Anyone here, during their sets, switch genres significantly? I don't mean like, for example, playing a prog house tune, then going into prog breaks and back into prog house again, but like going into trance from prog house or vice versa. Is this capable of being pulled off?

Too big changes mess up the flow of your set I think If I switch genre from trance to prog.. I make sure my last trance track is a track with low bpm and "the right sound"..

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Well I was planning on mixing in older trance, which has a little lower BPM than current tunes.

Depends on what type of set if your saying, one in a club, it generally depends on what the croud want and how they are fealing obviously you progress your music to the time/croud, but if your saying about a mix where you record it for other peoples listening purposes its going to be analized alot more.

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Originally posted by TruffleShuffle Anyone here, during their sets, switch genres significantly? I don't mean like, for example, playing a prog house tune, then going into prog breaks and back into prog house again, but like going into trance from prog house or vice versa. Is this capable of being pulled off?

I'll start my sets with some prog house, then I'll get into some trance in the middle of the set. It is a great build that way, cause prog house moves slower than trance as far as the bpm's go. Just gotta slowly speed the tracks as you go.

van dyk a pulled this off plenty of times. take a look at some of his set lists. he'll bump up the bpm's about +8% on the housey song.

i think anything is possible, if you know the right way to do it.

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I do this all the time. It is my style to start with prog and then prog breaks and then trance.

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there are so many songs that cross over into multiple genres that it shoudln't be too difficult if you use the right songs. I think like, goign straight from a dark progressive house track to an Armin track might be a little hard and wouldn't work too well, but there are crossover tracks that could transition between the two for example.

Last edited by Zack Roth on Mar-23-2005 at 20:20

With Zizack on this one.
There so many crossover tracks that bridge gaps between genres that it's really not difficult at all.
The thing to avoid though is a sudden change because that can sound really wanky.
Also remember that you never want to go from a more energy filled style to a lesser one.

I do this change all the time as a lot of guys who warm up for me will often play quite proggy, and I don't see any reason to be drastic unless it's having a bad effect on the dancel floor.
The only issue I have sometimes is that it's coming on to midnight and a lot of guys are still being too stingy with the bpm.
I usually like to play quite funky before I play trance anyways and may use this to get people on the dance floor as part of being a DJ is inspiring people to move and it's a lot easier with funky stuff than it is with hands in the air stuff.
Once you have them then give them Euphoria but only when the time is right.

Cheers
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Thanks for the replies guys. By the way, for those of you who mix both prog and trance, what are some tunes you use to bridge the gap between the BPMs?

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Originally posted by TruffleShuffle Thanks for the replies guys. By the way, for those of you who mix both prog and trance, what are some tunes you use to bridge the gap between the BPMs?

lol, noooooo, not again!!!!!!!!!!!!

dude, don't be intimidated by going to record shops. Its fun, and one of the coolest things about being a DJ....finding music on your own. I still don't get why you want to play what everyone else tells you to play. Go to an online record shop like www.4djsonly.com and listen to their progressive section and find out, ON YOUR OWN, what tracks work.

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Originally posted by zizack lol, noooooo, not again!!!!!!!!!!!! dude, don't be intimidated by going to record shops. Its fun, and one of the coolest things about being a DJ....finding music on your own. I still don't get why you want to play what everyone else tells you to play. Go to an online record shop like www.4djsonly.com and listen to their progressive section and find out, ON YOUR OWN, what tracks work.

+1

By spending some time on online stores such as beatport, I've been able to find really cool tunes that I hadn't heard of anyone else play before and that sounded awesome for my set structure. Do this and you'll be surprised how easily you'll develop your own style. Try to be groundbreaking, not just a copycat.

Cheers and good luck!

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