there's nothing to do with downplaying his talents, but his job that night is to build up towards a peak during sasha's set. If opening is not one of your talents, don't be surprised if you get very few bookings, since opening for bigger names is the best way to work your way up the food chain.
I've largely stopped attending events in sydney with up and comer's as they play peaktime sets from beginning to end, there's no progression in the night and very little interest. the skill of building a night seems lost these days, as soon as you can mix reasonably people think they're ready to take over

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he should not have to downplay his talents

If you think that not rocking the dancefloor is downplaying talent, you have no idea what a talented DJ is.

Play loads and loads of trance.

Then hopefully Sasha will follow suit...

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Wow,that's quite an honor! Good luck with your set. I'm sure you have your own style you've developed, so combining that with not playing any of Sasha's songs, you should be fine it wont interfere with his set. It's fine to have 2 DJs in a row who play the same genre when they have their own styles and aren't playing the same tracks. People will be there to see Sasha, but you have to put your best effort into this too, because it's a great opportunity to get some exposure and you always want to do your best at something you love. If you're talking about Holden & Thompson - Nothing, it's always a good track to play.

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Post your idea of what your tracklist will be...

I'd love to get an idea.

And whenever you get a gig from now on it will say "played alongside the likes of Sasha..".

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Originally posted by Colin Andrews Booking a prog and trance DJ is a wide thing to book. Theres everything from the very mellow to the very hard within those genre's so my comment still stand. Its primarily the DJ's responsibility, because most likely the promoter is booking on reputation.

if i turned up to see sasha and the dj was playing trance, id think 'whats this all about..promoters not got a clue'. + i think the promoter should know at least what sort of sound the dj on before the headliner is going to play, not that he 'heard from around the block that the kid's got mad skilzz'.

if i was a promoter i certainly would.

take a listen to sets of jimmy van m when he opens for sasha. that will give you an idea. Think of it was a 'warm-up' before sasha where you want to get people to come on the dancefloor before sasha comes on and you can keep the people entertained and not burned out before sasha hits the decks, so that means more laid back, may be groove deep house style - no trance.


ya, so listen to any Jimmy Van M set where he opens for Sasha.

hey brother, let DJ tadi be a closer.

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congrats Twizta. damn i remember those good ol' days when you were the only one other than me who tuned in to GDJB week after week. and now you are opening for sasha! rock the crowd. some of my friends from hong kong are going to shanghai to see sasha too. good luck!

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and man.. you are only 17 too. way to go.

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Pick tracks with a lot of intensity to them... the kind of tracks that seem to say "oh man, just you wait, what's coming next is gonna blow your mind!" But the mind blower never comes... at least until Sasha arrives.

That's what your job is, to get the crowd itching, just waiting to go off. Don't listen to the idiots who are telling you to go all out and rock the crowd. Be professional, respect your timeslot and respect the fact that it's Sasha's name up on that billboard, not yours.

I say don't go with the melodic kind of stuff, Sasha has been moving away from that lately. Try this track: Burger Industries - Derby (click for sample). That's the sorta sound that makes a great warmup... brooding, intense, really builds up the crowd. Not that you have to take that track to heart, though. Just an example.

Oh, and while it's very important not to go overboard, it's almost equally important not to mellow it out too much either, or your crowd will get bored, and will just sit around waiting for Sasha.

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