Hey guys, so I literally just joined this forum (seems pretty cool btw) and I have my first gig coming up in about a month at a friend's house party. A little about myself before jumping into the nitty-gritty details:
I messed around with Virtual DJ for awhile before finally deciding to invest in some CD players and a mixer. I'm rocking 2 Numark NDX400s and a Behringer VMX100 (and yes, I am well-aware the BPM function is a joke ) No effects at all, just the barebones to start out, and I love using em.
I spin a little of everything, really. House, top-40, deep trance, and I've been told by my friends that I spin a nifty dubstep mix. I've got beatmatching, blending, and cutting down pretty solid. I'm still a bit slow on the matching, but I get it there eventually, and I understand the technique and how to do it, i.e. it makes sense to me.
Now, about the party: It's a house party. The event will be an art show/kegger (leave it to college kids ). From around 8:30 to 11pm it will be mainly art showings and short films, and a party from 11pm till whenever it gets busted.
I'm not worried about my ability as a DJ from a technical standpoint (if I end up just not being able to pull it together, I can always just go the route of the human jukebox and just slam top-40 all night). My main issue is reading the crowd. Judging by the type of event, I'm expecting a slightly grunge/hipster/skater type crowd, and I'm not sure how house/electro will go over with them, although my buddy who's co-hosting it told me to spin what I want.
So, DJTT, how would you approach this?
tl;dr: First gig at a house party, hipster/skater crowd. What do you spin/how do you approach it?
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