so the other night i was asked to take on a residency at a new club thats opening in the legendary hess villiage (hamilton)! im pretty pumped about it, but i had some questions for all you experienced resident dj's.
the thing is, hess villiage is litterd with a mass assortment of clubs and genres, ranging from top40, hip hop, and the type of house music they play on the radio. so that makes for some tricky competition, for my self as a dj and the bar especially for brining in numbers! whenever im down there (hess) i always here somebody complaining about the music at one bar or another, so how can you win really?
those genres arent not realy my style to be quite honest, though i do enjoy some good hip hop from time time time, and there is a ton of great indi tunes that i wouldent mind playing as it usually gets good response from the crowds!
bloc party, metric, mgmt always cause riots at this one club i goto on weekends.
anyways, what are you guys playing everyweekend that almost anyone will go nutty when you play it?
i still want to play dirty electro house maybe some dubstep, but im worried about the general publiuc.
how do you guys go about mixing songs/genres that you dont really like into "your" set?
what are some of your experiences? good and bad.....
i had a plan to play everything under the sun from open till about 1230/1 or so then killing the dance floor with some more grimey, get your ass to the floor remixes. but im affraid to scare the customers away! i dunno..
the main question is, has anyone been asked to dj at a new club? and how did you handle it? after all the sake of the business is depending on you knowing what people are going to want to hear, right?
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