What to do to spice thing up?

**octostout** · 05-01-2013, 02:12 PM

The ONLY application for that terrible style is youtube videos.
Nobody will ever want you to do anything like this live for any reason, even "a couple times a set".

Just learn to actually DJ. You "spice things up" by actually being good.

**mdcdesign** · 05-01-2013, 02:36 PM

Originally Posted by octostout

The ONLY application for that terrible style is youtube videos.
Nobody will ever want you to do anything like this live for any reason, even "a couple times a set".

Just learn to actually DJ. You "spice things up" by actually being good.

This isn't true. Bass Kleph gets paid insane amounts of money for doing just that, although with his stuff he's using more samples and whatnot than remixing tracks. A good example would be the CMD DC-1 video on that same guy's channel... lemme get a link.

If you did that live, people would go mental.

**Student** · 05-01-2013, 03:39 PM

To be honest dude, at 18, you're doing a nice routine. People here mostly don't like it because they hate Gangnam style. I think that in most top40 clubs they would like an one hour set with a couple of routines mixed through some popular songs. Keep practicing and carry on mate!

**scattrrbrain** · 05-01-2013, 04:42 PM

Originally Posted by mdcdesign

This isn't true. Bass Kleph gets paid insane amounts of money for doing just that, although with his stuff he's using more samples and whatnot than remixing tracks. A good example would be the CMD DC-1 video on that same guy's channel... lemme get a link.

If you did that live, people would go mental.

Behringer finally jumped on this industry (obvious modelling that video after the similar NI vids)

Id rather have a 3D for what he's doing.

**mdcdesign** · 05-01-2013, 05:27 PM

Originally Posted by scattrrbrain

Behringer finally jumped on this industry (obvious modelling that video after the similar NI vids)

Id rather have a 3D for what he's doing.

That video was actually produced independently by a forum member here

Probably one of my favorite routines ever, and kinda reminds me of Angelo's Reloop stuff.

**dj gullum** · 05-01-2013, 05:28 PM

It seams to me that most of the members on here are not Club DJ and seam to hate anything that is populare be it DJ's or top40 songs. Remember Club are for the crowed and not you, festivals and special events are about you. If you have a special style and dos not fit a club say no. Think of it as getting a Death Metal band playing at a country bar.

Some parts of the video were actualy quite cool but any and DJ in a club that uses beatmatcher/slicer more then once in a song would get a pubtch in da face from me.
The mix without much less FX I would enjoy at a club being a bit drunk, the songs are overused so they would have killed my mood if I were soper.

And you still young keep practising and enjoy music.

**mdcdesign** · 05-01-2013, 05:39 PM

Originally Posted by dj gullum

It seams to me that most of the members on here are not Club DJ and seam to hate anything that is populare be it DJ's or top40 songs. Remember Club are for the crowed and not you, festivals and special events are about you. If you have a special style and dos not fit a club say no. Think of it as getting a Death Metal band playing at a country bar.

Some parts of the video were actualy quite cool but any and DJ in a club that uses beatmatcher/slicer more then once in a song would get a pubtch in da face from me.
The mix without much less FX I would enjoy at a club being a bit drunk, the songs are overused so they would have killed my mood if I were soper.

And you still young keep practising and enjoy music.

Hold din kaeft

You'll find that a large number of us ARE club DJs, but in genre-specific venues. I can tell you that - especially in House clubs - stuff like that DOES go down very well, but it obviously on what your base tracks are and how you use them. You're right that using beatmasher and slicer out of tempo, especially in vocal-heavy tracks, doesn't work particularly well in a club, but if you're playing mostly instrumental house then you can use those techniques to build crescendos and add flavour to your mix.

Also, there's the live performance element I mentioned previously. In certain venues, being able to get up on stage (or in some other easily visible position) with a Maschine, Midifighter, MPC or Orbit makes the difference between people paying £2 for general entry or £8 for a ticket.