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September 10, 2013 at 7:48 pm #43997
DJ Vintage
Moderator@ to a DJ … highly personal I think. Many DJ’s probably will answer flow I am guessing.
@ as a DJ … music selection imho. No amount of flow will reverse the ill effects of bad music selection. Very good music selection means lots of forgiveness if the flow isn’t 100%.I don’t think the audience remembers the flow … the remember the emotion … created by the right music at the right moment.
Just my usual 2 cents.
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C.September 11, 2013 at 2:45 am #44004Lamid45G
ParticipantMusic Selection >> Flow …
If you selected wrong music for the wrong crowd, flow doesn’t matter
You play country music in front of the hip-hop crowd, all your country music is flow like a river in heaven, BUT, ya know ? no one cares its just a wrong music !September 11, 2013 at 7:18 am #44013Terry_42
KeymasterI think Chuck nailed it.
September 12, 2013 at 7:26 pm #44092Maximlee
BlockedSeen seth troxler in DC 10 in Ibiza on monday night tues morning… and his flow was all over the place but the tunes were spot on… he gpt so carried away in parts that he even messed up a few mixs but guess what no one cared there was no boos at all cau he was playing a awesome set and the fact he was having a good time in the box was making the crowd get into the mix more.
P.s DC 10 is he best club in the world…. best crowd i have ever witnessed…so up for getting lost in the music and having a good time
September 22, 2013 at 9:17 pm #44474DJ Elroy
MemberYou can only get so far if you don’t master both.
Music selection is important for the obvious reasons, and flow is more subtle.
I think it also depends on your crowd, the venue, and the time you play. Flow is a lot more important to an opening act than a headliner that can get away with playing all hits with little direction.
September 23, 2013 at 5:10 am #44486Branden
ParticipantMy take on it, is that DJ’s are typically playing for drunk people anyways, so flow isn’t as important. But rather, the selection.
September 24, 2013 at 7:21 am #44538Terry_42
KeymasterBranden, post: 44643, member: 14465 wrote: My take on it, is that DJ’s are typically playing for drunk people anyways, so flow isn’t as important. But rather, the selection.
My young padawan you have not yet felt the force of a drunk music enthusiast I guess.
If the flow you not have, the force might hit you hard… his actions might arouse the force of others and damaged your image will be.
Never diss people that are drunk, not each of them is beyond thinking, most guest actually are just “slight drunk”.Of course this is different if you only DJ students parties and they hit the cliché that each of them is so drunk they do not remember their own name.
September 24, 2013 at 7:25 am #44541Branden
ParticipantTerry_42, post: 44695, member: 1843 wrote: My young padawan you have not yet felt the force of a drunk music enthusiast I guess.
If the flow you not have, the force might hit you hard… his actions might arouse the force of others and damaged your image will be.
Never diss people that are drunk, not each of them is beyond thinking, most guest actually are just “slight drunk”.Of course this is different if you only DJ students parties and they hit the cliché that each of them is so drunk they do not remember their own name.
I never said flow wasn’t important, I just said music selection is more important.
September 24, 2013 at 7:31 am #44544Terry_42
KeymasterI was not countering that as I agree, I just did not like to dismiss guests to a club as “drunks” and hence unable to enjoy some aspects of DJing.
September 24, 2013 at 10:14 am #44560dj.andy.warhol
MemberOf course many factor will take part when you DJ on a gig. Music Selection is very important if you KNOW the place and the type of crowd. That’s obvious.
For me flow is deciding, it shows the personality of DJ and unleashes the soul of performer. It differs everything. Many people mix the same songs but IN DIFFERENT manner and that’s the point. -
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