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Songs to start a Tech House set off (pg. 3)
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| Aquadyne |
I recommend:
Two Atlantic - "New Year's Day" (Avalanche Remix)
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Orchid - "Eastern Echoes" (Original Mix) |
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| UWM |
| quote: | Originally posted by Aquadyne
Orchid - "Eastern Echoes" (Original Mix) |
Who told you about that one? |
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| Dj_Es-Dva |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ishkur
No. Don't. That's the worst ing advice ever. Please don't be a DJ if you think this is a good idea.
Ask any storyteller, filmmaker or writer, how to begin a story, NONE of them say "the first chapter should start slow, with nothing happening".
B-O-R-I-N-G!
The audience doesn't know you. They don't even care about you. You must get them to WANT to care. You must grab their attention somehow. Playing a dull, derivative track is not going to move them. First impressions are important--if you haven't got them within the first minute, they're going to leave and not wait around to see what you're going to do next. It doesn't matter how good you promise them your set is going to be. If the first track sucks, they will off.
Who's the greatest storyteller of all time? Shakespeare. What did he do to start all of his plays? Right there, Act 1, Scene 1, in damn near every one of them SOMETHING EXCITING happened. A BAM moment, that grabbed the audience's attention. Either a fight, or a death, or a supernatural apparition, or some ed up crazy happened that got the audience to sit upright in their seats and pay attention.
And then, once you've got their attention, then you can slow things down and weave the plot accordingly.
Look at the most famous opening scene in all moviedom: Star Wars. What's going on? Big ing ship attacking another ship. That's awesome. That's exciting. That's what got the people into it in the first place. That first scene is the most crucial scene in the entire franchise. If the movie had just jumped right into Tatooine without that crucial first scene, people would have gotten bored and left the theatre.
Don't start your set off slow. That's the kiss of death of any good story. Start your set off with a bang-an electric moment, that totally hypes people up. Then, afterward, play.....well, what you play after that depends on how good of a storyteller you are. |
Another example of why i respect Ishkur, he does have points and this is a very good one. It doesnt need to be read as NEVER start with a boring track (depending on genre) but its important to know what you're doing and the way i had always been taught DJing was that you are telling a story and you have to take people on a journey through the music. |
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| Aquadyne |
| quote: | Originally posted by UWM
Who told you about that one? |
ur mom. |
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| Allied Nations |
| quote: | Originally posted by Dj_Es-Dva
Another example of why i respect Ishkur, he does have points and this is a very good one. It doesnt need to be read as NEVER start with a boring track (depending on genre) but its important to know what you're doing and the way i had always been taught DJing was that you are telling a story and you have to take people on a journey through the music. |
Who the plays boring tunes anyways. His point is so ing obvious he really didn't need to write that ing speech.
As for me, just started a set with:
Husky Rescue - Good Man
also another fave is:
Ghost Cauldron - See What I've Become |
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| Psychotron |
| Mason - Exceeder(Arthurr Dub Mix) ? I like that track personally. |
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| Danny Ocean |
| quote: | Originally posted by woscar99
Well, I'm not precisely PvD or AvB who receive dozens of tracks and promos every day. By asking people's advice I may be pointed in the right direction, believe me...I'd never play anything I didn't like :rolleyes: |
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well i did give you a recommendation prick, and stop with your over abussive use of the :rolleyes: . i gave you some good advice too. |
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| Clovis86 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Dj_Es-Dva
but its important to know what you're doing and the way i had always been taught DJing was that you are telling a story and you have to take people on a journey through the music. |
Well ing DUH
I'd expect any good dj to know this.
:wtf: :p |
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| Dj O'Callaghan |
| Hardfloor - Who's Jack. |
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| DJ Tsunami |
| Roman Flugel - Geht's Noch |
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| nchs09 |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ Tsunami
Roman Flugel - Geht's Noch |
:wtf: |
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