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Originally posted by kixalot Tracks I haven't heard 10,000 times. Which is near impossible to find lately.

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what do you listen to?

Good intro, good outro, a nice flow (be it from slow - medium or from medium - fast), with some unknown tracks that I havent heard before.

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Originally posted by DOOMBOT What makes a good set?

a good dj

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Track selection.

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the holy trinity: tracklist, mixing and flow.

a good set is just like a good steak. u gotta have all the ingredients to make it taste good.

so u gotta have a nice intro (preferably) and work out with some songs that are not going full force (i guess unless u like hardcore or some retarded shit)
anyways the mixing has to be dead on and if ur a dj like myself u can hear when someone is fucking up REALLY EASILY. and i know from experience i do look for the fuckups because then i judge (everybody else does too).
then u gotta apply some heat to the songs..eventually adding more and u gotta study your crowd (unless its a mix @ home)
seeing how the crowd reacts is vital to success.
eventually just go nuts hit it hard and make sure if ur a dj that u as well go nuts while spinning. no one likes a dj that just stands there and does nothing except mix. we love it when they start jumping and going nuts because it pumps us up too.

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Originally posted by Mike_Foyle a good dj

& the right crowd

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Last edited by sandstorm03 on Jun-09-2006 at 15:15

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Originally posted by RapidFire the holy trinity: tracklist, mixing and flow.

err, that's no trinity; saying mixing is what makes a good set is like saying that using a camera is what makes a good picture, and the flow comes from the track selection, not independently.

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People who own my ass: Citric Acid, Boomer187, Tribu, Sand Leaper,
Jackson, venomX, jamie, Renegade, Konjin, Akridrot, Miss Bliss.
Psy-T - Down The Rabbit Hole (400minute long acid set)

Track selection (unpredictable, new material) & flow above all else for me

A DJ who has real ability to from techy, hard stuf to lift it up again is also a real plus point. So many DJ's go hard and stay hard and cant find ways to bring a crowd back up again.

For me it really depends...


1. It a club:


It's pretty much about the tunes and tunes only. I wanna hear good mixing too of course, but so long as the tracks are great, then flow and mixing takes the back seat. The track for me have to be solid, not floor fillers or popular tracks.

Best from my experience for this: Matt Hardwick

Worste: Judge Jules


2. On a CD:


Flow, opening/ending mixing skill and tunes pretty much all the same. I expect near perfect mixing, with interesting openers and finishers. My favorite sets do nothing but flow from the opener too. Some weaker sets start immensly, but tail off on the 2nd tune cause they simply can't compete with a brilliant opening track.

I also like to hear fresh tracks, not always have to be fresh off the CD burner either, just rare or over looked or from an unsigned artist. New tracks that make you think, wow. This is mint!!!

Best for this: J00F, Nick Warren & Scott Bond (and of course I guess you can say Sasha and Digweed.)

Worste: Tiesto (He is hit or miss with mix cd's) and more or less ANY so called club/dance CD not compiled by someone with half an idea of what they are doing.


3. Internet Radio


Very similar to CD's. I like DJs who play what they like, not what they think other people will like. You get alot of DJs who will play something just because a lot of others are. For me the stand apart DJs will play what they like, whilst keeping mixing, flow and stuff in mind. Or will play something for a reason.

Best: Manuel Le Saux, Ultrafusion/Mike Mackay (where the fuck has this guy gone?!), Graham Gold.

Worste: Can't think of any, but I am sure you lot can.

if its funky, its prob good.

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Originally posted by sandstorm03 & the right crowd

+ lots of other things to!

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