DJ GRE

Overall I liked it – I thought there were enough tracks in there for someone that was into the EDM scene to recognize and connect with and for the average person too. Agreed with the intro vocals critique especially the “the future” part – it took a little longer than I would personally have done but still nothing a regular listener would latch on too – or if they did it would be by the time the next track started. Will say I really liked the transition from cold blank to d’azoo felt very organic and like said above the ending was awesome.

Ok, so you’re thinking the mobile dj route? Essentials – at least two mains (the two main ‘above ground’ speakers) and if it’s EDM you’re thinking about you will need at least one solid subwoofer separate from the mains, also a mixing board. Now it’s cheaper to get unpowered mains and subs – but you will then need to go amp shopping; and those are pricey beasts as well. My suggestion would be to start with a solid mixing board, two mains (probably about 400 watts each) – but you could get away with one if it’s loud enough and the space isn’t too big, and one sub – all self powered; this makes setting up easy and will be cheaper in the long run. For brands, stay away from Fender and Behringer – they are geared more towards singer/songwriter types and are EQ’d a little harsh for my taste – their price makes them appealing but resist! but I will say Mackie makes a great set of mains and some solid subs at a decent price – always try the used equipment route first. But I would say go into a music store with your basic set up and test some stuff out, they should let you try them as these are huge amounts of cash you will be dropping. When I rent out equipment mackies are usually what I get. Hope this was what you were looking for.

I don’t use Serato so this is just a guess – but sometimes if I need to mix quietly I’ll send the ‘main’ ouput to the left and the ‘cue’ output to the right of my headphones. Obviously there are many different ways to work around this depending on your set up and like I said I don’t know what serato is normally set up to do.

I was just about to say, check the gain – both on the recorder and the master, usually for gigs I keep it around -7.5 ; but when recording this makes it come up too quiet so i’ll set it to 0 for recordings, usually. make sure the recorders ‘meter’ is moving and is close to – not actually, but close to the red.

Most times, just like a big purchase, I usually sleep on my tracks for a day, re listen and see if there was something worthwhile or if I was just “in a mood”. Sometimes I’ll listen to a playlist and really listen – after the preview I think – can I remember anything from that track? Melody, interesting beat? If I can’t remember anything I take it off.

I play other remixes and mashups – some of girl talks stuff is just so great and goes so well with a crowd but I don’t ever play more than one at a time. – I play my own long mixes when it’s dead as in I’m playing to an empty room, or if I need a break.

Ok… so I would say that your mixes sound pretty good – no major errors in transitions (that I heard anyway). But the one thing I would say is change up the artists, especially if you’re doing a short 10 minute set it would be better to have something else other than lmfao to end the set – maybe bring back the beginning artist – What about Steve Aoki’s remix of pursuit of happyness? – especially for a short set you want to end with a BANG! I think that’s available for download for free – might be mistaken though. Anyway, that’s my opinion – but like I said good job on the mix.