If you're in London, this sounds like a pretty cool idea for DJs and the musically curious alike:
- The concept's pretty simple, really - it's a digital music DJ club, people show up, sign in and get 15-minutes to play their favourite songs, people can also sign up to be judges, and we have managed to get great prizes together so far. Admission is free and the drinks are cheap.
September 4 next date for London's freshest digital music club
CLUB NAME: Playlist
DATE: Saturday September 4
VENUE: Nambucca, 596 Holloway Road, 0207 272 7366
TIME: 9pm-late
PRICE: Free entry
Following its successful launch night, Playlist opens eyes and ears again at Nambucca, 596 Holloway Road, N7 on September 4. You are the DJ. Bring your favourite 15-minute playlist on an iPod or other digital music player and play your songs, first come, first served. The best DJs win fantastic prizes from Everything iPod, who are offering one of: four Creative Labs TravelSounds speaker systems, 18 hard-wearing Contour Showcase iPod holder and a fantastic top prize - a set of professional audio quality Shure E3c in-ear headphones. That's 23 prizes in all.
If you love music and don't have a music player come and listen to diverse sounds, be a judge, have a dance and party with the Playlist people.
Playlist is a growing community of switched-on tech-savvy music fans with broad tastes, excited at the great reawakening of interest in music that promises to transform the music business. Whatever music you want to play, just bring it. Playlist is about sharing the excitement and energy of musical diversity in a digital age.
Web site competition
Playlist and Everything iPod are offering a Web site competition. Visit www.ipod-dj.com, sign up for the mailing list, send us your favourite 15-minute-long Playlist of songs (artist, album and song title), complete a tie-breaker and win one of three prizes: The best wins a
Creative Labs TravelSound, and two winners will receive a purple Contour Showcase iPod case.
Article comments
1 - Bryan McKay
I think I've heard of things like this cropping up in places such as New York as well, although I'm too lazy to go look them up. Perhaps later.
Either way, I think this is a fabulous idea and I would love to see it catch on in the States. With mostly all radio stations now operated by Clear Channel or some other similar conglomerate, club DJs are some of the few people left who really have a say in what they play (included in this category would be the small handful of independent radio stations, college radio, and internet radio). By allowing just anyone with an iPod (or similar music device) to walk in and play some music for 15 minutes, this club is further breaking down the boundaries between music and listener, allowing the fans themselves to program what THEY want to hear, and listeners the chance to hear things they might not otherwise in a Clear Channel-controlled universe. The future of the digital music revolution, anyone?
2 - Eric Olsen
Thanks Bryan, I agree with your assessment - it's democratic, yet still filtered through someone's sensibilities - the best of both worlds.
People used to post a lot of playlists on Blogcritics but I haven't seen many in quite a while