Hell just pretend to be beatmatching or something along those lines lol. Like put your cans on one ear and pretend like your nudging the next track back / forth. They'll never know what you were doing was acting!
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11-19-2011, 04:21 PM #21Tech Guru
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11-19-2011, 04:27 PM #22Tech Guru
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Drink something. And rock out. Really, just feel and respond to the crowd. Answer a question someone lurking might ask you.
Sometimes songs need to be played out. I get so frustrated when going to a show when people are speed mixing 100% of the time, or trying to do too much all the time. Really, just rock the fuck out man.
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11-19-2011, 04:54 PM #23Tech Mentor
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This situation should never arise. If I had time away from mixing, I'd look through my tracks and pick the next one (or next few)
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11-19-2011, 05:50 PM #24
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Only other DJs care what you are doing...your average punter just wants to dance to some good tunes...
Personally i would never pretend to do something i'm not...Weapons, not food, not homes, not shoes
Not need, just feed the war cannibal animal
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11-19-2011, 06:02 PM #25Tech Guru
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Dance, That's why I love Music, it makes me move.
"Wow! I wanna be just like your friend! Thats honestly what i told my mom and dad when i was about 11 years old...i said when i grow up i wanna dj for rich people"
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11-19-2011, 06:23 PM #26
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never pretend to do something.
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11-19-2011, 07:10 PM #27Tech Mentor
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Exactly. Because even if 99% of people have no idea your twiddling a pointless knob or fader, someone in the crowd is a DJ. And he knows. He knows. And I don't know about everyone else, but when I rock a crowd, it's great. When I rock a crowd and another DJ comes to the booth and tells me it's rocking, Awesome!
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11-19-2011, 07:34 PM #28Tech Mentor
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I did NOT invite two hot girls to get behind the booth last Saturday. STUPID
! I think that effects like beatmasher 2 + filter can create some easy build ups that the crowd loves.
Great tips all around.
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11-19-2011, 07:57 PM #29Tech Guru
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Everybody seems to encourage drinking, I wonder if I could DJ while drunk, sounds like I just made plans for next weekend, all in the name of science of course.
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11-19-2011, 08:12 PM #30Tech Mentor
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Though I haven't really played live much, what I do in those times is find a song with a Quirky synth or something, loop it up, drop a low pass filter on and work the synth into the song. It can add an extra layer to the song without ruining it, and shortening loop size along with the song on buildups adds a lot of excitement. For the breakdown of the main song run the synth at normal loop size but add a delay, with the right synth it can add a massive amount of depth to a female singer or just basic beats.
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