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Ok, so set-planning/dj. Which is worse?? the debate goes on.... (pg. 4)
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| Mr.Mystery |
| As long as I have a good time at the party I don't really give a what the DJ does. Stop overanalyzing everything. |
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| msz |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJMaytag
turntables have pitch controls :whip: |
o rly? |
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| kramer333 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Aquarian
That's partially what I meant. The DJ should use every tool and technique at his disposal to achieve this. If it helps him to write down notes, use computer programs or wear an exotic hat made of dried fruit, then all the better. But for some reason some elitists prefer to worship some old and obsolete piece of technology rather than appreciating the music itself. |
Could not have been said better!
those few lines should stop that annoying "Vinyl vs. New technology" debate!
admit it....vinyl is dead! |
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| slinkyhead |
| the last two i certaily wouldnt class as good |
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| Chris Larkin |
| quote: | Originally posted by kramer333
those few lines should stop that annoying "Vinyl vs. New technology" debate!
admit it....vinyl is dead! |
You say that people should stop the debate, then you incite people (like myself) to respond by saying something that is clearly false and silly such as 'Vinyl is dead'.
Please... just don't. |
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| Maher Daniel |
true that,
vinyl is no where close to being dead, fine technology is advancing but the sound that vinyl has is like nothing comparable. i still to this buy records even if i have on cd just for the soul purpose of having it on vinyl.
and to respond to the original thread i think every dj has there way of playing some may prepare, jot down the sets and what not, others work on abelton and so forth. the fact of the matter they are only doing it to make sure that the crowed is getting what they paid for, and another thing even though all of this done prepared sets and what not The cardinal rule for every dj is read the crowed they sint dancing to what you playing change it up get them asses shaking ( that by far is the most important aspect of DJ'ing along with mixing. track selection and the ability to read your crowed
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| DJMaytag |
| quote: | Originally posted by msz
o rly? |
rly |
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| Nayil |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJMaytag
rly |
hey maytag...sorry for being rude the other day... keep up ur good work.
Peace. |
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| isoterra |
| quote: | Originally posted by Mr.Mystery
As long as I have a good time at the party I don't really give a what the DJ does. Stop overanalyzing everything. |
haha
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| DJMaytag |
| quote: | Originally posted by Nayil
hey maytag...sorry for being rude the other day... keep up ur good work.
Peace. |
no worries man, it's just interweb arguing... :D
did u listen to that improv mix i posted? imma record another 4.5 hour improv set this Saturday night. |
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| DJMaytag |
| quote: | Originally posted by ********
I think that the idea of putting together a show or a performance. take pianists for instance they perhaps practice for years before putting on rachminov expositions etc.. |
but have you ever been to something like an open mic night where a few guys get together and just jam out, not really knowing what the other people are going to do? there are those that are truly gifted with the ability to just feel thr presence of the music and flow with it smoothly. i'm not real big on seeing bands play, but when moments like that come together, it's a truly beautiful thing.
| quote: | Originally posted by ********
It isn't something that you generally just have a pile of records and then throw them on (that's what I do, and I'm not a professional)
no just someone to go up and play 15 songs however they feel like it.. they expect like congruence and commonality.. |
well, i've been at it long enough and have made enough $$$ to call myself a pro now, but it a certain sense I do have a "pile of records" I take out to my residency, usually 200, knowing I'm only going to get to play about 45-50.
I generally know about 10-15 of my newest tracks are going to get played, but when and where they fall in my set I have no idea. For me, I start at point A and work towards point B, which is 4.5 hours later. I try to have a sensible flow between start and finish, and pretty much go with what seems to flow together to get to my end destination, with some interesting trips along the way (ie mellow prog house to jackin prog to tribal house to breaks to some mid-tempo prog/trance). I may want to play AVB's Who Is Watching [Moldan remix], but it tends to vary where it goes (sometimes in the middle of a straight up house set at 12:30, sometimes pitched up to +5 in a trance set at 2am).
I do tend to try to pick out elements that match each other or compliment each other (even if they're different genres), such that there is that "congruence or commonality" between songs or certain parts of a set. Certain types of basslines, synth stabs, or even just something as simple as two tracks with similar snares can go together miraculously well. I guess I'm either a dork that listens to his records too much or has photo-aural-memory to the extent that I can pick these things out.
I get frequent compliments about my sets, so I must be doing something right. Up until Darude mentioned something about it in that other thread (the Gareth Emery trance bashing one), I assumed that this is how ALL big ticket DJ's operated, that they had been doing it for long enough that they would have no problem improving to react to crowds and moods. I just figured that if I did, then they must as well (and I'm a little regional nobody in Savannah ing Georgia), which is why I may have come off as a bit cocky in that thread. |
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| UWM |
| Hey so where can I download this 4.5 hours set you've put together? :) |
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