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My first time outside what should i play? (pg. 2)
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| DJ 00 Tommy |
A dead crowed hurts like a motha ******
When all else fails just get out the remixes, you dont have to play straight top40. |
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| Acid John |
| haha... beat ya to the punch |
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| DJ 00 Tommy |
We posted at the exact same time :nervous:.
Your post kind of beats my in context value though :stongue: |
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| DJ Nickazz |
| Just do your thing and play melodic uplifting trance with some cheesey tracks like love comes again and shivers added. And remixes of non-edm tracks is a good one too. If that still doesn't work then give up and play 50 cent:D |
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| generic |
when i was that age, me and my friends liked house and trance (among other things). I would suggest not totally underestimating your audience.
It really pisses me off when people think the crowd (that i am part of) wants to hear cheese.
Once went to see a good house dj but because it was a college event he played commercial remix after commercial remix (like someone mentioned :stongue: ) and he cleared out the place |
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| Munchy |
| Just remember to drop Sandstorm. |
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| nchs09 |
y not play rremixes of popular hip hop songs?
the xpress remix of thaqt ying yang twins is preatty fire....
i know there is another fire mix of milkshake
but they are housy |
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| dj_kane |
| the way i do it is if i cant play what i like i dont play at all. although places i would do i would know what the crowd likes. |
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| djkoolaide |
i'm 17 as well and i've played for loads of crowds of kids my age.
all i can tell you is that they don't like trance. don't even bring any. the girls love funky/club house. it gets them horny and if you play enough of it you WILL GET LAID (it sounds like i'm trying to be funny but i'm actually quite serious :)). bring loads of that and try to get some house remixes of some current radio tracks. but that's really about as far as the EDM route goes with that type of crowd.
the answer i can give you is to bring some house tracks but mostly hip-hop. if you suck at mixing hip-hop, buy some remix services like Funkymix and Ultimix (they are designed to be so easy that your dog could mix with it).
oh, and the other thing is, especially when playing house, don't play the whole track. people in that age group DO NOT want to hear a 6-10 minute song. 5 minutes maximum per song. with hip-hop, it's best to only play the first one or two verses and then cut into something else, else people will get bored and people will leave the dancefloor.
hope that helps a bit. |
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| Spirit5 |
Play a mixture of stuff, that should keep their attention. When kids like that, you probably aren't going to play stuff your deeply passionate about, but your not really playing for yourself now, your playing for them. So i'de play some trance, but not 100% trance. Start off with some slower stuff, maybe some R&B and hip hop, and then work your way into some dirty house music and some electro house, i'm sure they'd like that, even some Benny Benassi they'd like. Yeah his stuff is kind of irritating but they most likely would have heard stuff like "Satisfaction", there's some neat remixes of that too, esp the "Steve Murano Remix". Then play some uplifting and melodic trance, and maybe get a little techy too, just all out banging stuff to end it. Sounds pretty nice to me...yeah you should play stuff your passionate about, but you have to play to your audience...and this is the biggest difference it seems from being a bedroom DJ to being a mobile or club DJ (but if your at a club, you have more freedom esp if your at an EDM club, because people are older and most likely enjoy that kind of music).
Funny thing is though, I was at a school dance in high school and my junior and senior years they hired a student at my school who had DJ equipment to DJ our school parties, because it was cheaper. Well one of the first times he played, he played a bunch of r&b and hip hop and older pop stuff like Michael Jackson and Madonna and Britney and such, and then I was talking with him and asked him if he had any EDM and he had a few. So he put on a techno track, and it was pretty fast and banging and guess what...people stopped dancing. And this WAS pure dance music, with a fast, heavy beat..nice rhythm, and I was thinking "wtf???" :conf: so if that happens, f*ck it and play the slower stuff haha... |
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| richg101 |
never change your style to suit certain crowds/venues. stick with your own and dont deter unless you like the stuff you re detering to.. otherwise why dj? just play your style and let em either love it or hate it...
i think if a crowd arent enjoying my set then they are in the wrong place not me. or the guy who booked me made a mistake...
actually... the crowd love what i play:toothless |
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| ASFSE |
| quote: | Originally posted by Munchy
Just remember to drop Sandstorm. |
hahahahaha |
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