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Posted by rawkus rowan on Jul-13-2001 08:02:

playlists

i was wondering, when a dj spins a set at a club, do they have a set playlist i.e. an actual list on paper with the order of the tracks to be played, or do they just like, take their record box, and play whatever thay feel like at the time?

RR

Posted by djdawn on Jul-13-2001 08:20:

you will find both methods, but the set play list is less common and for me it's a sign that the DJ is not very good. Usually you just take your box, pick out 3-5 records you know you want to play/start with and then go from there. That's what is so important: the ability to read the crowd and give them what they want.
But there are DJs that think differnently about this. I heard an interview with Armand van Helden at MTV Ibiza and he said something like: i'm going to play what I want. If the crowd doesn't like it, they can f**k themselves and go somewhere else.
That's a shitty attitude for a DJ. If people reacted to a statement like this in the correct way, Van Helden would only be playing for (with) himself by now. Cause it's the crowd that makes up a party, not the DJ.

Posted by ant1832 on Jul-13-2001 20:24:

I asked this same question on a different board and the consenses was no playlist. Most said they have a good idea of groups of songs that go well together, but they never have a full set planned. The main reason is what dj dawn mentioned...you have to leave room to read the crowd and know what they want.

Posted by esskeh on Jul-14-2001 06:44:

Radio one has a "Very Important Plastic" thing that is voted by the listeners, and the Dj is told to play that.

Posted by Dennehark on Jul-15-2001 22:44:

playlist

Hello,

I think that most of the dj's have a program.....heard it in interviews.
But every dj plays tracks that he didn't prepare..!!

Greetings

Posted by Andrew K on Jul-14-2002 15:36:

i think not much djs have a pre-programmed tracklist...
anyway, I never have one

Posted by sharon on Jul-14-2002 16:25:

I think most djs do not have their set totally planed. Maybe the first few records and a couple of special ones that they want to fit in at one point. I have started mixing only a year ago, but for me that is the most exciting part about this. To think of a record and really feel that it will fit exactly to that moment...and then see the reaction.

Posted by DJ Wildefire on Jul-14-2002 23:29:

I never plan out a set because I need to see how the crowd is before I decide how hard my trance is gunna be. I do have some records that I always spin into other records, though, but only because they go perfectly together. But whenever I spin I don't even think about what I'm going to drop until I get behind the decks.

Posted by groove department on Jul-15-2002 18:35:

quote:
But there are DJs that think differnently about this. I heard an interview with Armand van Helden at MTV Ibiza and he said something like: i'm going to play what I want. If the crowd doesn't like it, they can f**k themselves and go somewhere else.

Van Helden is an asshole! I hate him and his arrogant way..

Posted by trancearmada on Jul-17-2002 00:45:

if you are just starting out to DJ it's a good idea to have an idea of what you are going to play! I mean let's say it's your first gig if you know all the records realy well and plan out a set than it gives you a boost of confidence, and when you become confindent than play what you want and try to read the crowd.

as for the arguement whether to play what you want or what the crowd wants I agree with what Paul Van Dyk said about it. play for your self 50% of the times, and for the crowd 50% of the times! Than you will enjoy your set as well as the crowd!

Posted by jesten on Jul-17-2002 11:44:

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Originally posted by trancearmada
if you are just starting out to DJ it's a good idea to have an idea of what you are going to play! I mean let's say it's your first gig if you know all the records realy well and plan out a set than it gives you a boost of confidence, and when you become confindent than play what you want and try to read the crowd.

I agree