How to choose song order
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May 29, 2012 at 11:30 pm #1005260
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ParticipantHamza21, post: 21033, member: 2284 wrote: That’s worse advice ever! wedding djs are the bottom of barrel of the deejay world. They’re nothing but human jukeboxes playing middle of the road songs for middle of the road people. A newbie will never progress to be great solid deejay being a wedding dj. A wedding dj is where never-beens and has-beens go when they fall off. It won’t teach anything about song selection because 99% of the music you play is top 40 hits from 70’s,80’s and 90’s. It won’t teach how put together a solid mix of Hip Hop or latin grooves. It won’t teach you to dig for music. It won’t teach to be creative and experiment mixing songs you initially thought would not work together. Playing song to make 60 year old aunt betty dance won’t teach you about song selection because aunt betty has piss poor taste in music and is stuck in the past.
to answer the OP question all songs can be mentally catagorized. Some songs you know people will dance to they 10,9. some songs some,most of the people dance to they 8,7 and some songs most people won’t dance to but will love to hear they 6. The magic foumula for rocking dance floor is:
song 1: 10,9
song 2: 10,9
song 3: 8,7
song 4: 10,9Rinse and repeat for how ever long your set is.
Maybe a little on the harsh side. Perhaps sugar coat it a little more next time?
But I generally agree with these statements. Most of the time wedding DJs do a less than stellar job of mixing, that being said, the question was about song selection, not mixing.May 30, 2012 at 12:37 am #1005263Le Doc
ParticipantYes, even if these arguments are interesting, were kinda getting away from the subject, im not here to start a war between club and wedding djs.
To add a litte more to this thread, i come from a big town where clubs play lets say tracks you usually find on top charts progressive and electro. Now i got posted (military) to this small town, where the club djs arent that great at all (this is why i started learning djing, just to stop bitching about them and become one myself) and the music they play… Imagine a dj putting in a tao cruz cd, hitting play n repeat… Ok maybe not that bad but you get the picture. Knowing a lot of good people, i could get a gig pretty easily, but im still too unsure of myself to do it right away, and even tho i know i have good music taste, im afraid people wont enjoy themselves until i play those radio hits… Wich sometimes i can hear 2 to 3 times a night
Anyone has this problem?
May 30, 2012 at 1:48 pm #1005277spektakx
Membersort by bpm, haha, had to do it 🙂
May 30, 2012 at 1:52 pm #1005279Reason808
ParticipantNow things are clearer: I think Hazma21’s formula of leading with songs that everybody dances to followed by songs that most of the people dance to is really good advice.
It also sounds like you’re asking a different question from your OP. More like “How can I DJ for a conservative crowd?”
im afraid people wont enjoy themselves until i play those radio hits…
I don’t know your crowd, but your instincts are probably right. Good mixing and song selection will let you stretch beyond radio hits somewhat but not completely. Mixing radio hits with good taste can be done, but it could be frustrating for you.
May 30, 2012 at 2:06 pm #1005281MemberHamza21, post: 21033, member: 2284 wrote: That’s worse advice ever! wedding djs are the bottom of barrel of the deejay world. They’re nothing but human jukeboxes playing middle of the road songs for middle of the road people. A newbie will never progress to be great solid deejay being a wedding dj. A wedding dj is where never-beens and has-beens go when they fall off. It won’t teach anything about song selection because 99% of the music you play is top 40 hits from 70’s,80’s and 90’s. It won’t teach how put together a solid mix of Hip Hop or latin grooves. It won’t teach you to dig for music. It won’t teach to be creative and experiment mixing songs you initially thought would not work together. Playing song to make 60 year old aunt betty dance won’t teach you about song selection because aunt betty has piss poor taste in music and is stuck in the past.
to answer the OP question all songs can be mentally catagorized. Some songs you know people will dance to they 10,9. some songs some,most of the people dance to they 8,7 and some songs most people won’t dance to but will love to hear they 6. The magic foumula for rocking dance floor is:
song 1: 10,9
song 2: 10,9
song 3: 8,7
song 4: 10,9Rinse and repeat for how ever long your set is.
I think it’s actually very good advise.
May 30, 2012 at 6:11 pm #1005305ParticipantAlex Cloutier-Dupont, post: 21125, member: 2256 wrote: Yes, even if these arguments are interesting, were kinda getting away from the subject, im not here to start a war between club and wedding djs.
To add a litte more to this thread, i come from a big town where clubs play lets say tracks you usually find on top charts progressive and electro. Now i got posted (military) to this small town, where the club djs arent that great at all (this is why i started learning djing, just to stop bitching about them and become one myself) and the music they play… Imagine a dj putting in a tao cruz cd, hitting play n repeat… Ok maybe not that bad but you get the picture. Knowing a lot of good people, i could get a gig pretty easily, but im still too unsure of myself to do it right away, and even tho i know i have good music taste, im afraid people wont enjoy themselves until i play those radio hits… Wich sometimes i can hear 2 to 3 times a night
Anyone has this problem?
This kind of story in unfortunately all too common. If thats what the crowd is always satisfied with then you might be stuck with crap music but maybe they will appreciate something different?
May 30, 2012 at 7:35 pm #1005321ParticipantI would say yes, but thing is, djs here dont seem to keep themselves up to date with current top charts of new hits. Its not really a small town but a small city. They so like progressive hits but are a little late. For example, last year One from SHM was THE song of the hour and could play 3 times a night, now on a local resident dj’s top them you see tiesto’s zero 76. My music would definatly take off on a good pace, but i know i would still play 60 to 70% radio hits. So choosing the right order not to lose anyone and possibly getting booked again… When ill feel ready that is!
May 31, 2012 at 1:29 pm #1005386Arthur Kokanov
ParticipantThats how my group is setting up our event. We are mixing top 40 with music we like. Some top 40+ some other pumping stuff, and so on.
May 31, 2012 at 1:31 pm #1005387ParticipantAlex Cloutier-Dupont, post: 21184, member: 2256 wrote: I would say yes, but thing is, djs here dont seem to keep themselves up to date with current top charts of new hits. Its not really a small town but a small city. They so like progressive hits but are a little late. For example, last year One from SHM was THE song of the hour and could play 3 times a night, now on a local resident dj’s top them you see tiesto’s zero 76. My music would definatly take off on a good pace, but i know i would still play 60 to 70% radio hits. So choosing the right order not to lose anyone and possibly getting booked again… When ill feel ready that is!
I think you are looking for the magic pill before actually playing infront of the crowd :/ … The best way to learn which song order is to play infront of others… and that means having those top 40’s in there most of the time. You will only truly know is when you play infront of others… so get out there and stop worrying.
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