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Kind of randomly, I won tickets from Ebay to see Mix Master Mike at Axis on Saturday night. Unfortunately, I got the tickets so late that I couldn't find anyone to go with me. ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
soulstorage offered to go with me, but then realized she couldn't because it was a standing only concert. I contemplated wimping out and not going, but then I thought how the chance to see this guy wasn't likely to come up again soon, and I figured, wtf, I'd go myself.
I'm really glad I went, because I had a really great time. Plus I saw a dj in the opening slot that I'd never heard of, and he was really, really good and fun to watch. I felt rather awkward for the first ten minutes after I got there, and I was surprised to see how few women were there, but once the opening act started, I made an active decision not to care about what people around me might think. It was very liberating. I danced for about three hours right up front by the stage!
It had never seen how intimate one of these shows can be, especially when you're right up by the stage. There's this great synergy that goes on between the dj and the audience, even though the dj is concentrating on his turntables quite a bit. The audience reacts to the constantly changing samples, and at times, the dj is responding on the fly to whatever tastes the audience is reacting the most to. People yell out stuff in reaction to the samples, sing along with them, and often, you can see from the dj's expression that he's heard them and he's having fun with their fun.
I'm so glad I went. The next day, I started reading my sampler manual again. I want to be better at this turntabling stuff after seeing that show. I know I can. I just need the time to be with my equipment, unencumbered.
soulstorage offered to go with me, but then realized she couldn't because it was a standing only concert. I contemplated wimping out and not going, but then I thought how the chance to see this guy wasn't likely to come up again soon, and I figured, wtf, I'd go myself. I'm really glad I went, because I had a really great time. Plus I saw a dj in the opening slot that I'd never heard of, and he was really, really good and fun to watch. I felt rather awkward for the first ten minutes after I got there, and I was surprised to see how few women were there, but once the opening act started, I made an active decision not to care about what people around me might think. It was very liberating. I danced for about three hours right up front by the stage!
It had never seen how intimate one of these shows can be, especially when you're right up by the stage. There's this great synergy that goes on between the dj and the audience, even though the dj is concentrating on his turntables quite a bit. The audience reacts to the constantly changing samples, and at times, the dj is responding on the fly to whatever tastes the audience is reacting the most to. People yell out stuff in reaction to the samples, sing along with them, and often, you can see from the dj's expression that he's heard them and he's having fun with their fun.
I'm so glad I went. The next day, I started reading my sampler manual again. I want to be better at this turntabling stuff after seeing that show. I know I can. I just need the time to be with my equipment, unencumbered.