Closing out a show after a huge headliner plays. Tips?

Never done this before. Due to scheduling stuff, I may very well be closing out a night at an outdoor festival after a very big DNB headliner is finished a 2 hour set. We'll be playing a side stage at a festival with alot of rock bands, so i'm expecting a 50/50 crowd of ppl who know what's up and total n00bs to electronic music. Any tips from anybody who has been in a similar situation? I don't want to even attempt to steal this guy's thunder, but at the same time I would like to ride whatever energy he's left over for me to work with. I normally spin dubstep/breaks/dnb/jungle but will most likely stray from playing dnb. It's also going to be a silent disco. Anybody have any good/bad experiences with that either? Any advice is much appreciated!

Just have fun man. But i would stick to what you know, it's always hard enough straying from familiar styles, let alone doing it in front of a big crowd.
And it's a silent disco??? I didn't think these things really happend. I've always wondered, what about the monitors? Do you just do all of the mixing in your headphones?

If you got the slot after a huge headliner, rock the fuck out. I've closed out several times for many, and I my best advice to you is do your thing and have fun. You got booked for a reason. This is also a great opportunity to show the crowd what you have. The crowd will be full of people there who are dnb heads, and representing yourself and your crews is going to be looked upon with the utmost respect. No matter what you do, however, don't play too many of the same tracks he plays. Since it's a major headliner, chances are their set will be full of dubs so you won't have this problem unless you are getting the same dubs.

My interest is piqued tho. Who is this headliner you're closing for?

btw, wth is a silent disco?

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A silent disco is a disco where people dance to music listened to on headphones. Rather using than a speaker system, music is broadcast via an FM transmitter with the signal being picked up by wireless headphone receivers worn by the partygoers. Those without the headphones hear no music, giving the effect of a room full of people dancing to nothing. Often two DJs compete for listeners. Silent discos are popular at music festivals as they allow dancing to continue past noise curfews. Similar events are "mobile clubbing" gatherings, where a group of people dance to the music on their personal music players.

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My interest is piqued tho. Who is this headliner you're closing for?

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Dara

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omg the overhead and security for that kind of event must be a nightmare.

No shit. Hell yeah man. I've met Dara a few times over the years, and he's always been really cool. Even though he's never remembered me. Hopefully you can make a lasting impression.

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sweet! just have fun mang. and don't party too hard ;)

wait up. just thought of this. how do you feel the bass? .... im confused

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My interest is piqued tho. Who is this headliner you're closing for?

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Dara

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My interest is piqued tho. Who is this headliner you're closing for?

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wait up. just thought of this. how do you feel the bass? .... im confused

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That was my first thought. I'm guessing there's some way to push the waves out without the sound. Would kind of suck if you couldn't feel the bass.

Not sure how valid this is as a tip, but a mate of mine played the Silent Disco at Glasto last year, and if this is run the same way, there are two DJ's playing at the same time, and the crowd can switch the headphones to listen to one or the other?

Si was telling me, it's hilarious to play a song with a singable vocal hook, and listen to a badly out of tune crowd sining along without a backing track ...

Ive done a few Silent Discos for the same guys that do Glastonbury. I hate them but its fun when your the guy playing Indie Classics and the other guy is playing Techno.

I had him on every tune apart from when he played Prodigy and Tiesto (unbelievably).
Funny listening to people singing all the wrong words to songs.
I guess when people hear Blur - Song 2 or RATM they all just wanna sing-along.

Not many words in Techno records.

"Techno Techno Techno Techno"

My DJing partner opened a PR stunt silent disco at Waterloo station in London:

http://www.rnli.org.uk/who_we_are/pr...ticleid=413945

He's the dark haired chap just poking into the right hand of the picture. Reckons it was really surreal. Quite a few people having it whilst morning rush hour commuters looking confused.

Oh and the bass isn't the point. It is a bit of a novelty really, and then point is to find it funny that you are all in the same place, dancing to different music at the same time. It helps if you are off your tits at a festival I guess.

Yeah its odd. Especially as the organisers ban Monitor speakers.
I had mine on ever so slightly for certain mixes.

The most confusing thing is monitoring in your own headphones whilst trying listen to the A/B headphones to see what the other DJ is playing. Wearing 2 pairs of headphones is not easy.

Slight OT.

Never seen such a thing like "silent disco", is this a UK thing?
Also, do you get any extra bass or is it really just the headset?

Just the headset dude. You get silent discos at all the festivals and there is a monthly night in London.

well think about it. after the headliner blows up the crowd, u can sure bet the crowd is in the zone. so as said before, jam the fuk out

Gianmarco

Yeah man, don't be a puss. Drop the dirty on them and leave em' walking home bowlegged.

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Never seen such a thing like "silent disco", is this a UK thing?
Also, do you get any extra bass or is it really just the headset?

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...and the headset are terrible. Really bad quailty headphones and zero bass.

Its not a thing that you go to to listen to great new music its the kinda thing people who just wanna sing along to Queen - Dont Stop Me Now go to.

It never ceases to amaze me just how AMAZED people are at these events.
They shout at each other cus they cant hear each other singing.

"Oh my god , oh my god ... channel A... Hes playing JOURNEY"

If you have never been to a Silent Disco ... Keep it that way , i beg of you.

Nah, do it once. When you're drunk and if it's free.

Sounds fucked up man!

Like....something that should happen once for the sake of it.

Why did you play at it Karlos.....and 2nd.....why you telling us?

LOLOL

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Why did you play at it Karlos.....and 2nd.....why you telling us?

LOLOL

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LOL...

It was at an end of year event at the Uni i DJ at... Basically i had no choice.

Im telling you because DJTTs is my therapy...:D

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wait up. just thought of this. how do you feel the bass? .... im confused

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Yeah man, don't be a puss. Drop the dirty on them and leave em' walking home bowlegged.

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Yeah that's pretty much what I was thinking. Come out guns blazing and ride the vibe he leaves behind. I don't think they're doing silent disco for any other reason than to keep it from getting shut down since it runs late. I'm guessing the lack of being able to feel low end would be an issue though. I already made a point to speak to the promoter about making sure there's a monitor in the dj booth though.

Silent disco is actualy knda awesome, don't listen to Karlos, he's just fed up with it. If you try it once, you might like it. When u drunk , it's hellova fun. Also, the point is that DJ plays all the shouty tracks everybody recognize so the shouting mob is fucking hillarious/// cant imagine doing that on DnB thou.

LOL i guess 'djing' a silent disco is different to 'attending one'.

At least DJing at one gives your ears a night off...

Gotta say the queue for the Silent Disco was the longest queue at Glastonbury...

I went to a sort-of silent disco at Waterloo (or was it Victoria?) train station... basically, everyone turns up with their ipods on and, at a specific time, everyone starts dancing to whatever they're listening to, much to the amusement of all the passers-by that have no idea what the hell is happening!

was jokes

silent disco seems like a creepy ploy for some marketing / advertising weasel to whisper subliminal messages about crappy products all masked in pub favorites.

...and to look like an airline ground controller doing it. no thanks.

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also, did anyone notice that the OP did not double, but triple posted the SAME reply over the corse of 15 minutes? lol

Gianmarco

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also, did anyone notice that the OP did not double, but triple posted the SAME reply over the corse of 15 minutes? lol

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its a simple f5 mistake. i noticed :D

but (at least on chrome) you get a warning that theres going to be resent data or something like that

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Off topic, but informational. :)