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What if you can't play at a house party......
for experience? All the people I know hate EDM and like Cheese-hop (hip hop is cool but they like that stupid cheese). So how do I play without them having crying a river over some cheese pop.
set the booth up infront of the only exit, then DJ Aphex Twin - Come to Daddy, REALLY FUCKIN LOUD, and when they come to stop you or get out, pull out a gun and make the bastards suffer (it is an awesome track, but if they hate EDM, they will prolly really hate this track).
No matter what you do or play at house parties, people are gonne bitch .. it never fails .. "... Umm, can you change to hip hop?","do you have any 80's?" "Hey man, ya got any ACDC man?", "Cmon dj, play some salsa" and so on .. Sometimes if cheese is what they want, cheese ya gotte give em .. so sad 
In general, for house parties, it's a good idea to have a big selection of different styles of tunes and change the music style after every 3-4 songs for the first hour or two. Then you start throwing an electronic song here and there and hope they'll get into it since by now most people are drunk and don't really care what you play 
If they ask you to play 50 cent, goto the fridge and pass them a block of cheese.
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| Originally posted by Prodigy Child If they ask you to play 50 cent, goto the fridge and pass them a block of cheese. |
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| Originally posted by Prodigy Child If they ask you to play 50 cent, goto the fridge and pass them a block of cheese. |
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| Originally posted by Nou I liked the guy that when asked for "fifty cent" he reached in his pocket and tossed the guy two quarters. hehe |
he he he i hate people think that they are the best because they listen to a guy that was shot 9 times in none vital areas....
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| Originally posted by Tenzospy lol they both made me laugh he he he i hate people think that they are the best because they listen to a guy that was shot 9 times in none vital areas.... |
if they ask u for 50cent then take the mic and start rapping
When someone asks for 50 Cent, do a Sasha and throw a vinyl into the crowd, hope it decapitates a few people - that'll quickly teach them to only ask for GOOD MUSIC
(50 Cent is neither good, nor music)
Re: What if you can't play at a house party......
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| Originally posted by *InVeRs3* for experience? All the people I know hate EDM and like Cheese-hop (hip hop is cool but they like that stupid cheese). So how do I play without them having crying a river over some cheese pop. |
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| Originally posted by Trance Nutter When someone asks for 50 Cent, do a Sasha and throw a vinyl into the crowd, hope it decapitates a few people - that'll quickly teach them to only ask for GOOD MUSIC (50 Cent is neither good, nor music) |
Re: What if you can't play at a house party......
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| Originally posted by *InVeRs3* for experience? All the people I know hate EDM and like Cheese-hop (hip hop is cool but they like that stupid cheese). So how do I play without them having crying a river over some cheese pop. |
Re: Re: What if you can't play at a house party......
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| Originally posted by KiNeTiC ENeRgY I think you need to ditch those shit-hop listeners and start hanging out with the cool peeps who are into Electronic music bro...were much smarter than those top 40 losers anyways. |
I feel you man. Trance fans are far and few here in alabama. But here's what i've discovered as far as playing at hosue parties. I've decided that actual musicians that play guitars and drums, etc, get interested in watching people play with turntables. I played at a house party this past weekend, where electronic music was unheard of.. it was a bunch of alternative and metal fans. i don't think anyone really cared too much for the music, so i stuck to hard trance and nu-skool breaks, but everyone was just interested in the turntables cause they had never seen anyone up close spinning. I let the owner of the house fuck around a minute just so everyone could see that it's actually harder than it looks.
Granted, the friends that i brought were the only ones REALLY dancing, but i still had people looking at me. Defianately good for experience. Good intimate atmosphere where the musicians were asking me technical questions, some people were dancing, and some had glow sticks, and plus they paid me in beer 
I stopped playing every once in a while so they could start up the stereo, just to keep the vibe good.
Other than that, when people bitch.. be friendly. As the dj, it's your job to set the mood. Especially at a house party, you can't constantly make people listen to stuff they don't want to hear. Play some cd's and take a break, get a beer and mingle, then go back and kick it up again.
well, in my experience, there isn't really that much experience to gain at just any random house party. unless there is a crowd that can actually give you any constructive criticism on your spinning, it's only the same as having some peeps over at your bedroom... even worse, cuz the peeps at your bedroom at least know what you're doing and know when to tell you you've fawked up.
sure, you should do a couple just to know what it feels like being in front of people, other than that, don't expect to be allowed to be creative and actually play a set without someone coming up to you (probably the house owner) and tell you to stop playing this shit and put on some Nelly (yeah, Nelly, everyone said 50 Cent, had to be a bit different 
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now, you can do what i've done. branch out and find some musically enlightened friends at all costs. it took me a while, but now i have a crew i hang with, go clubbing with, and even if it's completely unrelated to music, we still get together to chill out. if you're still in high school, then it'll be a bit harder, as i'm 16 and my youngest friend is about to start his first year of college. you may find a decent individual or two in the senior class. the point is, you gotta make some friends with good musical tastes, if i did it, here on my little tropical island, dominican republic, where the biggest events are 3000 people at max, you can do it too (i hope).
eventually, we all get together for sessions, and you gain a lot more experience than you'd think from having a group of friends that are all DJs sit down with a beer and listen to you mix for an hour or two, and then criticize you. these little gatherings get to be really fun too, after we all got to a point where our skills were presentable to the general public, we started inviting people to come over for them. before we knew it, we'd have a gathering every wednesday with 5 DJs, 10 buddies, and about 10 hot females too
so, go to a house party or two to test the waters if you want, but for the most part, they are a bitch if you want to work on playing EDM. if you don't mind playing some commercial music, pop, shit-hop and such, then by all means.
my $0.02
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| Originally posted by skream I feel you man. Trance fans are far and few here in alabama. But here's what i've discovered as far as playing at hosue parties. I've decided that actual musicians that play guitars and drums, etc, get interested in watching people play with turntables. I played at a house party this past weekend, where electronic music was unheard of.. it was a bunch of alternative and metal fans. i don't think anyone really cared too much for the music, so i stuck to hard trance and nu-skool breaks, but everyone was just interested in the turntables cause they had never seen anyone up close spinning. I let the owner of the house fuck around a minute just so everyone could see that it's actually harder than it looks. Granted, the friends that i brought were the only ones REALLY dancing, but i still had people looking at me. Defianately good for experience. Good intimate atmosphere where the musicians were asking me technical questions, some people were dancing, and some had glow sticks, and plus they paid me in beer I stopped playing every once in a while so they could start up the stereo, just to keep the vibe good.Other than that, when people bitch.. be friendly. As the dj, it's your job to set the mood. Especially at a house party, you can't constantly make people listen to stuff they don't want to hear. Play some cd's and take a break, get a beer and mingle, then go back and kick it up again. |
Are you a DJ of the people, or a DJ for yourself?
While I'm spinning my favorite house tracks, people constantly come up to me with hip hop requests. So I play some hip hop, and everyone goes nuts. As long as they have fun and I can play SOME music I really like, everyone wins. I don't expect them to love all of my music.
Play the cheese hop if you have to.
You can still learn all about crowd dynamics in these situations. You also get to play on a loud system and the DJing out experience wont be so bad once you get to play that gig when you can play your style.
Cheers
Nem
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| Originally posted by Nemesis44 Play the cheese hop if you have to. You can still learn all about crowd dynamics in these situations. You also get to play on a loud system and the DJing out experience wont be so bad once you get to play that gig when you can play your style. |
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| Originally posted by Trance Nutter When someone asks for 50 Cent, do a Sasha and throw a vinyl into the crowd, hope it decapitates a few people - that'll quickly teach them to only ask for GOOD MUSIC (50 Cent is neither good, nor music) |
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