i've never entered in one before, i have 15 mins to wow the crowd and judges, winner gets a roster slot on the new big name production team in town

my plan is to put my production background into use and do up my own edits and mashups and also produce up a new dj intro and outro with effects and my name

what i'm looking for is some cool acapellas or some suggestions to make my set stand out even more

i'll be playing clubby electro stuff, 132-135 bpm range

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don't really venture much into electro so I can't help you there, but since the dj booth only has a small handful of active people, why don't you try posting this in music discussion as well?

(not making this a "omg wrong forum" reply, just thinking you'd more opinions there than here)

in any case, good luck man!

goodluck

i'm pretty confident on this one, as long as i don't draw a bad timeslot, there is maybe one or 2 djs on the bill that i'm concerned about

really, it's the mashup i want to do... perhaps i should consult the production forum

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I'll copy this thread over for you mate so both threads are updated with content from both forums

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Originally posted by Tony Morello make my set stand out

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Originally posted by Tony Morello i'll be playing clubby electro stuff, 132-135 bpm range

Does not compute

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Originally posted by woscar Does not compute

if i want gigs, gotta play what the crowds want, which unfortunately means dirty electro in calgary, and that really sucks

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Then your set will not stand out. There are tons of DJs playing top 40 music and dirty electro. It's the new "IN". Good luck either way.

15 minutes? god damn. i dont know you might want to try a tenminmix type thing.

i would just cue each track past 3 minutes and start slamming shit in left and right like i was girl talk except actually mixing.

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well do what a regular mix entails, a sonic journey but shorter with all it's variations that come with it.

Make sure to build expectation throughout the mix, many surprises around the corner.

Vary the speeds at which you are playing taking the crowd though ups and downs, peaks and valleys.
The mix cannot be one straight line in this kind of context.



Know your cue points, mix ins and outs.
Be prepared to improvise if the crowd reaction doesn't pick up. I don't believe you should change genres or anything as it's vital for you to stay true to what you are doing, but be ready for less than positive results
Ly comment does not stem from what genre you may be playing but from the fact that many djs regardless of genres in this context(and sometimes while playing out) really don't play the crowd as much as they should...but this subject has been covered many times before .

Play dubstep, that way you'll be able to fit like 6 songs in your mix

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J Levels is...decent...damn better than a lot of the shite dominating the charts at the moment. It sounds absolutely nothing like...a billion and one similar tracks in this big-room style. I always had a soft spot.