What do you guys do in between transitions?

[photojojo]

If you find yourself with loads of time between transitions that tells me your playing of a set playlist. If you are try maybe starting with your first five songs picked out then wing it. I think you'll find yourself with a little less time on your hands.

[Jester]

"try to score some mota" lol

[Philippro]

If you find yourself with loads of time between transitions that tells me your playing of a set playlist. If you are try maybe starting with your first five songs picked out then wing it. I think you'll find yourself with a little less time on your hands.

What exactly do you mean with set playlist? For my regular gigs I have a playlist of 300 songs that completely changes and gets renewed. If I don't use a pre-organisation technique I feel quite nervous about finding quickly the track I want as my mbp has so many songs, and that makes me really nervous on my gig. But that's just me.

[Wickedsight]

What do I do when I'm not working a transition?

PARTY!

Are you spinning tracks you actually like, or tracks that you hate? Because when I'm spinning a nice track I'm partying in the booth. If I'm spinning a not so awesome track I'm already looking for the next one, and preparing it to mix it in.

[haze324]

PARTY!

Are you spinning tracks you actually like, or tracks that you hate? Because when I'm spinning a nice track I'm partying in the booth. If I'm spinning a not so awesome track I'm already looking for the next one, and preparing it to mix it in.

This.

I never play an organized list. I may set aside some song for a party I know that crowd will want to hear, but I never prepare and if I'm not feeling a song and the crowd isn't either I'm digging for the next track and it can be anywhere!!

Party ---- back on!

[Sherlock Ohms]

PARTY!

Are you spinning tracks you actually like, or tracks that you hate? Because when I'm spinning a nice track I'm partying in the booth. If I'm spinning a not so awesome track I'm already looking for the next one, and preparing it to mix it in.

This ^

(and regarding too many tracks to choose from I do two things - organise my tunes using some of the clever smart playlist tricks from DJTT, and before each gig I'll dump 3 or 4 times the number of tracks I'll need into a playlist and wing it from there ...)

[photojojo]

What exactly do you mean with set playlist?

I mean if you know your going to play for an hour you select enough songs that mix well and will last an hour and not deviate from that list. Nothing wrong with the way you do it and having large playlists tailored to specific gigs. It's the not deviating from a list that I was referring to.

[Maxledaron]

you can also fake turning knobs to keep you busy

[sarasin]

This is a good question actually....because this guy....who is now Digitally DJing and has most of the HARD stuff out the way....wants to know what MORE he can do ...instead of standing back and letting the Computer do it all!

Awesome!

This shows me that when guys start DJ Digitally, they not just gonna stand back and do fuckall!

Nice one bro! THIS is how the new comers to the DJ scene should be. The guys that do fuckall give us a bad name!

Well...for me...there is no free time in the box.

Once I have the track cued and and ready to go.....I drop it and mash!
If not mashing....then popping loops and making the set interesting....making it my own.

Once you have been doing this for a while....you will get to understand how to set the Cues in your tracks to be able to RMX on the fly...re arrange on the fly.

I like to play 2 tracks together....almost ALL the time. You need to know what you doing tho!



Doing it this way....has me busy all the time!

[ponyboy]

you can also fake turning knobs to keep you busy

Haha.

Now I use a laptop instead of a CDJ I check my email or watch pr0n!

Hey, I thought that's what the digital revolution was all about!