Hi Everybody!
Thank you for reading!
This time i want to tell you about my own private experience...
Yesterday, i've been performing on the 'G.P.Z.H.' (Big Prize Of South Holland) in Final of 'Dance' Department!!! (WOW)
In December last year i've got an invitation, so i decided to join, why not, i love the country i living in :)
OK, ...So I'm not going to tell you about all those preparations i have made, boring... (forgive me, may be next time).
....Finally the time has come...
The name of the club where it all happened was 'WATT' (Rotterdam), ...So i went that direction...
When i entered the doors, the first thing i've noticed was an emptiness... (Oops), then after a 10 min of casual searching i finally found a little bit of stoned person, who told me where i should go and who i can find there...  Following that directions i found the 'One' who was in charge, he kindly explained to me that my time will be at 11:30 or so...  Ok, there was some time to wait (At the time it was about 20:30).
I took a place in the audience.... And show has began...
The first act was 'DaisyBelle' - cant say much about them, there was a lot of energy, but very bad attempt to revive a 'Moloko'. They was good as a band, but musically it was nothing to enjoy.  I also can't understand why the live 'Pop' band standing in the final of 'Dance/Producers'.
The second number was ' Static Sky'. It was two guys working on three Laptops. Very heavy sound, no music, layers and layers of noise... Interesting, one of those guys was shaking his head so much i thought he going to damage his laptop... :)
The third was 'Vivace'.
Funny guy with laptop (Again).
Need to say, there was something special about Laptops (Mostly with prerecorded and loaded 'Live Ableton' sessions ) and 'G.P.Z.H.' There is many ways to play music, but you needed to have a laptop there, otherwise you are not a musician! :) Looked like they can't thrust you, or maybe they just want to see a computer...  just look like that... :).
But, ...whatever, back to our ships,
Musically 'Vivace' was nothing special, there were some 'Movements', but those 'Movements' was kind of boring, not involving and time by time missing the beat.
The fourth was me 'Kaiser Gayser'!
Now... I was prepared, i worked my program on two CDJ1000. I mixed up 5 tracks of mine plus i put some effects on top of it. I have started from very 'Minimal' and in 25 min i've build my set up to 'Progressive' and than finished in 'Pop'. During my set i tried to show everything i can do in my productions (Almost...). I've seen that those who were in the room were dancing... (Not so much of them, but those who were...) not watching me, just dancing...  (how it's meant to be...) When i finished i came down from the podium and met the guy (he was 1.80 tall with haircut a-la 'football player' and shapeless, full body, about 20 years old...), he asked me:
- 'All those tracks you was playing is made by you?' 
- 'Sorry?' - i replayed, i didn't understood if that guy was serious (Oops).
- 'I mean,' ...' If all those tracks was made by you?'  He asked again...
-... 'YYes, Didn't you know?'...I felt a bit pissed off...
Then my friend who was with me during all the time whispered,
- 'It's a member of the 'Judgement Board' ...Ok, here we go... :)
Then the other guy came down to me (about 1:75 tall, blond, skinny, look like the same age with the 'football player'),
he asked:
- 'Why don't you bring your laptop'?
- 'Sorry?' i replayed...
- 'Why didn't you worked your set up on the laptop'?
- ...'Cause my laptop is broken' - i answered (actually it is true, but whatever...)
Than the guy said that my music was good and they searching for somebody with that kind of 'Warm' sound. Then i opened my bag and handed over to him couple of CD copies of my album (From couple of years ago), and i point on the track i played in my set...
- 'OK! ... Thank you'!
...I still cant understand how those people able to make a right decision, without any knowledge ... He ask me if it was my music... hmm...
Now its time for number five!
It was 'Size' nice 'Moby' look-a-like/but/tall guy. He played on the laptop. He's sounds massive, he was the best from a bunch of others (exlusive me :). He played couple of tracks, but only in one kind of style and he have used a samples from other producers (Technotronic, Audiofly, e.t.c.). Unfortunately i don't think anybody from a 'Judgement Department' knew anything about 'Audiofly' or 'Satoshi Tomiie' or 'Steve Lawler' or 'Lula' or 'Trentemoller' or 'Paduraru' or 'Booka Shade' or 'Medway' or 'Pryda' or 'Stuart Price' or ... anybody else who is happened to live 'abroad'. So they can't distinguish the presence of 'well known'. In this case they were 'Virgins'! ;)
But... 'Back to our ships'  The 'Size' also brought his 'Fans' and 'Family' with him. They were kind a vocal time by time :) Anyway he was good, not fantastic, sort of... :)
Number six is the 'Soulpunkers'
Two guys, two laptops... :). They were good at the beginning, but on the way heading towards the end something got lost and performance almost fail at finish...
After that has been announced that 'Public' prize going to 'Size' (Friends and family). Then the Host of the show red the thoughts of 'Judgement Department' about all those who took a 'part', (Interesting, that only one act who didn't got any 'bad' remarks was 'Kaiser Gayser'), and than He (The Host) went further with the prizes...
Third prize went to 'DaisyBelle' ( Nothing about dance, tasteless produced, just bad 'Moloko' attempt... )
Second prize is ...Vivace ( He was funny enough...)
First Prize ...'Size' (Friends and family + Technotronic, that's the secret!)
Kaiser Gayser... Going home with the question:
 - ' All those tracks is made by you?'
(...And actually he was not born in Holland )

...I really came there to meet new interesting people who are professionals who love their jobs because they know what they doing. But i was wrong. Also it is very disappointing that those people working in 'State' departments spending tax payers money, having no interest in making our daily life better, even on that level.
I also heard a lot about financial problems with 'Watt' ... it's not a bad place, you know, it's just badly organized, sorry nothing personal...
You know that, 'Fish always start roating from a head' :)
Pity
Kaiser Gayser :)