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Posted by hiram on Mar-16-2007 23:58:

got back from my gig!!!

im making the leap from bedroom DJ to playing at a major local club(Pawnshop.. for you locals). ill be closing from 3:45 to 5 am and im nervous as fuckkkk as you can imagine. i have no idea wat style the Djs before me will be playing or how im going to keep the energy flowing if our styles arent alike. any tips from the veterans???

Posted by MattDomestik on Mar-17-2007 00:02:

Slow down in the DJ booth and relax! Take your time mixing, don't rush mixes and don't try to play all your best records right away.

Have Fun!

Posted by Atmos on Mar-17-2007 00:11:

What club dude? I live here in Miami. Anyway, I've never played at a club so good luck...

Posted by hiram on Mar-17-2007 00:13:

quote:
Originally posted by Atmos
What club dude? I live here in Miami. Anyway, I've never played at a club so good luck...

pawnshop lounge in downtown

Posted by Boomer187 on Mar-17-2007 00:15:

relax and try to enjoy it. I noticed i would get nervous and rush a lil bit. Ends up sounding like poop. So have a few relaxer drinks, then just go buck wild.

Posted by T-Soma on Mar-17-2007 00:22:

I think since you are closing up it would be good to bang out the good stuff early in your set then start breaking it down for the last portion.

Posted by s3nate on Mar-17-2007 01:34:

Just relax and have fun!

Posted by hiram on Mar-17-2007 01:54:

thanks guys ill keep all this in mind. the Djs before me should be playing electro house so ill keep it going with that and close it out with some tribal

Posted by Tony Morello on Mar-17-2007 01:59:

take your time

relax

have a couple drinks, not too many, just a couple, it will help keep you from playing basketball with the needle when you go to put it down (trust me, you'll see)

have fun, smile, show them you're into it too

if you have a bad mix, get over it and move on, the crowd will forget about it pretty quickly, especially if you drop in a banging tune

since you're closing, try maintain the energy from the dj before you, mix out of his track if you can, you can hammer away then taper off like suggested or if you can maintain that energy ride it right til they tell you to stop

once again, have fun

Posted by T-Soma on Mar-17-2007 02:02:

quote:
Originally posted by Tony Morello
have a couple drinks, not too many, just a couple, it will help keep you from playing basketball with the needle when you go to put it down (trust me, you'll see)

Haha and it will stop you from thinking youv just done the best transition in the world when your actually creating one hell of a train wreck.

Posted by ZeJayMan on Mar-17-2007 02:09:

Pre game dump.

Posted by hiram on Mar-17-2007 02:10:

lol a few drinks a is deff a must. im just scared of the crowd that is still gonna be there. i just feel like theres gonna be a shit load of trainspotters picking appart every mix. then again not everyone in the crowd is a DJ

Posted by Boomer187 on Mar-17-2007 02:13:

quote:
Originally posted by hiram
lol a few drinks a is deff a must. im just scared of the crowd that is still gonna be there. i just feel like theres gonna be a shit load of trainspotters picking appart every mix. then again not everyone in the crowd is a DJ

oh yea, there is one thing you will learn....90% - 95% will never notice a mistake, and who cares about the rest . just keep on rockin.

Posted by Clovis on Mar-17-2007 02:18:

quote:
Originally posted by Boomer187
oh yea, there is one thing you will learn....90% - 95% will never notice a mistake, and who cares about the rest . just keep on rockin.

+1 most of the time when I'm trying to mix flawlessly I've realised I was only doing it for myself.

Posted by punjabi on Mar-17-2007 02:31:

quote:
Originally posted by hiram
then again not everyone in the crowd is a DJ

Exactly. I'd guess no more than 3% of them are.

Posted by Ministerio on Mar-17-2007 03:34:

Congrats! May I ask how you went about getting the gig/contacts?

*takes out pen and paper*

Posted by nefardec on Mar-17-2007 03:45:

nice gig man!

it's all about hitting it with confidence in your music and yourself

a couple drinks like was stated is very helpful to this end

Posted by hiram on Mar-17-2007 03:53:

quote:
Originally posted by Ministerio
Congrats! May I ask how you went about getting the gig/contacts?

*takes out pen and paper*

my girlfriends sister is dating someone who throws parties there..

Posted by T-Soma on Mar-17-2007 05:06:

Owww... don't try mix window licker while intoxicated...

Posted by hiram on Mar-17-2007 08:58:

just got back from the gig and it was a blast. played for an hour and i did pretty well. i met the owner who told me he wants me back in may-july. pretty exited about being wanted back. only downside was the mixer which i wasnt used to. it was a Rane which doesnt let me listen to both channels at once which is how i mix. but i just cranked the booth monitor up and that did the trick. thanks to all who gave their imput!!!

Posted by Xtracktor on Mar-17-2007 09:03:

quote:
Originally posted by Clovis
+1 most of the time when I'm trying to mix flawlessly I've realised I was only doing it for myself.

For me too!

Posted by Atmos on Mar-17-2007 13:12:

You used the master/cue blend knob? Damn, I hate Rane's ... I'm not used to them either.

Posted by Ryan0751 on Mar-17-2007 13:34:

Rane rotaries don't have that.

And if it's their first model, you can't even cue two things at once in the headphones (they have a knob to select which channel is cue'd in the phones).

This is why you REALLY need to learn to mix using monitors.

quote:
Originally posted by Atmos
You used the master/cue blend knob? Damn, I hate Rane's ... I'm not used to them either.

Posted by miamitranceman on Mar-17-2007 14:55:

quote:
Originally posted by hiram
my girlfriends sister is dating someone who throws parties there..

Damn, my sister promotes there every Thurs night...maybe I should start looking into something there too!

Posted by Atmos on Mar-17-2007 16:10:

quote:
Originally posted by Ryan0751
Rane rotaries don't have that.

And if it's their first model, you can't even cue two things at once in the headphones (they have a knob to select which channel is cue'd in the phones).

This is why you REALLY need to learn to mix using monitors.

Yea I'm not too familiar with mixing through monitors...I have been spoiled I guess. Gonna look into it though...if I'm to start sending demos to clubs and talking to promoters.

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