#45: SEVENTEEN ‘Ode To You’ In Houston Pregame And Concert Review

This month’s mix features tracks from Cafe 432, Pat Bedeau, Mike Dunn, Deon Cole, Martina Budd & Erica Faria and Yvonne Gage.

Track Listing

1. Cafe 432 feat. Nina Jayne - On My Mind (Extended Club Mix)
2. Jerome O & Rona Ray - Making Things Clear (Original Mix)
3. Pat Bedeau feat. Jodie Erica - Set Me Free (Main Mix)
4. Greg Van Bueren & Dutchian Soul - Hear The Voices (Original Mix)
5. Mike Dunn - Git Cha House On, Baby (MD Soulful of House Mixx) 
6. Walter G - The Vibe Inside (Extended Mix)
7. Deon Cole feat. Terisa Griffin - Where The Freaks At (Terry Hunter Club Mix)
8. Emeli Sandé - More of You (Booker T Emeli Soulful House Vocal Mix)
9. Martina Budde & Eric Faria feat. Praximus - Look At Me (Original Mix)
10. Larry Espinosa feat. Tasha LaRae - Something Special (DJ Spen & Reelsoul Remix)
11. Mark Di Meo & Sadi Major - Out Of My Mind (Original Club Mix)
12. Yvonne Gage - I Feel Love (Maurice Joshua Club Mix)

Selective Hearing discusses the STAYC concert experience from the Los Angeles stop of their first world tour.

Greg and Ping discuss their experiences at the last stop in the North American leg of aespa's SYNK HYPER LINE world tour. Topics include pre-concert excitement, the relaxed atmosphere of the VIP, bias wreckers and thoughts on seeing the concert live as opposed to online.

Greg and Ping discuss their experiences at the inaugural Krazy K-Pop Super Concert. Topics include our thoughts about attending this new event, what VIP was like, and opinions of the concert. 

Please note if you are listening on Spotify, the opening music may be muted due to copyright. The podcast starts at 17 seconds in.

Greg and Ping discuss KCON 2023 in Los Angeles. Topics include differences in procuring tickets compared to last year, the downsizing of the convention and super-sizing of the concert and the highs and lows of the weekend. 

Greg and Ping talk about the KCON 2022 Rookie Concert.

Recorded on August 19, 2022

• Lineup experiences
• Impressions of concert from the view of a plebian and a Prestige level attendee

The Selective Hearing staff, with special guest Ping from LST KPOP, discuss the return of the first in-person KCON in Los Angeles and their various experiences at the three-day event.

Recorded on: September 11, 2022

OVERALL EXPERIENCE

• What is the prestige experience like?
• What was your success rate at “flashing the badge”?
• Did KCON meet your expectations after the three-year wait?
• What do you think they can improve to make the experience as smooth as possible?
• What do you think they got right?
• What would you have done differently?

OUTRO

• Pimp your wares
• Goodbyes

The Selective Hearing staff, with special guest Ping from LST KPOP, discuss the return of the first in-person KCON in Los Angeles and their various experiences at the three-day event.

Recorded on September 11, 2022

KCON 2022 LA Day 2

• What did you see and do?
• Concert Night 1

KCON 2022 LA Day 3

• What did you see and do?
• Concert night 2

The Selective Hearing staff, with special guest Ping from LST KPOP, discuss the return of the first in-person KCON in Los Angeles and their various experiences at the three-day event.

Recorded on: September 11, 2022

INTRODUCTIONS

• How are you doing?
• What are you drinking?

KCON 2022 LA Day 0

• Arrival in LA. How was your flight(s)?
• Wristband pickup, how long did you wait in line?
• Did you do anything else that day?

KCON 2022 LA Day 1

• Press badge pickup
• STAYC Artist Engagement
• STAYC and LIGHTSUM Selfie MV’s
• Rookie Concert

Greg, Allen and Ping go over their experiences at the (G)I-DLE IDLE JUST ME World Tour at various American stops.

Recorded on: August 7, 2022

Introduction

• Introduce Yourself
• What are you drinking?
• Open time for shameless self-promotion

Getting down to business

• What tour stop(s) did you attend?

Did you have VIP?

• Elaborate on your VIP experience(s)
• What was the line like?
• Estimate how many people were VIP vs. GA
• What kinds of people were there?
• How long was your wait to get into the venue?
• Any interesting stories about waiting in line?
• How was the sound check? Do you remember what songs they did?
• What was your view like?
• How many obstructions did you have?
• Did you have to leave VIP at all?

Thoughts on the concert

• How was the concert itself? Were you around a hype crowd or dead fish?
• What was it like seeing (G)I-DLE do their thing up close if you could see anything?
• Were there any songs you didn’t like that you changed your mind about after seeing them live?
• What were your favourite moments of the concert?

Did you stick around for the hi-touch?

• Give a rundown on how the pre-hi-touch lineup situation worked at the show(s) you went to.
• What was your hi-touch experience like? Give us the play-by-play.
• What are your thoughts on the “signed” poster?

Overall Experience

• Lastly, give us your final thoughts on your entire experience from beginning to end.

Closing

• Final words, well wishes and curses
• Say goodbye to the people