Music and Flow

[dokk]

Okay, I haven't listened to your new feed yet, i won't tell ya at least wrap it up proper in an asx lolll.. ;-)

I thought yesterday and looked through the thread I think maybe gonzo started about what kind of music people like.. and it was cool.. it brought back all kinds of memories.

For those of you that don't know me, hello!

lollll..

I'm dokk. aka the dokkster, the dokkatolah of rokk n' rollah, paul the computer guy, rp, and lots of really cool nasty names and funny ones by mistake like dikk...

Anyway... i did a little time in the strip club scene, did a little time with net radio and did some stuff with talk radio and video.. oh blah blattiy blah .. that stuff....


Okay.. enough for the intro for those who didn't know me from adam's housecat, now udo!

But that wasn't what I wanted to post to u about 2day.

It's about music and flow.. between the two is made kind of a special magic.

Please bear with me, i'll try not to bore u, I promise!

From the posts in the thread the obvious became the more obvious.. no2peeps alike, no2peeps liking all sos, some with very intense feelings about the music they like and .. lolll.. even let's say a tad more emotional about the music they like and other people don't!

You really really really REALLY cannot please all peeps, all times, esp w/music.

BUT!!!!

U def can plz all the peepallthetime if u establish a flow.. and that's series of pieces that takes the listener on a ride.. it could start with any song, could end with any song, could have almost any song somewhere in between.. BUT!!!

It must.. flow.. I mean like maple syrup over hot buttered pancakes.

You can do anything from Glen Miller and Gene Krupa to Seven Mary Three, Dead Kennedys', Godsmack, and even.. yes even the much hated but still talked about Milli Vanilli (lollllllll)

For example, you'd never expect to hear "Dead Skunk In The Middle Of The Road" in a stripclub but you can bet ya last dollah we had fun with it and played it at the right time (don't need to go into details... lol).. because it was flowing with the people and with the vibe in the room.

Once we took a little Godzilla toy thing that would walk and his eyes would light up and were having some fun with it in the club.. it was.. needless to say a bit of a slow night.. the customers .. well, they weren't tipping and i'd rather not go into details about how dancers feel about not making money. U figure it out.. lol

So.. we took the little toy, put a garter belt on it, took all the girls off the tables and off the stage.. started the smoke gen, did the light thing.. and out comes this little wobbing toy with Blue Oyster Cult's "Godzilla" playing.

That thing made 40 bucks on one song.

Not bad for a toy!!!

The customers started tipping, most of the girls were laughing and happy and it ended up being.. a rather fun evening.

So.. what I'm saying is this... the crudest approach is just to segment into cats, diff tunage and then organize blah blattity blah.. and that's cool and it works pretty good.

But whatever you do, whatever tunes u use.. or don't use.. the more it flows like that sweet maple syrup, the more listeners u reach and the more they love to listen.


All the best.. always!!!


dokk