How do you guys go about adding showmanship to your sets? I don’t mean the throwing cakes at the crowd type of showmanship, but rather showing the patrons what your doing and getting them hyped about it. When bands perform, the audience is interested to some degree in their performance, that doesn’t seem to be the case with most djs. Some don’t put on a performance at all (which is fine), but I’ve also seen some very talented DJs do some very crazy stuff behind the decks. Even though these guys often are good crowd rockers, the individuals attending usually have no visual of what the dj is doing (unlike someone playing the guitar or the drums, you typically can’t see the dj’s equipment and movements).
Here are some examples of famous djs effectively displaying showmanship:
I saw craze about a year ago and there were screens showing what he was doing on the decks, which I found to be really cool. I saw the same with a bigger, less skilled/technical dj and it made him look fairly bad as he really wasn’t doing anything.
Another good display of showmanship imo is bass kleph. In his live maschine performances, he displays the drum pad to the crowd while drumming out beats (there are a few of recordings of them on youtube, definitely worth checking out)
My friends and I are considering investing in some projectors and cameras, but I’m really interested in hearing what type of stuff others are doing.
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