it's a buzz when you find a wicked tune and you want to record it as soon as possible, the problem with being a dj/producer is that you rarely enjoy the music as much as someone who is just an EDM head you only look if it will fit well on your sets and create mayhem on the floor or if it is well produced or not... this is kinda sad, learning how to identify what cheesy and mainstream tracks are good is difficult too, you've to like them and is quite introspective because is probably against all your music principles.

you just need to get over yourself. There are plenty of room fillers that approach the asymptote of cheesy but don't quite reach it. If anything, I can't stand djs that play a full 2 hours of complete monotonous drivel. That isn't djing, that is self gratification.

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Originally posted by Mad for Brad I like Brad Pitt movies. I find his average acting and bone structure soothing. That doesn't make me gay.

He is perfect for some roles (Fight Club, obv.; Burn After Reading; Inglourious Basterds), although pretty mediocre in others (Meet Joe Black; Troy).

He does have excellent bone structure.

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GOin back to the subject post :


I become a fan facebook ,twitter,myspace of my djs and then get UPDATES of new mixes and even PERSONAL messages telling me they have new album ,gig or special FREE mix @ soundcloud

And Dha falling my djs specially trough WMC I discover few of erik prydz and more )

I feel lucky here in Chicago they play a small intimate venue and always fallow the dj to ask him what was he just played , sometimes i get the updates others I have to wait until they're released ....

Beatport is a great source as well subscribing to podcast and sometimes here on tranceaddict!

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Last edited by Zo on Dec-16-2010 at 06:03

i forgot another picking criteria Major Key > Minor Key happy feeling songs is what people look for when they go clubbing, don't want to cry like a baby because the chord progression was stunning. In short, think what would your woman friends would like, a dj has to play for the audience and boys often like EDM while girls are more picky (in a bad sense, i don't want to be sexist but most girls have horrible taste, they seem much more influenciable but the mainstream trends.

Rodri your whole post is irrelevant because you're a commercial DJ - i.e. a glorified jukebox. Everyone knows that these kinds of crowds are backwards when it comes to hearing new music, and only ever want to hear something they know and can sing along to.

If you want to try and introduce new songs to your audience, try dropping them earlier in your set, before peak time. Then each week, move the new song later and later into your set until the crowd starts to recognise it and wants to hear it with all the other anthems.

A real DJ only has to worry about playing good music; his crowd will appreciate the music, even if they don't know it. In fact, I prefer not to know any of the songs when I got to see someone play. That's the whole point of it for me.

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Originally posted by Rodri Santos Major Key > Minor Key

no wonder u suck.

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Originally posted by Domesticated Rodri your whole post is irrelevant ... A real DJ ...

A bit of 'matter of opinion' here

The fact is we ALL have to play to the crowd. Some of us will choose to focus on gigs where what the crowd wants and what we want to play are as similar as possible, others will prioritise availability of gigs / size of crowd / money over getting to play exactly what we want.

If you don't adjust your set to suit what the crowd wants, the chances are you're either shit, or you are doing it but don't realise you are.


And playing commercial gigs doesn't make you any less of a DJ, but it can (not always) restrict the creative input you can have.

I'd reword that 2nd paragraph to start "A lucky DJ ..." as that premise completely depends on the crowd, not the DJ and I think I've seen very few crowds where every single person was completely happy with every single track the DJ was playing.

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i have been chosen 2nd best dj of my area (involving 4 million inhabitants) and i have a residency in a 3 floor club, yes, i must suck because i made my way to this playing commercial shit, if you don't want to follow my advice it's up to you i made my way to here pissing off all my principles but now i am at a good venue where i can express myself as i want and i don't regret. (This for Kenny Rogers) What's the matter with major key tracks?

I find more difficult playing to a mainstream crowd than playing for an EDM crowd, the only handicap you have with an EDM crowd is that you've to be technically as much flawless as you can but people don't give a fuck if you play house, techno, trance they only want to dance and to see a cohesive set. Here playing good music can be enough but a dj must read the crowd properly because playing good music isn't enough if becomes repetitive and you don't do something to fix this it will be compared as bad music.

I gave this generic advice because generally most djs play what they want instead of playing what people wants (i started playing uplifting trance, you can guess how much sucess i had when people only wanted David Guetta) but you can start commercially and make your way to what you want to play, big names start commercially if you look closely you can't blast your audience since the first minute because that won't work.

Last edited by Rodri Santos on Dec-18-2010 at 16:56

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Originally posted by Stu Cox The fact is we ALL have to play to the crowd. Some of us will choose to focus on gigs where what the crowd wants and what we want to play are as similar as possible, others will prioritise availability of gigs / size of crowd / money over getting to play exactly what we want. If you don't adjust your set to suit what the crowd wants, the chances are you're either shit, or you are doing it but don't realise you are. And playing commercial gigs doesn't make you any less of a DJ, but it can (not always) restrict the creative input you can have. I'd reword that 2nd paragraph to start "A lucky DJ ..." as that premise completely depends on the crowd, not the DJ and I think I've seen very few crowds where every single person was completely happy with every single track the DJ was playing.

Very well said.

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