I'm a bit burned out from dance music right now. Although it's tempting to say this might have come solely from the bad turnout of this past weekend's Chi Phi gig, it's more accurate to say it's the combination of a number of recent trends. Sure the Chi Phi gig was bad, but it was more the last straw than the cause itself. I suppose the start was a growing frustration that all I had been doing for a long while was making mix CDs that weren't taking me anyway, especially not to any new gigs. And being a DJ who doesn't really DJ that much is kinda a sad state to be in, one that doesn't encourage you to keep going all that much.
In addition, although I was enjoying making these DJ Mixes, they started to seem not only a bit pointless, but also a bit repetitive, repeating the long process of creating a mix over and over, one after another, with little feedback about them to propel me forwards. To break up the monotony a little, I have come up with a few ways to postpone my next mix while still being productive, two of which I mentioned in my blog upon the completion of the 5th mix. I think this time away from the genre will help a lot, and maybe in the meantime I'll figure out a way to start getting more gigs...
Fortunately, my Xbox 360 provides a good healthy amount of distraction from all of this, allowing me to obsess about something other than dance music for a bit. Add to that my desire to bite the bullet and go ahead and order that $75 7x7x7 Rubik's Cube, and I should have a nice little break ahead.
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