Whats up guys, long time reader of the forums and stuff, but never really posted until now.
I'm mainly a House DJ. I've spun a couple dozen pretty big Kegger/House parties in my City and have released a few small mixes out on Soundcloud (www.soundcloud.com/CodesMcC, the mixes on here, though uploaded recently are nowhere even near comparable of my ability now). My current set up consists of a Numark Mixdeck and an Akai LPD8. I use Pioneer HDJ 2000 headphones.
Software wise, I'm at kind of a cross roads. I know this forum is predominately Traktor based but I have been using Virtual DJ 7 for the past long while. Even though people view it as amateur and the "Sync" feature as bush-league, I've become most comfortable with it. I actually beat match with wavelengths and pitch bends and don't just hit the button to sync my tracks to the usual 128 BPM. I'm looking to transition over to Traktor but I feel it is WAY too late as the gig is a week away.
The gig; I'm a bartender at a Bar here in my hometown, and am good friends with a few of the big promoters here. A small bar here is starting a house night and I got offered a gig to spin as an opener or closer. The resident DJ/other feature DJ is one well known in this area. The problem I have is, I'm used to spinning bangers and making the mix well. I've never really spun in a low-key opening spot. Do I just drop the type of songs I usually drop, or go for something more lowkey and fitting? I'm looking to not only impress the crowd but the other DJ's and promoters as well as it'll lead to other gigs (Thus me being skeptical about VDJ, etc)
I guess, in short what I'm asking is a) what do I do in terms of software; stick to what I know and am good with, or cram and hope to learn something else b) How do I approach being the opening or closing dj? c) any other advice you can give.
Thanks in advance boys.
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