First of all...thanks to everyone on here. forum has helped out in so many ways
Going to try to keep this from a novel
Plan was to start looking for gigs end of january but I gave a buddy a few mixes and someone heard it and I ran into that guy who has a monthly Prog house night outside of the city (hour from where i live). A dj just backed out and said if i wanted in, it would be him me and another guy and i could have 30 min. (i assume opening and i would play some funky tech house and house...)
Catch. he didnt want to do a comp change out, and he wanted me to send him what i wanted to play and i would use his comp. So i said i dont like it but let me bring a usb over and test your set-up (cdj850's midi into traktor)
I get to his place and we start talkin and he tells me I'm not opening and I could go on at anytime throughout the night. So now im freakin in my head, how am I supposed to give him enough music without just handing him my library.
I decide I will just use his library and be fine...wrong. music is not even remotely organized (s%^t is everywhere in random titled folders, one track had a tong tag on it, no cuepoints or beat grids, genres arent correct). the midi mapping is messed up, deck A's tempo slider controls Deck B's gain)
My brain was telling me to cancel but thats not something i wanted to do and figured I would just make the best
I asked in 4 different ways to use my equipement on the other 2 channels on the clubs mixer but he said there would be no room.
In the end we agreed that he would leave the CDj's at home and use his VCI and I could use just an X1 and the clubs mixer.
Now I'm excited and its a good thing I'm anal about my music organization and have everything by genre and pace(open,mid,peak) So I will be able to match whenever I come on
Here is a pic from last months show when he dropped avicii levels
Although I was going to look for after hour type gigs for deep house,techno, tech house, Im really looking forward to making a club rage and its going to be a super mainstream set SHM,Avicii,skrillex,Alesso style...maybe in the end I will be able to find residency's to play both styles
Who knows how much I'll play but its an opportunity and thats all i could ask for.
Pics and hopefully video to follow
Edit....I'm bringing everything with me cuz i have no idea what to expect....extra RCA's, powerbars, probably my xone 22. etc
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