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  • #1012148
    Terry_42
    Keymaster

    Mix in a few bangers, do not stay in one energy the whole hours etc.
    Stay calm, watch the crowd and go with the flow.

    #1012153
    Bunyip
    Member

    It’s good you have a set planned, but also be open to the fact hat this may change very quickly. I’d say your first hour is about playing a bunch of different stuff to try and get a sense as to what people are responding to, and let this be your guide. And as Terry says, you don’t need t stay at one energy level, or feel it hs to build build build the whoe night. Let there be an ebb and flow to the energy, with a move to the faster stuff as the evening progresses.
    Remember preparation gives you the confidence and freedom to experiment.
    You’ll do some great things and you’ll muck some things up. Don’t sweat it. That’s normal and you learn from it all.
    Stay cool and have fun.
    Let us know how you go.
    Good luck!

    #1012162
    John Simmons
    Participant

    Thanks for you replys 🙂 this is what I take from them,tell me id i’m right or wrong about anything, so the 1st hour you suggest playing a mixture of genres but low energy etc. Do you mean literaly the 1st hour before the suprise wen i’ll just be playing background music or the 1st hour when he arrives & the party officialy starts?

    Instead of strictly playing 1 star the 1sr hour , 2tar the 2nd hour etc, you both think i should progressively increase the energy but within each hour go up or down a bit energy/tempo wise? So for eg 2nd hour play 2 & 3 stars going up or down within the hour,3rd hour play 3 or 4 stars going up or down in the hour?

    I know from Phil not to be meticalous about planning so i’m trying to get the balance, i practised yesterday & it’s fun looking what will go with the track playing but my organistaion helps me limit it down to a set hour rather than searching through 12 hours worth of music in 1 playlist. I know number 1 rule is to play what the crowd wants though, not just what mixes well so i’ll make sure i’m not to consumed in my mixing. Thanks

    #1012480
    Phil Morse
    Keymaster

    So, we want to know how it went!

    #1012677
    John Simmons
    Participant

    Sorry, for the late reply. I’ve been so busy learning how to post edit my mix. Thanks for the interest 🙂
    It went fantastic! There’s too many positives to tell you about but the gist of it was loads of people said I was amazing,everyone was dancing the whole night, people couldn’t believe it was my first time, people were coming up after telling me how good I was & i only made a few mistakes, I was in my element! At first people were complaining they wanted something more dancey straight away after about 2 songs lol, but it didn’t knock me because I knew I was building up tension & I had so many dance songs i wanted to play, I think they thought it was going to be a boring night lol, once I started playing the dance songs they didn’t stop dancing! I got to play all the genres in my list with success,a few songs requested that were worth playing I had on my desktop PC but not the laptop which was a bit frustrating. I’m going to arrange an event & invitite all of the people that were there,so I can get more practise & experience. I have learnt from some of my mistakes by listening to my mix so I know where to improve. Thanks so much for all that helped me get this far & this website & how to digital DJ fast video course! 🙂

    #1012718
    Terry_42
    Keymaster

    Congratulations, I am happy that it turned out so well for you! Now stay on it and play more gigs 🙂

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