Finally got a gig :)

To each its own hat! If it’s this important, i will make it to an essential part of my setup!

Terry_42, post: 42829, member: 1843 wrote: Hats are important. I actually wear that hat my doggy avatar has 😉

But hopefully not the very same :p

PS: Here is a Set with tracks i mixed on Friday, Chill Out. So you get an idea what it was like 🙂

Coltrane09, post: 42889, member: 2800 wrote: Dude that hat was you man! LOL

Okay, will try to wear it on every gig from now on :p

5Raw, post: 42893, member: 9991 wrote: What laptop are you using?

I tried syncing maschine and traktor on windows, but the midi clock/bpms were all over the place. So I bought the download of OS.X (15€, was worth every penny) and installed it with trickery on my old dell XPS1530. Since then trough the internal IAC Midi-Port, my Midi Clock for syncing has been rock stable. I’m saving up for a used Mac book, tough. I get the feeling that my Dell will fall apart soon … :/

dj.andy.warhol, post: 42908, member: 13302 wrote: Congratulations on your first successful gig, well done, hope you’ll get more attention, keep it up ! Nice thought on mixing many genres. Would like to hear your blends

Thank you very much 🙂 i will keep it up for sure! Regarding the mixing of genres, I choose one main theme/genre of the mix, slipping in some single tracks that are going well with the main theme. For example, i think this (click this 😉 ) trance track works rather well in within a bunch of deep house tracks. You could check out my Youtube below,too. Although there are genre-specific mixes; me trying out dub step/genres i haven’t mixed before.

dj.andy.warhol, post: 43003, member: 13302 wrote: @clockwise checking out your accout on yt right now and I really like what I’m hearing. You can easy find yourself in many genres as I can see, it’s impressive.

Thank you very for the compliment 🙂

Yeah, i try to mix everything i like. Which is a lot – Next on the list will be Drum and Bass (i think 😉 )

To learn mixing a genre i haven’t mixed before, i have the following approach:

When i find a new genre i want to try (and haven’t got enough tracks) i go on digging till i have approximately the number of tracks for about an hour. And then, with that relatively limited number of songs to choose from, i try to make a whole set. I listen to every track and try to find a suitable mix for it. Doing it this way, i have to go trough every one of the new tracks and “analyze” them to make a fluent set in the end. Helps learning the tracks 😉 Of course, if i play out i have more choices. But when i’m recording a mix i try to only do it with the new tracks.

DJ SpecializED, post: 43120, member: 6929 wrote: been at this for years, the nerves never fully relax. my biggest fear is system failure

Yeah, systems failure is on top of my list of fears, too. I’m so glad about TraktorDJ on iPad – this and a splitter cable and you’re good to go!

Regarding the nervousness – i’m always nervous as hell. But i played 4 years as an actor at a theater, this helped a ton with nervousness in front of an audience. And little bit is great to keep your brain active – if you’re not nervous you’re doing something wrong 😉