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Originally posted by DJ_Progrezz bring a keyboar with you and pretend you are playing the song yourself

There could be children reading this !!!!

that plus the jesus pose comment...

They're all gonna take this as advice from every single one of you and grow up to become little tiesto's, or magical AvB Fairy's...

damn poor kids at disneyland, tiesto spun for them, and his mixer wasnt even on, for that one night, disneyland was a giant overpriced boombox...

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Originally posted by DJ_Progrezz bring a keyboar with you and pretend you are playing the song yourself

Hah, i tried hooking that on. I had a really old yamaha synthesizer lying around. A small old one, to use to throw in samples of sounds as the tune plays, but found that the output wasn't loud enough. Now I'm either gonna do it properly, or just buy some sort of small amp to make the output louder.

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Originally posted by Abhay Hah, i tried hooking that on. I had a really old yamaha synthesizer lying around. A small old one, to use to throw in samples of sounds as the tune plays, but found that the output wasn't loud enough. Now I'm either gonna do it properly, or just buy some sort of small amp to make the output louder.

run it through your mixer.

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Originally posted by Allied Nations run it through your mixer.

that's what i did dude, even with the channel fader up and the gain on max, wasn't loud enough to compete with a tune playing on normal volume/gain/channel fade.

Maybe i didn't hook it up properly or something. I'll try when i'm at home next time.

The only time I actually touch the EQs is if I'm actually doing something with them... But when I do, I do have a certain way of doing.
Very often when I make a major adjustment i.e. quickswapping basslines I will put a lot of movement into it because my body is feeling the music and gets excited about the change in vibe. It comunicates to the dancefloor that I'm feeling the music and that something is about to happen.

It's the same things as pulling a guitar face, you look like a complete spanner at times but you are living in the moment. People have different ways of doing it.

I do have an issue with people faking stuff. Saw one guy fake the swooshes in Mauro Picotto's 'New time New place'.

You have to be a complete f**k wod to pretend you are doin something when there isn't even going on...

Saying that, the sign of a good trick is often, if it sounds like it's part of the music. But the ulitmate give away is always when it's a track that you know well, then you know if the DJ is a bullshitter or not.

Saying that, every DJ chooses his style. Some people are just more flamboyant than others etc. Some are more excited about what they are doing and others just show it in different ways.

A lot of people complain about Ableton and how this limits the enthusiasm of the DJ, but then on the same could people are getting tetchy about too much input...


Only thing to look at is if the music is good.

Cheers
Nem

i hate over the top dj's.things like eddie halliwell... i mean all his scratching is a bunch of shit! i like dj's like filterheadz, fred baker, stirling moss.. they actually look like they are concentrating, having fun and enjoying themselfs.. instead of jumping up and down throughout in an attempt to make them look like they are doing more than just beatmatch records. i mean these guys dont have to act cos peole are there to see them cos of their great music and not just to see them mix in a over the top fashion.

yeah but the crowds love him.
they feed off his energy and he feeds off theirs.

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Originally posted by Nemesis44 Only thing to look at is if the music is good. Cheers Nem

Cheers
Nem

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Originally posted by harriz Cheers Nem

Stop wasting internet.

Re: Djs trying to look like they're doing something

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Originally posted by Abhay do u guys know what i'm takling about... for Djs out there, what SHOULD i be doing in the "waiting" period.... assuming i'm in front of a crowd...

do it like Eddie Halliwel

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Originally posted by richg101 i hate over the top dj's.things like eddie halliwell... i mean all his scratching is a bunch of shit!

Having worked with the guy, he does it because he LOVES it.
He is putting 150% into everything- and believe me, that energy DOES get transmitted across in the music onto the dance floor.
Makes a big difference......and they love it. its all about the moment.

i do the tiesto pose

lol @ the guy with the headphones giving the chick a piggyback ride.

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Originally posted by severnayaprods do it like Eddie Halliwel

hump the mixer?

I don't mind enjoying the music. but i'ts when u pretend to do shit, or try to do it in a really cool "i'm a Dj, adn therefore cool" way, that pisses me off.

like if ur jumpping and dancing, and genuinly having to turn the knobs quick, like if u wanan generate a bit more energy and have the bassline just switch real quick, it's fine.

but if ur gonan satand there and do this really cool and smooth EQ knob twist, with no change in the music, and not wearing ur headphones, i'm compelled to make fun of u, and get my ass kicked by the bouncers.

In general, any Dj with the "i'm cool, and treat me so" attitude really pisses me off. I remember i came upto one Dj was walking out, and said, hey man, that was really good, and he just fobbed me off.

I noticed that he hung around for the rest of the night, and noticed that with all the other Djs, he'd try to walk in and be in the spotlight, and hi-5 them, and really try to look like he was top shit.

^Djs like that.... ugh.... knee to the head please... even if they're good.

But guys be careful, not trying to look busy can get you in trouble too.. I know these two DJs who were jumping and dancing all the time set was being played... one senior DJ at the venue got suspicious and went to the decks to do some checking.. and he found out that actually these two guys were playing a pre-mixed CD and pass it on to clubbers as if they are mixing it live..

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Originally posted by Purple But guys be careful, not trying to look busy can get you in trouble too.. I know these two DJs who were jumping and dancing all the time set was being played... one senior DJ at the venue got suspicious and went to the decks to do some checking.. and he found out that actually these two guys were playing a pre-mixed CD and pass it on to clubbers as if they are mixing it live..

Well that's even worse then pretending to do something and mix.
cuz they aren't mixing lol

what to do...

i freak out!
dance w/ the clubbers... have a drink... hump the decks... be creative!

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Originally posted by wizniz hump the decks...

A surefire crowd-pleaser!

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Originally posted by Purple But guys be careful, not trying to look busy can get you in trouble too.. I know these two DJs who were jumping and dancing all the time set was being played... one senior DJ at the venue got suspicious and went to the decks to do some checking.. and he found out that actually these two guys were playing a pre-mixed CD and pass it on to clubbers as if they are mixing it live..

ok... but that means you only need to be careful if you are bullshitting everyone. it won't "get you into trouble" if you're not being a fakeass ****.

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Originally posted by Inertia ok... but that means you only need to be careful if you are bullshitting everyone. it won't "get you into trouble" if you're not being a fakeass ****.

lol

No I too condemn their 'acts'.. I even made a protest thread in MD exposing the 'artist's' scam.

I think it's important to have crowd interaction, but I've kown DJ's who just stand there until a camera come's around and then it's "oh, better do something to look cool now"

Give me a break.

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Originally posted by Purple lol No I too condemn their 'acts'.. I even made a protest thread in MD exposing the 'artist's' scam.

lol

the bastards just used it to advertist themselves man.

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Originally posted by Abhay lol the bastards just used it to advertist themselves man.

lol

i know i personally like to kick back, light up a stogie and sip some brandy on the rocks every once in a while while im spinning.

Re: Re: Re: Djs trying to look like they're doing something

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Originally posted by Abhay hump the mixer?

Yeah the circuits and wires must feel really good on your pee pee.

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