The problem with house remixes of hip-hop or pop tunes is that they're neither house or hip-hop.

In my (limited) experience playing college parties and school dances...very few people actually like dance remixes of pop tunes. Most people just want to hear actual pop, hip-hop or house.

Think of them like the tofu burgers of the music world. Real vegetarians probably would prefer a real serving of fresh vegetables and every else would prefer a real hamburger...

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Hey everyone, thanks for the great response. I found some pretty good stuff on limewire (Jody Den Broeder, Tony Arzadon, etc). I'm also finding that more and more pop tunes are blurring the line, which makes them easier to mix into house sets. Stuff like Rihanna, Lil Jon, Akon, Kanye, Justin Timberlake, Lil Wayne and more is making it fun for me, while I am working on changing the scene here bit by bit .

I'm going to continue playing here because I actually think the environment, despite the lack of familiarity, is great for a novice dj. I get to play with the crowd and feel out audience tendencies. At the same time, if I screw up at any moment, it's rarely noticed, which lets me hone my chops in a relaxed environment.

If anyone wants any specific tracks I've found, feel free to hit me up.
Also Imu, check your private message inbox for the response to your earlier questions.

I will just say this. If your using in a sense "stolen" MP3's to play parties your just wrong.

Fork over the cash, buy the song legally and then use it to your hearts content to play to people for cash in return.

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Play house :P

Ne-Yo, Usher, 50 Cent (especially 'In da club') and Nelly have songs which are awesome in clubs.

Katy Perry.

funny you should mention katy perry. I actually made a remix of "I kissed a Girl" by sampling "Du What U Du" by Yoshimoto (Prydz remix) that has been going over really well.

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Originally posted by jupiterone jacques lu cont

+1

i still play his remix of depeche mode's, pain that i'm used to

sick sick stuff

whoa...depends what kind of hip hop your crowd listens to too...i mean, if you're playing lil wayne, which is not considered as hip hop to the five percenters, they would rather much want you to play house instead.

but yeah slip in a house track every now and then, shouldn't hurt

being in high school, and mixing house parties, i have pretty much the same problem, the fix that i have found is relatively simple, remix on the fly . its fun, and the crowd really gets into it. if you start with a hip hop track that everyone knows, and bring it out to sandstorm, calabria, etc then as the set progresses mix stuff that most people dont know, it works well. as long as it sounds good, and people dance to it, its all good.

Meet them halfway and play breaks.

im not sure how well breaks would go over with high schoolers, the girls always whine that they "want something they can dance to" and they are rather close minded on the subject.