Erm.....how would you actually know that the people who are going to show up are non-Trance lovers.

Hmm...Numbers...I hate to crunch them but here's the stretch: Trance is the fastest growing dance genre on Earth. Dispute that with record-breaking record companies that sell trance. Arr...anyways...

Your job, IMO, is to allow that sense of build up.....learn to lead your crowd onto your music, and not vice versa. What's the point of being a tranceaddict, you know damn well how people respond to trance...let them hear trance...

Why are melodies so catchy since the classical/renaissance age and have such a huge following? beats me...

Are these people at that party stereotypical of trance? If they are, play the some progressive vocal track...like thrillseekers - dreaming of you....if they stare at you....change it to wavy gravy, if they like it...play the whole entire Sasha album.....do an experiment, play trance and then progressive....and see how the room responds.....the energy lies in your hands....

And if you are spinning at a Jazz club...I've just wasted my time..

If I were you, I would draw out my collection and fry them with trance magik. lol

Keep us updated on what you played...

The usual thing to do when you know nothing about the taste of the crowd is to start with the more commercial stuff (yup even dance), and see how they react. If you get a good response, you could dig deeper...

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Originally posted by Dj Thy The usual thing to do when you know nothing about the taste of the crowd is to start with the more commercial stuff (yup even dance), and see how they react. If you get a good response, you could dig deeper...

i think that's the best way to start when you know nothing about the crowd

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Well, it isn't a jazzbar but it's kind a bar or something and the people there are really mixed(mmhhh bad translation?) so you mean go with the commercial Trance(like....wait..."dj sammy - heaven" or "Ian van Dahl" or "Dee Dee" or such shit.. )
ok i thank you for your help...know now what to practise

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Please be yourself and spin what you want to spin. How do you ever expect to make a name for yourself if you "sell out" and spin "commercial trance". Ask yourself why you became a dj? For me that answer is because I want to give the people I spin in front of an opportunity to listen to the killer tracks that I've found that they cannot hear anywhere else except for my set! Let me also ask you this: If you go to a club, do you have a better time dancing to a dj that spins tracks that you've already heard a hundred times at a dozen other clubs, or do you have a better time with the dj that spins great tracks that you've never heard before. I, especially as a dj, am sick of the tracks, no matter how good, that get (over)played every time I go out to a club. I expect the djs to find and spin the NEW stuff, not rank 1 - airwave and alice dj - better off alone because chances are, I've already heard the dj before you play that or will hear the dj after you spin that.

Be yourself! Make your own style!

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Well, it isn't a jazzbar but it's kind a bar or something and the people there are really mixed(mmhhh bad translation?)

The place where I ususally go is full of 'mixed crowd'.
But when the DJ plays something like Reeloop - Fucking Society or something they all go nuts.

I would try to put in some of Blank & Jones's productions. They sound a bit commercial in some ways (no offence though, I like the music they make), and are (almost) always danceable.

What i'm trying to say is: don't play to much commercial shit, but try to play commercial sounding shit... Or play a remix of a well known track.

And if all else fails: play a track with some breakbeats in it. That tends to work sometimes, don't know why, but those kids love it.

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Originally posted by Dj Flesch Please be yourself and spin what you want to spin. How do you ever expect to make a name for yourself if you "sell out" and spin "commercial trance". Ask yourself why you became a dj? For me that answer is because I want to give the people I spin in front of an opportunity to listen to the killer tracks that I've found that they cannot hear anywhere else except for my set! Let me also ask you this: If you go to a club, do you have a better time dancing to a dj that spins tracks that you've already heard a hundred times at a dozen other clubs, or do you have a better time with the dj that spins great tracks that you've never heard before. I, especially as a dj, am sick of the tracks, no matter how good, that get (over)played every time I go out to a club. I expect the djs to find and spin the NEW stuff, not rank 1 - airwave and alice dj - better off alone because chances are, I've already heard the dj before you play that or will hear the dj after you spin that. Be yourself! Make your own style!

Of course, but it's not because you like certain music that the crowd likes it. After all, you are still hired to please the crowd. What's the use of spinning your own style when you clear the dancefloor by doing that?
If you know the crowd, there's no problem, do your stuff.
But if they are unknown to you, get to know them first. I'm not saying you should play cheese. Just try to see if they like the more accesible stuff first. Usually even one track is enough, you just need to see how they react. Move on according to their reaction.

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Originally posted by Dj Thy Of course, but it's not because you like certain music that the crowd likes it. After all, you are still hired to please the crowd. What's the use of spinning your own style when you clear the dancefloor by doing that? If you know the crowd, there's no problem, do your stuff. But if they are unknown to you, get to know them first. I'm not saying you should play cheese. Just try to see if they like the more accesible stuff first. Usually even one track is enough, you just need to see how they react. Move on according to their reaction.

You are right, the dj is hired to please a crowd, but why would someone hire a trance dj if they know that the crowd won't like trance? And why would a trance dj accept a job when he/she knows that the crowd isn't into trance? I am a trance dj, and I don't have top 40 hits or RnB or DnB. I couldn't spin that stuff if I wanted to because I don't have the music too! I only buy what I like, and if I don't like it, I won't spin it. That makes me the dj that I am, and that is what makes each dj his/her own. Do you think that oakenfold, tiesto etc, play popular tracks to "please the crowd"? They are the ones who make the tracks popular in the first place and bring the great music to the people. That is a dj's job! There are enough trance lovers out there that if I play what I like, then I know there will be enough people who haven't heard the stuff I spin before. That is what makes a great set. Bringing music that hasn't been heard before to the people who haven't heard it!