Mark another vote for Aira's Dido (AvB Mix), I also like Paris & Sharp's Aphrodite. I usually start it out with something epic like that, and then do something a little more prog to get the feet moving. Epic start gets people uplifted and feeling energized, then prog gets them dancing.

Ray_Finkle: depends on what you're doing when you start, and what you're following... for my radio show I'm starting cold, so I usually use an instrumental introduction to say the station tag and introduce myself... if you're following someone who's finishing pretty hard you'd want a lot less intro.

As for planning playlists, I just play what comes to me to match the mood. I use cds, so I can take my entire stash along with me. I usually figure out a starter and ender first, though.

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as someone said before:
Jan Johnson - Flesh (Tiësto remix)

nice pick ! Its not that energitic right at beginning...
but good enough to warm up the crowd...
then ... at the end of the break... see the power of Trance (how the crowd react)
But I found hard to mix this track with some thing else... the bass line at the end changes...

any of you know a good song to go with this one ?