How often do you break in a night?

[Villinus]

For an all night mix at a party or club, how many breaks/pauses between tracks do you throw in? Dramatic breakdowns and buildups? Solid 4 hour mix kinda person? Explain yours!


For the poles sake, we'll say a 4 hour set.

[lethal_pizzle]

Not sure I'm with you tbh? Tracks tend to have breakdowns and buildups built into them so the only breaks I'll have is if I'm radically changing tempo.

[mostapha]

If you're talking about actually stoping between songs…never. I'll probably do it this weekend at a party once in 3 hours because I'm spinning for college kids, spin prog/trance/techno around 130-135, am opening for a guy who spins 120ish-bpm house/dubstep, and plan on ending my set with some hip hop that I actually like. And it still won't be a "stop"…just effected to all hell and with a pretty quick tempo transition.

If you're talking about big, epic breakdowns…I try no more than 1-1.5/hr on average at my own parties, and about 2-4/hr if i'm trying to give candy clubbers a good trip and send everyone else to the bar. But…it's been a while since I've actually done that for money, so…yeah…

[djsakebomb]

The only breaks I've taken during my 20-ish gigs in the past two years were when police showed up to the party (about once per gig) and when a drunk chick unplugged my mixer so she could charge her phone >.<

[Str8upDrew]

About 1 an hour. Most of the bars/clubs around here are non-smoking, and i'm fairly weak when it comes to nicotine. I have a couple pre-recorded 2-3 song mixes just for this purpose. Nothing fancy on the mixes, just a smooth transition and usually something a little mellower than what i've been playing. This helps me to remember to calm it down and give the people a little break to get drinks and such. And it gives me the chance to build the energy back up when i'm done, which is always fun. I also use this time to try to coax more people inside, which isn't going to be as much of a problem with winter almost here.

[tekki]

Voted too many to count.

Basically it comes down to genre and vibe I'm playing. (The only option I'm missing in this poll. )

[jdog667jkt]

When you say break i assume you mean transitions into songs to give people some time to get some energy/drinks together.

In a 4 hour set I'd probably thrown in 4-5 breaks of that nature

[Villinus]

Yeah sorry guys, I meant like epic breakdowns, times for people to take a breather or get a drink.

I do 4-5 myself, just wanted to see what everyone else is doing

[n2hf1st]

ohhhhh. I thought you meant pauses/breaks as in dead space between tunes...

[Nunz]

At parties I've done, I never cut the music, just playback a track that's in my "already mixed" playlist. So I will take a break, but they wont