[Dynagroove] House is A Feeling

[Ryan Moran]

My opinion : Not worth $30.

Like Sara I realize the venue costs a LOT, but I personally would have
dropped Harvey from the lineup (I was not feeling him in the least...he was
all over the map, boring, and just wack) and gotten some better locals to
play (call me crazy, but Scott K isn't my cup o' tea whatsoever). But, the
back room was dope...Slick Dada and Zack really held it down and played some
great stuff. The 2nd room was alright, but I didn't spend much time in there
at all. Now, on to Mark...

I wish I could say that Farina was amazing, like I did when I saw him at
Release in July. But the huge crowd didn't seem to respond to anything but
remixes of songs they knew. After a slow start, he got right into a
groove...and his first hour was right up there with the time I saw him at
Release. Funky, creative mixing, and nice buildups. And then...he dropped an
insane remix of Michael Jackson's PYT...and the room EXPLODED. I haven't
seen a room go off like that at a house event for a very long time.

So right when I'm thinking it's getting good, and could possibly be the best
Farina set I've seen as he had 2 hours to go at that point, he started to
dumb it down, and play to the crowd. Which is fine, to a point...but his
mixing started to get rather uncreative and his track selection was
uninspiring. Maybe I just wasn't into it, but...I began to resent the fact I
paid $30 for the party. 2 remixes of Gossip Folks later, I took off at about
2:50am...I was tired after Harvey, and I wasn't very into Farina.

Don't get me wrong, I didn't leave on a bad note. He was playing some
awesome stuff...but his set took a dive after PYT.

The venue itself was awesome, and it was great to see such support for a big
house event in LA...but, I really resented the fact I paid $30...ESPECIALLY
when it was advertised as $25 at the door.


----- Original Message -----
From: "~Sara" <sara at reelhouse.net>
To: <dynagroove at reelhouse.net>
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 12:47 PM
Subject: [Dynagroove] House is A Feeling


>
> Hola, E'ryone,
>
>
>   I am curious to know what everyone thought about the Mark Farina party.
A
> week or so before the party, I was unsure as to how much fun I was going
to
> have, due to all the talk and all the rumors flying around.  When that
happens,
> a lot of time parties end up being more damn trouble than they are worth.
> Socially and in regards to the vibe, I had a good time, it was good to see
a
> lot of you guys out.  Muscially, I felt Mark was severley lacking (I got
there
> at 1am so I didn't hear Harvey or anyone else beforehand).  The best
example I
> used when describing to someone else how the party was, was when I said,
"Mark
> played The Midas Touch.  I am kind of ambivalent in general to that song.
I
> don't dislike it but I don't get excited to hear it.  I would have no
problem
> hearing it at a different party under different circumstances, but if
people
> are being charged in the upwards of THIRTY DOLLARS for a party, I DON'T
WANT TO
> HEAR THE MIDAS FUCKING TOUCH."  I want to hear some white labels from
Timbuktu
> or some shit I never even knew existed when being charged that and when
going
> to see Mark Farina.  The rest of his set was kind of like that too,
nothing too
> bad nothing too great.  Although he did play this one swing track that I
had
> never heard that dope as fuck and no one can complain about a MJ remix.  I
> understand the venue costs a grip and a half and so does Mark and the rest
of
> the line up, so I understand where the cost of the ticket was derrived
from but
> I do not think musically the party was worth $25-30.  Which is a shame cuz
I
> wanted my pantaloons jazzed off, I was ready.  But I still had a good
time.
>
> ~Sara
>
>
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