) and this is what he wrote after his visit to Montreal (which happened to be his first visit)...
Hey good Montrealians! (?)
I spun at the Dome tonight. For a brief hour+. I was thrown out of my own set. Almost physically so. And I was called the worst amateur in history. Because of what? I did not play Sandstorm when *the Boss* wanted me to. You know what, I was going to, in the end of the set as I usually do. In some form. But not when he wanted me to. Why? Attitude? Maybe a little. More so because IT DID NOT FIT RIGHT THEN AND THERE. And I don't jump when someone tells me "I've been in this business for eleven years and I know this stuff and this HOUSE* music is clearing the floor...". Well, the floor was not jam-packed during all my set (but was too every now and then when people heard something they recognized) but it had good 200+ (or something) people even at the slower moments.
So He gave me an option: "Play Sandstorm right now and end your set short (at 1:45, I was booked for 12:30 to 03:00) or I'm gonna take the music down". Well, I took the music down myself. But He wanted it back up quickly. Silence in a club is powerful. Obviously that was asking for trouble... I got to mix another track in and then the house sound system took over with r'n'b or hiphop or something. I was escorted out by these huge security guys and followed by *the Boss* who yelled "nice" comments ("You didn't earn a penny of the money I paid you, you f*****g amateur, you're done etc...") to me all the way out.
I was doing what I've done for some time (not "11 years" but still a good five years) and I think I was doing pretty well. It's not rare the floor thins out a bit when the dj spins a touch more progressive or non-top40 stuff in a commercial club. They obviously didn't know what they booked (wanting Sandstorm only) but I still kept a great core crowd going, obviously a whole bunch of people who were liking it a lot, even if I say it myself. I'm sorry my HOUSE* music didn't do it for Him.
(Btw, I've played an hour live set there before 2-3 years ago but even my live set is not the same thing anymore and especially the dj set is a bit harder/more prog/whatever.)
I wanted to let you know that it was not me who wanted the music to stop (or change to other stuff) and I wanted to play the stuff I play and make no compromises (or not at least a huge one... don't get me wrong, I can, and I do, finetune my set according to the crowd but...)
Thanks for the people who showed up because of me for a nice hour+. And I'm sorry for any inconvenience eventhough it was not my fault.
Ville/Darude
* excerpt from the setlist
...
super8 - cre8
matti laamanen - life
age of love - the age of love (m&c rmx)
warp brothers - smells like
above & beyond - no one on earth (g&d rmx)
mike shiver & elevation - hurricane (ms mix)
darude - next to you (original) + love comes again
k & k project - jendai + loneliness
avanto - the flute
snap - power (eric prydz rmx)
dogzilla - your eyes
marco v - automanual
...interrupted...
So, this was posted and a lot of people kinda felt bad for him. The very interesting part is his playlist - hmmmm, never knew Darude played such things or that he'd ever play such a TL....interesting and would have loved to be there....and lol, poor guy and people who were into the music, his set was interrupted in the middle of Automanual - a track i happen to love......
Point of thread - to inform you about Darude's presence and to inform you about some managers' bs attitudes....NOT to talk about Sandstorm and/or how Darude sucks/is good....
