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Nem, spot on as always.

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Originally posted by Nemesis44

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Originally posted by RichieV

Really great posts Nem (as always) and Richie. Thanks for sharing guys. Nice to see some good stuff again on here.

NOOB question coming duck

What exactly do you mean by breaks ? I might have a clue

Also what if you don't play tunes that are necessarily known to the community of people you are playing too ?

When i said break, i was referring to the breakdown. The part where there is no beat. And the style conflict i mentioned was concerning actual genres. Single songs that people dont' know is not a bad thing. Of course it can if all you play are those songs because people tend to react better to ones they know. I think you need a healthy does of old and new. I find remixes are a good way to play something that is really new yet still something people will know without ever hearing that particular remix.

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Originally posted by RichieV Now if you do follow a headliner , if he ends big, you start light. If you follow a boring dj. Stop the record. And let people know that things have changed, the dj changed and things are different. Let people know who you are. Every dj should have some sort of sound clip so people know. Mixing to a bad dj will make people think you are the bad dj. IF people are digging a dj, always mix. Use that energy for your set. Associate yourself with that dj because some people are so stupid, they will think it is you. Except for a headliner, never stop a mix if there is considerable momemtum. You should have enough material to mix from enough styles, bring the mix down and then start from there.

This is sound advice and makes me wish I had mentioned it.

To add to this, I will also sometimes make a point of recognizing a young gun for playing an awesome warm up set. I do this by mixing into their track but just before my track gets going I will loop a section (Takes practice) and then filter out all the high freqs so you just get a bass rumble, this way you keep the groove but gets peoples attention. Then I make a point of applauding the DJ to his face and people always follow. This tends to set a good mood in the place, then I reduce the filter in a rhythmic fashion, release the loop and carry on. There are plenty of ways to do things like this.

Young DJs should also be aware that there are other reasons besides your set being shite that a DJ after you may stop the record and start from scratch. You might have played something that he feels he didn't have the records to mix well with, he might have a special intro planned, he may even not be confident enough to mix with your tracks. The reasons are many.

Also as a side note of DJ etiquete, don't be too eager to mix out of his track too early or stop it before its done its thing, this can also be deemed as an insult. The only exception would be if it is totally killing the dance floor.

Cheers
Nem

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Originally posted by Nemesis44 Also as a side note of DJ etiquete, don't be too eager to mix out of his track too early or stop it before its done its thing, this can also be deemed as an insult. The only exception would be if it is totally killing the dance floor.

+1

it's bad form to kill the previous dj's track early, if you're going to start fresh, let the track play the main meat of it, then you can stop it when it's in the outro or simply let it play out

i've had a wicked track killed just as it's getting good many a time by an inexperienced jock eager to get his set going, and me wanting to smack him upside the head because of it

if i ask for one more track, there's usually a reason behind it

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Originally posted by Tony Morello +1 it's bad form to kill the previous dj's track early, if you're going to start fresh, let the track play the main meat of it, then you can stop it when it's in the outro or simply let it play out i've had a wicked track killed just as it's getting good many a time by an inexperienced jock eager to get his set going, and me wanting to smack him upside the head because of it if i ask for one more track, there's usually a reason behind it

Absolutely,

Another thing that eager jocks tend to do is ask for 1 more track and then play three. Also bad etiquete.

cheers
Nem

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