im making the leap from bedroom DJ to playing at a major local club(Pawnshop.. for you locals). ill be closing from 3:45 to 5 am and im nervous as fuckkkk as you can imagine. i have no idea wat style the Djs before me will be playing or how im going to keep the energy flowing if our styles arent alike. any tips from the veterans???

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Last edited by hiram on Mar-17-2007 at 08:54

Slow down in the DJ booth and relax! Take your time mixing, don't rush mixes and don't try to play all your best records right away.

Have Fun!

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What club dude? I live here in Miami. Anyway, I've never played at a club so good luck...

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Originally posted by Atmos What club dude? I live here in Miami. Anyway, I've never played at a club so good luck...

pawnshop lounge in downtown

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relax and try to enjoy it. I noticed i would get nervous and rush a lil bit. Ends up sounding like poop. So have a few relaxer drinks, then just go buck wild.

I think since you are closing up it would be good to bang out the good stuff early in your set then start breaking it down for the last portion.

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thanks guys ill keep all this in mind. the Djs before me should be playing electro house so ill keep it going with that and close it out with some tribal

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take your time

relax

have a couple drinks, not too many, just a couple, it will help keep you from playing basketball with the needle when you go to put it down (trust me, you'll see)

have fun, smile, show them you're into it too

if you have a bad mix, get over it and move on, the crowd will forget about it pretty quickly, especially if you drop in a banging tune

since you're closing, try maintain the energy from the dj before you, mix out of his track if you can, you can hammer away then taper off like suggested or if you can maintain that energy ride it right til they tell you to stop

once again, have fun

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Originally posted by Tony Morello have a couple drinks, not too many, just a couple, it will help keep you from playing basketball with the needle when you go to put it down (trust me, you'll see)

Haha and it will stop you from thinking youv just done the best transition in the world when your actually creating one hell of a train wreck.

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lol a few drinks a is deff a must. im just scared of the crowd that is still gonna be there. i just feel like theres gonna be a shit load of trainspotters picking appart every mix. then again not everyone in the crowd is a DJ

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