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| insectman |
Just curious as to how long you guys normally spend behind the decks when you have a mix. Do you prefere 1 hour relentless tune after tune sessions or marathon 6 hour sets locked up in your bedroom?
as much as I love locking myself away and building up a set it just doesn't happen these days. I either mess up a couple of mixes in a row, or just generally not like the direction its going (due to lack of new tunes) and lose motivation.
Havent had more than a hour and half mix for a good while now.
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just curious about your guys mixing habbits. |
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| TwiloNYC |
| I think the longest I've mixed was ~3hrs. On average no more than 1hr and not everyday. I lose interest fast since I just stare at a blank wall when I spin and I find it hard to fit even an hour of spin time due to work, social life, etc. |
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| Chris d(-_-)b |
| It all depends on my motivation. I usually play for about 45 minutes but sometimes i get carried away and play for maybe 2 hours. Though, two hours is max at home. At a gig, i prefer always to play with a fellow dj. That way, i won't get bored and the set gets more "flavour". After all, 6-7 hours is a long time to spinn even if the music is good. |
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| pumavisor808 |
Lately, I've been doing about 70 minutes every other day and recording it.. just to see how it comes out...
The longest I've ever done was 9 hours at a party @ my friends house. He lives on a farm about an 1hr out of town and has a few big parties each year... I spun for 9 hours straight with maybe 3 or 4 small breaks through the night.. By midway thru the night I sounded better than I ever had. Def. was one of the best nights out DJing for me...
But usually there's at least 3 or 4 of dj'ing so we usually break it up thru the night. |
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| cryo |
| just curious puma, are there pics of your party at the site in your sig? |
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| IKKI-ZUVK |
| I suck big time, my beatmatching is awful "getting better though" and I don't have more than 40 records but I spend in my room 2-5 hours almost everyday. Someday I'll do it right and then I'll spin for a londer period of time . |
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| pumavisor808 |
| quote: | Originally posted by cryo
just curious puma, are there pics of your party at the site in your sig? |
There are some from a few parties up @ there house on the site...
Nothing special... but if you want to check them out...go right ahead.
It's like getting back to nature and partying @ the same time.. They have a small trailer in the back that is the main area where the hook up everything...There's times when someone's dj's, the'll be drum circles going on and people playing keyboards/guitar @ the same time...
I don't bring my tables & stuff up... just use what they have, but still it's fun! Going up there is always a good break from going to clubs all the time
I'm actually in the middle of updating my site, so it's kind of a mess... but here's the link
afterhoursny.com |
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| brian |
| On average, I usually mix anywhere from 60 to 80 mins. As TwiloNYC said, it gets boring looking at a wall...so by the time 80 or 90 mins hits, I'm ready to stop because my tune selection begins to slip. |
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| bia |
| i mix for about 45 minutes every other day, or every couple of days by myself......it does get boring staring at a wall, but i hung up a van gogh picture--that's even boring....my boyfriend and i and one of our friends spin sometimes for like 4 hours, taking turns and that works out great.....we get breaks, and get to watch eachother and learn, since we have only been doing it for 2 months....people come over and hang out and we spin all night....and get better;) - i hope:nervous: |
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| Freak |
At work- 4 hours - 3 times a week. and once a week (saturdays) is 5 and a half hours
Outside of that maybe the odd 30 mins or something every now and then- but doing it at work is more than enough.
Besides- playing in the bedroom is kinda boring when you are used to playing to packed clubs.lol |
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| dartman |
| i usually just start out meaning to do a few mixes and maybe play a couple new tunes that i got. sometimes it just ends after a couple mixes, if i am "off" that day, but sometimes i totally rip up and then i play for like an hour and half to two hours. two hours is pretty much tops at my house because i either get bored, run out of new tunes, dont like the direction i am going in, or get too drunk. working on my 3rd beer i am the man, after i'm done with number 5 its all down hill |
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| PhilL |
| quote: | Originally posted by insectman
Just curious as to how long you guys normally spend behind the decks when you have a mix. Do you prefere 1 hour relentless tune after tune sessions or marathon 6 hour sets locked up in your bedroom?
just curious about your guys mixing habbits. |
I practice for a hour or so at least every other day. I often won't do a full mix but will have lots of ideas on a running list I keep, and will experiment pulling several of those together. (Last nights experiment was to see if I could mix Deux > Ian Browns F.E.A.R Unkle Mix) > Ed Stone 6 Feet underground > ColdPlay Clocks (Trifactor Mix), now I've got a new 38 Minute mix set).
I play using Vinyl, CD's and Traktor on my laptop, so running out of tunes to practice with ain't a problem as I'll download to audition stuff I want to experiment with. If it sounds good then I'll buy the music. I never play a track live at a gig without 'owning' the track first, so sometimes ideas get shelved for several months while I try to find that rare Promo remix on acetate.:toocool: It gets expensive though and I'm cutting back as my average month on vinyl and CD's runs $400.00
I don't get bored coz one night I might feel like a good dose of Hard Trance the next might be Breaks, the following might be leftfield-Downtempo, the night after might be Euro-Dance, followed by a Tribal-Tech night.
I don't play live REAL often when I do its for 2-3 hours and its mostly gigs up in Seattle coz almosty all my stuff is U.K. European, The local Dance - Trance scene in Portland Oregon, is tiny, very narrow and way too commercial, If it ain't playing on the local Dance music station (and I use the term loosely) they ain't listening. Take the same set to Seattle or Vancouver BC and the atmosphere is electric. When I practice its about getting better so theres always a challenge.
Phil |
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