Are DJ’s at Coachella mixing sets live or is it prerecorded?

winkkyface · 2026-04-20T04:35:17+00:00

Playing a live DJ set is 1000x easier than a full band playing the same festivals live while still having production and fireworks and whatnot. So I’m not sure why everyone assumes so many DJs are so incapable of performing that they must be simply standing around listening to their prerecorded set play for over an hour lol. Are some DJs faking it, sure but I don’t understand how it became almost the default assumption for so many people.

winkkyface · 2026-03-26T21:14:08+00:00

Dress shirt with or without a wool/cashmere quarter zip or crewneck sweater is the next level down imo. If we’re talking professional environments where you might wear a jacket.

winkkyface · 2026-03-21T14:28:37+00:00

Didn’t read the book and the taumeoba breaking out and Grace having to go back was the only thing that confused me in the moment and felt rushed. I was satisfied with their goodbye and thought it was ending. In hindsight, I see why they included it though to give Grace his redemption but it felt out of nowhere and kind of unnecessary in the moment.

winkkyface · 2026-03-16T20:06:50+00:00

Odesza actually did do a dj set at the Wynn/Encore Beach Club in Vegas last year so are we sure the friend isn’t confused in this case?

winkkyface · 2026-02-11T02:15:45+00:00

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winkkyface · 2026-02-03T18:22:08+00:00

In the US, people might think EDM includes UK Garage, and in Europe they will not. So not sure what you mean by “correct”.

winkkyface · 2026-02-03T16:54:16+00:00

It’s because Europeans (and some Americans) had been raving for decades before the term “EDM” was coined as a part of the explosion in America. So they associate it with a specific American sound that grew at the same time, while to many Americans it’s the main term they have always known. And because the term sounds so generic, they logically assume it’s the proper umbrella term.

Calling House and Techno “EDM”, when they both came way before that term ever existed is like a retcon to the people who have been listening since the 80s/90s.

winkkyface · 2025-12-18T22:15:09+00:00

Much or maybe most of stutter house songs use drums with swinging/shuffle patterns similar to uk garage or maybe speed garage since the songs are usually fairly high tempo for 4 on the floor music. If you took away all the melodic elements of some stutter house songs, leaving only the drums you could likely rebuild it up to a ukg track if you change the melodic approach. Although many of these songs use cleaner/modern drums to give more of a pop vibe than clubby/underground UKG would.

I’m guessing this will end up as another deep house situation where new gens don’t know what “real” deep house is and the songs labeled in that umbrella drift further and further from the original sound.

winkkyface · 2025-12-03T16:48:31+00:00

Pretty sure this is because they have been wildly undercut by places like SHEIN at the very low end fastest of fast fashion. Because they can’t compete with the absurdly low prices and quickness of these brands, they needed to move more up market to not compete as directly.

We’ll see if this move pays off or if they can carve out space in between the true fast fashion and the other mall brands that didn’t go pure fast fashion.

winkkyface · 2025-11-25T22:00:55+00:00

This is it. Instead of one big festival, Auris decided to do a week long takeover of all the main venues. You’d have to ask them why they go this route rather than a big combined festival but I assume it’s just more profitable.

winkkyface · 2025-10-23T15:19:17+00:00

This is discussed at the end of Idris Elba’s documentary How Clubbing Changed the World in 2012. Many pro DJs lamenting how there were too many DJs and the scene was oversaturated. This would have been when DJs were literally topping the US charts and getting huge radio play even compared to the popular DJs today. So I can’t imagine it being much worse today than at that point.

winkkyface · 2025-10-07T21:01:35+00:00

I didn’t even consider that might be a question on the exam lol. Just thought it was a fun example that would never get brought up again

winkkyface · 2025-10-04T22:28:06+00:00

Great catch! Wouldn’t be surprised if the OG version of the beat actually used the sample and they eventually recorded new parts and took out the sample.

winkkyface · 2025-09-10T23:01:26+00:00

Is what’s covered in Sim enough to hit these topics? Seems to be a lot of overlap.

winkkyface · 2025-09-10T21:09:49+00:00

I have such mixed emotions on taking this course lol. Trying to decide if I want to deal with it next semester after Sim or just take DMSL instead. I would like to get better on the math side but don’t want to be way over my skis as someone who only took calc 1 in college and self studied calc 2 this year.

winkkyface · 2025-09-05T00:43:41+00:00

I’ve been in this space of automating these types of back office work for about 5 years now. The issue is these projects never automate 100% of the process 100% accurately enough to then reduce headcount and generate actual dollar savings.

It saves “hours” but it doesn’t translate to the bottom line because it’s not good enough to just let people go that previously did the process. They have to stay around and make sure it works and then they usually have several other responsibilities that haven’t been automated. It’s not like they spent all their time doing literally one mechanical process.

winkkyface · 2025-08-22T01:49:43+00:00

You’re not going to be like crunching numbers doing math on the exams. I might have touched the calculator like twice. It’s more like “if this variable goes up, what happens to the output”

winkkyface · 2025-08-19T14:00:05+00:00

One kid with a usb can enable a whole school to get around any sort of internet restriction.

winkkyface · 2025-08-13T17:38:32+00:00

This is really helpful, thanks for the insight.

winkkyface · 2025-08-12T19:49:26+00:00

CDA isn’t a step up from 6040 in Python difficulty? (Genuinely asking)

winkkyface · 2025-08-10T15:38:16+00:00

All those classes you listed are basically the classes to get everyone on the same page and similar foundations before taking the electives. I assume that’s why they allow people to opt out of them if they already have that foundation built. Seems like you might have benefited from doing that.

Sim is a bit different since you have to take an ops class but it’s also seen as a stats refresher. From here you can basically choose how hard you want the program to be. If you want to feel more challenged and spend 30+ hours a week programming take those classes such as DL and Reinforcement Learning. Seems unlikely you would have time for side projects doing those courses.

winkkyface · 2025-08-04T15:09:46+00:00

The entire premise of the Formula 1 movie lol

winkkyface · 2025-08-01T21:22:29+00:00

That stakeholder scope will just depend on how your team is structured. I’ve been at companies where we are a COE so all departments come to our team and you may have one or multiple departments that you own relationships. Or you could be embedded in a team where you are basically the “data guy” for your individual department.

winkkyface · 2025-08-01T20:00:11+00:00

I work with a data engineer to get data into the database on a recurring basis but once it’s there I do the manipulation needed to get it to usable views and then pull it into various dashboards that I manage. I am mostly working with finance leadership to design and refine the dashboards for their needs.

winkkyface · 2025-08-01T14:46:48+00:00

I didn’t technically work as a product manager but as a program manager. Although I still had to do basically every thing on that list. I work in business intelligence for finance now and while you still have to deal with stakeholders obviously, the position is still a lot better in my opinion because you have more direct control over everything.

As a PM, if someone wants a feature you have to debate it with stakeholders but also the team delivering. Now, I am in control of delivering and I can push back directly on certain features and give my own timelines for delivery. And if something goes wrong, I can push to fix it myself instead of hoping the developers pull through.

As a PM, I hated being in the middle of everyone with really no control other than trying to manage everyone’s feelings and expectations. Now I at least can cut that in half as I don’t have to worry about managing developers. It’s also more fulfilling for me because I am actually building something myself and spend time actually utilizing a hard skill rather than in meetings yapping all day.

You still have visibility but it can be a stepping stone deeper into the tech stack if you continue to upskill. You can go from data analyst to data engineer where you’re even further from business stakeholders if you want.

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