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how often do u use breakdowns?
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| ThoughtCrime |
im spinning house and trance, and pretty much every song has a breakdown, especially trance and prog house where the breakdown can get up to 1:30 long.
so i was wonderin, do u guys use the breakdown for every song or do u keep the beat going. i kno theres no set rule on this stuff, but what would u say is a good ratio for breakdowns i.e. 1 breakdown for every 3-4 songs. |
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| djsaekone |
I usually wait a few songs before i let a break down in...usually around the 4th or 5th track. After that its just depends which songs are up next. I dont like it when a new dj comes on and they let a breakdown play during the first track....it kills the momentum IMO.
If your playing out in a bar or club or something, u can use the breakdowns to give the ppl on the dancefloor a break and go buy some more drinks. |
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| ThoughtCrime |
| i find that a majority of songs have a significant breakdown somewhere in the song, so what do u do when the track gets to this point and the beat pauses? bring in another track to keep the beat going? |
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| Senator Clay Davis |
| shorter breakdowns for sure. like just a couple of bars long. |
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| pzK |
| quote: | Originally posted by ThoughtCrime
i find that a majority of songs have a significant breakdown somewhere in the song, so what do u do when the track gets to this point and the beat pauses? bring in another track to keep the beat going? |
You could do that, make sure your incoming tracks is harmonically related to your breakdown track then though. The hard part is setting your eq's/fader in such a way that the overal volume doesn't skyrocket when u insert your "beat" track (or when the breakdown ends and its own bassdrum kicks back in). |
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| meriter |
| I spin epic trance so it's just build-ups into breakdowns, over and over again, forever. |
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| PivotTechno |
ALL I PLAY IS BREAKDOWNZ!!!
(no wait, I play ambient...)
(I don't, actually)
(I play Techno, which means the majority of the time I decide if and when a breakdown occurs) |
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| idoru |
| Depends entirely upon setting/crowd/mood. Don't ever limit yourself or impose a loose set of "rules" on how a set should be planned, as this will only serve to hinder your creativity in the long-run. |
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| n3lly |
| quote: | Originally posted by PivotTechno
(I play Techno, which means the majority of the time I decide if and when a breakdown occurs) |
+1 |
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| chewy dragee |
This is what makes hotcues sweet.
I set up hot cues on some trance tracks so I can skip the breakdowns, also if you are playing 3 decks you can put the same song on 2 decks and loop a 4 or 8 beats on one and play the break on the other and it sometimes makes for a very melodious beatfest. Also is great to make a rapid beat roll effect just before the beats start on the breakdown.
(Rapid beat roll effect = make the loop smaller and smaller doof doof doofdoof dohof dohof ddudududududududdududu)
I used to buy 2 sets of vinyls sometimes if a song had a breakdown that I felt could use some doof beatings. |
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| chewy dragee |
| why did it post twice? |
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| Rodri Santos |
it depends of the lenght and "Quality" of the breakdown, from the start i pick tunes with a really short breakdown, and when a track is outstanding but have a boring breakdown i open my daw and cut it to a shorter duration or i remove it if it's possible.
When i play tech trance i usually leave the breakdown as it is because this are usually quite energetic and it is where they introduce the main melody, playing tech-house or techno is fun due to this ability to mix a lot of tunes and play only a piece of them, that's really a set imo, picking things from here and there to create something new.
A breakdown every 3-4 tracks is fine, wether you like what is playing or not is always a relief getting rid of the kick and bass for a few seconds. |
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