First gig on friday (help me cut down tracklist)

[theory28]

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generally keep the time to track tatio =

1 track for every minute

[photojojo]

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generally keep the time to track tatio =

1 track for every minute

One minute per track for a techno set is probably just a little short, like four or five minutes short. Especially if he's the opener. :eek:

[theory28]

you misunderstood (my bad)

i mean come prepared with that ratio, that way you have more tracks then you'll need, but if there are a few that just wont fit the mood then you wont be at a dead end brcasue you still have more

[DJ Nada]

What happens if the bands play indie rock and you get 3 requests for August Burns Red? You still gonna go ahead and clear the floor with that deep house set you prepared? Preparing for an unknown situation is stupid, and it is your first gig, you don't know what the situation is going to be.

[PeteWoods]

Its a local talent night, and the DJ who's closing it after me usually plays hard techno/psytrance. It's more me opening for him than anything as far as i know...

[Sherlock Ohms]

I'm with the "respond to the floor" guys and gals on here ...

By all means practice and have a few nice little routines of 3-4 tracks to fall back on, but you need to be able to adlib, else they might as well use itunes ...

[theory28]

Its a local talent night, and the DJ who's closing it after me usually plays hard techno/psytrance. It's more me opening for him than anything as far as i know...

NO!

HE is CLOSING for YOU!

[fellis]

I go with one song per 2.5 minutes, (i play it for about 2 minutes with 30 seconds for mixing in and out) so I would say that playlist could go even bigger. You want to make sure you keep changing it up so the audience stays interested.

Good luck!