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Playing infront of a crowd for the first time and need advice!

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  • March 8, 2012 at 1:32 am #16416
    shr3dder
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    Nail ya first mix. It gives you such a big confidence boost when the first mix works perfect.

    Other then that I think its inevitable and a good thing that you’ll be nervous. I was shitting myself at my first gig, just try to remember to have fun, and that even if you do stuff up most people honestly don’t even notice.

    March 8, 2012 at 9:26 am #1003226
    Arbite
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    I had a series of songs with which I knew the transitions so well that I could do them blindfolded. As you get more confident you can start bringing in tracks that you don’t know as well.

    March 8, 2012 at 1:46 pm #16438
    tylervulgar
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    For your first time out, Honestly Plan like your first 20 mins of your set especially if you’re at a convention and not a normal bar, You probably won’t be getting requests chucked at you unless you’re very easy to get IE:Not on a stage. Once you nail a few mixes you’ll be in your comfort zone and good to throw down for the rest of the evening…OH and don’t blow your load(Of good music too early)

    March 8, 2012 at 4:18 pm #16444
    ThinkAboutIt
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    And maybe you can add some anime sound samples since you’re playing in an anime convention.

    Dattebayoooo 🙂

    March 8, 2012 at 4:55 pm #16447
    Edward Onaci
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    tylervulgar, post: 16520, member: 1278 wrote: For your first time out, Honestly Plan like your first 20 mins of your set… Once you nail a few mixes you’ll be in your comfort zone and good to throw down for the rest of the evening…OH and don’t blow your load(Of good music too early)

    Exactly! Make sure to include a couple of your favorite songs and once you’re feeling relaxed, play what feels right. Also, remember that this will be FUN and that any mistakes you make (or think you make) will help you become more proficient next time around!

    March 8, 2012 at 9:51 pm #16459
    longmover
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    be prepared for how much louder it will be, thats the biggest difference if you’ve been playing ion your bedroom. The tracks that you play will sound very different so be prepared to think on your feet if things dont sound as you thought they would. Also mix with one ear on and one off (for the headphones) trying to master a mix with both on is very hard outside of the bedroom.

    ALWAYS TAKE A TORCH!!!!

    March 9, 2012 at 12:05 am #16464
    DJ T3ch Hu5ky
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    ThinkAboutIt, post: 16526, member: 1054 wrote: And maybe you can add some anime sound samples since you’re playing in an anime convention.

    Dattebayoooo 🙂

    Well i do have the themes to panty and sticking with gerdell which is a j electro track and some mlp tracks for the bronies.

    March 9, 2012 at 1:48 am #16471
    Rattfink
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    Brotha Onaci, post: 16529, member: 1564 wrote: Exactly! Make sure to include a couple of your favorite songs and once you’re feeling relaxed, play what feels right. Also, remember that this will be FUN and that any mistakes you make (or think you make) will help you become more proficient next time around!

    I like to have a few “mini mixes” that I can go to. They’re about 10-15 minutes in length no more than that and I know them like the back of my hand. By mini mix I don’t mean pre recorded just a few tracks that work really well together that you can pull out and play blindfolded. Do them in a few different styles/genres so that you can pull them out depending on what the crowd’s feeling. If you have these mini nuggets up your sleeve you’ll be a lot more confident!

    March 10, 2012 at 11:46 am #16510
    coupon
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    i tend to make small mistakes here and there in the bedroom and you would think that these mistakes would be amplified by a louder sound system but ive found that the opposite seems to be true. the eq is far more forgiving and speakers are far less sensitive to the small adjustments you make. once you notice what you can get away with, it lets you play around with your songs a bit more.

    March 10, 2012 at 4:02 pm #1003237
    José Reach
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    coupon, post: 16593, member: 1403 wrote: i tend to make small mistakes here and there in the bedroom and you would think that these mistakes would be amplified by a louder sound system but ive found that the opposite seems to be true. the eq is far more forgiving and speakers are far less sensitive to the small adjustments you make. once you notice what you can get away with, it lets you play around with your songs a bit more.

    I agree with that. You can get away with more in a loud venue. Because of the volume you hear the mistakes less.

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