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  • #2162231
    DJ Vintage
    Moderator

    dang … 50 tracks an hour … phew. Well I guess if you want to show of your skills, the more transitions the better, eh?

    #2162721
    deathy
    Participant

    While there is a lot of variation, a relatively normal number is approximately 20 tracks per hour. If I really tighten it up, I can reach about 75 tracks in an hour, but that’s not something I would want to do for an entire hour with an active audience – fine for a mixtape/promo, though.

    #2162981
    Dillon Mennie
    Participant

    My radio show is a 2 hour set and i usually play between 65-80 tracks. It depends what type of set i am playing though. if its a more liquid dubstep/dnb its less tracks, but if i am playing a heavy banger type set i end up playing more tracks.

    #2163791
    Terry_42
    Keymaster

    Depends totally on the mood and setting, but anywhere from as low as 15 up to 25.

    #2165091
    Dizzle
    Participant

    Yea it depends on the tracks in question I’d say. I used to quickly rush through all the tracks in my mix, mostly because I’d get a bit bored standing there waiting for a good mix out point further along in the track or because the selected song felt 2 repetitive after the breakdown / 2nd verse etc.

    Now though I try to pick songs that beg being played for most of their run time / their entirety. I think it’s a good idea to keep a few high energy sections where the mixes come very quickly, but otherwise you should try to pick songs that are good enough to play for longer.

    It really depends on your style of djing though. Some prime set-time hip hop dj’s spend the peak hours playing only a verse and hook, or sometimes just the hook of a track before moving into the next song.

    #2165201
    Martin Farmer
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    Track per hours

    Please do not even do this… Djing is about feeling the music… Knowing your tracks and most importantly loving every single track you play. If you don’t like drum and bass don’t mix it. DJs nowadays would sell there souls to get gigs. If you know your tunes and have a genuine love for what you are doing you will get to a level were you get gigs.

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