Re: Mr. Digweed - there's a new sheriff in town....
[QUOTE=GregWhelan;491152]I would only slightly agree - I think 90% of the people who go on about building sets etc dont even go clubbing - when I go clubbing I just want to hear good tune after good tune, I'm not interested in 6-7 warm up bland tracks and then a couple of good ones really[/QUOTE]
well first I do go to clubs quite often ;)
I've always been of the opinion that anyone could play good tunes (especially now with ableton), but it tends to be the filler tracks that define a dj to me and when I say filler, I don't mean throwaway tracks, I mean the tracks in between all the big tracks you know. Do you really want to hear big track after big track? If I know even half the tracks a particular dj is playing I might as well stay home and throw on some sets.
As for the build, I find that a terribly underestimated part of the presentation. I don't want to walk into a club (assuming I'm there early) to a banging set, nor do I want to hear nothing but banging tracks for hours on end. A well crafted set, imo, allows me to let it all out when the dj plays slamming (hopefully unknown) tracks, with some breathers in there so I could go the long haul and do it again when the djs ready to bring it again.
Though I do admit this philosophy may be the result of way too many years hearing many djs do incredibly extended all-night/morning sets in NYC (Danny Tenaglia & Sasha Digweed at Twilo probably most of all) ;)