for my first gig I had my set planned out, only in as far as I knew what tunes I would play.
Other than that, have a few beers, not too many, and enjoy yourself.
if you casn get a crowd of people along to support you, even better.
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for my first gig I had my set planned out, only in as far as I knew what tunes I would play.
Other than that, have a few beers, not too many, and enjoy yourself.
if you casn get a crowd of people along to support you, even better.
If I don't plan when I'm bringing tunes in and what effects I use etc then it'll just be fading in and out for the whole set. I can't possibly do a really good mix that's akin to a mash-up if I haven't planned it already.Quote:
Originally Posted by ponyboy
Why would you have to fade them? Beat match them.Quote:
Originally Posted by DJWilliams
Do whatever you need to do anyway, Iwas just giving some suggestions.
good luck.
That's what I mean, there won't be any complex build ups or double drops.Quote:
Originally Posted by ponyboy
Thanks
Personally I would go for a couple of "safe" options to get you into it. I was so nervous for the first couple of mixes I couldn't even remember what i'd played. Once you get that down and out of the way you'll feel much more confident and you can then play what YOU think will go well.Quote:
Originally Posted by DJWilliams
Other than that relax and dont get too drunk!!(I did this once and took the wrong deck off!!!)
Would it be advisable to have a few tokes of mj beforehand to calm me or will I get even more nervous and start panicking? haha
I'd definitely give Kirsten Dunst a couple of tokes before a gig to calm me down.... ;)
It amplifies what I'm feeling, so if I'm nervous already I'm afraid that it would make me worse...Quote:
Originally Posted by Bunford
Deffo to this +1Quote:
Originally Posted by djnesquigs
Never know that a promoter maybe at that party or someone well connected :)
What i do is freestyle the smaller gigs but whenever a big one comes up, it's better to be perfect and not be able to do requests.
For freestyling, after you do it enough you get a feel for when to mix in other songs. I don't even have count in my head, I just know when the songs change up by instinct .Usually there's a change every four 32 bars. So when you're just learning to freestyle at first, look at the waveform and visually figure out when to put the next track in.
Yup.Quote:
Originally Posted by DJWilliams
just like with booze tho... not too much other wise youll forget what your doing and are more likely to mess up.... or put on a really shitty track by mistake.
Quick review of your mix, didn't like the first three songs, they didn't fit in well at all, fourth song going forward is actually quite enjoyable to listen to.
Did you just crossfade every song or did u actually work on it, cause sounds like you just crossfaded everthing.
I listened to about 40 mins of it, after 4th song, it's enjoyable and I'm not into DnB that much.
Keep practicing, Good Luck
Haha, everyone says the beginning is crap, I agree.Quote:
Originally Posted by LaOnda
For some transitions I crossfaded at the breakdowns, for others I played loops or the songs at the same time. If you read my OP that was what my question is about. Why are you having a go at me saying that it sounds like I just crossfaded? What else am I supposed to do? In DnB you can't just whack two tracks on top of eachother for the whole mix, and that would be equally as boring.
Clearly you've not seen many top quality dnb DJs, generally you want to be aiming to spend as much time as possible with two or even three tracks playing out as possible. I'd recommend starting with the king himself, Andy C.Quote:
Originally Posted by DJWilliams
Wouldn't always playing 2 tracks sound crap though and ruin the tunes? Sometimes it works but I do it like 2 times out of 10, I usually just layer a loop then drop at the same time...
Which is where the actual skill of DJing comes into it.Quote:
Originally Posted by DJWilliams
Andy C is the god of straight up technical mixing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je35bjfpBjg
So basically I need to transition much more and not let a track play on its own for ages? His mixes sound like one big mash-up, I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing...
Generally that's what people aim for with dnb. You're syncing right? It should be super easy for you to bring tracks in quickly so why not experiment and find some that work together?
If you're only playing one tune at a time you're not mixing now are you? :P
And hey it's a damn good thing. Honestly I've never heard anyone who can mix vinyl like he can. God on 3+ turntables.
Damn, that's where I've been going wrong :pQuote:
Originally Posted by MrPopinjay
Saw Andy C a couple of years ago, the guy's unreal
I got to go backstage last time I saw him and I just stood there for an hour peering over his shoulder. Totally nuts.Quote:
Originally Posted by fullenglishpint
I don't just play 1 track all the time, I guess I should experiment with more transitions and playing 2 tracks at the same time more. Yeah I'm using SYNC, I just feel that if you're playing 2 tracks that are in the 'chorus' at the same time it'd sound like a train wreck and ruin the songs? It works sometimes... I mixed Chicane - Come back (shockone remix) with The Qemists - Hurt less like this in my mix, all the other transitions were either fading at the breakdown, playing vocals over another track or bringing a loop in.
Focus on playing multiple tunes at once. Pick two songs in the same key or a relative key or whatever (just two songs that don't clash horribly) and then screw around the EQs until they don't sound terrible. IMO this is the basis of mixing.