The music in miami ? : Big Circus !

[szeretlany]

I'm here in Miami since 3 weeks and thank God I'm leaving soon.

I write for a big Dance Magazine in UK (no name but you'll know which one is by reading it.) looking for new dj revelations !

Miami It is a wonderful place and with a lot of potential

But I don't understand how come the local dj scene is such a total disaster.

First thing I have to say is that in the last year I have been all around the best clubs in the world: Stereo in Montreal, Turnmills and Ministry in London, Q in Zurich Queen in Paris and also in and of course Space and Pacha in Ibiza and Paradise Club in mykonos. I have listened to Der Dritte Raum, Angelo, Axwell, Angel Moraes , Timo maas, Zabiela, Nic Fanciulli, Lindstrom, Steve Lawler and also Rex the dog,Tiga,Mylo

Locodice,Yousef,Francisco Farfa,Ivan Smagghe,Marco Carola,Desyn Masiello and a lot of new ones not popular but even better.

Last 2 week I have been at space for the after-hours and it looked like a freak show, everybody was dirty and sweaty and wasted which is not the problem...

The problem was that the music was the same as the week before; old and repeated in the same exact sequence. Thank God that people was wasted otherwise they would realize the Dj are fooling them with old music. Big track was "your body" that I heard 1 year ago in Canada.

What I have noticed is that the all the djs have the same gay-ish macho superstar attitude to prove something, maybe that they are not gay.

I guess they are all trying to musically imitate Danny Tenaglia. Please don’t!

Leave him alone.

At the time was playing Cedric Gervais ( Gervais is a famous French Ice Cream brand for who doesn't know) which I tought it was ok in the beginning but then the following week I was shocked by listening the same music over and over. c'mon. Do you think we are stupid?

Yes we are. because we paid 20 $ to listen to the same music again.

I have been in nocturnal also, (next to space) forget about it, this old style progressive and tribal mixed with a pathetic intent to resemble the electro minimal-movement that is already fading-out. Made me sick. That was sweaty dj Rolando I guess.

I also have been to Metropolis on Friday, it looked like a college birthday party and the music was an irrelevant banging, no matter in which room you go.

But the worse scenario was in Mansion on Saturday and Sunday.

Mansion is not a club, it is like cirque du soleil without dancefloor , a big bloody dramatic manifestation of how badly money can be spent.

Vip managers where arrogant and looked like they were doing you a favor.

People looked like forced to have a classy attitude from the establishment,

a big vip area that makes you think that moneys is the first issue and not music , (terrible chart music).

The sound system sounded very loud and noisy and the dj playing at the time looked like what, 50 years old ? Playing like old style funky house with no groove at all. I didn't feel comfortable even if I had my own table and friends. Bloody pathetic.

Friday at Crobar was also weird, there was this Spanish like dj (I guess I saw him in nikki beach also.) he was repeatedly playing samples with the CD player ruining the few good tracks I heard during the night.

It was not really crowded but the people after 2:30 got bored and me too.

Saturday in Crobar the dj was the cheesiest ever no worth tallkin about it

I liked instead the French dj from Nikki beach Pedro(not because I'm French) on Sunday night and the Italian from crobar 2 fridays ago.;

their music was very new and mixed well technically , those are the only ones that can play in an international contest, but until that time ? still nobody know them yet .

I have also listened other local dj , amelia ,nelson, waste of time.

I haven't been to amika yet but I will this Sunday to listen to Cue and Stephan Luke. hope they are good.

I hope I'm writing to the right place and that my realistic point of view it doesn't conflict with some local readers opinion.. I'll be gone next week anyway... then my writing will be forgrotten in the past of this billboard.

People from miami , ask for better music quality !

Winter Music Conference is coming , hopefully you can learn something

that's the message

Delacroix

Muzik...

[shroomy]

I hope I'm writing to the right place and that my realistic point of view it doesn't conflict with some local readers opinion.. I'll be gone next week anyway... then my writing will be forgrotten in the past of this billboard.

People from miami , ask for better music quality !

Winter Music Conference is coming , hopefully you can learn something

that's the message

Delacroix

Muzik...

All of your comments are either point on, or at least a litte valid.

but, this has been a shitty time of year around here and the tourist months and non-tourists months are different.... IMHO

also, it is kind of hard to check out the different types of scene down here in a few weekends.

we certainly do have a ridiculous amount of wasted and unappreciated talent down here, but atleast they are here

[pod]

Said it once, will say it again. Miami's not a "music" town. Don't come here with this high ideal of being musically educated. Come here to drink, party, screw three hot import women in a hotel jacuzzi, rinse and repeat. Trainspotters need not apply. Put the pen and notepad down, grab a drink, grab a girl, and do what comes naturally.

If I want music education I'll go back to university.

[diegonyc]

yea it's a bit of a letdown in that sense.

save yourself the hassle and enjoy the beach or something. the clubs down there aren't for the serious music afficionado. although, it does make up for it 1 week out of the year.

[szeretlany]

Miami is ""not yet"" a Music Town

but it will be soon , I'm confident.

The secret is to just give more importance to the quality of music,

you will see that your drink will taste better,all the girls will look nicer

and all the things that you take to enhance your fun will work the way they have to

trust me

The Dj situation here , as far as I can see, is based on a lickass system

and not on the quality.

I would say let's dethrone who mostly sucks and put the real talents up there in the dj boots.. and see if the party goes !

If as Shroomy says, there is unappreciated talent out there (and I agree) , well how come they are unappreciated ?

Who is stopping them from being appreciated ?

Maybe the club owners ?

I think that an upgrade of the all music situation will make things better for Miami tourists and non tourists.

[szeretlany]

Unfortunately I'm here for work and to describe the situation before the WMC

but this week I'll definitely enjoy the sun.

anyway I'm always optimistic

I've seen a similar situation in Sweden were house music was not even worth mentioning and now they have the most popular and requested djs around (Sebastian ingrosso, Axwell, Steve Angelo)

Am I wrong ?

And Sweden is cold and no beach and palm trees and girls look like polar bears

[diegonyc]

if it hasn't happned by now, then it won't.

as a matter of fact, hip hop and reggaeton is what people want to listen to aside from the run of the mill candy trance that miami is known for worldwide.

its a business first. who's going to make money when u have all this good music with no one inside. good electronic music isn't easilly accessible down there. u obviously are proof of that from your post. most djs down there go to the same record shops and buy all the top 20 selling records and play them to death at their gigs.

it's a shame because there is a small percentage of them in it for the right reasons. it's just they're not about kissing ass just to get a gig.

[digital7]

you write for Muzik magazine with that horrid grammar?

[funketeer]

I think that an upgrade of the all music situation will make things better for Miami tourists and non tourists.

No

[szeretlany]

I see

I understand the point

[szeretlany]

you write for Muzik magazine with that horrid grammar?

No

I don't write for Muzik

while to mistype is human

to be inopportune is horrid.

[funketeer]

No

I don't write for Muzik

while to mistype is human

to be inopportune is horrid.

We, here in Miami...care very little about what you have to say, go back to London and tell the queen to suck my cock.

[funketeer]

French pussy...stick a baguette up your ass!

[shroomy]

French pussy...stick a baguette up your ass!

good job of filling the American Sterotype.......

[sobeton]

you should try visiting some other cities in the US, to get a better perspective. you will find the scenes in other US cities; are that much different then Miami’s.

most people's idea of talent tends to be quite subjective, as is quite evident from your post.

Pod stated it best when he said "Miami's not a "music" town. Don't come here with this high ideal of being musically educated. Come here to drink, party, screw three hot import women in a hotel jacuzzi, rinse and repeat."

[philippio]

...If as Shroomy says, there is unappreciated talent out there (and I agree) , well how come they are unappreciated ?

Oh, well that's the untold (but very obvious) secret of a materialistic town that likes to pride itself in its nightlife scene, not because it is any good, but for the sole purpose of basking in its own self importance. The good local djs in this messed up little shithole we call Miami are few and far between. They are the ones that live and breathe the music in small venues around SoBe. The big clubs love their djs. They're super talented. They're capable of going online, pulling out their list of tracks that they heard at any of the mainstream dance clubs the week prior, and downloading them in mp3 format (once in a while picking a slightly different mix of the same garbage). If that's not a dj, then I don't know what is.

You see, in Miami, you don't have to know how to dj to be a dj. It all comes down to knowing someone in the industry who thinks he/she is more important than you.

[Bling]

phil u found ur soulmate lol

anyways musically shine has been bringin it IMHO and the best to me is still locals parties stuff like frisk-e fridays monthly party at blue....... thats MUSIC PEOPLE

and the best local in this city period.. in stryke still doesnt have a residency.... its apalling..... IMHO

havent met anyone who loves this more than Greg.... he breathes and eats music

[philippio]

phil u found ur soulmate lol

anyways musically shine has been bringin it IMHO and the best to me is still locals parties stuff like frisk-e fridays monthly party at blue....... thats MUSIC PEOPLE

[Bling]

at least im hearing good musica

[southof5th]

give me a fukcing break with this thread

Miami has enough parties and musical diversity to run circles around many other cities in the world

if you don't believe me try going elsewhere and see how much is going on

except for the big club cities like london, ny etc there "ain't shit going on"

[southof5th]

Oh, well that's the untold (but very obvious) secret of a materialistic town that likes to pride itself in its nightlife scene, not because it is any good, but for the sole purpose of basking in its own self importance. The good local djs in this messed up little shithole we call Miami are few and far between. They are the ones that live and breathe the music in small venues around SoBe. The big clubs love their djs. They're super talented. They're capable of going online, pulling out their list of tracks that they heard at any of the mainstream dance clubs the week prior, and downloading them in mp3 format (once in a while picking a slightly different mix of the same garbage). If that's not a dj, then I don't know what is.

You see, in Miami, you don't have to know how to dj to be a dj. It all comes down to knowing someone in the industry who thinks he/she is more important than you.

lol...don't know why you're still around if it's such a shithole

nice move to continuosly insult other working DJs while posting a snoozefest of a mix online...try playing that music in a club and you'll clear the floor in minutes

[funketeer]

this Thread Is A Joke

[happyface]

funk why you edited your post?

[pod]

Pod stated it best when he said "Miami's not a "music" town. Don't come here with this high ideal of being musically educated. Come here to drink, party, screw three hot import women in a hotel jacuzzi, rinse and repeat."

I have your jacket still!!!

But anyway, I get pissy when I see this because some member of the intelligentista takes issue with my adopted hometown. Yeah, we're sweaty and nasty, and we shoot people for fun and profit, but god damn it, it is Miami!

Though we could do without the hoodlums.

Ask me whether I want music-heads or three whores in a jacuzzi and I'll tell you what I want in about two seconds. Less if your girlfriend is hot.

"Hey sweetheart!"

[koky]

Me , Szeretlany , & Phill see eye to eye on all of this that was posted in the original post even though our tastes in music are'nt the same . Its sad to say that a city like Miami is so damn close minded when it comes to EDM ..But i dont think we can do anything about that any time soon.