CLUB CULTURE

CLUB CULTURE

Artist vs DJ: If you’ve ever been in a band or was close to a band member, you’ve probably seen them talk bad about DJ’s. Why is that? Why does an artist get negative about DJ’s? Well, in the shortest answer I can give you, “It’s a weird perfect circle where one hand washes the other.” And oddly enough in this perfect circle where each hand needs the other, many times it’s little more than a case of too much arrogance or too much jealousy between the two sides.

Sometimes I come to a new club or venue and when meeting the staff for the first time, they ask me if I’m an arrogant DJ or they’ll say “You’re really nice for a DJ,” or “You’re the coolest DJ I’ve ever met,” speaking about me not being an automatic ass upon arrival.

Many DJ’s do have arrogant attitudes, and I believe it’s because they assume success. Let me explain. The first step in the music business is joining a band. Then that band works hard for months to create new material. Once the band has a full album created, they have to then record it which can be more expensive the longer it takes. Not to mention all the practice a musician puts in on their individual instrument before they ever play beyond their bedroom.

With all the hard work each member has put forth to produce a single album, they then are burdened with the costly task of promoting it. And in a case like Linkin Park, they were considered an overnight success in the industry. But that was a 6 year promotion grinding process. Linkin Park climbed the charts fast, and if 6 years is fast, then it definitely takes longer for most other bands to reach the same level of first success. However, MOST bands do not last longer than 6 months. A band that last 2 years is considered a great run before circumstances break the band up.

So I’m saying all this to make the point that when a band works very hard to “Make It” and they do acquire success in popularity, a DJ then comes along and get’s the bands hit song on Thursday, plays it at the club on Friday and the crowd cheers, the DJ feels like it’s all him. Thus assuming the success of the song. And since the DJ didn’t do all the hard work for the songs he’s playing, he usually doesn’t appreciate or respect the bands efforts enough. Of course the bands don’t like that, they think the DJ is arrogant.

Now, the other side is where the DJ plays a new bands track and becomes an avenue to promote the new song toa new audience. The DJ exist because someone else created music. If it wasn’t for the bands, the DJ wouldn’t have any music to play. So the bands need the DJ to promote their music, but the DJ needs the bands to make new music. It’s “one hand washes the other” and when an artist or DJ is under-appreciated by each other, beef begins to accumulate between them.

And that’s the major elements in the CLUB CULTURE. The Artist & the DJ are unintentional teammates. Their like blood brothers.

CLUB CULTURE: What is it? It is personal expression. Dancing is what some people have naturally like being naturally athletic. When you go to a club, everyone knows that the main point is to dance. Lose yourself, escape the real world for an evening and just dance to the beat. The elements of Club Culture are *Friends, *Fashion, *Drinks, *Dance, *Music, & *Social. Everything else you can think of falls under one of these categories.

Ladies should always dress pretty and conservative for the office. But for the club it should be bright colors, flashy clothes & wild hair. Have fun expressing yourself when you go out to the club. One should never assume that what they see is what they get. We all know everyone makes quick first impression assumptions. Your boss really does think that you always wear those conservative office clothes. And the guy you met at the club really does think you always were neon green and purple stockings everywhere you go.

I want you to embrace the Club Culture because if you do it right with a few close friends, you’ll have so much more fun than just standing on the wall, watching everyone else have fun. Want to know more about club culture? Check out Got To Give It Up by Marvin Gaye.