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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN hmmm. how do you combat this? do you wait a few (hundred) years til you actually really like that 10pm minimal progressive electro, or do you just make sure your demos are representative of your style(s)?? only asking coz im a 140 bpm epic trance slut, and awfully worried about looking like super amateur guy you can only play what you like after all.....

im not flaming, i just want to know what you mean? until you ctually start to enjoy prog electro mininal? or til its on at the club? im not flaming or being rude, but i think whatever your point is it may have some merit,. i just dont get it.

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haha, im not even sure if thats a real genre

what i mean is, a good dj has a wide taste in music and can pick a good crate for any timeslot. im not. i only like trance. i hate everything else. and if the trance moves too far towards prog, or really hard trance, i hate it too

so im asking for advice re nem\'s comment \"Don\'t disrespect your timeslot. DJ\'s and clubbers alike will hate you for it.\"

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I think I know where you're going with that.

I am kind of in the same boat you are because of my taste in Trance. Even if you're a 140 bpm slut, you'll still have tracks that buildup to the peak stuff (I'm sure you don't come out banging it out). You should just play more of that stuff.

If you don't have more buildup stuff, you'll eventually get it over time. How long have you been DJing? If you're newer to it (less than a year), then you'll see more of it as your collection grows : )

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Originally posted by davemolina If you don't have more buildup stuff, you'll eventually get it over time. How long have you been DJing? If you're newer to it (less than a year), then you'll see more of it as your collection grows : )

hehe. im still in the bedroom. 17 months or so of bedrooming i own about 90 records. 150 odd tunes. and yeah, theyre mostly bangers vinyl is expensive. im not gonna buy stuff i dont love if i can help it. i *do* have a few, lower tempo trancers i like. but i can hardly play the same tunes everytime!!

can you just pitch everything down??

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You can, but it still retains a very busy element to it.

I do know where you are coming from, trust me and I think by the time you make the jump to playing out, you'll have some good tracks to get you through it.

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Originally posted by Dirk W. People in Dallas aren't *ssholes. Just look at me, I live in Dallas.

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN hehe. im still in the bedroom. 17 months or so of bedrooming i own about 90 records. 150 odd tunes. and yeah, theyre mostly bangers vinyl is expensive. im not gonna buy stuff i dont love if i can help it. i *do* have a few, lower tempo trancers i like. but i can hardly play the same tunes everytime!! can you just pitch everything down??

honestly, I see where you're coming from but you need more diversity in your record bag. When I first started buying vinyl all I did was buy trance bombs and then it occured to me, what the hell would I play if I opened up a night. Since then my tastes have changed a lot and I never really get higher than about 133 BPMs. But if all you play is like 140 BPM hard or epic trance, you're gonna be very very limited in where and when you can play. No one wants to walk into a club at 11:00 and hear NU NRG tracks.

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^^^ What he said. You should expand your horizons. I also started buying only trance records but you must embrace progressive. Slow those records down a bit, you'll appreciate it one day.

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Originally posted by zizack No one wants to walk into a club at 11:00 and hear NU NRG tracks.

not true!! i do!

but yes, i agree with you. but i cant force myself to like something i dont. my tastes are always expanding, just awfully slowly

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Originally posted by davemolina by the time you make the jump to playing out, you'll have some good tracks to get you through it.

well actually, that jump is pretty close imo. so im in lots of trouble!!!

edit: theres no way im embracing prog. sorry.

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN not true!! i do! but yes, i agree with you. but i cant force myself to like something i dont. my tastes are always expanding, just awfully slowly well actually, that jump is pretty close imo. so im in lots of trouble!!! edit: theres no way im embracing prog. sorry.

well, when I was buying trance stuff, there was always some progressive tracks that i was into...basically slower trance....

I have no idea what the EDM scene is like in Australia, but here in NYC its domianted by house music.So, people walking into a club and trance being played is just not an option. I'd pay close attention to what the guys who open for bigger trance acts are playing and go from there.

Its weird...if 3 years ago somebody were to tell me I would drop trance all together and I'd be spinning hopuse msic I'd laugh my ass off. But you need to adapt if you want to play outside of the bedroom.

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Originally posted by zizack but here in NYC its domianted by house music.

yeah, pretty much the same where im from. it makes me cry but id prefer to play in my room forever than EVER drop a house tune. i know. im useless!!

when and if the time comes im just gonna go on a buying frenzy for deeper trancers. thats all i can do really.

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN yeah, pretty much the same where im from. it makes me cry but id prefer to play in my room forever than EVER drop a house tune. i know. im useless!! when and if the time comes im just gonna go on a buying frenzy for deeper trancers. thats all i can do really.

haha, i'm not saying to go out and buy like straight up house tracks...but there is a lot of trancey stuff out there thats slower and housier that you can definitely get away with playing early in a night. Check out some of Markus Sculz's Coldharbour records....there's a lot of slower, less aggressive trancey sounds on those records that would work perfectly in an opening setting while staying true to the trance theme.

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