The Music Played up Stanley.
 

i have been watching Stanley since 1953 and HONESTLY the music played on match days is too loud and the worst choice of music i have ever heard.

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Confirmation that like me your an old git😁. but on a serious note the one love of my life is music, at do,s or people's party's I DJ a bit and obviously I have certain tastes, but I think in an audience that ranges from toddlers to old gits the selection could be more varied and turned down slightly.

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i was a D.J, for more than 30years andy which says how much i love music. but that is shocking to me. and apart from holidays i never did a blank week in that time.

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apologies if you aren’t a fan of the music, can’t please everyone but will always try and please majority.
I’ve never been a DJ, I enjoy having the mic and try putting the passion I have for supporting the club into announcements (especially ASFC line ups and goals).
Some clubs have 3/4 people doing the matchday music and on the PA System, we’re Accy Stanley we keep it simple. Could never imagine having it like Crewe have it (those who went will know what I’m on about I’m sure!)

Picking the playlist seems to have fallen on my lap in that role, I try and keep it as up to date as possible with UK Top 40 playlist from half 1 until about twenty past 20 and from then until kick off a mix of high tempo songs from various genres or football related are played. Majority are from prematch football playlists that football fans have created.
Happy to take suggestions although keep in mind it’s before a football game - we’ve tried fans input before and we’ve had requests for songs with swearing in, 8 min long songs with a low bpm, songs that are a lot of screaming and not much singing etc.

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Thought yesterday’s selection was pretty repetitive, so not surprised it’s taken from the top 40.

Best selection I’ve come across used to be at Wimbledon when they played at Kingstonian’s old ground. But then Cherry Red Records was a sponsor there.

Obviously not everyone’s taste can be accommodated but my main gripe is that, whatever the music at The Wham, it’s TOO LOUD!
Some fans actually like to chat and banter before the match and it gets difficult to hear someone even if, contravening our new normal, they are close up and shouting in your ear. Rather than 11, could it be turned down to say 8 or 9 and, if you must, turn it up for the last ten minutes?

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Assuming you mean repetitive as in genre rather than the songs themselves?
Hardly anyone in ground to be fair until last few songs of Top 40, then football playlist played which is football fans pick.
Music not played through fanzone speakers anymore when live music in marquee.
Where abouts in ground Exile are you based and finding it too loud?

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Josh, it sounded repetitive to me because it seemed to be all contemporary pop, of which I have little knowledge or interest.
But I do recall my parents complaining about all that repetitive rubbish that was produced in the 60s and 70s :rolleyes:
I guess the way ‘music’ is manufactured, especially for what used to be called ‘the charts’, tends to be repetitive in any era.
I stand in the Clayton End which seems to have a speaker on every stansion and probably has the greatest reverberation of any of the ‘stands’. It’s also no doubt where most folk who like your choice of music congregate.
As you say, not easy to resolve, but I don’t think turning down the volume a tad would reduce the ‘enjoyment’ of those who like Top 40 music.
If it’s any consolation, it’s not the worst PA I’ve encountered for volume - that must go to Cheltenham a few years ago where it was actually painful.

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Your doing a fine job Josh giving up your free time to man the microphone on your own, obviously no one even the best DJ in the world can get the tunes right for everyone, don't no about exile,s position in the ground being too loud but I think the general consensus is the volume is a tad loud I sit near to wear you are so if you ever have the time I,ll let you know who I am and have a listen to the volume and maybe agree on a sensible noise level that may please most fans.

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Appreciate your comments chaps,
Andy - yes deffo pop over for a hello be good to see you,
Exile - you are spot on, the speakers in Clayton End are much lower than other stands, thus will be much louder unfortunately. Will drop levels down until much closer to kick off - however the request from DB and Andy is usually to turn them to the max!

You are lucky it isn’t my music choices because that will range from Eminem to S Club 7 haha!!

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Will do Josh.

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got to the point now that i go not get into the ground to the last possible minute now to avoid the noise and the inability to hear people when you are trying to have a pre match chat. know every club have pre match music but never really know the reason for it. doubt anyone listens to it even the ones that come on their own and never speak to anyone. just wonder, even those who enjoy it, can name any of the songs that were belted out now.

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we come late to the ground for same reason,

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I am going to a concert on Thursday evening, I really hope that they are not playing footy before the gig ;)

:) :) :)

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Can we play Cart on Stanley?

Turn it up to 11 please.

Also Fields of Athenry(Accrington) would be good.

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Limited on what we can play as it's done through an online app

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Could we earmark some of the Colby/Dion money for a CD player?

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Josh !..

From a musical Dinosaur who misses much of the point in most current chart music ( apart from that young lady Gaga I think she's called, whose talents shine through her music, and I listen to Valerian now and again !) I appreciate the difficulties you must face when it comes to ..
1. Finding appropriate music to play in the first place, which won't cost a penny.
2. Then deciding which to play from the songs/tunes available.
3. Finally, pleasing those who are going to, or listening to that which you play.
Gosh !.. what a thankless job a Stadium Announcer has !.

Whichever ground I visit I know that whatever music I hear being blasted out at varying decibel levels is not going to match my own musical tastes and so I endure it. So neither can I expect to find some musical joy emanating from the Tannoys at The Crown and I just switch off. ( fortunately the volume control on my hearing aids do assist me in this !)

With all this in mind, which must have made you consider some changes to your music and its volume levels, your contribution to the Stanley experience is I'm sure appreciated... ;).

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IM !.. Which league do CD play in then ?..
( Now isn't that a sad attempt at subtle irony.. I'm really ashamed
of myself !. )

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IM !.. Which league do CD play in then ?..
( Now isn't that a sad attempt at subtle irony.. I'm ashamed
of myself !. )

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The volume issue would easily be sorted by adding a couple of bass bins to the system when you do that you don't need to crank the volume up anywhere near as much to create a full sound and you.d be amazed at the difference it makes as it no longer sounds like its coming from what is in effect a Tannoy system.

Football ground sound systems were better 50 years ago than they are today when they didn't have to have overrides for this and that built-in for this and that for health and safety reasons.

During Michael Knighton's time at Carlisle the PA system packed up and he simply went out and bought 16 speaker cabs and 4 x 800w amps and put the speakers on the floor pitchside pointing back into the crowd it was the best sound system i.ve ever heard in a lower league ground but then along came the H and S jobsworths and a two year battle with them over it started till it reached the point where they wouldn't issue the ground safety certificate till he got a conventional crap system installed and to this day its still just as s*h*i*t*e as ever it was.

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Ce' las vie NS ... To be expected !..
There must be so many factors involved in providing al fresco music to fill a large space successfully and to everyone's listening satisfaction that the task would probably require the services of experts to plan and install it !.. at an exorbitant cost as well !.
So I ask myself, would it be worth such a massive undertaking for the installation of a sound system that is only likely to be used for a few hours every other fortnight ?.
I haven't come up with the answer to this and in the meantime perhaps some tweaking of the sound quality and decibel levels of the existing equipment at The Crown, plus a sharing of ideas regarding the music selected might go some way to make the listening to this both pleasant and acceptable to the fans ?..:alright:

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Why you using an on line app when a USB stick loaded with a play list plugged in to a lap top would do the job!

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Couple of reasons mate,
I don’t own a laptop nor a USB! It’s all played through Spotify on an iPad. Nice and simple to use; plus where I’m located there isn’t much space so it sits nicely on top of the mixer!

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Morning Josh how about You Tube music as an alternative create a playlist not sure but maybe not has limited.

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Morning Andy, problem with Youtube is that there are usually adverts in between songs unless you pay for premium account - also harder to crossfade etc.

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Perhaps it's time to fade this one out Josh ?..
One of those threads which can become interminable with little or no resolution at its closing .
Hopefully some direct contact and discussion with those who see possible improvements in your service to the club might allay some misconceptions and grievances !.
Til then...my favourite anthem ( from the dark days of the past I might add ) was ' On Stanley.. on boys !'. A real battle cry for the fans which has sadly long since vanished into a sunset's fading air .
Keep swinging !.. ON STANLEY !... ON !!:alright:

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🥴 Might catch you at the Wigan game.

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I was hoping this thread would end up turning into the Sean Mc thread and have pages and pages of input ;)

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I just think that if the content/quality/volume of the music played on a match day is all we have to complain about, we're not doing so bad :)

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https://twitter.com/i/status/1435674769978966017

Good use of the tannoy.

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And what the hells wrong with a proper box of 7 inch singles ?

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Never understood why we need music at all. One tune to salute the boys coming onto the pitch is quite enough, as far as I'm concerned.

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What about getting the pipe band back?

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isn,t the noise bad enough without the noise of a bunch of dying cats on the pitch.

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prefer the suggestion of one record playing when the team comes out so people can hear whats being said to them for rest of the time.

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Agree Cashy :)

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That's Jockeenist is that! You need to be careful fella, coming from where you do there's likely a hint of thistle brush in your family lineage. ;) :D



(Which can largely be attributed to the long lasting rumours often heard in bars & barracks, there were no "Geordies" until a Jocklet did the nasties with a Pig!!!! :eek::eek::eek:)

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Josh, with a 'song for t'Stanley' in mind. Can I suggest that to the tune of that old Negroid Entertainer song ' I'm Alabama bound ! '..
that even at this early stage in the Season the title might well be changed to ' I'm Vanarama bound ' ?.

( Just tongue-in-cheek everybody !, But our current squad with it's mixture of those ready for putting out to grass and young hopefuls not yet ready for the fray cause me to think that it is not quite fit for purpose and that an uphill struggle is in the offing ! ).

But what do I know ?.. :confused:

ON STANLEY!..ON TO GREATER THINGS ! :alright:

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Last night brought to mind When the Levee Breaks.

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[QUOTE=DaveinGermany;1257552]That's Jockeenist is that! You need to be careful fella, coming from where you do there's likely a hint of thistle brush in your family lineage. ;) :D


more than a hint but a massive one. used to tell my glaswegian ex wife that i had more scottish blood in my veins than she had with her irish sounding catholic names of her ansestors on both sides. her only reply was that she was born there i wasn,t.

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Not really something you want to be broadcasting widely, folk have "Views" :D

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the music was not as bad as usual (sod all to do with result]

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Got to say that Choirboy and I, have noticed an improvement in the noise/distortion levels recently - thanks to all involved :)

:) :)

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Its well improved i think.