Music at the competitions

[MikeT]

Anyone know where FIRST gets all that music for the competitions? Some of that techno they play is pretty sweet. There needs to be some kind of FIRST music database so everyone can get some of that. I think that would be pretty cool.

[GlitterRave113]

I think that the sponsering team(s) just makes a bunch of mix cds and uses a computer and speakers to play it...however, I'm not sure, so I'd still ask around.

[AmyPrib]

FIRST hires a DJ - I believe the same DJ company plays all the events. I think they have a list of acceptable music they can play or some guidelines.
Teams, commitees, sponsors, etc have very little, or nothing, to do with the music choices.

[Swan217]

Originally Posted by AmyPrib

FIRST hires a DJ - I believe the same DJ company plays all the events. I think they have a list of acceptable music they can play or some guidelines.
Teams, commitees, sponsors, etc have very little, or nothing, to do with the music choices.

This is correct. There is a (very short) list of songs that are allowed to be played at competitions, although many times the DJ's don't follow this list.
I'm working to get the official playlist from FIRST, and writing a whitepaper on DJing FIRST events. Stay tuned...

[Kevin Sevcik]

Yeah, I've heard some pretty borderline songs over some of the webcasts. I mean, I don't have a problem with the uncensored version of Devil Went Down to Georgia, but some listeners might. And that's the least questionable of the questionable songs I heard.

Also, someone needs to inform the DJs not to waste all their good songs at pointless times. At GLR, the DJ played the YMCA like three times on Saturday cause no one was paying attention the first two times.

Note: I have some small experience DJing smaller robotics competitions, and I've been avoiding being drafted as the LSR DJ for several years now.

Also note: Why the heck can't anyone play the real Cotton-Eyed Joe? It's a heck of a lot more fun to dance to.

[Nuttyman54]

ok, i've been dying to know this. What is the name of the FIRST "Theme Song". You know, the one they always play immediately after opening ceremonies as the first match of the day starts?

[Tytus Gerrish]

if i hear shake it by salt-n-pepper one more time my head will explode. i think I've heard YMCA over 4 times during the Florida regional. it was getting very redundant. However i Do firmly support the fact that the drivers drive much better with Crappy techno music playing.

[hiimcristhian]

Originally Posted by Tytus Gerrish

if i hear shake it by salt-n-pepper one more time my head will explode. i think I've heard YMCA over 4 times during the Florida regional. it was getting very redundant. However i Do firmly support the fact that the drivers drive much better with Crappy techno music playing.

why are you calling techno music "CRAPPY" techno music is actually pretty good adn the fact that the real name is electronica which means electronic, actually goes with everything that happens in the competitions

[Ahnxlazyman]

I think it'd be cool if Teams could request songs(or even submit their own playlists!) at competitions,
at VCU, I heard Avril Lavigne XP, and you know random sporatic of music, everyone was waiting for Darude's sandstorm (it didn't come up once!) every other song played at least 2 or 3 times(Bowling for soup's 1985, The casper slide) where's the Bohemian Rhapsody?!?! It played at Farmville's Vex Competition 4 times!

[AV_guy007]

After sitting next to the DJ at NJ and being a DJ myself I have noticed a few things. When talking with him he showed me a printed out playlist given out to him by FIRST. He said he didn't really follow the exact songs on the playlist but he got the message that this is a family event. I am sure he wouldn't mind requests (I know that because a asked him for several) but there was really no way for people to reach him because e was in a place normal people don't have access to. I think having a way to relay requests to the DJ would be great, I know most DJ's like getting requests.

And just in case anyone was wondering that DJ had some sick remixes of stuff.

[Burnout]

I need a list BADLY cause there are some techno songs stuck in my head from the San Diego regional. AND I NEED THEM OUT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!! its driving me nutz!?!?!?!?

[George A.]

Originally Posted by Nuttyman54

ok, i've been dying to know this. What is the name of the FIRST "Theme Song". You know, the one they always play immediately after opening ceremonies as the first match of the day starts?

I'm not sure if it's the "theme song" per se, but I do know at all the regionals I work at I meet with the MC and the DJ before opening ceremonies, and after the ceremonies when the teams are finalizing position of their robots and the crew gets the field in order we have "Get it Started" by the Black Eyed Peas...it really gets the crowd pumped for competition.

[Nuttyman54]

Originally Posted by M.O.R.T.

I'm not sure if it's the "theme song" per se, but I do know at all the regionals I work at I meet with the MC and the DJ before opening ceremonies, and after the ceremonies when the teams are finalizing position of their robots and the crew gets the field in order we have "Get it Started" by the Black Eyed Peas...it really gets the crowd pumped for competition.

It's not that one. No words so far as i know. Maybe it's different depending on the DJ, but it's always been the same at Silicon Valley. It's some sort of techno song.

[Jason Morrella]

Originally Posted by Nuttyman54

It's not that one. No words so far as i know. Maybe it's different depending on the DJ, but it's always been the same at Silicon Valley. It's some sort of techno song.

Hey Evan,

You can blame me for that one - we play additional "intro" music in the background to jazz up the team introductions before the first match of the day and the playoff matches. The one you are thinking of is "Sirius" by the Alan Parsons Project - more comonly known as the Chicago Bulls Intro theme, as they and many other teams use it for the introductions of their players. As you know, it's one of about 15 intro songs we use for the playoff matches at the regionals out here. It seems really popular with the teams out here, so it might start being done at more FIRST events in the future - we'll see.

Hope that helps.

[Jill1022]

I agree with the questionable material issue. I personally don't mind hearing the uncensored Gwen Stefani and others songs, but playing them at a competition that is mostly school sponsored teams and all ages...that's a problem to me.

A huge majority of people at Boilermaker were young kids. I didn't think it was a good idea playing songs with the S word, or songs about doing it in the backseat of a car (two songs played talked about that).

I REALLY liked that they played a few Arcade Fire songs. That made my day. The Muse songs also rocked and the old Green Day songs.