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D.J.Manhattan, post: 21727, member: 1201 wrote: I have a few if you dont mind.

I am not understanding the differences in genres of genres. Like house music, then progressing house, techno house, est… does it really matter? how can i educate myself more about the difference?

I find with that it just takes some time, I used to have trouble hearing the difference but now it’s easy. It’s just a matter of listening to all of it, then you begin to understand what sets them apart and how they can work together.

reason808, post: 21358, member: 831 wrote: Think of the poor groom who’s stuck with her for the rest of his life! You got away from her and got paid for it. He’ll need an expensive divorce. Nobody can win against a control freak that bad.

This is the first thing that came to my mind.

Other than that, women who are getting married are more crazy than they normally are. Steering clear of that wedding is probably best, some people are just never happy.

I used to back DJ Sneak on his movement agaisnt the SMH, David Guetta and so on… but it’s really gotten old and really fast. I can’t stand SMH or anything like that, but watching him rant on and on about it just shows that he’s massively butthurt. He’s (Sneak) an incredibly talented dj and just comes off as a whining baby because their house music (though awful) isn’t ‘true house’ by his standards.

The thing is, big pop acts are what brings people in. True fans of a genre will end up looking into the underground eventually, but every genre needs mainstream acts to attract fans. Nobody just starts off listening to dark underground 7am techno, there’s a progression. Just like nobody starts off listening to death metal, they usually start off with mainstream metal bands and work there way underground.

Lastly, all these new (and sometimes awful, *cough* Paris *cough*) acts don’t impact the underground at all. If anything, it gets improved when new fans tire of the mainstream and look elsewhere for their beats.

End rant.

My first gig last week, I ended up playing a solid 5 hours!

I started off slow, around 120bpm with some deep house. Played more melodic stuff, long tracks… Just background music. As people started to show up I gradually increased the bpm and changed from deep to a more tech house sort of feel. To keep people from being bored, I’d try and create a mood or atmosphere. Every 20-30min I’d change my style to keep em from getting bored… Go from slow deep, some funky house, funky tech, some darker stuff, drums ect… Just keep people on their toes!

tl;dr
Start slow, slowly increase bpm, changes styles of tunage, enjoy.

My job allows me to listen to music all day, so I usually just throw on a mixcloud set with a tracklist and then just jot down tunes I like, then when I get home I go through my list and start getting what I need. I also click random tracks on Youtube and when I’m at home I’ll just randomly browse Beatport.

While finding new music has never been an issue, I find it’s the tagging, sorting, labelling and organizing that drives me nuts and takes most time.

The way I first started was usually through friends. I’d ask one of my EDM fanatic friends for something like *insert random song name here* and they would send it over. I come from a heavy metal background, I had no idea for EDM. After a while I’d just go on YouTube, search up a song I like and then listen to the suggestions on the right… Find an artist I like, search more for him/ her and so on. Now I also just randomly try stuff on Beatport and listen to any mix with a tracklist.

Dj Le Roi Feat. Roland Clark – I Get Deep (Original Mix)