Songs to start a Tech House set off

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Posted by UWM on Sep-23-2006 04:30:

quote:
Originally posted by Aquadyne

Orchid - "Eastern Echoes" (Original Mix)

Who told you about that one?

Posted by Dj_Es-Dva on Sep-24-2006 05:48:

Re: Re: Re: Songs to start a Tech House set off

quote:
Originally posted by Ishkur
No. Don't. That's the worst fucking advice ever. Please don't be a DJ if you think this is a good idea.

Ask any storyteller, filmmaker or writer, how to begin a story, NONE of them say "the first chapter should start slow, with nothing happening".

B-O-R-I-N-G!

The audience doesn't know you. They don't even care about you. You must get them to WANT to care. You must grab their attention somehow. Playing a dull, derivative track is not going to move them. First impressions are important--if you haven't got them within the first minute, they're going to leave and not wait around to see what you're going to do next. It doesn't matter how good you promise them your set is going to be. If the first track sucks, they will fuck off.

Who's the greatest storyteller of all time? Shakespeare. What did he do to start all of his plays? Right there, Act 1, Scene 1, in damn near every one of them SOMETHING EXCITING happened. A BAM moment, that grabbed the audience's attention. Either a fight, or a death, or a supernatural apparition, or some fucked up crazy shit happened that got the audience to sit upright in their seats and pay attention.

And then, once you've got their attention, then you can slow things down and weave the plot accordingly.

Look at the most famous opening scene in all moviedom: Star Wars. What's going on? Big fucking ship attacking another ship. That's awesome. That's exciting. That's what got the people into it in the first place. That first scene is the most crucial scene in the entire franchise. If the movie had just jumped right into Tatooine without that crucial first scene, people would have gotten bored and left the theatre.

Don't start your set off slow. That's the kiss of death of any good story. Start your set off with a bang-an electric moment, that totally hypes people up. Then, afterward, play.....well, what you play after that depends on how good of a storyteller you are.

Another example of why i respect Ishkur, he does have points and this is a very good one. It doesnt need to be read as NEVER start with a boring track (depending on genre) but its important to know what you're doing and the way i had always been taught DJing was that you are telling a story and you have to take people on a journey through the music.

Posted by Aquadyne on Sep-24-2006 06:06:

quote:
Originally posted by UWM
Who told you about that one?

ur mom.

Posted by woscar on Sep-25-2006 02:36:

Any others?

Posted by Allied Nations on Sep-25-2006 02:40:

Re: Re: Re: Re: Songs to start a Tech House set off

quote:
Originally posted by Dj_Es-Dva
Another example of why i respect Ishkur, he does have points and this is a very good one. It doesnt need to be read as NEVER start with a boring track (depending on genre) but its important to know what you're doing and the way i had always been taught DJing was that you are telling a story and you have to take people on a journey through the music.

Who the fuck plays boring tunes anyways. His point is so fucking obvious he really didn't need to write that fucking speech.

As for me, just started a set with:

Husky Rescue - Good Man

also another fave is:

Ghost Cauldron - See What I've Become

Posted by Psychotron on Sep-25-2006 03:37:

Mason - Exceeder(Arthurr Dub Mix) ? I like that track personally.

Posted by Danny Ocean on Sep-25-2006 03:40:

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Originally posted by woscar99
Well, I'm not precisely PvD or AvB who receive dozens of tracks and promos every day. By asking people's advice I may be pointed in the right direction, believe me...I'd never play anything I didn't like
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well i did give you a recommendation prick, and stop with your over abussive use of the . i gave you some good advice too.

Posted by Clovis on Sep-25-2006 12:55:

Re: Re: Re: Re: Songs to start a Tech House set off

quote:
Originally posted by Dj_Es-Dva
but its important to know what you're doing and the way i had always been taught DJing was that you are telling a story and you have to take people on a journey through the music.

Well fucking DUH

I'd expect any good dj to know this.

Posted by Dj O'Callaghan on Sep-25-2006 16:00:

Hardfloor - Who's Jack.

Posted by DJ Tsunami on Sep-25-2006 16:22:

Roman Flugel - Geht's Noch

Posted by nchs09 on Sep-25-2006 17:05:

quote:
Originally posted by DJ Tsunami
Roman Flugel - Geht's Noch

Posted by woscar on Sep-26-2006 02:10:

quote:
Originally posted by Danny Ocean
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well i did give you a recommendation prick, and stop with your over abussive use of the . i gave you some good advice too.

The only prick is you, retorting like that...

I appreciate your advice, but it's to some point pretty obvious. It may have not been your intention but I felt like you're treating me like a total noob. While I don't claim to be an expert, I believe I do have some knowledge about EDM. Hence the

Anyways, let's not get hostile with one another...

Posted by woscar on Sep-27-2006 23:39:

bumping the shit out of this thread

Posted by basd on Sep-28-2006 10:34:

quote:
Originally posted by DJ Tsunami
Roman Flugel - Geht's Noch

Make sure to break, throw away and start with a decent record afterwards.

Posted by montana on Sep-28-2006 10:37:

quote:
Originally posted by basd
Make sure to break, throw away and start with a decent record afterwards.

ya

Posted by Moonshine_x on Oct-06-2006 01:49:

Evidently, Digweed, Sasha, Cattaneo and co. have a lot to learn about set programming from George Lucas.

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