DJ Mag Top 100 DJ's Poll 2009

[TheMightyGreg]

Re: DJ Mag Top 100 DJ's Poll 2009

^People always say that getting on the top 100 list is important for getting gigs, but does any promoter seriously say to themselves 'hmm who should I book to play next month... time to check out the top 100 djs list!'?

Promoters and DJs take it extremely seriously. DJs who are high up the list use it as a bargaining tool to get themselves more money, and promoters use it as way of paying well known DJs who have slipped down the rankings less money. Why else would they spend lots of money on campaigning to get people to vote for them?

[thebanned1]

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my personal opinion is that this poll is a good showing of how unpopular everyones "minimal" sounding music thats gettin played is becoming, lets face it, the scene is not so young anymore and peopl like myself ae nt botherin to vote due to the poor showing of this years sets in general and that from just about everyone i,ve heard this year....i can honestly say that not one set has stood out for methis year..poor show all round

[chunky]

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I don't agree with the people who think that the reason these DJ's are getting voted for is because of marketing companies. It doesnt matter how much you market a product if people don't like it its going to fail. They are also assuming that people can't formulate rational thought as to whether they actually like something or not. Instead they like to believe this people are swayed by some marketing mumbo jumbo, they saw a couple of YouTube videos and read a few blogs or magazine reviews. If Digweed employed a marketing company do you really think he would score much higher in the poll next year. I would be interested to know what these companys would do to improve his profile and his score. Not much I think.

If any DJ doesn't want to be involved in the poll the solution is simple, no promotional mixes, no links on my-space, facebook or their websites, no plugs on radio shows and no blogs like Mr C's slating the poll. Interestingly most of the DJ's people like on this forum do some of them things.

[mades]

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It would be interesting to see demographics of the voters, i think that now with the internet voting, the average age of the voters dropped significantly and younger people usually go for trance first. The older (well, between 25-35) audience, which makes the majority of club visitors for top house events don't vote that much (coz they don't care).

I heard once an interesting comparison for NL: If a promoter of the club books a house dj, he gets 3 times as big revenues on the bar as when it's a trance dj. That's maybe why i doubt this poll does anyhow affect the booking fees of the top house djs even if they are at the bottom of the list (danny howells, roger sanchez, nick warren, etc..).

[chunky]

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I heard once an interesting comparison for NL: If a promoter of the club books a house dj, he gets 3 times as big revenuses on the bar as when it's a trance dj. That's maybe why i doubt this poll does anyhow affect the booking fees of the top house djs even if they are at the bottom of the list (danny howells, roger sanchez, nick warren, etc..).

They used to say at Gatecrasher they sold 10 times as much Champagne when Sasha played than the sold in a normal month. I have to admit I rarely see anyone quaffing champagne in a club

[michailnina]

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thanks

[floridaorange]

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I heard once an interesting comparison for NL: If a promoter of the club books a house dj, he gets 3 times as big revenues on the bar as when it's a trance dj. That's maybe why i doubt this poll does anyhow affect the booking fees of the top house djs even if they are at the bottom of the list (danny howells, roger sanchez, nick warren, etc..).

If that's true, that's pretty fascinating. So by the same logic, "all ages clubs" are probably booking trance dj's for kids who are taking drugs or sober, where as house dj's are booked at clubs that are either 18+ or 21+, here in the states at least. Which brings me back to the demorgraphics question, what percentage of the votes came from the US, that alone would be interesting to know.

[DIDI]

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my personal opinion is that this poll is a good showing of how unpopular everyones "minimal" sounding music thats gettin played is becoming, lets face it, the scene is not so young anymore and peopl like myself ae nt botherin to vote due to the poor showing of this years sets in general and that from just about everyone i,ve heard this year....i can honestly say that not one set has stood out for methis year..poor show all round

Really ?? What have you been listening to ?? I've heard some fabulous stuff this year!! Our favourite Djs aren't getting older they are maturing like good wine

Interesting stuff on demographics etc. Btw marketing would be a part of all the Djs managements role .

[andyrUK]

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And S&D aren't business men?

All Dj's are business men! They all expect five star treatment!!lol

[andyrUK]

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I think the pole is probably a fair reflection!!!

Involver 2 has helped Sasha feature a bit higher plus some high profile remixes!

John has not done enough musically to hold on to his status!

I think the pole is more than just about who is the best in the clubs

It's a reflection of the all round package! People that vote are not necessarily seeing the Dj's in clubs I don't believe!

[DIDI]

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All Dj's are business men! They all expect five star treatment!!lol

Disagree with that , a lot hire businessmen to look after that side, while they get on with the music. They certainly don't all expect 5 star treatment, only the wankers

[floridaorange]

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All Dj's are business men!

Frankly, I don't know too any of the top 50 dj's personally, but I would be interested to know what percentage of them are actually doing what they do and are where they are because of their business acumen.

[Dzone]

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They used to say at Gatecrasher they sold 10 times as much Champagne when Sasha played than the sold in a normal month. I have to admit I rarely see anyone quaffing champagne in a club

Come to Dubai...it's like running water here...Not me cup of tea tho.

[simonr]

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Ha ha ... there was me having visions of you surrounded by empty bottles of Cristal in the vip Mo !

[DancingQueen]

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The list is about what I expected to be honest. The trance and cheesy house DJ's are more mainstream, so their names are more recognized and thought of when people sit down to vote.

Oh and andyrUK, believe me when I say its not worth trying to defend trance on here....I have failed many of times, just ask anyone lol.