Deaf DJs

[original_aj]

Went to Ascension last night. Yet another club where the mix was completely wrong - bass turned up, treble turned down. Many songs were reduced to a throbbing drum machine with a whisper of vocal and no tune. If they want to play that sort of music exclusively why don't they advertise it as such instead of playing the occasional track which should have some depth and interest to it but doesn't because they've obliterated it. Grrrrrrrrr!

Oh, and they were playing quite a lot of what sounded to me like early eighties europop, which was causing bizarre sixth form disco flashbacks. At least they aren't imitating the associated fashion!

Got a flyer for an "Auld School" rock & metal night in a couple of weeks. It might be worth a look - there's no playlist but it'll be interesting to see if their definition matches mine. I don't mind the occasional track which is just a constant unvarying grind from start to finish but I have an old-fashioned fondness for songs which have a tune. And lyrics which tell a story, rather than being a short soundbite endlessly repeated.

I'm off to get my cardigan & pipe now.

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[gnomatron.livejournal.com]

hi

saw your journal linked to on edinburgers;

Anyway, I'd just like to say that I was djing in the park room last night (saturday the 14th), and that you're right about the sound, but it probably wasn't the dj's fault. The mixer in there has rubbish eq's (only +/-6db), and when I came in the treble was turned up and the bass down, and it still sounded bad in the way you described it. It seems, then, that the sound system is to blame, which is odd, as it was refurbished over the summer. Maybe someone's buggered it up since then. The point is, then, that yes, the sound was shit, but it's (probably) not Ascension's fault. Unless they were the ones that broke it...

oh, and what was the metal night?

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[original-aj.livejournal.com]

Interesting about the sound. Maybe they've built it that way for whatever is usually played there? I'll not complain about those DJs then. It was the same at Studio 24 last time I was there, too. Unfortunately that just reduces my desire to go out to these things - if the DJs can't fix the problem there's no hope.

The metal night was "For Those About To Rock" at Bannermans.

It was OK, apart from the DJ having problems with one of the cd players being fussy about what it would play. We didn't stay late 'cos we were tired, and it was really just getting going when we left. I'd go again, though.

You might be interested in my more recent post re the gigs I was at the last two nights. "Full Metal Racket" are definately worth seeing, if you like late seventies/early eighties style metal.

[gnomatron.livejournal.com]

They could have built it like that, but I doubt it, as it's not really intended for any one thing; they have a wide mix of stuff on in there; cheesy chart, hip-hop, indie and goth. It seems to be a fairly common problem, especially in the sorts of places that are happy to put on rock or goth stuff.

I was wondering if it was "for those about to rock...". I keep meaning to get down to one of the gigs at bannermans, but I haven't got round to it yet.