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hmm
Imagine your'e playing alone all night. Play would you would play for the first two hours whether you're stopping after two hours or after eight hours. If you were playing all night you would pace yourself, not over do it, not wear people out, save the bombs for later on in the night. So play like that as it's always worked for me when i've opened for others and i've found it to be a pretty safe rule that works. It's when dj's start to think that they are playing a two hour set and not two of eight that it becomes a problem
unless it's a festival with lots of dj's doing short sets or ASOT or something where everyone is booked to shine on their own then the above concept goes out the window and everyone just rocks their set.
To be more specific i agree with a lot of posters, Don't be boring, light builds to get people into it, some vocals for sure but don't bang it out, no massive drum rolls etc. But don't do this on account of the dj after you, do it on account of the time of the night and the length of the night just as if you were playing alone all night (see point one) 
Another example is would you play a track you would normally play at the end of the night at midnight? no of course not but lots of dj's do as they think the night ends when they end and will drop some beatport #1 that would be must better suited 4 hours later.
Again this is not about the dj after you, it's about the crowd and the night in this specific type of two dj, headliner with a long set, opener plays to warm up type situation.
you guys agree with this? i'm open for discussion if not.
Maxg
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