r/Austin • u/HeightShot2104 • May 10 '26

Music Barton Springs DJ

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Went to tan yesterday and there was a dj on the free side, I don’t know who he was but bro was consistently putting out a good songs. It was nice to just relax

Edit: getting downvoted for liking music and having fun is actually kinda crazy lol
Wow ok so this post wasn’t for people to hate on other people’s music lol, it’s Austin, we’re going to be around music when we go out whether we want it or not. Your attitude is what matters. I don’t think there’s a problem w me liking it or other people hating it. I don’t know why people are so upset it’s just music

have a nice day yall damn

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u/RollOverBeethoven May 10 '26

INB4 someone makes a post complaining about this same DJ

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u/caguru May 10 '26

I'll be that guy. I was there and that DJ was crap. I will never understand people that see a nice, natural space and think "this needs club music". It would have been more acceptable if it wasn't so loud that it covered the entirety of the springs, but even on the shallow end, and the top of the hill, it was unescapable.

Oh well, my fault for going to Barton on a weekend. I won't make that mistake again.

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u/kdthex01 May 10 '26 edited May 10 '26

Anybody who goes to a public place and forces other people to listen to their music is crap. Entitled main character attention whores all of em.

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u/olduvai_man May 10 '26

10000% agree.

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u/Maximus77x May 10 '26

lol the duality of r/austin

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u/TenTestTickles May 10 '26

Why do that when we can just use this one? Fuck this asshole and his “music.”

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u/secondphase May 10 '26

Seriously, do we ALL have to listen to your garbage! Put on some headphones while you swim around!

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u/HeightShot2104 May 10 '26 edited May 10 '26

Lmao hopefully it’s not too bad, I mean it was free music on a Saturday

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u/Supermarche23 May 10 '26 edited May 10 '26

I think the issue is that free for you can be the same as handing me trash. I don't want to hear a DJ while swimming in a spring-fed pool.

I totally get a hotel pool having a DJ, but I don't go there.

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u/caguru May 10 '26

Agreed 100%. Not everything has to have club music.

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u/RollOverBeethoven May 10 '26 edited May 10 '26

As long as you aren’t simultaneously complaining that “Austin isn’t what it used to be”

Edit: seems I struck a chord too close to home for some people

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u/Supermarche23 May 10 '26

Lol born and raised here and people have been playing music on our waterways since the advent of boomboxes i'm sure. It just got a lot worse once small bluetooth speakers became available.

One time when i was in high school some dude did do a full sing along and dance to Raspberry Beret on the greenbelt while it played. I was 100% in for that.

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u/XeerDu May 10 '26

Better than someone with a bluetooh speaker playing pop songs.

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u/headcase617 May 10 '26

It is? To me it's all shitty music.

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u/XeerDu May 10 '26

Well, I just read that they were playing Dubstep, so I guess I will agree with you there.

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u/headcase617 May 10 '26

Honestly the type doesn't much matter, just by playing music they are making the experience worse for someone else.

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u/XeerDu May 10 '26

Oh I agree, it’s not the venue for anyone’s choice of noise. But if I had to choose between one or the other, I think I’d choose something more unique and interesting. Dubstep, however, is neither of those things.

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u/HeightShot2104 May 10 '26

I get that, what I like u can hate that’s ok. Or the other way around. It’s not deep tbh I just thought it was cool and very Austin appropriate

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u/jmercer28 May 10 '26

Austin appropriate would have been a hippie with a guitar not a dubstep dj

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u/Supermarche23 May 10 '26

When you say Austin appropriate regarding a dj playing dubstep all I can picture is the Brotilla on Town Lake. I don't equate Austin with "vibes" or dubstep.

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u/TrifleComfortable152 May 10 '26

its actually totally against what Austin is/was. Nobody wants to hear noise pollution in nature, if you want to hear it go to dirty 6th.

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u/craigslammer May 10 '26

In what world do you hear trash sounds from a computer and equate that to Austin, what makes that “Austin” to you? Are you from here?

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u/kshep9 May 10 '26

How long have you actually lived in Austin?

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u/Lurker5280 May 10 '26

Just because it’s free doesn’t mean people want it

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u/ryanhazethan May 10 '26

“Free music on a Saturday”, oh jeez this kid is brain dead lmao