I have been Djing for more than 12 years. And i wanted to share my knowledge and experience with new Djs.
Nowadays everyone wants to be a Dj. Everyone wants to feel like a rockstar . Or brag about how cool they look when they Dj. Whatever
Mostly 60% of the new Djs end up preparing their sets many hours away before they play. And this is the biggest mistake they usually make. For example tonight this clown opened his set for a big headliner and he started to play that hard Electro bull**** . The second Dj played more Electro and trance and he ended up loosing the dance floor. So by the time the headliner came .the crowd was already so tired and burned of listening Electro.
The point is this. If you are playing your best tracks in a full dancefloor where they dont get to dance . might be that you are not reading them well. DJing takes a skill.it is not just beatmatching. It is also how good you can play with the emotions of the clubbers. also Pro Producers fail sometimes in this area when they Dj .
One good example would be IMO. Tiesto. (I don’t like his music btw :p). every festival where where he plays alongside other big Headliners . Tiesto manage to engage the crowd in a way where he pretty much hypnotize them with other people tracks. I sincerely dislike tiesto as a producer but he can read well the crowd.
Pre made sets might great if you are headlining an act.but even do it might fail u cant read the crowd. (unless you are Deadmau5 
where all the tracks are awesome XP)
Is super annoying to see stupid Djs that looks like jersey shore playing the wrong tempo and music at the wrong time. because you can afford Dj gear doesn’t mean you are automatically. a Dj
Beat matching or mixing is a small percentage what Djing is about.
this is one of the big things that seperates the good from the crap
[quote]alinenunez (28/08/2011)[hr]I have been Djing for more than 12 years. And i wanted to share my knowledge and experience with new Djs.
Nowadays everyone wants to be a Dj. Everyone wants to feel like a rockstar . Or brag about how cool they look when they Dj. Whatever
Mostly 60% of the new Djs end up preparing their sets many hours away before they play. And this is the biggest mistake they usually make. For example tonight this clown opened his set for a big headliner and he started to play that hard Electro bull**** . The second Dj played more Electro and trance and he ended up loosing the dance floor. So by the time the headliner came .the crowd was already so tired and burned of listening Electro.
The point is this. If you are playing your best tracks in a full dancefloor where they dont get to dance . might be that you are not reading them well. DJing takes a skill.it is not just beatmatching. It is also how good you can play with the emotions of the clubbers. also Pro Producers fail sometimes in this area when they Dj .
One good example would be IMO. Tiesto. (I don’t like his music btw :p). every festival where where he plays alongside other big Headliners . Tiesto manage to engage the crowd in a way where he pretty much hypnotize them with other people tracks. I sincerely dislike tiesto as a producer but he can read well the crowd.
Pre made sets might great if you are headlining an act.but even do it might fail u cant read the crowd. (unless you are Deadmau5 where all the tracks are awesome XP)
Is super annoying to see stupid Djs that looks like jersey shore playing the wrong tempo and music at the wrong time. because you can afford Dj gear doesn’t mean you are automatically. a Dj
Beat matching or mixing is a small percentage what Djing is about.
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I agree with this in principle, but it’s the same thing that all new guys hear from “seasoned” DJs. What they never say are tips on how to read the crowd, what to do if you think you’re losing them, etc. After 12 years im sure youve got a lot of tips you could share and Im sure any of those would be greatly appreciated. :w00t:
[quote]jwalley08 (28/08/2011)[hr][quote]alinenunez (28/08/2011)[hr]I have been Djing for more than 12 years. And i wanted to share my knowledge and experience with new Djs.
Nowadays everyone wants to be a Dj. Everyone wants to feel like a rockstar . Or brag about how cool they look when they Dj. Whatever
Mostly 60% of the new Djs end up preparing their sets many hours away before they play. And this is the biggest mistake they usually make. For example tonight this clown opened his set for a big headliner and he started to play that hard Electro bull**** . The second Dj played more Electro and trance and he ended up loosing the dance floor. So by the time the headliner came .the crowd was already so tired and burned of listening Electro.
The point is this. If you are playing your best tracks in a full dancefloor where they dont get to dance . might be that you are not reading them well. DJing takes a skill.it is not just beatmatching. It is also how good you can play with the emotions of the clubbers. also Pro Producers fail sometimes in this area when they Dj .
One good example would be IMO. Tiesto. (I don’t like his music btw :p). every festival where where he plays alongside other big Headliners . Tiesto manage to engage the crowd in a way where he pretty much hypnotize them with other people tracks. I sincerely dislike tiesto as a producer but he can read well the crowd.
Pre made sets might great if you are headlining an act.but even do it might fail u cant read the crowd. (unless you are Deadmau5 where all the tracks are awesome XP)
Is super annoying to see stupid Djs that looks like jersey shore playing the wrong tempo and music at the wrong time. because you can afford Dj gear doesn’t mean you are automatically. a Dj
Beat matching or mixing is a small percentage what Djing is about.
[/quote]
I agree with this in principle, but it’s the same thing that all new guys hear from “seasoned” DJs. What they never say are tips on how to read the crowd, what to do if you think you’re losing them, etc. After 12 years im sure youve got a lot of tips you could share and Im sure any of those would be greatly appreciated. :w00t:[/quote]
definitely . i can give you some important pointers.
but still the Dj skill of reading the crowd is more about Experience than a statements or an advice.
this is some Pointers i can think of now.
- if you are opening a Dj set :
- be sure to play the first 15 to 30 min towards the crowd. maybe play tracks or remixes that sound familiar to them . then is all about u .
- try to avoid playing similar tracks as the headliners
- you always need to have some of that Girls anthems or old school remixes of the genre you play . making girls dance is something that have to be perfected by time . if you do that you bring the rest of the people to the floor and then you have them to listen whatever you like to play .
- i know that some guys can get excited when Djing ,
Dancing behind the decks is good as long as you are not an attention whore . and start showing people the middle finger. or acting like a clown like many people does it nowadays . DO NOT ACT LIKE A FOOL !! act professional as much as you can.
- if your tracks are not working rinse and repeat the 15 min rule. till you get them to the floor.
- if the Headliner is after you , try to make the last song to be like a track that have a long middle brake, and announce the headliner if you can MC hyping the Crowd.
. but usually if the Warm up Dj prepared the crowd well . then the Headliner can just destroy it with whatever music he play.but if you fail to loose the dance floor maybe some of the tips above might apply. sometimes Headliners have a set that is already set up before their showtime.
but having a just in case track would give more room to breath.
for example Boiz Noize usually plays at least 2 or 3 cheese commercial tracks ( black box remixes , or some 90s pop original track ) in his set.
he does it so he can engage back again the crowd with hard pounding tracks.
if you are a headliner of deep house or slower tempo tracks below 125 bpm .
you might need to get tracks that are super swingy or Groovey to compensate the lack of tempo.
hopefully this tips helps u
and please DO NOT SHOW PEOPLE THE MIDDLE FINGER WHEN YOU PLAY YOUR TRACKS PLEASE !!!
Aline
[quote]alinenunez (28/08/2011)[hr][quote]
and please DO NOT SHOW PEOPLE THE MIDDLE FINGER WHEN YOU PLAY YOUR TRACKS PLEASE !!!
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Ah thats where i went wrong
Ah, sweet man, thanks. I’ll keep that in mind when I look into starting up a little next year.
[quote]alinenunez (28/08/2011)[hr]I have been Djing for more than 12 years. And i wanted to share my knowledge and experience with new Djs.
Nowadays everyone wants to be a Dj. Everyone wants to feel like a rockstar . Or brag about how cool they look when they Dj. Whatever
Mostly 60% of the new Djs end up preparing their sets many hours away before they play. And this is the biggest mistake they usually make. For example tonight this clown opened his set for a big headliner and he started to play that hard Electro bull**** . The second Dj played more Electro and trance and he ended up loosing the dance floor. So by the time the headliner came .the crowd was already so tired and burned of listening Electro.
The point is this. If you are playing your best tracks in a full dancefloor where they dont get to dance . might be that you are not reading them well. DJing takes a skill.it is not just beatmatching. It is also how good you can play with the emotions of the clubbers. also Pro Producers fail sometimes in this area when they Dj .
One good example would be IMO. Tiesto. (I don’t like his music btw :p). every festival where where he plays alongside other big Headliners . Tiesto manage to engage the crowd in a way where he pretty much hypnotize them with other people tracks. I sincerely dislike tiesto as a producer but he can read well the crowd.
Pre made sets might great if you are headlining an act.but even do it might fail u cant read the crowd. (unless you are Deadmau5 where all the tracks are awesome XP)
Is super annoying to see stupid Djs that looks like jersey shore playing the wrong tempo and music at the wrong time. because you can afford Dj gear doesn’t mean you are automatically. a Dj
Beat matching or mixing is a small percentage what Djing is about.
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I agree alot with what you are saying, especially with regards to warm up DJs. Seems that now more than ever everyone wants to hammer it from the start regardless of how this affects the set of the following Dj.
But I do enjoy a good set that has been properly planned, good flow that has been thought out, perfect long mixing between 2 tunes that really go well together and maybe a few changes that couldn’t just be done off the cuff and take some skill; my favourite example being on the Good Greef 2 cd, mixing between Adam Sheridan - Lektrik & Nu-Nrg - The mind (using a trimmed loop). Sometimes this kind of thing gets lost for simpler mixing of tunes that the Dj thinks the crowd wants to hear. Just my opinion though
yo bro do you have that new Rhianna?
[quote]UnitedVision (07/09/2011)[hr]yo bro do you have that new Rhianna?[/quote]
Yeah, and Beyonce’s latest??? :hehe:
[quote]JayD3 (07/09/2011)[hr][quote]UnitedVision (07/09/2011)[hr]yo bro do you have that new Rhianna?[/quote]
Yeah, and Beyonce’s latest??? :hehe:[/quote]
heheeh , how about the new Kesha ? that Dubstep Remix ?
[quote]alinenunez (07/09/2011)[hr][quote]JayD3 (07/09/2011)[hr][quote]UnitedVision (07/09/2011)[hr]yo bro do you have that new Rhianna?[/quote]
Yeah, and Beyonce’s latest??? :hehe:[/quote]
heheeh , how about the new Kesha ? that Dubstep Remix ?
:P[/quote]
How about the new Nomad Spectrum track…oh wait :w00t:
[quote]slender (07/09/2011)[hr][quote]alinenunez (07/09/2011)[hr][quote]JayD3 (07/09/2011)[hr][quote]UnitedVision (07/09/2011)[hr]yo bro do you have that new Rhianna?[/quote]
Yeah, and Beyonce’s latest??? :hehe:[/quote]
heheeh , how about the new Kesha ? that Dubstep Remix ?
:P[/quote]
How about the new Nomad Spectrum track…oh wait :w00t:[/quote]
hahah .
I agree with Aline. There’s far too many “out of the box” DJ’s out there nowadays who just wanna immitate their idols from the off and end up blowing their chances at making a go of it because they end up play peak-time tunes when they are being asked to “warm-up” the crowd. :crazy:
I’ve been DJ’ing for about 7yrs now and always try to tell a story during my mixes. I’ll try and explain what I mean by that…
Depending on what time of night I was playing I would try and play tunes that would interact with the crowd from the off and then slowly build up the energy to almost the peak and then bring in some melodic/trancey tunes to lower the tempo just a little and to help change the mood and then end on bringing the tempo back up.
I would always do my research on who was playing before and after me so that I had an idea of what kind of tunes each were going to start and finish on and then try to help them out by ending on the same.
A little research goes a long way and also makes the other DJ appreciate you more, which in turn the crowd appreciates more and the whole night flows a lot better… In theory! 
and dont forget about drunk peeps talkin about their girlfriendproblem when you mixing tracks
or or my dj friend hear that like few weeks ago when he was playing at ful crowdet club drunk girl saying “are you are DJ?” bacause im lookin for DJ that playing here tonight
True man.
Boner
[quote]En1gma (14/10/2011)[hr]I agree with Aline. There’s far too many “out of the box” DJ’s out there nowadays who just wanna immitate their idols from the off and end up blowing their chances at making a go of it because they end up play peak-time tunes when they are being asked to “warm-up” the crowd. :crazy:
I’ve been DJ’ing for about 7yrs now and always try to tell a story during my mixes. I’ll try and explain what I mean by that…
Depending on what time of night I was playing I would try and play tunes that would interact with the crowd from the off and then slowly build up the energy to almost the peak and then bring in some melodic/trancey tunes to lower the tempo just a little and to help change the mood and then end on bringing the tempo back up.
I would always do my research on who was playing before and after me so that I had an idea of what kind of tunes each were going to start and finish on and then try to help them out by ending on the same.
A little research goes a long way and also makes the other DJ appreciate you more, which in turn the crowd appreciates more and the whole night flows a lot better… In theory! :D[/quote]
exactly +1000 THIS
[quote]swier (14/10/2011)[hr]
or or my dj friend hear that like few weeks ago when he was playing at ful crowdet club drunk girl saying “are you are DJ?” bacause im lookin for DJ that playing here tonight[/quote]
at least that is better when some rich Daddys Girl says : can you play something we can Dance ?
me :*** you Bitch !!
then i get Fired from the Club lol
lol:P Man i can just say you got carried away with the rich Daddys Girl;)
SA removed this Guys last post - but didnt ban him - LOL
Enjoy the 2nd chance my friend!