What's up with Competition Music?

[Pat McCarthy]

Originally Posted by GGCO

... there was one really annoying thing. The music. It was the same music that I heard two days in a row at last year's competition.

As the DJ for WMRI, I take this as a complement.
I've been compiling my playlist for the better part of my FIRST career and this was the first time I've used it for an event. Next time I want to be the DJ, I won't try to do Field Power Control/Scorekeeping at the same time though. That was a little much with all the field electronics problems we were having.

Originally Posted by Herodotus

I only begin to notice it when I get Rick Roll'd twice at one event.

Sorry, that was a request from a team before the event. The first time they requested it in the morning, I put it on immediately, but apparently their guys who wanted to get out on the field and do the dance were taking the ACT. So they begged me to play it again later in the day and I caved.

[artdutra04]

While most of the time the music at the events is appropriate, it is often way too loud. Like I-have-to-shout-to-be-heard-by-the-person-next-to-me loud, which constitutes unsafe conditions for prolonged exposure (per OSHA guidelines).

And, it would be a lot nicer if the DJs took some deeper cuts from time to time. Nothing too obscure, but just once [in a while] I'd like to hear something "fresh" in regards to FIRST events.

Maybe it's O.A.R. Or Muse. Or The Bravery. Or Pendulum. Or Blues Traveler. Or some local/indie bands. It could be anything, really.