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  • March 15, 2015 at 2:08 pm #2155971
    DJ Spars
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    when i’m djing and i see people dancing to the tracks i’m playing, then i stick to that genre. if people are not dancing, maybe they don’t like the songs i’m playing, so i try changing the genre. but i always look at their reaction. if they get in the groove then i play that genre.

    then if everyone is hyped up and i feel like i want to change the genre, i try to change it in a subtle manner, but if i see the change in genre didn’t go too well, i always revert to the genre i was playing.

    this is what i do basically…… u cud always get a better advice from the better and veteren djs out here 🙂

    March 15, 2015 at 11:44 pm #2156041
    Glorina Julian
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    Thanks Sparsh! Solid advice. Makes sense. Thanks a lot.

    March 16, 2015 at 8:03 am #2156171
    DJ Vintage
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    I am a bit more adventurous and will shake a room up by going a totally different direction on the spot from time to time. Use of microphone is a helpful thing here, as you can guide them a bit. I am not too worried about emptying out a floor once in a while, as it means more bar turnover and there is plenty of music to get them back. Just make sure they had a good time before this happens so they move to the bar and don’t leave altogether.

    Even if you don’t change the succes genre, it pays to keep the “wave” rolling, i.e. bring in lower energy bits where people can take a brake and have a drink. Don’t try to hard to keep your floor packed for the duration of your gig.

    March 16, 2015 at 9:35 am #2156221
    Terry_42
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    I am with Vintage. People are more picky in terms of fun and vibe you provide than sticking to a genre like to the bible.
    In most of my playlists I have songs from loads of genres (yes genres not even subgenres) and mix that up.
    Only if the whole thing is totally themed (like “state of trance” nights) I typically stay with the basic genre (trance in that case) but even then I would possibly throw in a “trancy house track” to wake up the room.
    In many years of doing this I got a lot more compliments for doing so than hate. I dare to say that 95%+ of audiences have responded positively and if you happen to get the picky 5% audience you can always move to your PLAN B setlist 😉
    I think it is what sets me apart from total narrow minded genre DJs and why I get a lot of in-call gigs.

    March 19, 2015 at 2:58 am #2158611
    Lamid45G
    Participant

    According to my own experiences, a hardcore hip-hop HATE anything EDM, i mean just hate hate hate it, it dont matter a remix of a very popular hip-hop or whataver, the safest bet it cross-over to EDM Trap/Twerk or whataver the kids these days called it

    March 19, 2015 at 1:25 pm #2159151
    Glorina Julian
    Participant

    Thanks guys!

    @Arnaldi – Interesting.. are you saying that if there are a good number of hardcore hip hop heads, to stick to EDM Trap versions as opposed to the faster, house 4 to the floor tracks? (at least in you experience?) Otherwise, it might be better to find places like where Terry and Vintage spin where people are more chill and can groove to whatever.

    March 20, 2015 at 2:24 am #2159351
    Lamid45G
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    Yeah a 4×4 house wont served too tasty to those hungry hardcore hip hop heads, a good practice is to see a show where the crowd is a hardcore hip hop heads, and taking notes to what the DJ’s playin and noticed which one work which one is not to the crowd

    March 20, 2015 at 9:20 am #2159451
    Terry_42
    Keymaster

    Of course you should not play totally opposite stuff. But mixing up a hip hop party with a acapella rap mixed over some nice soul tunes or things like that can spice things up nicely and also get the girls moving a lot more (and that girls will like you as well).

    March 20, 2015 at 3:00 pm #2159651
    Glorina Julian
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    Thanks Terri and Arnaldi!

    Great tips! I just started another thread that elaborate on both your comments. Why is it that say a soulful house groove with acapellas might work vs say an EDM 4/4 beat? Also @Terry when you say totally opposite stuff, do you mean in the same set or one right after the other? Maybe this is the part I’m not understanding. Based on Atnaldi’s comment, a hip hop crowd would hate EDM beats but could we somehow trick them by day playing that Flo Ridah/Tpain song Low then subtly transition to the David Guetta/Flo ridah collab they did? I can imagine that going from a DrDre gangsta rap song to an Orbital trancey song wouldn’t work but it’s fascinating to me why or why not? Hot girls dancing I guess, right? Haha

    No, one day, not sure how, I’m gonna make an Orbital trance Dr.Dre mashup that will hit!!

    March 21, 2015 at 11:29 am #2160001
    Glorina Julian
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    @Arnaldi – Hey man, I was looking through Beatport and when I heard this, I immediately thought of your comment, haha.

    https://pro.beatport.com/track/regulate-destructo-and-wax-motif-remix/6168377

    I can just imagine a bunch gangstas busting out the glowsticks, haha.

    And of course, this one from a few years back. The Snoop collab with David Guetta

    https://pro.beatport.com/track/sweat-remix/1915865

    March 21, 2015 at 5:50 pm #2160161
    DJ Vintage
    Moderator

    I have played rock n roll and Hooked On Waltzes (from the Hooked On Classic series) in disco’s back in the day. It’s the height of your night if you know you have the place moving in such a way that you actually do dictate what’s next and just KNOW it will go down well.

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