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DJ Shadow asked to stop spinning during his set in Miami
Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2012 9:40 pm
by deadly_habit
On Friday night, DJ Shadow was spinning live at Miami’s Mansion nightclub in support of his All Bases Covered tour when a funny thing happened: one of the promoters asked DJ Shadow to stop spinning. While Shadow was getting into Krampfhaft’s “Spit Thunder,” the crowd was either not into his set or the promoters were just so amped to get their resident back on to drop more Top 40-inspired tracks that one walked right up to the decks and apparently asked Shadow to stop:
http://pigeonsandplanes.com/2012/12/vid ... -in-miami/
Video of it on that page as well
Clubs/promoters like this really should understand who they are booking
Re: DJ Shadow asked to stop spinning during his set in Miami
Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2012 9:46 pm
by esfandyar
that is atrocious
Re: DJ Shadow asked to stop spinning during his set in Miami
Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2012 9:48 pm
by Sexual_Chocolate
was this happening much before 'djing' became the 'in thing'?
because it seems to be happening fairly often these days.
Re: DJ Shadow asked to stop spinning during his set in Miami
Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2012 9:49 pm
by fractal
Re: DJ Shadow asked to stop spinning during his set in Miami
Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2012 10:10 pm
by hugh
I feel like culture is being torn apart and replaced with something weird and horrible.
Re: DJ Shadow asked to stop spinning during his set in Miami
Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2012 10:12 pm
by fractal
something every generation has surely said
Re: DJ Shadow asked to stop spinning during his set in Miami
Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2012 10:12 pm
by fractal
now it's our turn
Re: DJ Shadow asked to stop spinning during his set in Miami
Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2012 10:15 pm
by deadly_habit
I hope they didn't try to shortchange him on his pay.
Re: DJ Shadow asked to stop spinning during his set in Miami
Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2012 10:19 pm
by pkay
deadly habit wrote:I hope they didn't try to shortchange him on his pay.
real dj's have agents who collect literally weeks in advance for this exact reason
Re: DJ Shadow asked to stop spinning during his set in Miami
Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2012 10:25 pm
by deadly_habit
Not too many collect 100% of the contract in advance though.
Re: DJ Shadow asked to stop spinning during his set in Miami
Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2012 10:27 pm
by syrup
assholes... how the fuck can you book someone and not even do some research on stuff he plays
Re: DJ Shadow asked to stop spinning during his set in Miami
Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2012 10:29 pm
by deadly_habit
johney wrote:assholes... how the fuck can you book someone and not even do some research on stuff he plays
Apparently it's not the first time the club did the same thing, linked from the same article
Mansion has always catered to a very mainstream crowd with very commercial taste in music.
That's no secret. When the club isn't booking Top 40 hip-hop stars, it's only going after the most commercial names in EDM, like Swedish House Mafia, David Guetta, and Afrojack.
But this past weekend, the South Beach nightclub also showed how far it'll go to maintain those commercial musical standards, allegedly kicking headliner Dennis Ferrer off the decks mid-set for not playing "commercial enough."
Though the Opium Group is unavailable for comment about the incident, Dennis Ferrer tweeted about it on Sunday, writing, "Haha @mansion_miami made me get off the decks!! said I don't play commercial enough!! WTF!!!!!"
http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/crossfad ... enough.php
Re: DJ Shadow asked to stop spinning during his set in Miami
Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2012 10:31 pm
by AxeD
Think this happend to Mark Farina too.
Ignorant shit.
Re: DJ Shadow asked to stop spinning during his set in Miami
Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2012 10:34 pm
by fractal
i like what he said though, "They said this shit is too future for all y'all, so...."
much respect
Re: DJ Shadow asked to stop spinning during his set in Miami
Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2012 10:34 pm
by syrup
yeah, just read that... i think i remember a thread on here about that Mark Farina thing too... ridiculous
Re: DJ Shadow asked to stop spinning during his set in Miami
Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2012 10:37 pm
by pkay
deadly habit wrote:Not too many collect 100% of the contract in advance though.
If you're pulling anything over $2000 a show after travel and you aren't collecting fully in advance then you need a new agent.
I've never booked an Alist dj and not had to have the entirety paid at least 30 days in advance and had proof of ticket purchase available. I've booked some of my folks for much less than that and asked for the entirety up front and very rarely had issue.
I'm sure he got his cash
Re: DJ Shadow asked to stop spinning during his set in Miami
Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2012 11:27 pm
by __________
^ sounds like the agent didn't trust you. I've seen £2k+ DJs get paid in cash after the show and I've seen £2k+ DJs get paid in hash after the show too
Re: DJ Shadow asked to stop spinning during his set in Miami
Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2012 11:32 pm
by knell
ATL folks are saying he got booted off Opera Nightclub the night after as well
but Mansion
doorcharge and $20 drinks to listen to Pitbull and Guetta, what a shitty excuse for a club
https://twitter.com/mansion_miami/statu ... 8755383297 
Re: DJ Shadow asked to stop spinning during his set in Miami
Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2012 11:41 pm
by mks
Seems like it is always either Miami or Las Vegas where I hear about this sort of thing happening.
Re: DJ Shadow asked to stop spinning during his set in Miami
Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2012 11:53 pm
by Rappone
Wtf? So booking happens according to what?
