Music at Durham

The mixing at hound isn't as bad as you make it sound Kev!

Erm...yes, it is.

OK so it's not as bad as the cheese room (but then, I don't know if it's possible to mix "Reach for the Stars" by S-Club into the Baywatch Theme Tune lol)....but it's still awful. I don't think most people would notice it because they're used to it, but when you spend most of your time in clubs where the DJ is assessed on his/her quality to mix one track into the next....the mixing at Planet is practically non-existent....generally because the "DJs" aren't proper DJs (or aren't encouraged to properly DJ) - which is a shame as I think if one night they played some better (or just DIFFERENT) tracks with some good mixing they would receive a good response....they're just too scared to try it....like much with the DSU

who are those "DJ's" ?? students?? or "pros"??? if its students then surely I can give it a go havent practised for a while now...but got some mixing techniques from my cousinhehe

I think they're graduated students who still live in Durham or something like that. There's very little chance you'll be able to DJ - but ask as much as you can....I think they like their people who they know they can trust to play "non-risky" music

Risky - as in music that people haven't heard before. This is the thing with Durham, especially at the Student Union - they don't like doing new things!

OK so you might think things like "Revolver" (an indie-rock night...I think? someone can correct me if I'm wrong) are "new" but they're not. They're just following what other clubs in Durham have tried.

However, the bottom floor of Planet is "dance" music....every week they play the same tracks though. Yes they're not bad....you're guaranteed Barbers Adagio for Strings without a doubt, and then a load of others....but EVERY SINGLE WEEK the same stuff. I was impressed when I first heard Adagio for Strings in there actually - THAT was a risk - as not many people had heard it but everyone loved it.

If only they were brave enough to try it again - play some new stuff that people hadn't ever heard, and I'm sure a lot would love it. But as Durham is - if people don't recognise the music they generally won't like it.

And hence, they play music that people know and love....aka "non-risky" music

aah that kind of sucks...... and i actually thought britain was a house nation giving credit to all those festivals in your country..not to mention the massive CREAMFIELDS!!....

btw - adagio for strings...the tiesto mix..right?!?

I think we should buy a club and aim it at several risky niche markets.

Yes the Tiesto mix.

And yeah - Britain is like that, but DURHAM isn't - those kind of places are only found in big cities, since very few students like house music - they all love cheese music, or now indie rock and all that stuff.

And HAHAHAHAHAHAHA book a DJ!!! Yeah right! DSU would never do that, no big names anyway, they wouldn't make the money back at all - they never even book any bands which WOULD bring in lots of money, there's no way they're going to book any DJs!

Erm...yes, it is.

OK so it's not as bad as the cheese room (but then, I don't know if it's possible to mix "Reach for the Stars" by S-Club into the Baywatch Theme Tune lol)....but it's still awful. I don't think most people would notice it because they're used to it, but when you spend most of your time in clubs where the DJ is assessed on his/her quality to mix one track into the next....the mixing at Planet is practically non-existent....generally because the "DJs" aren't proper DJs (or aren't encouraged to properly DJ) - which is a shame as I think if one night they played some better (or just DIFFERENT) tracks with some good mixing they would receive a good response....they're just too scared to try it....like much with the DSU

Dude, they're playing electronica and house. It's designed to be beat mixed - as long as they catch the drops right and fade to the next track at a decent point, which they do 90% of the time, then it's good mixing.

Plus, who's going to care, as long as the music doesn't stop?

I'd agree with you if they were playing garage because it's much harder to mix and if you get it wrong, you really get it wrong - most of it can't be beat mixed because it's vocal and off 4/4, which means you have to mix out of sync and make it sound good - which means you have to do it with vinyls and you have to know what you're doing. Something that doesn't need to be done with electronica and house.

Basically, lay off the planet DJ's, they do alright!