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Playing out with pre-arranged set
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| ianco |
I've been learning for about 6 months. I can beatmatch pretty well by ear and get it spot on 4 out of 5 times. On the fifth I get lost though or at least it takes me over five minutes to get the right pitch.
My problem is this - a mate of mine has asked me to do a set at his birthday party. He organises events so there will be over 200 people there. It would be a good start as I know there will be other organisers there too.
I don't want to say no but I'm worried that if I it up now and again at home with no pressure, the chances are even greater in front of a crowd.
I have done some pretty good sets and memorized them. The guy liked a particular demo and I'm thinking of playing that. Would any of you guys play out with a pre-arranged set? I read a lot on here about reading the crowd etc and I know with a set that was worked out beforehand this would be impossible but truth is, I'm itching to have a go.
Any advice? Go for it, or stay at home and practice some more? |
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| Invasionmix |
| quote: | Originally posted by ianco
I've been learning for about 6 months. I can beatmatch pretty well by ear and get it spot on 4 out of 5 times. On the fifth I get lost though or at least it takes me over five minutes to get the right pitch.
My problem is this - a mate of mine has asked me to do a set at his birthday party. He organises events so there will be over 200 people there. It would be a good start as I know there will be other organisers there too.
I don't want to say no but I'm worried that if I it up now and again at home with no pressure, the chances are even greater in front of a crowd.
I have done some pretty good sets and memorized them. The guy liked a particular demo and I'm thinking of playing that. Would any of you guys play out with a pre-arranged set? I read a lot on here about reading the crowd etc and I know with a set that was worked out beforehand this would be impossible but truth is, I'm itching to have a go.
Any advice? Go for it, or stay at home and practice some more? |
pre-arranged sets are OK, just pick tracks that you know people would like like club anthems such as: traffic, put your hands up for detroit, sand storm, etc. But be prepared to change up your music if you feel that the crowd is slowing down. |
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| ianco |
Cheers, one point for 'go for it'.
The set is mostly Prog House/Trance but it's what most over here are partying to at the moment so I think I'll be okay. |
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| theognis1002 |
| 5 minutes is alonnnnnnng ass time to beathmatch lol |
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| s3nate |
| Use a tracklist you have already done but make sure you have some more 'mainstream' tracks you could throw in there in case the crowd isn't digging what you are playing. |
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| ThatsMagic |
| once you mix so much with say 10 records you will be able to mix any in any order so keep mixing it up practice as much as you can b4 the gig. |
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| CReddick |
For this event, you're prolly just fine doing whatever you want...
but for the future, you wanna be able to adapt to what the crowd is diggin or not diggin. |
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| Invasionmix |
| quote: | Originally posted by theognis1002
5 minutes is alonnnnnnng ass time to beathmatch lol |
sometimes people don't get it right away, it takes a while to learn, remember your first few times beat matching? |
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| T-Soma |
Make a list with the BPMs of your tracks.
Problem for this gig = solved.
A pre-arranged set is dangerous because if your crowed doesn't like what you are playing you are screwed, that is unless you do a few different lists but then that is way too much work. |
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| Vinyl_Fetish |
| Why not just play a pre-mixed CD and mime the entire set? :disbelief |
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| ianco |
| quote: | Originally posted by Vinyl_Fetish
Why not just play a pre-mixed CD and mime the entire set? :disbelief |
I thought of that but he said he wouldn't pay me then. lol. |
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| Dojomaster26 |
| quote: | Originally posted by ianco
I thought of that but he said he wouldn't pay me then. lol. |
That would be pretty low...even by Oakie standards!
I usually have an idea of what tracks I want to play during my set, but the "in-between"" tracks, and the order in which I play my tracks, and the mood that I want to convey, all get determined when I arrive at the gig. In your case having a list of tracks that you are going to play will be OK this time, but make sure you can change the order that they are played ("Maybe 'Traffic' needs to be played later?"), and have some back-up tunes ready, like the other TAs have said. |
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