Lets start with a little background. I went to some club last night (View, for all you Clevelanders). The DJ was spinning tech trance + some cheese and was pretty bad (trainwrecked more times than I could count). I was a bit drunk and started talking to the promoter. I informed him that I'm a bedroom DJ and have been at it for 8 months and that I'm already much better then the DJ that was playing. Needless to say, dude gave me his card and asked me to compile a demo for him.

The problem is that I'm a newbie and I suck at phrasing (although I can beatmatch well). The guy told me to get in touch with him before July and he may book me for a night.

I know that most of you guys will say that I'm not ready (which I'm not at this point), but I don't think such an opportunity comes often. What do you guys suggest? I'm done with school and have lots of time now to practice.

i suggest move it to dj booth

where is view? i grew up in cleveland

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Originally posted by nefardec i suggest move it to dj booth where is view? i grew up in cleveland

It's on Prospect. It's a bit to the east of ontario.

Yea, I figured that I should give it a shot, since I know I'm better then the guy that played tonight. However, i've never played in front of big crowds. I imagine that it's a bit intimidating.

EDIT: How hard is it to spin on CDJ1000 MK3s? I have Denon S1000 at home and I can't stand the crappy pitch resolution. I like to do long transitions, so I have to ride the pitch quite a bit at some points.

Last edited by Andryuha on May-13-2007 at 14:01

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Originally posted by Andryuha I imagine that it's a bit intimidating.

only if you let it be

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Of course you should go man. I mean, if the guys does crappy trainwrecks transitions it shouldnt be too hard to out-mix him? Plus, im guessing 80% of all clubbers as in most of clubs doesnt really notice anything unless the cd skips badly.

Try to find out what kinda music they want to played at the club so that it fits their audience. Compile a mix and record it and then send it to the promoter. Since it will be your first time in front of an real audience on a club of course you'll be a bit nervous.

How do you know if you're ready or not if you havnt tried? Good luck!

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do it, but if you can't even phrase correctly yet, you're not ready.

^^^^what he said^^^^

Also, you're in for a nasty shock if you expect to be able to walk into a club and beatmatch with the same ease that you can in the bedroom because you'll have all the reverb and echo.

Walk before you run.

Jarv

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Originally posted by Jarvmeister ^^^^what he said^^^^ Also, you're in for a nasty shock if you expect to be able to walk into a club and beatmatch with the same ease that you can in the bedroom because you'll have all the reverb and echo. Walk before you run. Jarv

To be fair you can't exactly practise beatmatching with all the reverb and echo until you actually get out there and play in a club.

I say go for it, if the DJ that they are currently hiring is as crap as you say then you've got nothing to lose and then you'll be getting some good 'on the job' practice.

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stay glued to the decks 'till you can phrase. its pretty easy actually. just cue your records and let go ONLY on the 1st beat of a phrase (meaning cue up the 1st beat of the phrase in the track you wanna mix and... AND let it go on the first beat of the phrase of the track thats already playing). you can normally tell what part of the phrase the ongoing track is at by listening to a few beats. there should be a crash or a distinct change in sound telling you a new one has started most of the times.

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count ur bars

everything happens in 4's

every 4th, 8th, 16th, 32nd, bar


just count and ull understand how a trance trance is created

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Originally posted by theognis1002 yes follow Inertia count ur bars everything happens in 4's every 4th, 8th, 16th, 32nd, bar just count and ull understand how a trance trance is created

oh, I understand the concept, but counting gets a bit tedious. My biggest problem is that I usually mix in the incoming track right after a breakdown, cymbal crash, etc. and then after about one bar, you hear the breakdown or crash on the incoming track. It sounds very awkward to have 2 crashes in a row

Dude, send me a PM and I will try and explain it for you, there are ways to do this without counting as such.
In time it should become second nature.

The other thing, technically you could argue that you are not ready but on the other hand you will find that your level of learning increases tenfold when you get into a club scenario. Go for it man!

Besides if the promoter is prepared to give you the time then go for it.

There are also ways to get around the echo and reverb in a club. You will get used to it.

Cheers
Nem

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