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Wouldn’t have thought I’d actually enjoy some of that music (not my genre, so much so, that I didn’t even know what to expect, lol)! The first 5 tracks I enjoyed, then after that I felt like it was getting a little bit trancier in some of the breakdowns etc., I didn’t enjoy it as much strictly musically from that point on. But still, nice to get some exposure to different genres especially in such a well-executed manner. Some of those transitions I played multiple times because they were SO smooth! 😀

Track 10 reminded me a lot of Droplex 🙂

And regarding the length of the set: I like to stick around the 30min mark, but as you noted on my mix that makes me burn through tracks quicker. I personally figure that makes it more interesting for the audience. But I guess that’s just different strokes for different people 🙂

Oh I was sure you had some good reasons to program that way and your thinking makes sense. Everybody’s different and I guess some/maybe lots of people would really dig that way of programming 🙂

As I said: Really nice mix, I’ll check out your next one 🙂

Amr, post: 31067, member: 2522 wrote:
should I really play shit music for uneducated crowds ? even if I hate that music!!

I guess you got lots of helpful replies, so I’m probably not adding anything new here. I just would like to focus more on your attitude towards these things.

See, THAT is a decision you have to make for yourself. You come off a bit frustrated, as seemingly you now found out how it works in the real world – as opposed to some fantasy where people will glorify you and go crazy to the music you play from the get-go because you are so highly educated in your musical taste and whatnot.

I’m not making fun of you here, please don’t take any of it as offense. Sounds like you played in a club, which I never did, so props for getting that far. I’m just trying to be constructive and look at the present and the future.

There’s only two options here: Either decide that this is gonna be a hobby and you’ll play for yourself, maybe setting up a regular podcast or sth like that, the occasional friend’s party (the route I am going down as a hobbyist). Or you gotta man the f*** up and get hustling to BUILD your following, developing your style and getting a crowd. With the latter I have no experience and it’s probably tough since many people nowadays want to be the jesus-pose DJ Hero. But what I KNOW is that being all elitist about it, complaining and NOT taking responsibility is not an option. Or at least only one that won’t get you anywhere. Check the job description again because no matter how technically well executed your set was when people just didn’t dig the music you failed in terms of what you were hired to do. Simple as that.

And if you can’t be bothered to play “that mainstream shit” (I don’t enjoy it either) then draw the right consequences instead of blaming other people. There is no absolute for what good music is. I listen to prog jazz and progrock occasionally but THE UNIVERSE doesn’t give a f***, mate 😉

First off: Thanks Jack Hoesterey, the coupon code will be of use to me 🙂

No need to buy an Traktor Audio 2 IMO, just get an all-in-one like Mixtrack Pro, Pioneer Wego, Denon MC 2000, or a NI S2 / Novation Twitch if you want to spend that kinda money. Best bet is to go to a store if possible to find out which layout YOU like. There is no “best”.

The TA2 is a good deal for sure, TP2 license included. But NI has a sale right now where a TP2 license is only €39,- so I don’t see why you would wanna buy an extra sound interface which only unnecessarily makes your setup more complicated than it has to be or will collect dust somewhere.

I find that straight cutting really works well with dubstep. As long as you watch out for your keys, you can create really cool combinations of songs with all the clearly distinguishable drops, builds etc (maybe I’m actually more talking about Brostep, not sure if you mean DUBSTEP Dubstep ^^).