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Joel Mull On The Art Of The Opening Set (pg. 2)
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| MrJiveBoJingles |
| quote: | Originally posted by elFreak
what about a large animal head? :p |
Once you put that on, your teeth turn yellow and you gain legions of easily-impressed fans. |
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| PoisonJam19 |
Interesting stuff. I've never opened for anyone myself, but I'll take this into consideration if/when I do.
I almost think the photo captions provide more thorough advice. :p |
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| Fledz |
| quote: | | 2. Take it easy, no peaks The perfect warm up set shouldn’t have any peaks or large stand out moments. It should be consistent. |
I can't say I agree with this. You need some peaks or mini-peaks here and there, especially if it's over an hour. You need to tease the crowd and draw it out which actually makes it better for the DJ after you. If you play a flat set for 1.5-2 hours it's going to get pretty boring and repetitive and chances are you will drain the crowd of any energy.
He's pretty spot on on a lot of aspects but not that point above. |
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| Domesticated |
| quote: | | The longer a set is, the more time you have to build a mood and slowly raise energy levels. Going from zero to booming in less than two hours is hard. |
Um...no. |
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| Ted Promo |
| quote: | Originally posted by Fledz
I can't say I agree with this. You need some peaks or mini-peaks here and there, especially if it's over an hour. You need to tease the crowd and draw it out which actually makes it better for the DJ after you. If you play a flat set for 1.5-2 hours it's going to get pretty boring and repetitive and chances are you will drain the crowd of any energy.
He's pretty spot on on a lot of aspects but not that point above. |
Indeed, I was about to say the same. Having the same beat plodding along for two hours would get a bit draining. It doesn't necessarily mean you have to play anything big, but mix it up a bit. Then there's the fact about the outro track. Some cunt djs won't mix into the opener's track so picking a track with a bunch of outro beats may not really mean anything save for random outro beats thumping around aimlessly until the headliner fader slams into his set.
Other than that I felt he was spot on. |
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| trance-ecj |
Agree with most, but not all
Still a good read
Most importantly, like he was saying, you gotta warm up and slowly build to the headliner.
But, the hard part is to also add to the night. Of course it's bad when the opener is ripping it early in the night, but a lot of times opening djs can be extremely, and unnecessarily, boring.
The tough part is getting the right balance. Just playing minimal isn't always the right thing to do, even though it seems to be the safe route. But you can still throw down some really cool tracks that fit that opening vibe and get people movin. I think a lot of people who write these types of guides are just trying to get it through heads that you can't bang the room out and end up going overboard stressing that fact. Yes, it's really important, and there are a lot of idiots out there, but the opener can, and should, add something to the night and not bore people out of their minds. It's VERY tricky to do this; that's why very few people out there can do it so well.
It's all different with different acts, styles, environments...there is no one way to get the opening set done the right way. Regardless of what style you are opening for, and what environment you are in, if you are able to get people excited for what's to come, without pushing it, you're doing a great job.
Again, it's all about the balance and still being able to get people excited and not putting them to sleep. A good opening set can be the difference b/w a good night and a great night. |
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| bas |
| quote: | Originally posted by Domesticated
Um...no. |
Um...yes. Not every set has to be an essential mix. |
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| Clovis |
| All of that should be ing obvious. |
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| iammesol |
| quote: | Originally posted by Clovis
All of that should be ing obvious. |
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| elFreak |
| a dj's job is not only to play music domesticated..opening dj's are often there to make people drink (aka money for the club) something that is not done when everyone is raving their face off on a dance floor. You might say it is stupid, but the headliner you want to see needs to get paid somehow. |
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| nefardec |
yeah it's pretty much right on
i open for myself every week lol |
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| Zild |
| quote: | Originally posted by nefardec
yeah it's pretty much right on
i open for myself every week lol |
I know the feeling. I would always have to open for myself since some asshat would be playing high tempo dirty electro music at like 9pm. |
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