you spin what you want!!!!!!!!! who care if armin is there after you... you can try to beat him and play all the newest best traxx before his set!! :P

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Originally posted by jeremie you spin what you want!!!!!!!!! who care if armin is there after you... you can try to beat him and play all the newest best traxx before his set!! :P

yeah show your dark side and own

When i'm spinning, armin does the warmup

*wake up call*

Nah i would have no idea, i'd play what i usually play i guess...

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Originally posted by jeremie you spin what you want!!!!!!!!! who care if armin is there after you... you can try to beat him and play all the newest best traxx before his set!! :P

if your warming up for a DJ then you dont try and outdo the DJ, the warm up spot is for getting the crowd ready, making them dance

you dont need to play anthems to outdo a big name DJ you can do that by mixing better, playing unheard/new records that arent widely available even to the big DJs and generally reading the crowd better

djs who wheel out all the big anthems one after another usually cant read the crowd too well IMO unless the crowd wants an anthems night

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Originally posted by jeremie you spin what you want!!!!!!!!!

damn straight.

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Originally posted by jeremie you spin what you want!!!!!!!!! who care if armin is there after you... you can try to beat him and play all the newest best traxx before his set!! :P

this is quite possibly one of the dumbest things i've seen someone say on TA

i suggest you go read the article john fleming wrote on 'resident djs' on his website

http://www.john00fleming.com/


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w h e r e a r e a l l t h e r e s i d e n t D J s ? ?

It occurred to me the other day that we're losing our breed of decent resident DJ's. Don't get me wrong, there are still some awesome resident DJ's all across the World, but they are starting to become very rare. If you're currently a budding DJ then read on, you'll get the best advice that you've ever had in your life ...

The true job of a resident DJ is to warm the night up in preparation for the guest DJ. I think that this is one of the most skilled jobs of a DJ. I've been to far too many gigs where the resident DJ on before me is playing at 100 mph and playing all the big hits?? I've had many of my sets ruined because of this. I have to re-start the night and get people back into the groove of the music, and by the time I've done that half of my set has gone. I've even had DJ's playing all my remixes and productions just before I went on??? Not only does the resident DJ have to warm up the night but they have to do their research into who they are warming up for. It pointless playing Hard House before Paul Oakenfold for example? In this day and age it's easy to research DJ's sets on the internet. Look at what tracks they generally start their sets with. Find out the BPM of those tracks and keep your BPM lower than the guests. Don't play any big anthems. Play some tracks that will lift the crowd enough to get them on the dancefloor. It is a real art form to be able to read a dancefloor and know when to get people going. It is an even more skilled job to get the crowd moving without the use of BIG records. This is a skill that takes years to learn.

Some have this thought that if they out perform the guest DJ that they will be able to blagg that they rocked the night and outdone the guest. 'I played much better than bla bla'. This heavily back fires on them. Not only do they look stupid playing a full-on set at 10pm as the club is filling up, but they piss-off the guest DJ. The next time that guest DJ plays at that club he will request that the club find another DJ to play before him/her. However if the resident DJ does a good job, we WILL request the same resident DJ again and in many cases request him/her again for other gigs in the surrounding area. I have done this along with many of my colleagues.

Yes you will get frustrated that you keep playing warm up sets. It's like any job; you have to work your apprenticeship until you get promoted. But as you get yourself established, especially with big name DJ's requesting for you to play before them, the promoter will eventually give you a later slot. This will eventually happen naturally when DJ's turn up late or have to cancel at the last minute you will be given a main time slot to fill the gap. Eventually you will have the change to prove yourself as a prime time DJ, again something that takes skill. From there on you'll start to get guest appearances at surrounding clubs playing prime-time slots….then you too will realise what make a good resident DJ!!!

Main examples that stand out for me are Gatecrasher's Matt Hardwick. One of the best residents that this country has ever seen. For years he simply warmed up for guest DJ's, but the respect he got for doing such a professional job was rewarding. Just look at where he is today. Jon O'bir is another DJ that is currently proving himself at Gods Kitchen. Again being professional at the job in hand, he has become a firm favourite with us guest DJ's that visit the club. Jon will certainly go places.

I hope that has opened your eyes to the tuff job of a resident DJ. Myself along with my colleagues have all been residents. This is the core of how you will learn to be a good DJ. This is the best way that you learn how to read and control a dance floor. Good luck

i choose my set based on my time slot, not on who's playing before or after me.

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Originally posted by 24K http://www.john00fleming.com/ o c t o b e r 2 0 0 3 w h e r e a r e a l l t h e r e s i d e n t D J s ? ?

Great advice from Fleming. It's always good to hear opinions on things like this from the DJs that the huge masses of people mostly go to see. Seems like a huge issue in terms of courtesy and professionalism.

Thanks for posting that, I've kind of wondered about that myself before.

imo a residency is the most vital part of an aspiring dj's career in the sense that it provides many 'turning-point' opportunities.

In response to the post however.. i'd love to open for sasha but that would require me to play something not too upbeat which is not me..
would also love to open for pvd.. but what i would like to play is alot like what pvd plays, as in track selection.. so our styles may clash??

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Originally posted by jeremie you can try to beat him and play all the newest best traxx before his set!! :P

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When i'm spinning, armin does the warmup

You guys have just made my week !
LMFAO

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