what do you do with breakdowns? let them play? drop a beat behind? chnge the song b4 the breadown?

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i call my psychiatrist, she usually helps me out.

on a serious note, why wouldn't you play the breakdown?

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sometimes it's just really cool to have a moment of silence in the room, then a bunch of people start to whistle and yell, and then just drop a fucking bomb or so. Sometimes the crowd go nuts, sometimes they don't, anyway, screw them who don't !!! Just an idea but sounds cool to me.

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breakdowns r there for good reasons
1 - it builds alot of energy into the track in the build up gets the crowd going
2 - u would kill people from dancing to much without breakdowns people do need a rest once in a while

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Depends on the track. I usually let the breakdown play, but I don't have that much breakdowns during a set. I spin mostly progressive, breaks and tech-house, and those songs usually don't have much of a breakdown in them.

Whenever I play trance though, I usually just let the breakdown play. It builds up a certain tension, it makes people excited. As your set progresses, you can always pick songs that don't have a breakdown (or a very short one) to keep the energy going.

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Originally posted by dj jasonF what do you do with breakdowns? let them play? drop a beat behind? chnge the song b4 the breadown?

I have to agree with the majority here and say leave them in. They serve a purpose and it's pretty awesome when people start going mental during the break right before the track starts banging again. A word of warning, if you drop track after track that have immense breakdowns (almost into silence) you might end up boring the crowd to death. It's nice to have a good breakdown every once in a while but over and over can deflate the energy a bit.

One of my pet hates is DJ's who feel the need to mix the kick of the incoming track over the top of a breakdown. Really pisses me off - I honestly can't see the need. If the producer wanted a massive kick dwarfing all those pads and little melodic motifs, he would've programmed it into the tune. Leave it out!

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Whats with you people and having issues with breakdowns?? I've never seen so many complaints and problems with a portion of a track with no beat. Thats a part of most music, and unless your on a serious crack high, or rolling mad balls, breakdowns are good.

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Originally posted by Wraith A word of warning, if you drop track after track that have immense breakdowns (almost into silence) you might end up boring the crowd to death. It's nice to have a good breakdown every once in a while but over and over can deflate the energy a bit.

Word...

I've seen many a floor clear off to the bar after one too many break downs =)

Damnit.

Instead of asking us on a forum, why not start playing around with ideas until you come up with something awesome? DJing is all about being flexible and having no limitations. You have virtually every piece of music ever published at your fingertips, and an infinte amount of ways to combine them. The sooner you free yourself from these formulas that will never ever work consistantly, the sooner you'll start to really kick ass.

There is no formula to DJing.

There is no formula to DJing.

There is no formula to DJing.

There is no formula to DJing.

There is no formula to DJing.

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Last edited by nrjizer on Nov-06-2004 at 20:42

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Originally posted by sebjr Word... I've seen many a floor clear off to the bar after one too many break downs =)

no prob with breakdowns. i love them =). up there is the reason i made this threat