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Posted by DOOMBOT on Oct-26-2006 14:51:

Had my first gig last night!!!

Was excellent! After it took us about 45 minutes to get their shit mixer to work things took off. The mixer was basically only good for crossfading in and out of tracks, even though there was no crossfaders, just the channel volume. There was no tweaking of the equalizers. So I had to make due with that and I'm not gonna lie, every mix was still on point. Sometimes you just gotta make the best of what you got.

Finally, my friends boyfriend showed up with his Pioneer mixer and we quickly hooked it up. Started my set fresh with some nice beats riding with sweet melodies and worked it into progressive house and ended the set with Quivver - One Last Time (Amityville Dub Mix).

3 more people played after me and the night just went up and up with each track played. Was so awesome to see the regulars there dancing just as much as we were because I believe that is the first night this place has had an EDM night.

All in all, sick night and I'm so happy with how I did. Lot's of people came up to me and said they enjoyed the set.

Posted by Vero on Oct-26-2006 15:06:

Re: Had my first gig last night!!!

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Originally posted by DOOMBOT
Was excellent! After it took us about 45 minutes to get their shit mixer to work things took off. The mixer was basically only good for crossfading in and out of tracks, even though there was no crossfaders, just the channel volume. There was no tweaking of the equalizers. So I had to make due with that and I'm not gonna lie, every mix was still on point. Sometimes you just gotta make the best of what you got.

Finally, my friends boyfriend showed up with his Pioneer mixer and we quickly hooked it up. Started my set fresh with some nice beats riding with sweet melodies and worked it into progressive house and ended the set with Quivver - One Last Time (Amityville Dub Mix).

3 more people played after me and the night just went up and up with each track played. Was so awesome to see the regulars there dancing just as much as we were because I believe that is the first night this place has had an EDM night.

All in all, sick night and I'm so happy with how I did. Lot's of people came up to me and said they enjoyed the set.

congrats! sounds like you had a great time. now you just gotta work on getting the closing set instead of the opener!

Posted by DOOMBOT on Oct-26-2006 15:09:

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Originally posted by Vero
congrats! sounds like you had a great time. now you just gotta work on getting the closing set instead of the opener!

haha, yeah but I didn't wanna play trance last night... well atleast until I started to hear it! The girl who threw the party closed it out for a final hour and Im glad she did because she did PERFECT!

Posted by chimchim on Oct-26-2006 15:29:

damn sorry i missed it...where was it at?

Posted by DOOMBOT on Oct-26-2006 15:31:

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Originally posted by chimchim
damn sorry i missed it...where was it at?

Sals in Center City. Doxy hosted it.

Posted by chimchim on Oct-26-2006 15:47:

werd... ive never been there but i have heard of it before...im thinkin of hittin up gigis on friday... u goin?

Posted by DOOMBOT on Oct-26-2006 15:49:

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Originally posted by chimchim
werd... ive never been there but i have heard of it before...im thinkin of hittin up gigis on friday... u goin?

Gigi's? Never heard of it. Who is playing there?

Posted by chimchim on Oct-26-2006 16:00:

Ripp and Jay Shok are playin... its at 319 market street... small lil lounge but still and cool place...

Posted by nchs09 on Oct-26-2006 17:08:

congrats

Posted by HotDogWater on Oct-26-2006 20:31:

grats
how long have you been mixing?

Posted by DOOMBOT on Oct-26-2006 20:34:

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Originally posted by HotDogWater
grats
how long have you been mixing?

10 months.

Posted by Pinokio on Oct-26-2006 21:10:

congratulations =)

Posted by Zild on Oct-26-2006 21:19:

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Originally posted by DOOMBOT
haha, yeah but I didn't wanna play trance last night... well atleast until I started to hear it! The girl who threw the party closed it out for a final hour and Im glad she did because she did PERFECT!

No need to close out with trance. With the proper choons you can still eat all the other DJ's collective lunch at 120BPM.

Congrats on the gig.

Posted by DOOMBOT on Oct-26-2006 21:36:

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Originally posted by Zild
No need to close out with trance. With the proper choons you can still eat all the other DJ's collective lunch at 120BPM.

Congrats on the gig.

Thank ya much. And yeah, you are right but the other dj's played trance basically or some other form of EDM at a higher BPM so I and the girl throwing the party didn't think it would be proper for them to open with that style. I've learned to play and love other styles so I have no problem what slot I get at this point. Besides, I played some monsters which were at lower BPMs anyway.

Posted by Zild on Oct-26-2006 21:40:

True its best to arrange the night in that fashion. Theres nothing worse than going to see a headliner and the guys warming up for him are playing 140 BPM club remixes.

Posted by discobiscuit on Oct-26-2006 23:45:

congrats! when's your next gig?

Posted by Spirit5 on Oct-26-2006 23:51:

DOOMBOT, can you name a few tracks you played?

Posted by Allied Nations on Oct-26-2006 23:54:

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Originally posted by Spirit5
DOOMBOT, can you name a few tracks you played?

Ya!

Posted by DOOMBOT on Oct-27-2006 02:00:

From what I remember...

Extrawelt - Soopertrack
Dominik Eulberg & Gabriel Ananda - Schierker Kreisel
Sierra - Interlope (Chris Delay's Primezeit Mix)
Mass G & Gideon Jackson - Push It
The Shapeshifters & Chic - Sensitivity (Cedric Gervais & Second Sun Mix)
Piece Process - United Nations
Harry Lemon - Tiga (Harry's Triple T Mix)
Hardy Heller & Inkfish - Darkness (Andre Absolut Mix)
Quivver - One Last Time (Quivver's Amityville Dub)

No particular order except I know the first 2 is what I played in order and the last 3 are correct. The middle part is a bit mixed I'm sure and I played a few other tracks I can't remember right now. Was a nice flowing set and I had a lot of fun with it. Wish I recorded it.

Posted by DOOMBOT on Oct-27-2006 02:04:

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Originally posted by discobiscuit
congrats! when's your next gig?

I was asked to play within the next month or so. Dunno how definite it is but I definitely have another in early January.

Posted by RJT on Oct-27-2006 02:09:

Wow - Those are a lot of tunes I wouldn't have expected to hear from you DOOMBOT!

Nice tho, very nice

Posted by DOOMBOT on Oct-27-2006 02:15:

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Originally posted by RJT
Wow - Those are a lot of tunes I wouldn't have expected to hear from you DOOMBOT!

Nice tho, very nice

Check out the mix in my sig if you like those tracks man. I've come a long way and since I have begun dj'ing it has really opened up a window for me. I am playing, listening, and loving so many different tracks, styles, and genres I never thought I would have.

Posted by RJT on Oct-27-2006 02:19:

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Originally posted by DOOMBOT
Check out the mix in my sig if you like those tracks man. I've come a long way and since I have begun dj'ing it has really opened up a window for me. I am playing, listening, and loving so many different tracks, styles, and genres I never thought I would have.

Oh I grabbed that a few days back from DJ Promo

Just wading through a bunch of stuff, but I'll get to it soon and let you know what I think

Just one tip, I know you're been looking for some feedback for your mix, and the best possible way to get it is to post up a review for others from time to time. I've said this a million times on here lately, but you get what you give as far as feedback goes - And generally the mixes that get the most attention aren't necessarily the best by any means, but from those who put a fair amount of time into reviewing others work

Posted by sot on Oct-27-2006 05:40:

Posted by DOOMBOT on Oct-27-2006 15:32:

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Originally posted by sot
bout time u realized asot was crap haha

man you are older then me but you act like me when i was 16-17... i swear...by not being open then finally realizing lol

it happens to all of us in due time....

I remember laughing at the guy who sold me my technic turntables. He asked what I was going to spin and when I told him trance he said it would change. I laughed and said no way. Jokes on me!

I still spin trance from time to time and really enjoy it, but there is so much more music out there it would be a shame to confine yourself to only one style.

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