Emma Partnow

Hello Clint; A Very Warm Welcome to The Forum 🙂
I Remember the days of carrying my Packard Bell Base Unit to Gigs too 🙂

Michael Fuchs, post: 6088 wrote: Thanks Emma, and yes, it was tonight. I got there and plugged in and started going. It went ok for my first time ever mixing hip-hop (rather bad actually) but nobody cared. I realized though that i was having a terrible time and it was just not my type of crowd (rowdy, drug-oriented, rude, etc.) and I only knew one person. I left 45 minutes after I got there. I now know that I should only do a gig if I am really going to like it and I am into the music I am mixing.

Hello Michael 🙂
For your Second Gig this was a Good Learning Curve for you I think; as to ‘Feel Uncomfortable’ with the Genre and the Clientele is Definitely Okay; and to Learn something about ‘What You Want To Do’ In Public So Early In Your Career is a Great Thing;
If we are ‘Out for Bucks’ (which you weren’t); then some Bad Gigs are Par For The Course;
However; to Walk Away When You Felt It Was Correct For You; takes Courage and Self Respect;
I still Feel That We Need (if we Choose) To Aim High in this Business;
If we Want A Regular Income (basically taking Most/All Gigs); that is Cool;
However; if we ‘Want To Be Big’; then at Some Point ‘We Need To Be Calling the Shots’

I Only Race in Video Games of course (the Forza Motorsport Series); but it wouldn’t Surprise me if ‘Some’ Teams ‘Practice’ this way (as do the USA Military – in Video Games); but to Actually Drive/Race in Real Life would be Class :cool:;
And I Love those small Peugeot/SEAT type Cars for Tight Corners 🙂

djsubculture, post: 6079 wrote: Probably shifting around in his seat. Racing seats suck for comfort.

To be fair, it was 1. His first time at that track. And 2. His first time in that car.
Keep in mind that was a practice run, not an actual race.

Good thing he was in a caged car.

For a Practice and in that Car for the First Time I would give him Top Marks then 😎
His Partner and Himself seemed Quite Proud of the Mess of the Car after the Crash though; unless that was just because he was Alive 🙂

Great News Michael 😎
But did you mean the Gig was tonight ?
At least you have your Playlists with is Excellent Preparation; and your Practice will come ‘Live’ 🙂

steve_07, post: 6057 wrote: Im wanting to mix a set which is mainly house music. I have a limited selection of house music, mainly an Amesia Ibiza mix CD with the likes of Mark Knight, Axwell, Tiesto, etc and loads others I have never heard of.

Basically Im after someone to point me in the right direction for some house music that is easy to mix and goes well together. I have no idea what artists to look for or even where to begin and was hoping some of you lot have done house mixes before and could recommend a few tracks, an album or even a mix to remix.

Cheers,

Hello Steve 🙂
Although you have received some Excellent Advice already in this Thread; I will say something too 🙂
When Record Shops were Open (like Virgin and HMV – are they still Open?); I use to pick up 6 CD Sets of House – Unmixed – (and other Genres) for £12; I don’t know what it is like today; other than to say that these ‘Special Mix Complilations’ would cost Much More on the Usual MP3 Sites; but; with over 80 Tracks available it was Great for Early Development of Genres; or even Basic DJ Skills (or the Evolvement Of);
However; without the Medium I described; it takes a Great Deal Of Time; to First Of All ‘Find’ Tracks that you Enjoy (even on YouTube – though I spend Hours and Hours on there myself); (I also listen to Mix Sets that people have put up Online; and also Download and Study Famous DJ Mixes which are available on Soundcloud); and then More Time actually Obtaining these Tracks; but Unfortuantely (or Fortunately) this is The Name Of The Game :);
The Most Important Thing Of All All; having to spend this Amount Of Time; is to ‘Like’ The Genre you are Studying;
As for me; having spent 3 Solid Months of this year listening to Dubstep Excusively; I have gone Right Off it now;

One of my Current Sources of Tracks is [EMAIL]B@TV[/EMAIL]; I watch a Set (by a DJ who is Interesting); and when I hear something that says to me ‘Absolute Classic’; I read in the Comments for the Tracklisting; and then Buy The Track;