Lets be honest. On average, if you had a gig that was about 2 hours long at a new place, how many crates of music do you bring? Do you bring your whole lot, or can you get away with 1 crate? Some ppl bring their whole lot just for the comfort level, while some bring only 2 crates. For those of you who haul in 1 crate or even less, why? Do you know before hand what youre gonna spin? Is there an ettiquette on the number of vinyls that you shoud bring because id be suspicious if i hired a DJ who brought in only 1 crate of music.

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one crate = ~50 records
even if you play them all, for say 3 minutes(hell..thats not long @ all) you still have 150 minutes of music, which will do you fine for a 2 hour set.

Tho I have yet to see a DJ show up w/ crates, its always a flight case or travel bag.

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in my last gig I played 5 hours
and I had 75records with me (1 crate)...
I played only 42 tracks...
And I never make a tracklist in advance... I just take records
that fit together.

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If there are other djs (who are generous) at your gig they might lend you vinyl which they arent gonna plau. And if you have a big vinyl collection. Bring heaps prob all of them, coz the chances are another dj will drop 'THAT TUNE' before your gig starts and you'd be wondering what to play.

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yea, 60 records will do you just fine

take about 100 with you (which usually = about 1 record bag or flight case) and you'll be sitting pretty

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My bag holds around 90 records (officially anyway). That would be enough for a 4 hour set easily, you will not play all the records and you can still have varying styles to fit into any situation. I have never played more than 4 hours, but if I was I would maybe consider taking another small bag just to make sure.

Try to remember that some vinyl has 2 or even 3 good unique tunes on them, 90 records could easily contain about 150+ tunes!!!

VERY WELL PUT

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I use cds when I spin, so I will take two cd cases, which can hold 104 cd each. I burn the best mix of each of the singles that I buy onto a separate cd (so I don't loose them, scratch the original, have them get stolen, and so I don't accidentally overplay into the next track) each, so I have 208 discs, and it's very light and compact. I could easily take more, but there is really no point. I usually only spin the stuff that I've found recently anyway, or the stuff that I still love from the classics. Overall, 17 hours of music is way more than I could ever use, but you never know what the groove is going to be like, so I will always be prepared!

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Originally posted by Dj Flesch I use cds when I spin, so I will take two cd cases, which can hold 104 cd each. I burn the best mix of each of the singles that I buy onto a separate cd (so I don't loose them, scratch the original, have them get stolen, and so I don't accidentally overplay into the next track) each, so I have 208 discs, and it's very light and compact. I could easily take more, but there is really no point. I usually only spin the stuff that I've found recently anyway, or the stuff that I still love from the classics. Overall, 17 hours of music is way more than I could ever use, but you never know what the groove is going to be like, so I will always be prepared!

This should be a whole new different thread, but since you mentioned it . . .
The mp3s you have, are they from ripped vinyls that you have, or are they downloaded? With CDJs becoming more popular, youd think theyd sell more CD singles specifically made for DJing.

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I suggest planning in advance what kind of vinyls you bring according to what type of crowd you're going to play in front of... common sense..


and 60~100 vinyls is a normal number

There is nothing wrogn with planning out a set. In fact, If I pay a DJ 4 grand to play for 1.5 hours or so, he better has some tricks lined up. I don't want to see him flying through his bag half the time trying to find tracks. I would show up prepared with at least the set I want to play + 10 fill in records in case your big tunes are played before you. ANd then I'd bring another 1 hour set just for back up. That's done easily with a 50 record flight case.

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Originally posted by DJ-Kuza There is nothing wrogn with planning out a set. In fact, If I pay a DJ 4 grand to play for 1.5 hours or so, he better has some tricks lined up. I don't want to see him flying through his bag half the time trying to find tracks. I would show up prepared with at least the set I want to play + 10 fill in records in case your big tunes are played before you. ANd then I'd bring another 1 hour set just for back up. That's done easily with a 50 record flight case.

Planning up to a point is acceptable, but I have witnessed DJ's playing the same set on numerous occasions over the past few years. that shows no skill whatsoever. Yes if I am doing extremely complex tricks I will practise them before hand, but a good DJ should be able to pull of tricks whenever they are required.

If I pay a DJ 4 grand I want something unique, not a rehashed set they have been playing elsewhere!