The Worst Type Of DJs…

[TheReturn]

…are the wankers on public transport who sit there all smug and blare music out of their mobiles.

Has anyone noticed a steady rise in this kind of behaviour?

I’m all about playing music for other people, I think we all are. But there is a time and a place for it and it isn't 8am on a bus.

It baffles me how people think that it is OK to do this. What are they trying to achieve?

Do they think that they are going to start a rave on the tram with their tinny-little mobile speakers?

Do they think that with their “amazing music” they going to change the life of the stiff looking dude in the business suit, so that he breaks free from the restraints of the corporate grind and his suburban boredom and starts popping-and-locking next to the ticket machine?

Or are they simply just arrogant arseholes who have no awareness of anyone around them?

I vote the latter.

[richcur]

I must catch the wrong buses..

[brendanClay]

Had a bad morning, have we? :P

[trenthalliday]

Come to Glebe...little *indiginies* walking around with the most watered down shit hip hop playing on their phones...

[TheReturn]

No, actually my morning has been fine. I keep my headphones on when I catch the tram, so they really don't annoy me that much.

Still, I think it's wrong, and I just don't get these people, so wanted to see if anyone else feels the same.

[Funkedub]

could be worse ... they could just be using ipod earphones and full volume. I've taken to pitying these people rather than deriding them after actually listening to some music on them.

congrats, you have the latest technology ... but taken a huge leap backwards in audio quality

[Sideshow Rod]

I imagine it would be annoying if you were trying to get in a nana nap before work or read a book - I drive to work so it I don't really encounter it...

Something that amuses me though is seeing people with MP3 players wearing huge expensive headphones like sens or technics - the cans are worth more then the player and they just look plain silly when you are walking down the street (car and pedestrian noise doesn't need to be blocked out that much)

[brendanClay]

I imagine it would be annoying if you were trying to get in a nana nap before work or read a book - I drive to work so it I don't really encounter it...

Something that amuses me though is seeing people with MP3 players wearing huge expensive headphones like sens or technics - the cans are worth more then the player and they just look plain silly when you are walking down the street (car and pedestrian noise doesn't need to be blocked out that much)

Oh, agreed!!

[archietech]

i wear my senns if i'm listening to a personal music device. tbh it doesn't worry me if i look plain silly

[skid]

Yep school kids are some of the most annoying when it comes to this behaviour. They blast out there music and rap/sing along with it....

[manuka]

worst thread ever

[dudu]

try taking the train from cabramatta to parramatta every mourning.. i hear a minimum of 3 phones with shitty rnb going off with the usual "fuck yulleh, fuck bro blah blah" going on.

[slackas]

worst thread ever

yep! i dont know why OP call them 'DJ's' anyway.... X(

[jarrardscott]

fucking lads do it all the time on the bus's.

get some fucking earphones you cheap fuck

[trouble hifire]

how do you figure they are dj's? as opposed to regular twats?

Something that amuses me though is seeing people with MP3 players wearing huge expensive headphones like sens or technics

i never figured out why people get so wound up about this? tbh most of the time i use my technics with my ipod as listening to deep/heavy dnb or dubstep on inears just dosn't cut it as they can't reproduce the subbass correctly (read- at all) and ends up sounding like shit.

i think there was actually a thread in the general forum about this a while ago. i can't understand why people seem to get their noses out of joint about this? surely you have better things to worry about than how people choose to enjoy their music........

[slackas]

how do you figure they are dj's? as opposed to regular twats?



i never figured out why people get so wound up about this? tbh most of the time i use my technics with my ipod as listening to deep/heavy dnb or dubstep on inears just dosn't cut it as they can't reproduce the subbass correctly (read- at all) and ends up sounding like shit.

i think there was actually a thread in the general forum about this a while ago. i can't understand why people seem to get their noses out of joint about this? surely you have better things to worry about than how people choose to enjoy their music........


Sometimes i use my large headphones to warm my ears on cold mornings, earphones just dont cut it...

[Sideshow Rod]

how do you figure they are dj's? as opposed to regular twats?



i never figured out why people get so wound up about this? tbh most of the time i use my technics with my ipod as listening to deep/heavy dnb or dubstep on inears just dosn't cut it as they can't reproduce the subbass correctly (read- at all) and ends up sounding like shit.

i think there was actually a thread in the general forum about this a while ago. i can't understand why people seem to get their noses out of joint about this? surely you have better things to worry about than how people choose to enjoy their music........


:emo: I didn't get wound up about it or get my nose out of joint... I said (and you quoted it) - it amuses me... & guess what ... it does amuse me :lol:

oh... I'm also pretty sure the original poster was taking the piss about these people being "dj's" - it's inferred that because they are "sharing their music with the rest of the public transporters" that they are the "worst type of dj's" ... Surely you have better things to worry about then how someone structures a piss take thread about loud music on public transport :P


edit: add tounge in cheek emoticon :lol:

[TheReturn]

:emo: I didn't get wound up about it or get my nose out of joint... I said (and you quoted it) - it amuses me... & guess what ... it does amuse me :lol:

oh... I'm also pretty sure the original poster was taking the piss about these people being "dj's" - it's inferred that because they are "sharing their music with the rest of the public transporters" that they are the "worst type of dj's" ... Surely you have better things to worry about then how someone structures a piss take thread about loud music on public transport

Spot on.

Its not the worst thing ever, but it is still poor form in my opinion.

It becomes my concern about how other people listen to their music, when the way they listen to their music impacts on me.

[turkman]

if i listen to music on the bus will i be a dj?
:stroke:

[trouble hifire]

:emo: I didn't get wound up about it or get my nose out of joint... I said (and you quoted it) - it amuses me... & guess what ... it does amuse me :lol:

sorry mate i wasn't having a go at you about it i was refering to the thread in general where people were all up in arms about what headphones people use :P

i can understand the frustration of people playing music out of their phones like that, there is a guy who does it on my bus sometimes but the fact that he looks like a serial killer stops me from saying anthing :|

[manuka]

Surely you have better things to worry about then how someone structures a piss take thread about loud music on public transport

i'm sure we all do - slow for a thursday, isn't it?

[TYLER]

Tram Rav FTW.

[slackas]

Tram Rav FTW.


nanananananananananan TRAM RAV!!!!

[StEtienne]

Tran Wav?

[Sideshow Rod]

sorry mate i wasn't having a go at you about it i was refering to the thread in general where people were all up in arms about what headphones people use :P

i can understand the frustration of people playing music out of their phones like that, there is a guy who does it on my bus sometimes but the fact that he looks like a serial killer stops me from saying anthing :|

I hope you read the sarcasm in my post and realised the tounge in cheek nature of it also... :lol:

[slackas]

can we stop all these shit threads, and sticky: "what really grinds my gears POST HERE"

[TheReturn]

In that case can we also sticky: "I don't know what gear to buy?!? POST HERE"?

those threads also grind my gears

[seanious]

In that case can we also sticky: "I don't know what gear to buy?!? POST HERE"?

those threads also grind my gears

Thread feedback loop will break internets

[Brad Lee]

…are the wankers on public transport who sit there all smug and blare music out of their mobiles.

Has anyone noticed a steady rise in this kind of behaviour?

I’m all about playing music for other people, I think we all are. But there is a time and a place for it and it isn't 8am on a bus.

It baffles me how people think that it is OK to do this. What are they trying to achieve?

Do they think that they are going to start a rave on the tram with their tinny-little mobile speakers?

Do they think that with their “amazing music” they going to change the life of the stiff looking dude in the business suit, so that he breaks free from the restraints of the corporate grind and his suburban boredom and starts popping-and-locking next to the ticket machine?

Or are they simply just arrogant arseholes who have no awareness of anyone around them?

I vote the latter.

In the UK this is very common! I havent noticed it much in Sydney. Im into my quiet time to and from work. Those kinda people have no real consideration for anyone apart from themselves!!

[bulldozer]

I imagine it would be annoying if you were trying to get in a nana nap before work or read a book - I drive to work so it I don't really encounter it...

Something that amuses me though is seeing people with MP3 players wearing huge expensive headphones like sens or technics - the cans are worth more then the player and they just look plain silly when you are walking down the street (car and pedestrian noise doesn't need to be blocked out that much)

i wear my audio technica ATH-700s with my ipod on the tram and i don't give a shit what people think :ahoy:

[Sideshow Rod]

^^ good for you tiger!

ROOOOOOAAAAAARRRRRRRR


http://www.sfgate.com/gate/pictures/2003/10/20/tiger.jpg

[trouble hifire]

I hope you read the sarcasm in my post and realised the tounge in cheek nature of it also... :lol:

i hate to say it but no :( i think im still recovering from tuesday night (QLD public holiday yesterday) and my brain is about an hour behind the rest of me and still hurts :(

[Timski]

Yeah I was just talking about this exact thing the other day... at work the students often sit around and listen to there latest electr0haus tracks through there phones, jiving away and being generally quite hardcore.

[slackas]

im still recovering from tuesday night (QLD public holiday yesterday) and my brain is about an hour behind the rest of me and still hurts :(

yay im not the only one....

[TwoThirdsMajority]

So to summarize this thread:

GET OFF MY LAWN!!!

[Teknikall]

No. The worst kind of dj's are the ones who tell you they have all this gear but only ever seem to mix at your house. They also lie about gigs, 99% of their tracks are 192kb pirated shit. They can't mix as good as what their recorded mixes sound like (ever). And also lie to another person that their "gear" which they don't even have has been loaned to me since my gear is getting repaired when mine is perfectly working.
THAT IS THE WORST KIND OF DJ.

[slackas]

yep thats pretty shit.... ^^

[macc4]

No. The worst kind of dj's are the ones who tell you they have all this gear but only ever seem to mix at your house. They also lie about gigs, 99% of their tracks are 192kb pirated shit. They can't mix as good as what their recorded mixes sound like (ever). And also lie to another person that their "gear" which they don't even have has been loaned to me since my gear is getting repaired when mine is perfectly working.
THAT IS THE WORST KIND OF DJ.


huh? so your mates are the worst kind of djs?

[Teknikall]

^^ didn't take long for me not to be mates with worst kind of dj

[Purpose]

99% of their tracks are 192kb pirated shit.
Some gimp at my school who thinks he DJ's just gave me "the most wicked set"

It's 24kbps.

[slackas]

^^can you hear it through all the bit reduction???

Back when i got my first mp3 player, it only had 32mb internal memory and an Smart Media card slot. Smart media pricing was through the roof so i resampled my music down to 64kbps...

i was like 15-16 max and i could still here the difference... sounded freakin horrible...

[djfuzza]

don't know about any of you guys but ipods memory are huge now i just throw all my wav. files onto it, not as many as in mp3 format but the sacrifice is well worth it.

[slackas]

it only had 32mb internal memory

FUZZA!

[Timski]

He's on the ball...

[Sideshow Rod]

^^ didn't take long for me not to be mates with worst kind of dj

name & shame!

[ChemicalJames]

I work on public transport and take great pleasure in telling these cunts to STFU.

[LifeOnMTV]

I work on public transport and take great pleasure in telling these ****s to STFU.

nice

i hate it how they (and consequently me) always seem to be listening to hardstyle/hardtrance/hardhouse/anything with hard in it.

it doesn't annoy me THAT much that it's loud (i can always turn up the ipod), but it's very lame and makes me feel embarrassed for them...., just wish their track selection was better.

oh wait you guys weren't talking about that anymore

[slackas]

i find people with really loud music on trains @ GC always listen to very very cheesy urban/rnb...

[TwoThirdsMajority]

nice

i hate it how they (and consequently me) always seem to be listening to hardstyle/hardtrance/hardhouse/anything with hard in it.

it doesn't annoy me THAT much that it's loud (i can always turn up the ipod), but it's very lame and makes me feel embarrassed for them...., just wish their track selection was better.

oh wait you guys weren't talking about that anymore

This.

When it comes to dance music on MP3 players or phones or iPods, listening to Hard Dance while walking on the streets is like wearing a suit while walking in a jungle filled with predators and muddy landscape.

I love listening to Deep House or Acid House whenever i walk on the streets of Melbourne or London or Kuala Lumpur. I also tolerate Trance while on the streets. But hard Dance? That's a taste killer.

[slackas]

try listening to gabber, when someone says hello, its a 99% percent chance you will headbut them,,,,,

[seanious]

can we stop all these shit threads, and sticky: "what really grinds my gears POST HERE"

Can we please get this thread?

[trouble hifire]

try listening to gabber, when someone says hello, its a 99% percent chance you will headbut them,,,,,

i still enjoy a bit of gabba or breakcore when im crunching numbers at work :-D

funnily enough my productivity at least doubles when working with numbers and listening to dirty hard music.

[slackas]

funnily enough my productivity at least doubles when working with numbers and listening to dirty hard music.


hahaha! yep!

[seanious]

i still enjoy a bit of gabba or breakcore when im crunching numbers at work :-D

funnily enough my productivity at least doubles when working with numbers and listening to dirty hard music.

I find some jump up DnB or dubstep does the trick for me

[trouble hifire]

^^ unfortunately i pay to much attention to the music when im listening to that.

breakcore and gabba is a nice steady drone.

[TwoThirdsMajority]

You know what's the worst type of DJ's?

DJ's who think they can be number 1 beating Tiesto & AVB without even bothering to produce their own tracks.

I know some of those.

[slackas]

tiesto doesnt produce LOL, im sure its someone for him...

AVB has some good write-ups about him & producing tho, like wanting 100% full control over every sound...

/rant

[macc4]

You know what's the worst type of DJ's?

DJ's who think they can be number 1 beating Tiesto & AVB without even bothering to produce their own tracks.

I know some of those.

to my knowledge tiesto and avb have never even entered the DMC, so how can they be number 1?

they were actually voted most popular by their fans

it was a popularity contest, not a dj competition

and if it was a dj competition, producing tracks would not have been relevant

[TwoThirdsMajority]

to my knowledge tiesto and avb have never even entered the DMC, so how can they be number 1?

they were actually voted most popular by their fans

it was a popularity contest, not a dj competition

and if it was a dj competition, producing tracks would not have been relevant

Well, i'm not talking about that. I'm talking about the egoness.

You know, wannabe DJs saying "I want to be like Tiesto!"

And ten years later, they are still stuck at a residency in a boring ass club.

And i'm not talking about DMC at all. Why bring DMC into this?

[macc4]

why not bring it into play? you are talking number ones, DMC is the standardized dj comp recognised by all genres

you cant even a small trance in 3 minutes

[TwoThirdsMajority]

why not bring it into play? you are talking number ones, DMC is the standardized dj comp recognised by all genres

you cant even a small trance in 3 minutes

I agree with you.

I'm joining DMC Championships next year. Wish me luck.

[macc4]

good luck, if you wish you can use my DMC name - Wiki McScratch

It hasn't been used before, and I have some others I can use if I need to

[skunky]

DMC = Turntablism.

Turntablism =/= being able to program a set for 3 hours.

Yes, Tiesto sucks shit, but not because he didnt win DMC.

[wookie nipple]

tiesto doesnt produce LOL, im sure its someone for him...

AVB has some good write-ups about him & producing tho, like wanting 100% full control over every sound...

/rant


gee your up to speed benii! pretty sure he just released a new track. (its shit by the way).

you do realise that people like john digweed dont even produce their own tracks.

n.b tiesto is an overpaid overrated douchebag. hype is the only reason ppl give a shit about him.

[Jude May]

i wear my senns if i'm listening to a personal music device. tbh it doesn't worry me if i look plain silly

but archie, you look silly anyway :bl:

[KidStylesNz]

Kinda on topic.

Had these two "Attention Seeking Skool Girls" Singing at the back of the bus. Lady Gaga shit. I was in the Middle of the bus, By the middle door and i blatently blocked my ears. Then these two random youngns told the girls to F%$k up cause "someone" is blocking their ears. Then a grandama chipped in buy saying Be quiet you two and mind your manners. Then the whole bus pretty much turned on the girls.hahaha.

[Matty_neal]

Kinda on topic.

Had these two "Attention Seeking Skool Girls" Singing at the back of the bus. Lady Gaga shit. I was in the Middle of the bus, By the middle door and i blatently blocked my ears. Then these two random youngns told the girls to F%$k up cause "someone" is blocking their ears. Then a grandama chipped in buy saying Be quiet you two and mind your manners. Then the whole bus pretty much turned on the girls.hahaha.

hahaha that's gold

[slackas]

I think everyone on this forum should "adopt a young one" to get the new generations of snot nosed kids up to date with atleast some decent music.

Step one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rz0duxWh8ic

Its not that every young person has to be a dj, but we can atleast give them some music awareness.

[SlicyDicer]

A friend got handed a demo CD in a club by some guy claiming to be the next best thing, him and his mate apparantle were so sure of themselves being the next best thing in minimal and tech-house that they had to hand out CD's to everyone

anyway, I was listening to it in my car and the whole thing lacked direction, was pretty well mixed but weas probably done in ableton. No progression in the set, and most of the songs were pretty terrible.

That is the worst kind of DJ, one that obviously wants to be someone and picks a genre that is the "in-thing" of the moment without any awareness of the genre or its history and what actually sounds good.

Go back to trying to play acoustic guitar and singing about clouds like the rest of the douchebags trying to impress girls. You just wasted a perfectly good CD.

[dazthedominant]

i've met too many people in my short time djing who claim to be 'sydneys best'. i can't see how you could be sydneys best because you juice hypem.com for every track possible and you can beat-match, not perfectly, but enough to make those who don't have an ear for music not recognise the train trying to pull in to the station.

[TwoThirdsMajority]

i've met too many people in my short time djing who claim to be 'sydneys best'. i can't see how you could be sydneys best because you juice hypem.com for every track possible and you can beat-match, not perfectly, but enough to make those who don't have an ear for music not recognise the train trying to pull in to the station.

+9000

[Funkedub]

i've met too many people in my short time djing who claim to be 'sydneys best'. i can't see how you could be sydneys best because you juice hypem.com for every track possible and you can beat-match, not perfectly, but enough to make those who don't have an ear for music not recognise the train trying to pull in to the station.


where do you hang out?

maybe a change of venue would help reduce your encounters with such awesome folks.

[dazthedominant]

where do you hang out?

maybe a change of venue would help reduce your encounters with such awesome folks.

haha, i haven't dj'd now for a long time, never owned any turntables/cdj's so never got a chance to perfect my style so i've now run into hiding while i work on some music to compensate for my average djing.. i used to dj for a club called trashbags, felt really out of place there so i left..

[TheReturn]

wow! someone actually named their club "trashbags"?

What was it like?

[dazthedominant]

wow! someone actually named their club "trashbags"?

What was it like?

well, some like it, some dont. i never went there prior to djing, it was just a huge sweat fest of gurners and what not. had its good times, and the first time i dj'd there, i dont think anybody was expecting to hear the music i play (more bass heavy music as opposed to the distortion stuff they were playing) and the crowd reacted so positively and pretty much had one of my best nights that night. after time it started crumbling apart and i noticed that you had to bend over if you wanted to have good set-times and exposure. alot of newbs (goto the for sale section on this site for reference) were getting pushed and could barely dj. i noticed it was more of a popularity thing instead of someone with a passion for music.
sorry for that lengthy paragraph of whining. hahaha

[SlicyDicer]

This is how people become jaded.

[louislogic]

That is the worst kind of DJ, one that obviously wants to be someone and picks a genre that is the "in-thing" of the moment without any awareness of the genre or its history and what actually sounds good.



edit - in this post louis went on a massive rant, if you were lucky enough to see it before I deleted it well, good for u. :)

[Sideshow Rod]

edit - in this post louis went on a massive rant, if you were lucky enough to see it before I deleted it well, good for u. :)

in this post louis refers to himself in the third person... :crazy:

[louislogic]

louis is stuuuuuuuuud