I get a LOT of requests from bands to "Check out their music" of "Have a listen". Well, i don't do that. I only go check a bands Myspace if a collegue DJ or a booker tips me off. And then i will mail the band to request a CD (Safe me the trouble, and send that one off right away!). Let's face it boys and girls, for promotion of unknown bands myspace is not the place. There are better ways to promote your music.
I DO however always listen to demo's i get from bands. Giving out demo's from your band is a very good way of promotion. Most of the time i listen only for a short time, because if it's bad or mediocre, i'm not gonna waste time on it. If it's good or excellent...That's another story... I will probably play it in my DJ sets, and tip of other DJ's and bookers, and maybe it can get the ball running. You never know.
So, if you want me to have a listen: PROVIDE ME WITH A DEMO ON CDR. I will not follow a link to your myspace to listen. I am also not interested in mp3's to download (Except if you are a (well) known band wanting me to try on some new stuff). mp3's sound like crap anyway, i want full .wav, and i want them burned on disc, to put them in one of my ever disc-hungry Pioneer CDJ1000's players. Yeah baby!
A GOOD demo can be made like this:
- Select your BEST THREE songs.
- From those 3 put the VERY BEST song first.
- Burn it on CDr.
- Make a nice cover (just nice, nothin'fancy)
- Give it to me.
- Or send it to me. Just message me for the adress.
And then i will listen to your music. And in 95% of the cases not like it. But hey, maybe you are one of the 5%! You never know, so keep them demo's coming!
Music
Deine Lakaien, VNV Nation, Jamiroquai, Parliament, Covenant, Tactical Sekt, White Rose Movement, Interpol, Radio4, Legowelt, Speedy J, Autechre, Diary of Dreams, Primus, Rush, Model500, Frank Zappa, Punch Inc, Derniere Volonte, Belphegor, The Chemical Brothers, The KLF, The Future sound of London, Cinema Strange, Funkadelic, Clan of Xymox, XP8, The Frozen Autumn, Bootsy Collins, Cabaret Voltaire, Public enemy, Slum village, Forseti, Judas Priest, James Brown, The Smiths, The Cure, Steve Reich, Wu-tang clan, Sunn o))), Boards of Canada, Dave Clarke, Tiga, Aphex Twin, She wants revenge, The prodigy, Spetsnaz, Front 242, Winterkalte, Company Flow, The meeting places, Cansei de ser sexy, Behemoth, Faderhead, The rapture, Bloc Party, Rosa Crux, The young gods, SWANS, and many many others.
Movies
I am not a big movie lover. I prefer Science Fiction and Porn. Other styles rather bore me, except when exeptionaly good. Some favs: Seven samurai, Amateur anal attempts 5, Star wars 4/5/6, Enemy mine, Ferris Buellers day off, Taboo 8,
Television
I do not like television. I am, however, a big fan of Star Trek. But i collect vids from that series.
Books
Larry Niven, Seutonius, Frank Herbert, Richard Dawkins, Jack Vance, JRR Tolkien, Ursula LeGuin, Livius.
When i was still a youngster i already was a music freak. I collected records and already did some not too serious DJ stuff in a youthcentre. In the 80's i met a fellow who was DJing in another youthcentre close to me. Later this fellow would become the infamous "Wipneus" from "Wipneus en Pim" fame, but in these days he was still a geezer into New Wave music. Because i had a lot of music i was given the chance to DJ in OJC Magnifiosi thanks to him, and from there things went very, very wrong.
I started out in 1991, and in 1994 i was given the opportunity to DJ at WYB at the Isle of Terschelling. In those days it was THE alternative hangout there (nowadays it is very Urban and top 40). I DJed there till 1997. The next year i also quit DJing at Magnifiosi, and after that i continued DJing at the LVC in Leiden, were i was a resident at the "Friday knights" dance-party. In those days i DJed under the name "DJ G-Spekk". Somehow i never get a cool DJ name. That was in 99/00.
In those days i played mostly alternative, and dance (as in Techno, Drum&bass, Hiphop and the likes). I used to be a big lover of EBM and Industrial in the 80's, but lost the connection somewhere in 1992. I refound that in 1998 at the Inrichting parties and started buying and collecting it again from that moment.
There was not much place for that kind of music at the parties i was already spinning, so i started a low profile goth/EBM night at Magnifiosi again. Somehow i got noticed, and MsPolyester, a well known goth/indus DJ around 2000 asked me to guest DJ at one of her parties. From there things went wrong again, and before i knew it i was spinning at the bigger goth and industrial parties in The Netherlands, and sometimes abroad as well.
Nowadays i hold a residency at the LVC for my own goth party "Freitag". I am also a resident on the "Cyberia" party at the EKKO in Utrecht, and a resident at the "The New Underground" party at the Willemeen in Arnhem. The last one is not goth, but alternative music in general.
I also guest DJ a lot at the big goth parties in The netherlands. Currently i also DJ at Fetish parties (Spinned at an edition of B.I.T.C.H. and currently Dominatrix)sometimes, and i even got to DJ the Wave-Gotik-Treffen, which is a dream come true for a goth/indus DJ.
As for the music i play:
I mostly play EBM, Industrial, Darkwave, Synthpop and Noise at parties, but it doesn't stop there. Since i started out as an alternative and dance DJ i also have a big expertise in styles like: New Wave, Electro(clash), Drum & bass, Techno, House, Hiphop, Rock, Breakbeat/bigbeat Alternative, IDM, Ambient and Indiepop. I also have lots of classics in Reggea, Funk, Disco, Soul. It is safe to say that i posses at least a few records in about every genre ever invented.
In general i like music with a "dark" twist, and the genre doesn't bother me that much. If the music is happy and shallow i will hate it. Gospel, Latin, R&B, Ballads, Trance, most top 40 i do not like.
I also like my music groove, and with a certain "pop" sense to it, though i mean something else than the standard definition of "pop". I think Haus Arafna is quite poppy for instance. Most people would disagree.
My CV:
FREITAG, LVC, Leiden
CYBERIA, EKKO, Utrecht
THE NEW UNDERGROUND, Willemeen, Arnhem
Who I'd like to meet: Pretty girls. i like pretty girls. Don't know why. And i'd like to meet them at the parties i spin at (how's that for a bridge?):
Za 21-11, Cyberia, Tivoli de Helling, Utrecht
Za 05-12, De Kade, Zaandam
Za 02-01, Cyberia, Tivoli de Helling, Utrecht
Vr 15-01, Midnight, De Kade, Zaandam
Za 16-01, Metropool, Hengelo
Za 30-01, Cyberia, Tivoli de Helling, Utrecht
Za 06-03, Cyberia, Tivoli Oudegracht, Utrecht
Vr 26-03, Metropool, Hengelo
Za 09-04, Cyberia, Tivoli de Helling, Utrecht
Za 07-05, Cyberia, Tivoli de Helling, Utrecht
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All knowledge is in the air The thoughts of great men are not their own An awaking moment in time The question was asked and asked again Till the Gods grew weary A door was opened And breaking through the abyss A new thought a new consciousness Science our new deity An honest deity Now We worship the man And forget the source God or Nature they are one Man alone Craves to be God So he denies the force Man made God Now man is God And now who is God of Gods Man of men Allegiances formed Religion upon Religion Wars will be fought Villages, Countries, Nations Empires too All to find out Who has the biggest Dick
Thank you very much for the add. WE FINALLY HAVE SOME NEW DEMOS UP! Please, check them out and tell us what you think! Oh yeah, make sure you check out our ReverbNation.com page!
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Danke fürs "Freund und innen" sein. Hat Dr. Malleballe die 10 PERFEKTEN Party-Mallehits 2009 im Player ? Schau auch mal bei meiner Schwester vorbei, sie hat auch Party+ HÜTTEN Apres Ski - Songs in ihrem Player! Frau Dr. Zenzi Hüttenzauber :-) www.myspace.com/fraudrhuettenzauber
Schick Deine Tipps und Hits :-)
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He man alles goed. Ik zie je wel weer op een koff party denk ik. geez man lekker terras weer. Ga na 't werk es een pilsie pakken als 't dan nog mooi weer is :-)
