Saturday, February 12, 2011

Booking # 195: The Melody Inn, Indianapolis, Indiana







Weird night.  Really fun to be in Indy and get in the studio with the latest Driven AM member, Dave Owen!  Are some excellent food at Yats and had my first taste of Shake and Steak.  The gig was at a strange bar.. it was dark, dirty, very local, loud, cheap, and was generally filled with people who know each other.  One of the opening DJ's was playing very hard dark DnB at a fast tempo, so I figured i could roll out with some harder funky stuff.  I did not get much of a reaction to the harder stuff i opened with, so i switched gears and moved into the halftime realm.  Immediately they reacted to it, i could see people at the bar, at first not really paying attention, slowly start to move.  Seeing them react to the deeper stranger smaller stuff pushed me keep testing the boundaries, and the deeper i pushed the more they reacted, until i noticed it was near the end of my hour and i built it back up.  Dave Owen - 'Sucker Love' is a tune that always seems to get people dancing, and with a few random movement tunes and others by the end of my hour people were on the dancefloor having a great time.  I only wish i had another hour!  The people i met were very cool and commented on my skill and selection which was nice.  So glad i got the chance to play Indy, its not often a crowd reacts more to the small stuff than the big stuff, and thankfully i'm well versed in the small stuff!  Thanks to Dave Owen and the crew! 

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