If the crowd enjoys the fast music then keep playing it, if not, slow down a little..

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yeah but the energy of high speed techno sets doesn't quite fit when followed with trance

Have a few hard tracks that you know very well - so you can mix into the previous DJ's set, continue where he left off (tempo-wise) and then gradually slow down the tracks until you get to a comfortable BPM range, then start playing your usual stuff.

The last thing you should do is let the previous DJ's record end before starting your own set.

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Originally posted by skywarp The last thing you should do is let the previous DJ's record end before starting your own set.

WOW, really? i didnt know that. i thought that's a quick tempo-changer... but i suppose i see how that might not go over well...
ive ever just x-fading in, w/o even beatmatching...
can you guys get a little more specific, im not too shure what y'all mean by playing 45 at 33.... that just sounds a little weird, ppl will be thrown off?

are you saying basically, if its hard house at 160, you want to start your set at a slower 130 bpm... so that when you work it up to about 138-140 (3 songs in or so), it seems like its fast or 'normal speed' again??

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45 and 33 are the speed at which ure decks rotate, u know the 2 buttons, 45 is faster and 33 is slower

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Originally posted by boy_luke_y2k 45 and 33 are the speed at which ure decks rotate, u know the 2 buttons, 45 is faster and 33 is slower

haha dude i know that
i mean it sounds WEIRD in most cases... like i dont think your intense e-tards are gonna be happy if all a sudden the bpm gets cut in half

even tho i DO see occasional uses for it, dont see how it helps when following an intense techno/hard house set

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i think that using a backspin then quickly cutting over to your track would be fairly effective, especially if your track has a strong bassline at the start... but then skywarp's idear was good too

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Don't let anyone tell you that you have to mix into the guy your following. I never do that, I prefer to build my own vibe, I dont like working off what someone else has done. Just think of ingenious ways to stop his record, dont just let it run out, use the EQ to drop the bass in and out, turn the power off and let it gring to a halt. anything to keep the atmosphere of the club up. Then do your thing! as long as there's not dead air in the club your fine.

Trinity, stopping the other person's set (as opposed to mixing into it) is the easy way out and I find that it severely disrupts the musical flow of the night (be it a clubnight or an actual party) - unfortunately this is a very common practice, especially among the less experienced DJs. As a DJ you are responsible for delivering a continuous flow of the music, and I don't see why not do just what people hope to hear. Stopping the previous DJ's set should be done as a last resort if the musical ranges are painfully unmixable (ie house -> jungle or something along those lines). But generally there's always a way to make a clean mix into your set. You just have to find creative ways to do it; coming prepared with a few transition records can never hurt either.

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Skywarp, I hear what your saying and I know where your coming from, but I have to disagree, I create new openings for my sets all the time, atmoshperics, tons of melodies with acapellas over them. I try to create my own vibe without losing the musical continunity of the previous Dj. Besides in most of the clubs and raves I've played, in that transition between the Dj's there's usually some promoter who's going to announce to the crowd who's finished and who's coming on whether the crowd know's who they are or not. So I choose to let them do it as we first change instead of them doing it over my first breakdown.

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Originally posted by skywarp But generally there's always a way to make a clean mix into your set. You just have to find creative ways to do it; coming prepared with a few transition records can never hurt either.

heh, just a thought, but if im a trance dj falling a dnb guy, it doesnt help too much if i follow him up with my *own* dillinja record to open my set, does it now?

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