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Posted by FuzzyGreen on Nov-10-2004 02:45:

What do you do while...

When you have a five minute track playing out and you already have your next track beatmatched and cued up?

Do you:

A. Pretend that you are looking for a certain record
B. Dance
C. Stand around and look stupid
d. Drink your beer
e. talk to your buddies off to the side of the booth
f. leave the tables and walk around
g. turn knobs on the mixer like you are actually playing the song live

Believe it or not I've seen Dj's do all of the above.

Posted by Cheetah86 on Nov-10-2004 02:51:

Sometimes I stare at the groove of the playing record just to know how much 'til the breakdown, how much longer is left in the breakdown, how much is left of the song, etc. It beats staring into space while the song is playing.

Posted by Briden on Nov-10-2004 02:56:

Re: What do you do while...

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Originally posted by FuzzyGreen
When you have a five minute track playing out and you already have your next track beatmatched and cued up?

Do you:

[QUOTE]Originally posted by FuzzyGreen
A. Pretend that you are looking for a certain record

well.. not pretend, but i DO look for the next record, and leave it up so i can grab it right away after taking the outgoing out

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Originally posted by FuzzyGreen
B. Dance

yep. jump up and down, scream, whatever

quote:
Originally posted by FuzzyGreen
C. Stand around and look stupid

I try not to

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Originally posted by FuzzyGreen
d. Drink your beer

yep, but it's rum and coke

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Originally posted by FuzzyGreen
e. talk to your buddies off to the side of the booth

yep, or the dj i am taggin with

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Originally posted by FuzzyGreen
f. leave the tables and walk around

not usually, unless tagging with someone and going 3 songs each or summat.

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Originally posted by FuzzyGreen
g. turn knobs on the mixer like you are actually playing the song live

well, i turn the right knobs and faders so I am actually effecting the song live. even better is when there is an FX unit to f*ck with.

quote:
Originally posted by FuzzyGreen

Believe it or not I've seen Dj's do all of the above.

and whilst doing it all, i usually leave the other record playing, to get the pitch super fined tuned for a smooth mix. or, if there are 3 tables going, throw the next one in.

I also like to bring in the incoming early, as a teaser, then bring it out, recue and bring back in later.

Posted by Mr.Mystery on Nov-10-2004 03:07:

Re: What do you do while...

quote:
Originally posted by FuzzyGreen

B. Dance
d. Drink your beer
e. talk to your buddies off to the side of the booth

Not all the 3 at the same time, obviously

Posted by D Dubya on Nov-10-2004 03:08:

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quote:
Originally posted by Briden
yep, but it's rum and coke

high-five.

Posted by Briden on Nov-10-2004 03:45:

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Originally posted by Mr.Mystery
Not all the 3 at the same time, obviously

you've never seen me spin obviously.

photo from our last gig, i'm the one with my hand in the air.

rum and coke all the way!

Posted by DannyO on Nov-10-2004 04:53:

H. mac on the honeys in the club

Hmm not common though, but I usually either tweek the EQs and change the track abit, or mess with the effects and try and add something to the playing track, or drink beer, or cue up my next track if there is a third deck, but if there is a third I try and think up a way of throwing in an accapella and really blowing the crowd away.

But its been awhile since I was last in front of an crowd.

Posted by on Nov-10-2004 05:17:

Tweek the EQ's, Drink beer, chat with mates that are chillin, respond to MSN msg's... Or like posted above.. just let the cued track keep play to get it as precise as possible. It make look like you are having a hell of a time beatmatching to the crowd... but really, you just making it as smoooooooth as possible...

Posted by tu_face on Nov-10-2004 09:27:

i beatmatch something else on another deck and whack it in over the top.

gives you something to do for 5 minutes

Posted by nrjizer on Nov-10-2004 09:52:

beatmatch on my third deck and/or sample off it.

Posted by montie on Nov-10-2004 11:57:

drink my gin and tonic
light up a cigarette
talk to my buddies
and make sure i have the next track as perfectly beatmatched as possible

or if the track isn't too interesting, get a track that is in a compatible key and mix that one in and forget about waiting for the outro

Posted by FirstBorn on Nov-10-2004 12:03:

Usually I dance, bounce about, have a laugh and generally try to connect with the crowd. The more enthusiastic you are about the music, the more enthusiastic your dancefloor will be.

The few-minute-wait you described is also great for going through your box and starting to plan the next few tracks. I generally try to think between 10-30 minutes ahead and try to plan tracks accordingly.

Posted by Mr.Mystery on Nov-10-2004 14:50:

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quote:
Originally posted by Briden
you've never seen me spin obviously.

Isn't it kinda hard to dance and drink at the same time?

Posted by djxtension on Nov-10-2004 14:52:

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quote:
Originally posted by Mr.Mystery
Isn't it kinda hard to dance and drink at the same time?

No. It is the easiest way to solve your drinking problems. You never drink too much...

Posted by Dzokayi on Nov-10-2004 16:31:

Nobody has women lined up to talk to them?

Posted by tu_face on Nov-10-2004 16:33:

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Originally posted by Dzokayi
Nobody has women lined up to talk to them?

nope, too busy so they decide to give up

Posted by djxtension on Nov-10-2004 16:34:

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Originally posted by Dzokayi
Nobody has women lined up to talk to them?

Shhhhttt...

You almost revealed the secret to being a sucessfull dj...

Posted by Boomer187 on Nov-10-2004 16:54:

ha ive walked out into the crowd and danced....I love the better sound quality out there.

other than that I drink mah beer and jam out to the current track.

Posted by Scottaculous on Nov-10-2004 17:02:

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Originally posted by tu_face
nope, too busy so they decide to give up

haha, this is so true. i ask them to wait a moment because i'm mixing. what i "forgot" to tell people is my mixes takes up to 3 or 4 phrases so they leave.

Posted by wiregen on Nov-10-2004 18:18:

I go physcho and wont wait for the track. I mix 1 min before the breakdown where the buildup of the next track will usally happen...then again all my tracks I edited to my own liking...so Im liking always doing something LOL...those times where I wanna take a break I go around and "interact" with the ladies if you know what I mean heh heh.

Posted by raaven on Nov-11-2004 06:07:

I mix.

If I have a third deck I'll sample off that or tease the new track in.

It's so fucken boring to just fuck around while a track plays. I mean if you have to talk to people or whatever 'cause shit is goin' on around you then whatever but when I'm in a groove fuck off and let me mix damnit.

Just playing and mixing two records from outro to intro is fucken boring.

Posted by tu_face on Nov-11-2004 08:54:

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Originally posted by raaven
I mean if you have to talk to people or whatever 'cause shit is goin' on around you then whatever but when I'm in a groove fuck off and let me mix damnit.

Just playing and mixing two records from outro to intro is fucken boring.

mega-word

Posted by Nemesis44 on Nov-11-2004 10:16:

The way I see it is that if you have enough time to pretend to do something then you might as well do it. Make yourself busy.

Nem

Posted by djshan on Nov-11-2004 19:15:

masturbate

Posted by D Dubya on Nov-11-2004 19:38:

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Originally posted by djshan
masturbate

I haven't tried that one yet....

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