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FIRST CLUB GIG- Holy SH*T!!!

Ok so last night i played my first short gig in a club downtown..I spun trance for like 40 minutes for about 150 people.

PLAYIN LIVE IS INCREDIBLE!!! so much energy , it was unbelieveable...shortly i should have a weekly job at this place, which would just be incredibly

just wanted to share!

Thanatos...

nice. congrates on your first gig and your first residency. i remember my first club gig. it was cool. now my first headline spot at a club. now that was fucking wicked. 6 times the normal number of people playing at one of the top ten clubs in the country. it was the best feeling in the world. standing in the booth playing on the same decks as the biggest jocks in the world with the entire club under my control. it's pretty damn addictive.

Congrats mate
The buzz never dies....

I play to 1700 people every saturday and up to 1100 three other nights a week and the buzz i still get whenever i play is incredible....

Doesnt matter how many people are in the club though or the size of the club- if they enjoy it the energy and atmosphere will be good regardless of size

The feeling when the crowd digs what you are playing is awesome

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Originally posted by Freak The feeling when the crowd digs what you are playing is awesome

its pretty sick yeah ;d

congrats on the gig, recently i got a residency too

hey arsalan i didnt know you had a residency
where at?
Is DJing at a club like... very addictive? (understated)

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Originally posted by ChavezHype Is DJing at a club like... very addictive? (understated)

it's very addictive. the only problem is that when you do it for long enough you'll of course have "off" nights or nights when the crowd just isn't full of energy and then it can be a lot like work! most of the time though, it's the dog's bolox.

Sweet!

There's nothing more exciting than playing live, 'cuz you control the crowd. There's not another feeling like it.

My first residency had its ups and downs. What can a trance-breaks DJ do with a hip-hop crowd?

Keep it up, 'cuz it will only get better.

Re: FIRST CLUB GIG- Holy SH*T!!!

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Originally posted by DJ Thanatos Ok so last night i played my first short gig in a club downtown..I spun trance for like 40 minutes for about 150 people. PLAYIN LIVE IS INCREDIBLE!!! so much energy , it was unbelieveable...shortly i should have a weekly job at this place, which would just be incredibly just wanted to share! Thanatos...

'Grats!

Looks like my first live gig is slated for early January '04. I've been spinning for about 9 months now, so I'll be practicing my ass off leading up to it.

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Originally posted by T:REBEL Sweet! There's nothing more exciting than playing live, 'cuz you control the crowd. There's not another feeling like it. My first residency had its ups and downs. What can a trance-breaks DJ do with a hip-hop crowd? Keep it up, 'cuz it will only get better.

y did they hire you to mix in a hip hop club when they knew u spun trance?

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Originally posted by Unknown DJ y did they hire you to mix in a hip hop club when they knew u spun trance?

It was a new "ASIAN" club and the owners were trying to attract newcomers. Opening night, I was expecting a good crowd ready for some progressive and hard trance sets, but instead it was a hip-hop crowd with a few trance-addicts here and there.

What I hated about the experience was that the owners and some of the so-called "ravers" were clueless. They thought I was a DJ who played the stuff called "cheese." When they heard my opening set, they asked me why I wasn't playing trance. I was like WTF? This is trance. What's worst was when the times when I was in the middle of my sets and some Asian girls would want to "request" a song. I ignored them, 'cuz damn I'm working here; I'm in the middle of a set for crying outloud! Eventually, the owners got in my face and told me that I should cater to requests. It was all good, 'cuz I spun vinyl and most of the cheese they requested were on CD so I just laughed my @$$ off.

"Sorry, I don't have it."

I hate this stereotype about Asian DJs, 'cuz everyone thinks that we play cheese. And I can't blame you guys, 'cuz everywhere you go, it's cheesy trance and cheesy breaks spun by none other than Asian DJs. Just to make it clear, I'm Asian and I don't play cheese. Not all Asian DJs play cheese.

Eventually, the owners set one night a week where I could thump a progressive & hard trance set and my partner in crime could thump her funky breaks set for a good 4OUR hours. This only lasted for roughly 6IX months and I decided that it was time to move on. I'm glad I'm not there anymore. Turns out that after my partner and I left, it pretty much became a top 40 and hip-hop club featuring CD-DJs (I'm not rippin' on CD-DJs here) who couldn't beatmatch if their life counted on it.

I got the hours under my belt and that's what pretty much counts.

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Originally posted by T:REBEL I got the hours under my belt and that's what pretty much counts.

not to mention some money in your pocket and we all know that translates into more vinyl in your collection. cheers.

"or a good 4OUR hours. This only lasted for roughly 6IX"

Wtf is with your way of spelling... that's really stupid.

es

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Originally posted by Vert "or a good 4OUR hours. This only lasted for roughly 6IX" Wtf is with your way of spelling... that's really stupid. es

I think you meant to say:

WTF is UP with your way of spelling... now that's really stupid.

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Originally posted by T:REBEL I think you meant to say: WTF is UP with your way of spelling... now that's really stupid.

The up is optional.

es

LOL.

/me gives you the thumbs up.

I want to ask a question to everyone aswell, i have also yet to play my first live set which might be coming up soon...BUT i'm just scared that im going to go into a bad nervous state and screw everything up....how does anyone get passed this...and this is normal for everyone right?

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Originally posted by Dj_Psygnosis I want to ask a question to everyone aswell, i have also yet to play my first live set which might be coming up soon...BUT i'm just scared that im going to go into a bad nervous state and screw everything up....how does anyone get passed this...and this is normal for everyone right?

you know the odd thing is i never get nervous before a set. before i had a lot of experience i would get a bit anxious the day before. i always find it so strange how calm i am before i go on. if you have a bad case of the nerves then just have a couple of drinks before you go on, or a couple of puffs, or a couple of bumps, or half a roll. i know djs that use all these methods and it seems to work fine for them. if you're not into things like that just try to hype yourself up. turn that nervous energy into "fuck yeah i can't wait to get on the decks and mix, i'm so fucking pumped up" energy. just go out with the attitude that you're the greatest dj to ever grace the tables and you'll be golden. just remember to leave that attitude behind when you're done playing as no one likes an arrogant asshole. cheers.

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Originally posted by ChavezHype hey arsalan i didnt know you had a residency where at? Is DJing at a club like... very addictive? (understated)

i spin at fluidlounge.com every saturday.

its a lot of fun and i get a dif crowd every week , last week it was good because i was spinning what i wanted to and the crowd was full of energy .


best moment:

this girl comes up to me and asks me to play "real" music, im like what do you consider "real" music, she is like reggae , and then i laghed and said oh you mean garbage , no i dont have any garbage.

my first CLUB gig will be coming up , http://www.icantstopraving.com/img/hm/hm_afterparty.gif

im zed in the group

im gonna spin an hour of trance, its for an after party http://www.icantstopraving.com/HM.htm

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