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How well do you plan your DJ sets?

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  • July 9, 2012 at 10:17 pm #1007420
    ReggaeDelgado
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    I have my music far too organized, but that allows me to move around quickly and not waste time agonizing over the next song. I don’t plan ahead though, but I do pick a few songs that I want to be sure to play and then can jump through my music till I get to the perfect spot to play those “must play” tunes.

    July 10, 2012 at 1:05 am #1007427
    TheReturn
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    If I have time, in the week before, I might practice with any new songs I’ve picked up in the month previous to make sure I know what works well together and if the songs have any tricky bits.

    July 10, 2012 at 11:17 am #1007453
    gbadegesin
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    I create a playlist but rarely tend to use it. I am more of a turn up and play but use my pre-created playlist as my ‘get out of jail’ card. Os when i am running out of ideas, or have a DJ blockhead or running out of a track, i quickly revert to my playlist.
    It works so well for me as i can easily adapt to the floor when i play on the fly

    July 10, 2012 at 11:57 am #1007454
    Stazbumpa
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    I plan to the point that I have certain types of music in certain folders, but beyond that I kind of make it up on the night. Requests always throw rigid playlists out of the window anyway, and I like to be eclectic. There’s nothing worse than a DJ you can set your watch by.

    March 27, 2014 at 7:59 pm #2019042
    DJ Neon the Glowgobear
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    I generally make about 5 playlists. I have my “OH my YES I want to play these songs (about 1.5 hours) MOST definitely” or the “A List – [eventname]” list. Then I have my “B List – [eventname]” with good songs, but nothing I absolutely feel I have to showcase. My “C :ist [eventname]” is for intro songs, something light to start off the evening (if the party starts at like 8 – 9). I make two “Bathroom Break” lists trimmed to where Virtual DJ can do a decent job of automixing when I gotta take a few out of the booth for a quick break or to grab a drink.

    I use my slidelist for requests or stuff that I want to inject because of the crowd that I didn’t anticipate.

    Has worked out for me pretty well so far.

    March 27, 2014 at 9:36 pm #2019063
    gullum
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    I have a few playlists that contain songs in different genres and name them as these genres like Club House mainly remixes of top 40, Electro House, Drums N Bass, Twerk and so on. every now and then I go through each of these playlist and remove song I’m not playing more. then I just turn up and play from these playlists and switch between genres according to the mood on the floor. I also have a playlist called prepare that malignly is empty if I get a feel for some songs during a gig that are not in the other playlist I add them to this playlist to work them in requests go into that playlist too.

    March 27, 2014 at 11:12 pm #2019086
    Grant
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    Well all of this is invaluable information! Thanks to everyone, as a beginner I’m learning lots about this.

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