Music at the Regionals

[Flimsor]

So after going to 3 different regionals this year i noticed that the music isn't very well precoordinated, and some songs were repeated a lot. It's not bad, but i'd like to help get it set up to something better. Also i wanted to suggest a couple songs. I was wondering if anyone knew if first has a preset playlist for all the regionals or each individual regional or if there was any way to contact an individual regional about that.

Thanks, and go teams for St. Louis!

[tyron256]

as far as i know FIRST provides DJ's with a "suggested" playlist, after that it depends on the DJ's preference so long as its family friendly. Im not 100% sure how FRC finds DJ's or their sound crew. my guess is it depends on the coordinators of said regional.

you can always suggest to the DJ/ sound crew a few tracks you would like to hear, ive made requests in the past and theyve actually been played

[Koko Ed]

The best music I've heard so far was at Montreal (no Cotton Eyed Joe, Chicken Dance or Macerena. THANK GOD!). Lots of good jams. The worst was DC where I think the DJ played a total of 50 songs all weekend and repeated several songs as many as five times.

[mlantry]

all i know is at the mount olive district event I heard Never Gonna Give you up 6 times in the same day!!

[Pat McCarthy]

Annually, I find that the best DJ is Nick at the Waterloo Regional. He does a great job picking from all kinds of music genres and playing music appropriate to situations happening on the field.

In terms of how FIRST finds the DJs, to the best of my knowledge at regionals Show Ready Events hires them for each event. I am not sure if they have DJs that travel with the rest of the crew or not.
In Michigan or MAR, the DJs are either hired professional DJs or (way more often) they are volunteers like everyone else as there is no production company at the district events.

[RobotMom]

..... (no Cotton Eyed Joe, Chicken Dance or Macerena. THANK GOD!)...

Though annoying songs..I completely agree... they seem to get the most participation from the students (and volunteer staff/judges!)

[R2D2DOC]

Well, didn't hear much "Locomotion" by Little Eva or Grand Funk Railroad in 2011. Has anyone heard "Sweet Georgia Brown", the Harlem Globetrotters theme ANYTIME in 2012?

[Reanna]

Did someone say Cotton Eye Joe??

Is it mandatory to play the songs FIRST suggests? Maybe some.... normal... music?

[nikeairmancurry]

I'd like to get that playlist from the Waterloo elims...

[henryBsick]

*Failing to avoid thread*

Apart from my loathing for songs which elicit coordinated -time wasting- mass dance offs:
I realized that Rick Astley (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ) is still making his way into play-lists at events.

This was a funny prank 4 years ago, let it die.



-hbs

[Madison]

I heard The Saturdays' "Up (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gf2vwAp2XVU)" on a webcast and it was also played during one of our matches at Seattle.

It was either the same DJ or there is a playlist provided to the DJs by someone because that is a pretty obscure song for a US audience. I don't believe that any of The Saturdays' records have been released in the US.

[RobotMom]

One of the things that impressed me at my first Regional a few years ago was how much fun the kids were having. FIRST was obviously attempting to make the venue fun and cool ..even though it was a stereotypical "nerd" event.

I'm all for whatever gets the kids up and into the "spirit section". As long as it's not country music..please not country music. :eek:

[nighterfighter]

Well, didn't hear much "Locomotion" by Little Eva or Grand Funk Railroad in 2011. Has anyone heard "Sweet Georgia Brown", the Harlem Globetrotters theme ANYTIME in 2012?

Well, the Harlem Globetrotters DID make a quite lengthy appearance at Peachtree...

But I guess that doesn't count, since I only heard it play while they were playing/performing.

[Alan Anderson]

...Apart from my loathing for songs which elicit coordinated -time wasting- mass dance offs:...

Such songs are typically used to pass the time while something else is using the clock. Far from wasting time, they provide a way to keep people occupied during field repairs, timeouts, robot cool-down delays, etc.

[1502]

Well, didn't hear much "Locomotion" by Little Eva or Grand Funk Railroad in 2011. Has anyone heard "Sweet Georgia Brown", the Harlem Globetrotters theme ANYTIME in 2012?

I do believe it was played in the finals at Northville. HOT, do you know?

[bduddy]

Well, didn't hear much "Locomotion" by Little Eva or Grand Funk Railroad in 2011. Has anyone heard "Sweet Georgia Brown", the Harlem Globetrotters theme ANYTIME in 2012?I didn't think "Locomotion" was that common except for last year, and I'm not sure I've ever heard "Sweet Georgia Brown" at a FIRST event (although I admittedly haven't been to that many). It might work well this year, though...

A song I have heard a lot at FIRST events, though, is "Jump On It", but not this year... what happened? It's one of the best "time-out songs", IMO...

[DCA Fan]

So this is probably incredibly obscure, but does anyone know the name of the song that is played at the very end of closing ceremonies? It's the song that plays right after the emcee says goodbye, has a big cymbal/drum start, then goes on for about 2-3 minutes?

[bhsrobotics1671]

Anyone have the Duck Sauce - Barbara Streisand FIRST Edition song?

Simliar to this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zd8lP4YnQNE

but with "Rebound Rumble" instead?

[Yipyapper]

At Archimedes, the music was a little disappointing. There wasn't any music playing in the background during matches, which felt very odd after going to 3 regionals and listening to music during matches. There were also a few songs that I questioned why they were put in there, like "Welcome to the Machine". Sure, it says machine and it is a great song, but it's kind of the opposite of a "pump-up" song that is the norm. It was a little weird hearing that song, a few of my team members commented on how it was depressing to listen to.

I particularly like a few songs that are perfect for eliminations, but since they are just music without lyrics, I have no idea what they are.

[Andrew Lawrence]

Anyone have the Duck Sauce - Barbara Streisand FIRST Edition song?

Simliar to this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zd8lP4YnQNE

but with "Rebound Rumble" instead?

I emailed FIRST about it. If they give it to me, I'll put it on a media sharing site for everyone.

[Savvy578]

There's only one thing I have to say about the music at the regionals I went to (Actually it was just Finger Lakes, and DC last year.)
Too. Much. Party in the USA........ Cleveland also played the same song during every match, which was a bit annoying.

[LoweIQ]

I really enjoy it when the DJ plays "Hot Hot Hot" as 67 goes crazy in 1v3 matches, but that might just be me.
The most irritating thing was certainly the repetition of songs.
Many times, I could look around the venue and see people's disgusting reactions to the 7th or 8th time we had to listen to "What Makes You Beautiful" by One Direction. I understand that the song is popular, but after the second or third time, it just gets plain ridiculous.
I remember reading on here that someone thought it would be a good idea to play student's original works, which I think is the best solution to a limited amout of content.

[Andrew Lawrence]

Maybe start paying DSK to make more robotics songs. Also make more remixes like the ones shown at championships, with some robotics twists to them.

Music is a successful way to assimilate outsiders into our culture.

[Savvy578]

No, not remixes. Well, unless it's a good remix. If it's a remix of Bohemian Rhapsody or Don't Stop Believing... That's just... no...

[lakstick]

Waterloo had the best music by far! You could tweet suggestions to the DJ and he actually played mine! It was so cool!

[Gary Dillard]

I wonder if "Rock Lobster" by the B-52's is on FIRST's play list this year, because I heard it on 2 different regional webcasts and I can't believe that different DJ's would pick such an obscure song.

I heard a song on ESPN's Mike and Mike radio show when they were about to talk about the NFL draft that I thought would be great to play right before alliance selection (although I'm not that keen on the song) - Take a Chance on Me by ABBA.

[bduddy]

No, not remixes. Well, unless it's a good remix. If it's a remix of Bohemian Rhapsody or Don't Stop Believing... That's just... no...IMO there are enough bad remixes floating around FIRST events already. Seriously, not everything has to sound like the latest "trend"; most of the "remixed" songs were way better to begin with...