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Help me out with my demo
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| Soliman |
Hi guys i was asked to be an opening act for a local dj.
Anyway i met up with him and the promoter they asked me to put a demo together Building up from Deep house to bangin trance. So this dj wants to start his set at round 145BPM with a peak hour track i'm gonna be playin for 2 hours but i have to put a 1 hour demo anyway here it is:
Ocean View-Jamie Thinnes Feat. Sidestreet players
Posses-Joshua
Obvious-Joshua
The gift-Eric p.
Aftermath(extended mix)-Eric p.
Muckenshwarm-Oliver Koletziki
The sun is shining-DT8
Buenos Aires-Sander k
Largo-Markus Schulz
Summertime-Dj Fire
Sole survivor(Sebastian sand remix)-Ronski speed, seb sand
Dreamtime-Vimana
Alive(creamfields edit)-Josh Gabriel
Voyage-yahel or Voyage(Magical remake)-yahel
Buddha(Goa Break mix)-Dj liquid
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Pumo Beat Kick Drum(Aponaut Remix)-Bravo&Priest
It'll be startin at 128BPM and fin. at 145BPM.
So what do you guys think?
Yhanks in advance:)
Soliman |
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| sleepydragon |
| quote: | Originally posted by Soliman
Voyage-yahel or Voyage(Magical remake)-yahel
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play the magical remake the original is alot slower its gonna have to be pitched up alot if u play that |
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| Wyndham |
thats a pretty insane build up 128 -145 in 1 hr..
if this is a demo.. try only goin to like 138 or something.
the demo is only to hear your mixing skills and track selection, not what you're going to do on that night you're opening.
it will make the demo flow a lot better if u dont jack the bpm up so fast/so much and flow is the most important thing. |
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| Soliman |
ya i know it's insane but the problem is that they want me to programm the demo to the headliners liking if u know what i mean.
He wants to start with 145 then i have to fin. 145 if you know what i mean
soliman |
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| RebeL9 |
| ditch the magikal remake of voyage. the original is much much better. |
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| Wyndham |
| quote: | Originally posted by Wyndham
thats a pretty insane build up 128 -145 in 1 hr..
if this is a demo.. try only goin to like 138 or something.
the demo is only to hear your mixing skills and track selection, not what you're going to do on that night you're opening.
it will make the demo flow a lot better if u dont jack the bpm up so fast/so much and flow is the most important thing. |
Have you talked to this headliner? have you heard him play? do you know what he usually opens with? i've never been to a club that a dj starts at 145, how fast does he get up to?
I u absolutely have to end off around 145 then just start out faster, theres no reason anyone should be going from 128 -145 EVER its just way too much of a jump, even 2 hrs is pushing it.
If you kno what the dj plays, then it shouldn't be too hard to make something to his liking, I really dont see why u have to start out at 128 if the club normally is playing 145bpm. Most important thing is just let the energy go upwards, lol which i guess wont be too hard since every song ur gonna have to jump 2bpm lol.
on your songs, i'd take out the gift and aftermath espically, its an awesome song, but unless you have the crowd in your palm, they wont be too receptive of it. Its a pretty big room late nigth song, and really needs to be built up to to get the full effect. I"d say leave all the prog house stuff, try startin out with prog trance instead, something with a solid baseline or maybe even funky baseline which will catch their attention.
gabriel dresden - arcadia comes to mind, thers a lot more, but like that. Marc marberg - guarana a few songs in?? Just a suggestion.
will be alot easier to go from this into trance than from pryda stuff.
Bottom line if its a demo, grab their attention during the first few songs, cause thats what they're gonna hear first. |
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| Soliman |
thx alot for the replies.
To Wyndham ya i sat with the headliner he is hard dance dj so he wants to start of with a 145BPM song I'll rework the playlist and i'll post it up soon
Soliman |
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| Pjotr G |
why does your end tempo have to match his starting tempo?
he can just kill the sound and put on his 145 bpm record, going up is never a problem. |
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| Wyndham |
| quote: | Originally posted by Pjotr G
why does your end tempo have to match his starting tempo?
he can just kill the sound and put on his 145 bpm record, going up is never a problem. |
lol this usually sounds like unless its a big dj, resident djs shouldn't be doing this, kills the vibe. |
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| Soliman |
| quote: | Originally posted by Wyndham
lol this usually sounds like unless its a big dj, resident djs shouldn't be doing this, kills the vibe. |
+1 |
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