a good record is a good record.

play what you like.

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greg corbett | schedule | party107.com tracklists
slyxster | johnson & corbett | deepwav3 |
Progressive Transmission on Party107.com every Wed @ 5pm PST (8pm EST / 1am GMT)
Pacific Coast Frequencies on Danceradioglobal.com - trance every 1st Tues @ 4pm PST (7pm EST / 12midnight GMT)
Upcoming Gigs: none scheduled
Past gigs:
Phoenix Echo Aug 8th, 2009,
Believe @ Redroom, Feb and May 2009
Gareth Emery Boat Party - Aug 8th, 2008
Phoenix Outdoor Party - Aug 16th, 2008

more pearls of wisdom from Nem

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Originally posted by dukes more pearls of wisdom from Nem

More like stating the obvious...

Nem

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I personally spend less than 1/4 of my money on "big name" tracks, and really try to listen through a lot of unknown stuff, in search of hidden gems.

One of the main reasons that I bought turntables in the first place was that I wanted to eventually bring my specific taste in trance to the local scene. There are a ton of talented local DJs in my hometown, but most of them don't spin the stuff that I personally enjoy.

I think that a good trance set needs to include some of the big anthem tracks, but it's also important to introduce people to tracks that they haven't heard before. I guess you have to play for the crowd, but I think it's also important to be at least partially selfish and play for yourself.

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DJ Kibon - August 2004

i play uk hard house, and since barely anyone spins it in the US, when i play out, most of the stuff i have people never heard. my method is i usually play one or two classics to get the crowds attention, then i mix it up with some newer tracks and a few of ny older faves that they probably never heard before anyway..i know i never heard anyone else spin them!

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trance is my heart and soul

I’m the other way round, I couldn’t play an up-front set if some one paid me to. My wants list is crammed with old tunes, outnumbering the new(ish) ones to about 25 to 1.

Still, I am cultivating a damn fine record collection.

where i live club tracks are timeless, because 90% of clubbers here would have no idea of just about any trance track.

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Originally posted by TwoPlow I think you guys have it all wrong. It's not how new it is, it's how much people have heard it. It can be a song from years ago, but if it was almost never played, even then, it will be just as good as a new record. People have gotten so caught up in thinking that only the newest records matter, that they skip over a lot of really good older stuff. It's not just technical skill and track selection that makes a DJ, it's also digging skill. At least thats what makes a true DJ.

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well said. agreed.

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i love me some trance

I wish you guys would stop thinking that there are hard and fast rules to this.

It's about you as a DJ. Build it up right and you could drop the bloody 'Sound of Music' and people would still go nuts.
You could also have the best new tune in the world that no one has heard yet, but if you drop it at the wrong time it might go down like a sh!t sandwich.

Learn about dancefloor dynamics... will take you far further than the most credible tune ever could.

Cheers
Nem

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Nem is abolsutely right.

And even if you were a slave to a rule like this of when is vinyl to old, why would you want to limit yourself?

Be different, be creative.

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where i live club tracks are timeless, because 90% of clubbers here would have no idea of just about any trance track.

i couldn't agree more, and no matter how hard us tranceheads in the u.s.a. wish that trance was more popular, its not. so basically whatever i spin is mostly unheard of, only by the hardcore addicts like me! =D. i'm actually trying to get a radio show on my university's fm station. and because i live in nyc, that could end up getting pretty big because out of this whole metropolitan area, there is not ONE trance radio show. i'm looking to have one of the first.

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Originally posted by trancinchink out of this whole metropolitan area, there is not ONE trance radio show. i'm looking to have one of the first.

I would say go for it. But it does surprise me that there isn't a single radio show that does trance.
Do it, who knows what you may start and where it will take you.

Good luck.
Nem

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