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On Friday I'm going to dj for our school during lunch. I'm really looking forward to this. The only problem is the music. How do I slowly introduce high school kids to house music when they don't know the difference between house and trance

My current tracklist is

Steve Angello & Sebastian Ingrosso - 82-83
JL Henney - Me And My Moog (Cass & Tom Mangan Mix)
Eric Prydz - Proper Education (club mix)
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Angello & Ingrosso Vocal)
Pryda - Remember
eric smax and thomas gold - our roots
The drill - The drill
Stardust - music sounds better with you < intro is hard to mix
Carl cox - latin theme < thinking of taking this out.
Whos Who - Not So Dirty

The set needs to be approximately 45 minutes

The more and more I practice this set. The more I realize that some of the songs are just not meant to go together. such as
the drill - the drill > stardust - music sounds better with you
Sounds like shit

My question is. Can anybody provide me with the name of some songs that are more pop-house? Maybe some popular remixes, songs that go well with people that have never heard house music? I'm thinking about throwing Faithless - music matters (axwell remix) and
flg - hands up 4 Detroit in there

Pretty much I'm just looking for some advice because this will also be my first gig.

do you like the swedish house mafia

Re: Music for Highschool

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Originally posted by Factor VIII flg - hands up 4 Detroit in there

As much as I hate to say you probably should throw that in since they're all unfamiliar with edm and it will pwn them all.

is this like a lunch dance party? i mean aren't people going to be eating? It would be hard for me to eat my sandwhich when the drill is playing.

Personally I would save that tracklist for a dance party, I don't understand how that works with a high school cafeteria, but then again, I've never met you or been to your high school. just seems like the energy might be under-appreciated in this venue

I used to have music workshops held at high schools and in all honesty, it's best to stay on the more pop-oriented stuff. You could even throw in some really cheesy crap like what they hear on Dance Dance Revolution (what high schooler hasn't played it at least once). The key is to not violate them so that they skirmish away from it. There are plenty of pop remixes out there, these are solid dance tracks to "introduce" them into EDM. Keep in mind that if they're interested, they'll soon discover that there is more to EDM than the pop regenerated songs.

As for your mixing, I'm certain that they won't be a bit concerned by it. Just do your best and remember it's more about exposing them to EDM than how good you are on the decks.

lots of rmxs mate. i did something similar about a year back at our high school (but it was after school) and ppl seemed to enjoy lots of rmxs of famous tracks and stuff from the swedish house mafia and ppl like mylo.

btw your gonna get lots of requests for rap songs

yea.. on that energy level.. try to keep the mix more progressive than "clubby"

i dont really know much house music just a general suggestion

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Originally posted by TwistedDUO As for your mixing, I'm certain that they won't be a bit concerned by it. Just do your best and remember it's more about exposing them to EDM than how good you are on the decks.

Thats so ture.

If i had to do something like this now i would play stuff like this:

1. Scissor Sisters - I Don't Feel Like Dancing (Paper Faces Rmx)
2. Prydz Vs. Floyd - Proper Education
3. Axwell Ft. Steve Edwards - Watch The SunRise (Vocal Dub)
4. Olav Basoski - Waterman
5. Eurythimics - Sweet Dreams (Angello Rmx)

just a few tracks and not in anay order but just to give you an idea.

Hope i have helped you out

Eric Prydz - Call On Me
They will enjoy it.

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Originally posted by nefardec is this like a lunch dance party? i mean aren't people going to be eating? It would be hard for me to eat my sandwhich when the drill is playing. Personally I would save that tracklist for a dance party, I don't understand how that works with a high school cafeteria, but then again, I've never met you or been to your high school. just seems like the energy might be under-appreciated in this venue

We don't have a cafeteria at our school. Kids just eat outside around the buildings and in a central area called the quad. I was thinking the same thing about eating and dancing too, but then I realized that kids at our school don't eat during lunch, lunch is just a social hour.

Thanks everyone for the good advice.
I'm going to rework my track list tonight, play it a few times and see how it sounds from there.
I'll be back.

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Originally posted by Factor VIII We don't have a cafeteria at our school. Kids just eat outside around the buildings and in a central area called the quad. I was thinking the same thing about eating and dancing too, but then I realized that kids at our school don't eat during lunch, lunch is just a social hour. Thanks everyone for the good advice. I'm going to rework my track list tonight, play it a few times and see how it sounds from there. I'll be back.

yeh its the same at our school no one eats because there is no where to eat lol

So I made a few changes to my set


Steve Angello & Sebastian Ingrosso - 82-83
JL Henney - Me And My Moog (Cass & Tom Mangan Mix)
Eric Prydz - Proper Education (club mix)
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Angello & Ingrosso Vocal)
Pryda - Remember
flg - hands up 4 detroit <<<*
The drill - The drill
Michael Grey - the weekned (club mix) <<<*
Faithless - Music Matters (Axwell remix) <<<*
Tomaz v Filterheadz - sunshine <<<*
Whos Who - Not So Dirty
Stardust - Music sounds better with you <<<<*

It sounds much better now.

Proper Education! haha! good choice

Neat idea, DJing during lunch. I just went to the library mostly during high school. Worked on homework, talked with some people who were there..studied, wrote, surfed the web..yeah. I saved my lunch money for CDs (mostly trance and progressive, and some other forms of EDM). Put some remixes of pop tracks. Although that might not be the "cool" thing to do on here, it would definitely work for high school kids.

what school do you go to? the way you describe your HS sounds a lot like my old high school.

Definetly throw in a couple remixes, I would stick one early in your set to grab your audience's attention. High school kids are so impatient, they will write you off in a second if you dont play something that interests them. Prpoer education is definetly a great choice for that.

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what school do you go to? the way you describe your HS sounds a lot like my old high school.

I go to foothill HS.
I'm trying to find some good remixes. I would probably have an easier time if my HD wouldn't of crashed 2 weeks ago
Anybody have the names of some current popular remixes?
I checked radio 1's Pete Tong weekend jumpstart but nothing caught my eye.

I was thinking of putting in "Freemasons Love On My Mind (Back To Philly Mix)" I would probably remove

Steve Angello & Sebastian Ingrosso - 82-83

It's a little bit long and repetitive.

dont forget

supermode - tell me why



... tell me whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

After playing all these pop remixes, you should finish your set with Aphex Twin - Come To Daddy

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Originally posted by djdk After playing all these pop remixes, you should finish your set with Aphex Twin - Come To Daddy

ahaha... that would rule

About a month ago I threw a party that was supposed to be a "rave," however... that would probably never happen here in Columbia, SC. I decided to play house music the whole night, but had to throw in stuff that people would know, or would sound like something that that they should know. I still received requests for rap, hip hop, and country (wtf?) music. All you have to do is one of three things: 1) say "I'll play it," and never play it 2) say "I don't mix shit like that" / "I don't have any of that" or 3) (which worked for me) "you came to a 'rave,' what the hell were you expecting?"

Luckily, we had about the same (if not more) amount of people that would have bitched about rap/hip hop than the ones that were bitching about house music. You just have to deal with people.

Better yet, just bring turntables... then you can really say "can't play it."

Nelly Furtado - Say It Right (Friscia & Lamboy Mix)

WTF kind of cool-ass school do you go to? I would've never had an opportunity like this in my school, lol.

Pretty cool opportunity.

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Originally posted by ill0gical0ne I still received requests for rap, hip hop, and country (wtf?) music

OMFG

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Originally posted by Beatflux OMFG

people here are really annoying...

I'm sorry, but every club or bar (besides a gay bar) here in town that I've ever been to plays music that I hate, if I'm throwing a party, it's going to be my type of music being played.

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Originally posted by ill0gical0ne people here are really annoying... I'm sorry, but every club or bar (besides a gay bar) here in town that I've ever been to plays music that I hate, if I'm throwing a party, it's going to be my type of music being played.

AMEN!

That's pretty cool that you've gotten a gig playing at your school during school hours (normally its Prom-only).

Although I haven't been in this specific situation, I have played at a prom for the local High School. During the night we got a lot of requests, ranging from new Top-40 tracks to slow-dance tracks (ballads). Be prepared to take requests (bring a note pad to keep track of em), and be respectful when telling them 'no'. Bring your Promo-Only and Now CDs, since no matter how hard you try to get your crowd to like the EDM tunes, you may be forced (by the principal or other higher-up) to play their music.

A tune that worked at the prom was Shapeshifters' "Lola's Theme". That track went off like a bomb. Out of the 400+ people on the dance floor, I'd say about 380 of them were jumping! I didn't have much time to try other tracks, but Daft Punk's "One More Time", Madonna's new tracks, or the new remix of Queen's "Another One Bites The Dust" might work really well.

Otherwise, don't fret too much about your mixing, since most of the audience will care more about what tunes you are playing. If a mix goes bad don't freak out, but do a simple fade-in, fade-out and move on. You're probably using a shitty PA that the school is lending to you. If that's the case, then keep a ear out for your sound levels, as it could be really easy to distort your bass, etc.

Other tracks to try (off the top of my head):

Pussycat Dolls: Don't Cha (Kaskade Club Mix)
Mary J Blige: Be Without You (Remix)
Benny Benassi - Satisfaction (it mey get requested as "that Wendy's commercial song")

and if you get hounded for Hip-Hop, drop this as a nice way to say "f*** you":
Aphex Twin - Windowlicker

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