Ibiza Parties Ratings!

We Love Opening Party @ Space 8/10 Nice crowd, Innervisions room started ok then went trancey, luckily Carl Craig and Derrick May smashed it. Not as busy as I thought it would be... Cocoon Opening Party @ Amnesia 5/10 Pretty lifeless, wish I had seen Vath instead of Villalobos now Womb @ Space ?/10 Can't remember much of it! La Troya Opening Party @ Amnesia 8/10 Had great fun at this, DJ wasn't prominent, it wasn't about the music, more about the show... Kekahuma @ Space 9/10 Back to space again! MK played a great set, mainly his own tracks, freakin you went down very well... Steve Lawler came on and actually didn't bore me so that was a bonus...

South West Four Festival DJ Competition

Hi all... been a while since I posted, a trip to ibiza and the regular radio slot got in the way!  Been sucked into entering another mix competition so it would be great if you could take a listen!

South West Four DJ Competition - Chris Wood by Chris Wood on Mixcloud

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A big thanks...

A big thanks to all those people that listen to my mixes :-)  I really must do another one soon - the live one from SEED has been getting a lot of love from all quarters, its really representative of how I like to mix things up genre wise so I'm really happy with it...

Thanks all!

Big London DJ Competition - this Friday!

I'm playing this Friday at the Egg on York Way behind Kings X Station, come on down :-)  Not sure what time i'm playing but it will be a good night - not only will you get to see me play but there are some other names as well!

Yousef
Technasia
Oliver Huntemann
Lewis Boardman

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On the road again...

http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?1545

This article on Seth Troxler got me thinking - its a great article sure, but one that could be representative of just about any working DJ in the 'Premiership', Sasha must have been going through this kind of life for years.

It certainly makes me appreciate playing irregular gigs - making them special occasions to me, I can treat each one individually.  Playing every night and several places even on some nights I can see the temptation to repeat sets and mixes that work, fortunately, thanks to the plethora of dance music out there this rarely needs to happen.

I've always said I'd be unsure about turning DJing into a job if I ever had the chance (highly unlikely!), as much as I love doing it, the loneliness of the travelling, the brief interludes of highs then back to the grind again does not appeal that much - that said I'd certainly like to try it for a month!  Perhaps I could do project management as a hobby...

Producing...

Producing... Its something I don’t do, maybe i’m not creative enough, maybe I haven’t got the patience (definitely that), whatever it is, you can’t escape the fact that it is a good way of getting ahead of the game and can catapult a career if the work goes into it. 

I have seen several debates recently on the need to produce to promote a DJ career – why should this be?  Granted the promotion is easier – more record labels after ones name is a bonus, but I defy anyone to say that has anything to do with their DJing ability.  Several high profile producers have found out the hard way that producing and DJing are two entirely different things – knowing how sound works does not mean that they know how DJ sets are programmed!

This is by no means an attack on producers who also DJ – there are many out there who can string a set together, however they have a talent – why would they not want to show it through live sets?  There are some seriously diverse artists out there who can cover several genres and hours with their material without even thinking about it.  This is what I want to hear when I see someone who is well known for their producing skills on a bill – not 2 hours of music that anyone could string together!

So full respect to those who do produce – and make the most out of it, and also to those that don’t – and make the most out of it, I’m not feeling any pressure to get into it, and the world is probably better off without any crap I’d make anyway!