Originally Posted by
dj matt blaze
When you say you prepared a 3 hour mix, do you mean you prerecorded a 3 hour mix that you plan on playing or that you have practiced mixing the same set over and over again that is 3 hours long and you plan on mixing that again? In all honesty, and IMO anything more than having a playlist of music you want to play is TOOOO much preparation. Any experienced DJ will tell you that planning every single aspect of your mix takes the fun out of the entire Dj experience because unless you are practicing the same 3 hour mix to eventually record it, your mix should never sound the same way twice. Plus when you are DJing most events and especially at a friends party, you will get requests and you will get a lot of pissed off people if you don't play their requests. You have to remember, you are there for the them, they are not there for you, don't get caught up in your own agenda that you have to play this song after that song because thats the way you practiced it. A good DJ needs to play for the crowd and to be able to adapt. You may have a 3 hour deep house set and they want to hear gangnam style, now what are you going to do? Tell them that you can't play it because thats not how your practiced 3 hour set is supposed to be?
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