Genre Played In Clubs?
I’m looking at BeatPort, and there’s a ton of Genres: House, Electro House, Progressive etc…
What kind of genre would be best for clubs/gigs/beach parties/private parties?
I need songs with drops that really gets the crowd going.
thanks,
What kind of food do they serve in restaurants?
It depends on which kind, italian, frech, eastern, fusion etc.
Same goes to music, different clubs aim to certain kind of music, maybe techno, maybe top40 maybe salsa.
The question you have to ask first is where am I playing?
Is it an underground cult club? Probably techno.
Is it a house-frat style party? well, hip hop, top 40, commercial.
Is it a cool but relaxed venue? deep house, house
etc..
Similian is right! It all depends on one’s taste and style of music. I think most approved genre in this case would be something like “big room drops”, that has heavy deep maddest bass with good melodies. For example:
I’m fairly new to DJing, but it seems to me that if you approach it with the idea of playing in clubs, as opposed to having a love for a particular genre of music, then you’re approaching it the wrong way round.
MalcolmDeXXX - you’ll go a long way, mate! 
Thanks mate, I hope I become good!
I totally agree, thank you for the response.
I didn’t say I don’t love any genre for say, but I’m a small time DJ, might sound stupid but I would ‘like’ to play at clubs, and when I go clubbing, everyone just waits for the “Big DROP”…
For example I watch after party videos of say Tomorrowland, which is ‘over-rated’ and is too ‘main-stream’, but I love it. What genre is that?
Ive gone through beatport, and I THINK after listening to alot of tracks and genres, that house is too ‘calm’, and techno is too hard.
I may have answered my own question by finding the answer to be electro house.
Can someone clarify this?
cheers,
The typical genre you’ll hear any opener playing in most clubs is “Tech-House”.
Now before you guys burn me on this one, lol i wanted to type a whole explanation…but im still hungover.
edit: ph i just read about you wanting big drops…cant help you there lol
just buy the beatport top 10 and voila instant success…
I think he’s looking for EDM big room festival genre.
Try to find the main stage EDM festival DJ’s playlists from their sets and buy them all on Beatport.
Or go to Youtube, Soundcloud, Mixcloud or Be-at.TV and search for your favorite DJ’s live sets and use Shazam.
This is a massive banger you’ll want to play at peak time, every time
There is no right answer to this. Depends on the club, it’s scene, and who is headlining.
Just download Hardwell’s beatport chart every month! Easy peasy
Ooohhh!! Doctor Jones! Filled err.. many a floor with that..
The floor AROUND the dancefloor..
What you need to do is go to the type of clubs you want to play at. See what kind of stuff is played there. Learn the music, the artists, who to look out for, and look at the remixes your chosen artists do. If you can fall in with a DJ even better, but working DJ’s can be very territorial if they think their patch is threatened by new DJ’s. Ya might find one who will give ya an opening slot.
Really, you need to pick your genres, no point in playing in a house music venue if your chosen beats are electro house, you won’t know your music, you won’t know your audience, and to bluntly put it, putting yourself out of the game.. I’m mobile, I stopped club work years ago to concentrate on other things, and I’m not going to take a club gig now unless I know that I have the knowledge of the music that the venue’s clients expect.
On a side note, Venues here, are totally screwed up. I remember losing a great residency, because the managers buddy wanted to be a DJ, undercut my price, took the job and a month later, had the place empty. By which point I had another residency when they came running back.. couldn’t help em, and his mate had a sudden realisation, that he wasn’t a good dj. Something to consider, if you do get into a venue, you want to keep your residency and keep your reputation for when you do move on to bigger things. Don’t jump into the scene until you are ready, and you know what you’re about.
Thank you everyone for your replies.
Guy Hagen, how do I find his chart? I got this but its not for every month, its his top 100-200 etc… https://pro.beatport.com/artist/hardwell/66652/tracks
I want to download his chart monthly could you please direct me?
Search “DerpHouse”
do the leg work yourself. Don’t be lazy.
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