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| Pinokio |
I have aquestion, do you people that play in clubs , or do live raido shows, plan and practice your sdets, before you play them?
or you just improvise
I Dj but only in bedroom, i dotn feel i'm still a pro, coz i need to plan my sets, i can make good ones, but i have to practice them.
all star djs also you thinkt hey plan their sets, or they just improvise.
Thanks... |
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| Mike123 |
| I use to when I first started, but I don't anymore. |
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| IntegraR0064 |
Reading the crowd is key. Your set will change a lot depending on how the crowd feels about a certain track, etc. Plus it's just so much more fun not to be doing something you've rehearsed a whole bunch of times.
So I don't think any dj who is any good plans his sets.
Of course, that doesn't mean you can't know , from practice, which tracks go together well....possibly even do a transition that you've done a lot before...but the set as a whole shouldn't be planned. |
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| Pinokio |
Thanks,
yeah thats why i think i'm still not ready to play live in a club.
I just can make good mixes but with practice.
I just feel in a hurry to play, coz her ein my country there is only 1 trance DJ and all others play hous emusic,
and i would like to teach them trance. but i dotn wanna get there untill I fel i can improvise my set reading the crowd. |
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| dinoXpress |
i dont plan my sets so to speak, unless im recording a demo, in which case i do to an extent, but even when im recording a demo, i can still move it a lil different ways...
its all about track selection. figure out what goes with that, organize them in your head in terms of energy and feel and just feel it. |
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| Mike123 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Pinokio
Thanks,
yeah thats why i think i'm still not ready to play live in a club.
I just can make good mixes but with practice.
I just feel in a hurry to play, coz her ein my country there is only 1 trance DJ and all others play hous emusic,
and i would like to teach them trance. but i dotn wanna get there untill I fel i can improvise my set reading the crowd. |
You'll get there. Just keep on practicing. That is the only way you will get better. Also, what helped me and still does, is I am always listening to my music. I always keep my i-pod up to date with new tracks that I purchase, and I'm always burning cds of sets that I do when I practice and take them in the car with me whenever I have to go somewhere. Like everyone else is saying, you have to know your music. It is a VERY important part of djing. Record your sets if you have the tools to do so, then listen to them. Don't just listen to the parts when your mixing, but listen to the WHOLE set. Listen to how you did on building your set.
Mike |
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| DannyO |
| Like said above, it will all come to you with practice, I do a radio show and never plan my sets, I just go with the flow, as for playing to a crowd, I think its easier, you read the crowd and its like you know what you have to do, where as in a bedroom your staring at a wall, wheres the inspiration in that, sometimes doing sets in my room feels like a job which it shouldn't be, I find getting out and having fun you lay down your best sets, all about state of mind......oh man, I think I've gone off topic..... |
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| dj_lane |
| I used to plan my sets for my gigs, but I feel that you arent even "live" if everything is picked already. The best and most important skill as a DJ is to read the crowd, Internet DJs dont learn that[unless you play out too :D ] |
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| Sleet |
| I know a few transitions that sound really BAD so I stay away from those, but I mix most any song with any other song. I just base my set on energy and similarity of tracks. Totally unplanned. |
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| DJ_TWiLiGHT |
| quote: | Originally posted by dj_lane
I used to plan my sets for my gigs, but I feel that you arent even "live" if everything is picked already. The best and most important skill as a DJ is to read the crowd, ] |
I'll second that, I'm getting a demo put together to hand out at Blue Shift, and it's pretty much just a show case. But even in my living room, I'm in that groove 120% with my tracks I'll pretend there's a crowd there and it moves me differently every time I get in there. Being absolutely behind your tracks is just as important as the mixing, don't be boring (please don't take that wrong) have fun with it at ALL times!!! |
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| veezee |
ive only played out a handful of times.. most times i have an idea of what i want to play.. usually i like to have my first and last track planned.. if i have some ideas for transitions that I really like, i will throw them in.. when playing out i fill my crate by throwing all the records that i for sure want in there somewhere, then i grab some fillers and of course a couple of oldys.. seems to work good.. and since i dont like flipping through my records alot while playing live, i will make sure it is not a full box i bring .. :)
Jay |
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| Vyper0987 |
| As a beginning dj, it's scary to play out. The first time I played out, I had like the first 8 songs lined up that I was gonna play. I practiced them a bunch. I guess it just makes you feel comfortable at first. When I actually got there and got on the decks, I played the first two that I practiced and then started playing totally different tracks that I hadn't really practiced. Being comfortable in the booth will allow you to get into the crowd, atmosphere and music much better and you'll find out that you won't need to plan your sets. |
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