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Posted by Zain on Feb-08-2003 19:06:

First house party

Hey team, i played a party last night (first real house party) and i ran into alot of problems. I got really nervous and couldnt match up beats Another thing, was that i couldnt hear a faking thing!
The speakers were in front of me, but it suddenly dawned on me, that i might need a monitor? Like a speaker facing me so i could hear... is that normal? Is it normal to have an extra speaker facing you or something?

Posted by KoreanDJ on Feb-08-2003 19:27:

lol everybody gets nervous if it's their first time. In order to avoid this, you gotta get pumped up.....I mean really really pumped. Go punch someone in the face, throw stuff at the crowds, and yell relly loudly! If you show up there, and you are all shy and stuff, then of course you should be nervous. Dude, did your hands shake a lot? lol

Yes u do need a moinitor that is facing you.

Stevek

Posted by Zain on Feb-08-2003 20:45:

god, it was freaky. But i was pretty much fine, except i couldn't here anything so i was trying to mix in my headphones, which was hard to properly do it. To make it worse, i was playing to a hip hop crowd. Hehe, o well, we all gotta start somewhere.

What do you guys do before parties to get pumped?

Posted by pinoying on Feb-08-2003 21:24:

quote:
Originally posted by Zain
What do you guys do before parties to get pumped?

the man just told you. punching someone in their face is the way to go

Posted by Bryant on Feb-08-2003 21:39:

I find that a shot of 151 will get the blood flowing.

Posted by burns on Feb-08-2003 22:29:

2 litres of fine cider usually hides the nerves, hehe.

I remember reading an interview from Sasha saying he was so nervous on his first gig, his hands were shaking so much he could barely place the needle on the record.

Posted by Tony Morello on Feb-08-2003 23:20:

i smoke weed
not enough to fuck me up totally
but enough to get a good buzz goin and a smile on my face

that calms my nerves down
alcohol helps too
but remember, not too much

Posted by bassaholix on Feb-09-2003 00:42:

quote:
Go punch someone in the face, throw stuff at the crowds, and yell relly loudly!

Ahh the magic of house parties.. lmfao!

Posted by Arsalan on Feb-09-2003 03:36:

another thing that'll help you is maybe play and broadcast your mix online a couple of time becaues you know there are other ppl listening live or you could even play to your friends brothers at home or something that also helps..

and about the speakers there is usally monitor speakers for dj if not try to learn how to beatmatch with your headphones also..

oo that weed part helps too, try to just have fun, fuck the crowd

Posted by 24K on Feb-09-2003 04:27:

quote:
Originally posted by burns I remember reading an interview from Sasha saying he was so nervous on his first gig, his hands were shaking so much he could barely place the needle on the record.

lol

Same thing happened to me

Posted by KoreanDJ on Feb-09-2003 04:27:

if you dont want to do the BAD stuff such as smoking weed, drinking, punching and yelling. When the DJ before you is playing, go dance with some girls. Make sure you get some tits. That works all the time.

Stevek

Posted by Bryant on Feb-09-2003 06:30:

quote:
if you dont want to do the BAD stuff such as smoking weed, drinking, punching and yelling. When the DJ before you is playing, go dance with some girls. Make sure you get some tits. That works all the time.

LOL!

Posted by pinoying on Feb-09-2003 11:01:

quote:
Originally posted by burns
I remember reading an interview from Sasha saying he was so nervous on his first gig, his hands were shaking so much he could barely place the needle on the record.

he wasnt nervous. he just took too much coke. lol

Posted by ExOn on Feb-09-2003 18:56:

quote:
Originally posted by pinoying
he wasnt nervous. he just took too much coke. lol

Yeah, most probably! But now he mixes like a god! Maybe it's the coke?

Posted by bassaholix on Feb-09-2003 19:33:

i knew it...

beep Sasha now... he was just miming the skills of another... that other happened to be..

DJ COKE !!!
DJ COKE !!!
DJ COKE !!!

LOL

Posted by jonnycarcinogen on Feb-09-2003 21:01:

quote:
Originally posted by DJ_Shockwav
i smoke weed
not enough to fuck me up totally
but enough to get a good buzz goin and a smile on my face

that calms my nerves down
alcohol helps too
but remember, not too much

I love smoking up while spinning. It kicks ass passing the bong around while still throwin' down. I try to stay away from alcohol for the most part, it may be a quick solution but it's never worth it afterwards. First time I played in front of people was a new years party in 2000 and I was fucked up on DXM (big mistake) and ended up not even spinning at all. I was too tripped out and messed up to even know what I was doing. It was pretty embarassing.....first times don't get much worse than that.

Posted by Zain on Feb-10-2003 06:21:

Dxm? What is that?
It was a fun party, i was still really nervous after the party, so i ran off after my set and slammed a mickey, before ppl could talk to me.
I didnt want to here negative comments, so i thought liquer would lighten my mood. Which it did. The wierd thing was, when i went back in, Lots of people wanted to talk to me and stuff, and i only heard one negative comment about my music. It suddenly dawned on me that, trance is a mature genre of music, that only certain people can truly love and call their own.

Posted by Devbert on Feb-10-2003 07:07:

DXM is dextromethorphan. It is a legal cough suppressant found in many over-the-counter cough syrups. In high doses it acts as a "dissociative anaesthetic" like ketamine or PCP. A high dose will cause you to feel very spacey and "out of it," and you may lose motor control (your legs may feel wobbly, for example, or at very high doses you won't be able to move much at all). It can also produce audio and visual hallucinations, and can sometimes cause nausea and itchy skin.

Some people use DXM recreationally. When they do, they nearly always do it at home, in bed or on their couch. DXM is definitely not a dance drug, and getting scammed with a DXM tablet when you are expecting ecstasy is no fun at all. It can also be quite dangerous.

Posted by dJohn on Feb-10-2003 23:35:

sic. Sounds fun. I'll just stick with my X though.

Posted by Zain on Feb-11-2003 01:23:

Interesting, how much is a large dose?

Posted by jonnycarcinogen on Feb-11-2003 08:16:

Probably anything over 500mg is too much for a newbie. Contrary to what someone else said, on low doses electronic music is really 'dancy' and you can get into it. There is a fine line though....you take too much and the music euphoria is gone.

Posted by Tony Morello on Feb-11-2003 08:48:

it's all about taking mushrooms then just as you hit your peak the promoter comes and tells you your spot has just been bumped up about 5 hours
then playing while all fucked up on mushrooms watching the trippy hard house record labels spinning
(some of mine have like spirals on them and stuff)

Posted by dark_tenshi on Feb-13-2003 08:39:

Cigarettes work for me.

Posted by MERiDiAN5i2 on Feb-14-2003 06:15:

monitors are a must!

a jbl eon facing the DJ really helps.

sometimes you gotta go ghetto though... like the last houseparty we did... we took sound surround speakers, hooked them up to an extra 5.1 amp, and made a decent monitor setup.... then the bigger stuff and subs on the main channels with bigger amps.

housepartys rock if they are done right... or can be really annoying.

if your gonna play a houseparty, i'd get there early before the show and make sure things are taken care of so you can spin a decent set

Posted by Zain on Feb-14-2003 08:18:

thats great advice! Thanks Meridian.

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