost certainly be half a dozen blokes who go mental for it.

So yeah - any Rusko, C&S, Doorly, Dub & Run, etc etc wobblers will go down well, as will the big hits, even from a couple of years ago: Night, In For The Kill, blah blah blah. You can feed them more obscure stuff too, but you'll have to rattle through it - double drop a MRK1 tune with a Noah D tune for 90 seconds or so and then follow it up with Eastern Jam. They'll stick with you, although much more than half an hour and you can see the energy levels start to wane as people hanker for a bit of Jackbeats or Sinden, or some Brookes Brothers...

[lynn mc]

You sound like you want to tarnish every student with the same clueless brush...

I'm playing at a fresher's night and to be honest this is what they like.

people who think all students only like the wobble are as closed minded as those students that do only love wobble.

You sound like you want to tarnish every student with the same clueless brush...

I'm not saying either of these things. Read what I posted. I am playing at a fresher's night. That is what I posted.

I've played there a few times already. I have been told Purple City by Joker is 'too depressing'. I have had endless Chase & Status requests. I have been told I should play more 'pop remixes'.

I am not generalising or stereotyping students or being prejudice towards them. I am simply trying to learn what they like. As far as I can tell they like happy vocals.

you're about right.

ignore all the harumphing, ultra-defensive 'i'm a student and i like good music' types - they've completely missed the point, i would presume because they've never played a £1 a drink night down the Students Union.

which is that if you're presented with a room full of pissed-up students who don't necessarily like dubstep, then the amount of dubstep you'll be able to play to them is very limited. Deep Medi won't get you far, although there will almost certainly be half a dozen blokes who go mental for it.

So yeah - any Rusko, C&S, Doorly, Dub & Run, etc etc wobblers will go down well, as will the big hits, even from a couple of years ago: Night, In For The Kill, blah blah blah. You can feed them more obscure stuff too, but you'll have to rattle through it - double drop a MRK1 tune with a Noah D tune for 90 seconds or so and then follow it up with Eastern Jam. They'll stick with you, although much more than half an hour and you can see the energy levels start to wane as people hanker for a bit of Jackbeats or Sinden, or some Brookes Brothers...

^^ at last, some one who knows what he's talkin about

[deamonds]

Why not just tell them to shove theyre night up there arse! if you seriously are against playing that shitty stuff, then tell the promoter to suck his mum through a straw

[deamonds]

I have been told Purple City by Joker is 'too depressing'.

seriously, do not play there ever again.

If they ask you again, throw a copy of the latest "now thats what i call music" at them & piss all over the floor on the way out.

[rubadub]

Wack on 'Hyph Mngo' by Joy Orbison. If it's good enough for Sasha, it's good enough for them

This hahaha. and what deamonds said above, shudda slapped him. remember you're the dj, as long as there's a few people on the floor it's all good, and there's plenty of good bangers without resorting to c&s and doorly. Starkey, cluekid, skream, sully etc etc. Or just really piss em off and play an all burial set.

[lucky strike]

Fucking hell talk about generalising, if i went to a dubstep night and all i heard was doorly and chase and status there'd be blood on the floor. Cutz & Flexout in Lincoln have got Breakage and Subscape booked for their next big night, don't assume students are so limited.

Someone missed the point entirely again.

Wack on 'Hyph Mngo' by Joy Orbison. If it's good enough for Sasha, it's good enough for them

This hahaha. and what deamonds said above, shudda slapped him. remember you're the dj, as long as there's a few people on the floor it's all good, and there's plenty of good bangers without resorting to c&s and doorly. Starkey, cluekid, skream, sully etc etc. Or just really piss em off and play an all burial set.

Checking out some Starkey now, Gutter Music is wicked.

[hamual]

mate come to warehouse project...plenty of your kind here. erm rusko did a sick set the other week.

I was at that man, Martyn was ill, nice to see him and have a bit of space around me, but as soon as Rusko come on, fuck me, idiotstep central. Me & my man listened for like two-three tracks and it was off to see DamFunk (who was proper bo, hadn't heard of him before), and chiiiillll a bit with a nice zootay

[mattrelton]

was at a skream show in sheffield a few months back and i swear the floor was pretty empty until he dropped in for the kill. and he was playing some fire!
students are just on the mainstream jump up 90% of the time. but yes, there are exceptions.

Which night was this?

metropolis at 02. people were in boys noize or some standard shit, and then that remix came on and people come rushing in suddenly loving skream. haha

ok well that makes sense. you cant expect people to be into the deep stuff at a primarily electro night. just aint gunna happen.

[_boring]

lol @ Students

wtf?? STUDENTS? what the hell??

[86.]

ROOOOFL @ someone thinking Purple City is depressing. if anything Joker makes some of the happier music in the scene

[lynn mc]

[lucky strike]

lol @ Students

wtf?? STUDENTS? what the hell??

Students = people at University. Wow crazy isn't it.

[ammo]

have played at my students union few times mostly just to warm up cos i know pple rnt into it (girls askin 'do u have any rnb?' etc).

u dont have to play shit music or bare tearout tracks if u dont want to. maybe find some decent remixes of 'pop' tunes, e.g. widdlers remix of day & night etc. last time i played a lot more pple were feelin wot i was playin n i wasnt playin many manic tunes so think trends r changin a bit.

some of the remixs pple post in the dubs forum might help. think ur right tho 'happy vocals' is wot they (generally) want.

oh yeh 'get up' by pinch featuring yolande shud go down well plus check out these threads for other vocals

http://www.dubstepforum.com/favourite-t ... lit=vocals

http://www.dubstepforum.com/vocals-in-d ... lit=vocals

old skool garage is usually popular too if u got ne. good luck wit ur set.

[rob sparx]

I've played there a few times already. I have been told Purple City by Joker is 'too depressing'. I have had endless Chase & Status requests. I have been told I should play more 'pop remixes'.

I am not generalising or stereotyping students or being prejudice towards them. I am simply trying to learn what they like. As far as I can tell they like happy vocals.

I think some of them just need to realise its dubstep not pubstep - they're listening to a proper DJ not disco Dave just let the DJ play the set they've planned and try to appreciate something you haven't heard a million times before!

Just a warning to some of these guys, radio cheese is one thing but think twice before you request Cookie Monsta or Borgore (it does happen!) as some DJs might (understandably) take offense to those sort of requests.

[mistayif]

at these student nights, i'd much rather spin an hours worth of garage and uk funky which all students seem to love than drop dubstep that i don't even like.

also to the guy who suggested the dub and run things, dub and run are 16 bit