Need some suggestions as a warm up DJ

[Quiggers]

bring the energy down a notch for the five mins before the headliner comes on.

If you know who he/she is then why not look them up on soundcloud / mixcloud / youtube and get a feel for what they play. Dont play any or their hits or big remixes if they produce,
you'll call it flattery but they'll be hard pressed not to punch you.

if the new guy comes in all guns blazing, dont be frightened to drop the energy back to zero, an accapella and some reverb can work wonders if the guy before you decides to try out some hard house classics

[bartboy]

Don't overdo it. Try to keep it at 125-126 or under. Your not there to play bangers and bring the house down. You need to walk a fine line of engaging the crowd while not going to far. You want to be asked back or possibly offered a regular slot. Your not gonna make any friends by playing an over the top set. Yes the crowd may love it but the other DJs/Promoters/Owners will also taker notice. Do your job and do it well which unfortunately is to get the crowd started. Play your part make connections and work your way up.

From the sounds of it you have a awesome spot. Early in the night people aren't expecting much so you can play out those off the wall tracks you wanna try out. If they bomb who cares. Then you get to take the reins back after the headliner. Yes the floor will not fill as much but you get the people who are either still hanging around to drink or still hanging around for the music. Hopefully you get more of the later. I used to love playing out from 4-7. It was the best time for me. I got the people who loved the obscure stuff and loved to dance. Yeah I couldn't pack em in like they did down the street but they were a ghost town after 3am. Everyone had either gone home or they were out dancing with me. I didn't get paid anywhere close to the headliners but man I had fun.

Also as far as setlists go I would talk to the other DJs if possible and just casually bring it up. If they think thats cool then go for it. Almost all DJs I know have a rough setlist in there mind and work around those 10-15 tracks. So they may not have anything to give you. I would get there early to try to talk to all the DJs about whos going on when and how much time your gonna need to setup. Then stick around for there sets. If for nothing else to not replay something later in the night. Hope this helps at all.

[sepdanger]

Theres a large chance that the headliner dj is gonna be building up his tempo to about 128-bpm /
What i do when im in your position is to set up my tracks into simple pairs / but choose the pairs after categorizing your music by "BPM"- that way they are all snugged up and wont be under much stretch (distortion)/ considering you have an idea where he is going to end up/ try to set up pairs starting at 125 n work up to 127/ maybe sneek in a couple 128 bumpers just for shitzngiggles... lol

This way you know which tempos you are going to be abusing and you will have a designated start and end/ after those variables are accounted for/ structure wont be such a large mountain to climb... Ya Dig?

[Paulo]

Ok...Perfect warm up genre = Moombahton works well at getting people moving(well for me! :P)