Music at the competitions

[EricH]

Elgin, you missed one.

J) Be able to find out what team songs/team-appropriate songs are, if they have them, and play them at some point when the team is on the field. For instance, "Chicken Dance" when 217 is on in eliminations (due to it being an interactive song) or "We Will Rock You" for 968. That's actually pretty tricky to do, but it can be done.

[JoScore60]

I still have to say, it was pretty sweet when the DJ at the AZR played "Ground Control to Major Tom" when team 1726 was a team being introduced. I mean, their robot was named Major Tom.

[Kimmeh]

I spent most of my time in the pits at West Michigan, and on Saturday, there was a point where it seemed like Enter Sandman by Metalica was played every other song for 2 or 3 times.

It might not have actually been every other time, but it seemed like every time I actually stopped and listened to the music, that's what they were playing.

[dragonrulr288]

Originally Posted by Kimmeh

I spent most of my time in the pits at West Michigan, and on Saturday, there was a point where it seemed like Enter Sandman by Metalica was played every other song for 2 or 3 times.

It might not have actually been every other time, but it seemed like every time I actually stopped and listened to the music, that's what they were playing.

no, I agree, I noticed that too.. I was dancing the whole time! did they have a tiny playlist? but the songs they had were good!

[Mike Hendricks]

I think it's just a matter of the DJs at the events catching on to the team names. If it hasn't been mentioned earlier, at the regionals, on Thursday just a random collection of songs are played, and no actual DJ is there. Friday and Saturday have a live DJ - usually can be found on the field side of the curtain opposite the end with the production staff. Most will let you request songs. I know last year we requested MC Hammer's "You can't touch this" in honor of our robot "hammertime". The guy actually told us that he couldn't play it during our match, but he would when we were loading the bot onto the field.

This year, the same DJ was used for LA and SD regionals, so most of the songs had a "rerun" feeling to them. I know in LA they played "if I only had a heart" in honor of 399's robot "The Tin Man". There were a few other instances of this happening, but that was the only one I actually remember.

I have been really disappointed in the fact that Sirius has NOT been played at the CA regionals (at least Sac, LA and SD - I can't speak for SVR) ever since Jason Morrella stepped down from FRC Regional Director on the West Coast. For those of you who haven't heard it, I highly recommend checking it out. One of the strongest memories I have from my first few years in FRC was hearing this during the team introductions in the finals and on the first matches of the day.

[Gerdee]

did you guys notice at the West Michigan GVSU comp. the rap song that was cussing the whole time in the song there was like a 5 year old sitting next to me

[GVDrummer]

Originally Posted by Gerdee

did you guys notice at the West Michigan GVSU comp. the rap song that was cussing the whole time in the song there was like a 5 year old sitting next to me

Yes I did too!

Some of the songs were terrible, they were dropping the "F" and "N" word multiple times through songs that were played more then once.

So much for a family friendly event that exposes swear words to young kids.

I hope that GVSU did not condone that music because I attend that university.

[mtaman02]

SBPLI had alot of randomness to it but also had alot of repeats. I was informed that there was one song in particular was being replayed w/ lyrics that described the male organs but then again I didn't hear it play at all so I don't know.

We didn't do too many line dances except during Field Troubleshooting after the first match of the day where they had nearly an hour to get it all out of their systems =P

[dragonrulr288]

Originally Posted by GVDrummer

Yes I did too!

Some of the songs were terrible, they were dropping the "F" and "N" word multiple times through songs that were played more then once.

So much for a family friendly event that exposes swear words to young kids.

I hope that GVSU did not condone that music because I attend that university.

yeah, I didnt like alot of the music there. Yeah there were good songs, but these are mostly high school and younger people, and songs like this should NOT be played at competitions. I think there should be some way of checking the DJ's song list for things like that, because it isnt right for a 5 year old to hear that. at all.

[dani190]

im sure it was just a mistake... But if the song is on, they really cant go stop it and change it when its on...

[dragonrulr288]

Originally Posted by dani190

im sure it was just a mistake... But if the song is on, they really cant go stop it and change it when its on...

if it swears, the DJ should have some general idea of what he/she is playing, and shouldnt be playing those kinds of songs at all, eliminating the problem.

[Kimmeh]

Originally Posted by dragonrulr288

no, I agree, I noticed that too.. I was dancing the whole time! did they have a tiny playlist? but the songs they had were good!

And on that note, I think that there should be plenty of songs played that you can dance to. I know after a while you get tired of hearing The YMCA or the Cha-Cha slide, but they're upbeat songs that are easy to get the crowd involved. I think people would rather hear those again, then a song with negative connotations.

Apart from eating lunch on Friday and when the pits were closed for Opening ceremonies, I wasn't in the stands for more than a moment at a time. So right before awards at GVSU, when they were playing The YMCA, I had a blast dancing to it.

[Gerdee]

I didnt really like the dancing songs because our team was sitting next to 904 and 2771 and they took up the whole isle way to go to the pits and i didnt want to get kicked by them when they were dancing to "cotton eye joe"

[GVDrummer]

Originally Posted by Gerdee

I didnt really like the dancing songs because our team was sitting next to 904 and 2771 and they took up the whole isle way to go to the pits and i didnt want to get kicked by them when they were dancing to "cotton eye joe"

I think the competitions should have a designated dance area complete with a disco ball, lights, and a fog machine. It gives teams the ability to still have the team spirit and dancing freedom with out the inconvienence of hitting and blocking people trying to get back and forth to the pits that are trying to work on the robots and watch the competition.

[ajisjesus]

Originally Posted by dani190

im sure it was just a mistake... But if the song is on, they really cant go stop it and change it when its on...

It was not a mistake.. FIRST is very strict on their playlist rules.... there are 2 playlists... a main list for qualifying matches and a finals list.... I was volunteering at the Hawaii regional this year and the DJ showed up late so they asked me to DJ in his place.. I was given about a 5 page list and even from that list i couldnt play some of the songs due to the rules i was given.

"no cussing, no violence, suggestive material... if you have to think about playing it, then dont play it..."