And it goes like this.

Oct 23, 2004 02:41

I put on a show tonight and played in an unnamed band, DJ Doctaaa, and Fear of Music. For the DJ Doctaaa gig, I had Koyaanisqatsi on in the background and I played lots of TV on the Radio, Bjork, MC Holla, Soft Pink Truth, and even sex education tapes! It was pretty fun and bizzare and parts of it actually worked really well as background music for the movie. There were a few heads there, but not too many kids understand the concept of a DJ as an artist, as opposed to just someone who is inbetween bands.. but this one girl was really into it and it made me happy to know that I was doing something right. It's wierd. Basically, DJ Doctaaa is me sitting behind a computer with DJ software and layering lots of crazy shit over lots of crazy shit with vocal samples. Like you might hear Jay-Z over Beck or Bjork layered over almost anything. I always get real real nervous when I do that shit, mostly because the music I play is a bit off-beat, for lack of better words, or non-mainstream, is what i'm getting at, I guess. I had a panic attack a few weeks ago during a presentation in one of my classes and it was really bad.. like when I would glance at this notecard I couldn't read it and the words were all blurry and it was like a really intense/bad high. But we were talking about it and I told him that I get real nervous when I start off playing but once I get into a groove I'm OK, and he told me that I should try interacting with the crowd more. However, I noticed tonight that when I stop playing.. even 30-40 min into the show, I'm still pretty nervous and crowd interaction generally scares the shit out of me. Anyhow, Fear of Music played a pretty kickass show. There was a shitload of people there (more than the 5 who got reduced to 3 ... people that saw DJ Doctaaa) and pretty much from the get-go people were dancing.

Fear of Music
9/22/04
Wing/Davis/Wilks

Set I: Take Me to the River, Psycho Killer -> Once in a Lifetime, Crosseyed and Painless, Girlfriend is Better -> Life During Wartime, Burning Down the House
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