[Dynagroove] House is a Feeling!

[Cade O Nelson]

An interesting comment.  I like to kinda brag and be a bittcrass at times
when I tell people "Well I know why Mark Farina is Mark Farina."
Personaly that SF Sessions CD is OK but it is nothing and I mean "NOTHING"
compared to his early melodic tapes.  Personaly I think thats when he was
at his best.  I have only heard him play like that once since those days
and that was at an old sunday night club at sugar called Sycopation...
that was probably 3 years ago..  Don't get me wrong he is still one of my
top 5 Favorite DJs.  But I remember when he was my num,ber one... ahhhhh..
I remembersharing Mark Farina in an empty warehouse with 80 other
people...


nastalgic.

Cade



On Mon, 10 Mar 2003, Brandon Anthony wrote:

> Well, I don't know most of you, and most of you don't know me.  I didn't go
> to this event, and I haven't gone to a house event in a really long time;
> mainly because of the reasons that the people who didn't like Farina's set
> have mentioned.  Now I've been watching Farina since about 1995 so what I
> say I not me talking out of my ass...
>
> For those of us that have been disappointed with Mark Farina's sets when he
> comes down here, after distancing myself from the house scene, I kind of
> figured out why "I" at least was being disappointed (maybe this holds true
> for others too).  I think that some of us go to see Farina and expect "San
> Francisco Sessions."  However, we get there and we get something along the
> lines of "Connect."  Now not to say that Connect is a bad CD, its got cool
> songs...but by far does not have the feeling and creative layering and
> sampling and playing certain tracks a couple of times through the CD because
> they just sounded good together.  I don't know, maybe its time taking its
> toll on a great DJ.  Or maybe its just easier to please the masses with the
> familiar than pleasing the few with the artistic - be bold for the small
> crowds, be safe with the big ones...
>
>
> I do wonder this though, how much would it cost to see Farina on the east
> cost, or over seas???
>
>
>
> on 3/10/03 5:29 PM, ~Sara at sara at reelhouse.net wrote:
>
> > Point well made, Alland.  But with that mentaility, why don't we charge $30
> > for
> > *every* party *ever* thrown?  Are we not allowed to have expectations of a
> > certain calibur or music when going to see a certain performer and when
> > playing
> > a certain price?  I don't think anyone who made a review (myself included)
> > mentioned anything to the effect that they were upset b/c he DIDN'T play a
> > certain track or whatever, I think certain people were just upset for paying
> > $30- to see MARK FARINA and were met with mediocre music, some of the record
> > sleeves were written on parchment they were so dated.  (Kidding, kidding.)  I
> > didn't pay $30 to only recollect MIDAS TOUCH and PYT.  Mazel tov to everyone
> > who thought he rocked it, I REALLY DO wish I could say the same.  Your
> > statement, "Well if you don't want to pay $30- for a party then don't go." is
> > a
> > little offbase, it was just if you are going to have a $30- party, you're
> > going
> > to get your $30 review.  I don't blame the promoters, they have no control
> > over
> > what the djs play, and this experience hasn't deterred me from going to a
> > future House Is A Feeling.
> >
> > Quit being such a tech-y elitest, Alland.  :)~
> >
> > Sara  <---loves Alland
> >
> >
> > Quoting "[deeper.groove]" <alland at deepergroove.com>:
> >
> > ~*~ Maybe it's the responses like these that make DJ's not want to play in
> > ~*~ l.a. or charge up the ass to do it.
> > ~*~
> > ~*~ "I thought he'd play _____"
> > ~*~ "I wanted him to play _________"
> > ~*~ "I left because he didn't play _______"
> > ~*~
> > ~*~ If the guy played hard, it's cuz he was in that mood. I mean, it's not
> > ~*~ like he played epic trance or something that could make you want to
> > ~*~ disqualify him as a great house dj. im not a huge mark farina fan. I
> > ~*~ think he's good and plays fun stuff. But I wouldn't complain about him
> > ~*~ just cuz he didn't play the stuff that *I* was in the mood for on a
> > ~*~ particular night, and say that my money was not well spent. If you
> > ~*~ didn't want to spend $30, then don't go to a $30 party. Otherwise listen
> > ~*~ and enjoy as much as you can. Plus There were a few other great events
> > ~*~ that night that were way under $30, like Ms. Sue's thang at king king.
> > ~*~ Me? I stayed home and slept. It was nice.
> > ~*~ By the way, Im not into pop remixes either, but it's just a thought
> > ~*~ since it was a thread from the other day.
> > ~*~
> > ~*~ But no alcohol.... That's lame. supermegalame. There should be early
> > ~*~ warning about that on the info line at the very least.
> > ~*~
> > ~*~ A.
> > ~*~
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