Hey DJTT, I am having my first official gig at a big venue in Seattle called Studio 7. I am really excited to do it but also really scared on things like messing up or something going wrong…I was hoping maybe you had some re assuring assistance or tips you guys could give me. It would be real cool. My act is Dubstep and Trap. I am splitting my set time with a friend of mine and we have about an hour set time. We are both using the traktor Kontrol S2 and my laptop. I was wondering if maybe someone had some ideas on set Prep and stuff. This is my flyer im using
Stay calm and be prepared!
-Bring twice the amount of music you’ll need
-Don’t forget stuff like chargers, cables, adapters..
-Be professional
Have fun!
Tip: Make sure you have all your gear, plan a couple of different directions for your set list to go. Start out in the middle of the road, and make two branching playlists for “yeah they’re feeling it, turn up the beat!” or “nah, they don’t like it, let’s try something different.” I found that early on this technique was good for me, before I knew how to really read a crowd from song to song, and that is a skill that you can only learn from playing in front of a crowd! You can’t practice it at home!
Reassurance: Is it an hour each, or an hour split between the two of you? Either way, those are both wicked short sets, and you’ll be done before you know it! You won’t have time to be nervous.
Alright thnx [quote=“DJKyleHughes, post:2, topic:53442, username:DJKyleHughes”]
Stay calm and be prepared!
-Bring twice the amount of music you’ll need
-Don’t forget stuff like chargers, cables, adapters..
-Be professional
Have fun!
[/quote]
Thnx man. I like the idea on the two sets to go if they feeling it or not and also its an hour set but 30 minute split between us. so yeah i guess ill be good [quote=“Culture_Shock, post:3, topic:53442, username:Culture_Shock”]
Tip: Make sure you have all your gear, plan a couple of different directions for your set list to go. Start out in the middle of the road, and make two branching playlists for “yeah they’re feeling it, turn up the beat!” or “nah, they don’t like it, let’s try something different.” I found that early on this technique was good for me, before I knew how to really read a crowd from song to song, and that is a skill that you can only learn from playing in front of a crowd! You can’t practice it at home!
Reassurance: Is it an hour each, or an hour split between the two of you? Either way, those are both wicked short sets, and you’ll be done before you know it! You won’t have time to be nervous.
[/quote]
Well actually wouldnt really call that a “gig” there was 14 people i had a NDX-400 and a x6 mixer with my second channel being itunes so uhh yeah. But now its at a actual big venue.
you’re doing dubstep?
may the force be with you, that stuff doesn’t fly out here.. get pulled off the decks faster than anything if the venue isn’t used to it
Honestly? Just play like you would at home, but pay attention to the crowd and see what they are feeding off of and digging. If you find people aren’t dancing? Switching it up is never a bad option.
Come prepared with a BIG setlist. I usually have 100 songs per hour of mixing I plan on doing. Have your friend have his own separate playlist of his own stuff as well.
I recently did a tag-team set with one of my best friends. He’s been mixing for a long while now, but we used my equipment. He had a portable hard-drive and we used Serato with vinyl. Loaded all of his tracks on his computer, analyzed them with Serato, ran them through mixed-in-key (as I try and mix harmonically) and then made him a playlist in iTunes with his selection. Loaded it in Serato along side my playlists, and good to go. Went perfectly and one of the best nights I’ve had out in awhile, even though there weren’t many people. But spinning to a crowd with your friends? What a great feeling. Playing those tracks you love on a big system? ADDICTING.
Thanks Man. [quote=“Bassline Brine, post:10, topic:53442, username:Bassline_Brine”]
Honestly? Just play like you would at home, but pay attention to the crowd and see what they are feeding off of and digging. If you find people aren’t dancing? Switching it up is never a bad option.
Come prepared with a BIG setlist. I usually have 100 songs per hour of mixing I plan on doing. Have your friend have his own separate playlist of his own stuff as well.
I recently did a tag-team set with one of my best friends. He’s been mixing for a long while now, but we used my equipment. He had a portable hard-drive and we used Serato with vinyl. Loaded all of his tracks on his computer, analyzed them with Serato, ran them through mixed-in-key (as I try and mix harmonically) and then made him a playlist in iTunes with his selection. Loaded it in Serato along side my playlists, and good to go. Went perfectly and one of the best nights I’ve had out in awhile, even though there weren’t many people. But spinning to a crowd with your friends? What a great feeling. Playing those tracks you love on a big system? ADDICTING.
Hey so I took what you had said into consideration and did realize the headline act is a DJ scratch battle between two Hip-Hop DJs so I’m now planning on Trap cause its close to it enough that I could easily get away with it and also I could now and then throw in some Dubstep because of the BPM similarities [quote=“DJMichaelHavok, post:9, topic:53442, username:DJMichaelHavok”]
you’re doing dubstep?
may the force be with you, that stuff doesn’t fly out here.. get pulled off the decks faster than anything if the venue isn’t used to it
[/quote]
^ awesome, yeah man that one guy was named Househead or something, dropping dubstep modstep tripstep groovestep etc etc at a place that isn’t geared for it is like throwing dice on your career early on.
im guilty of trying to expand peoples music outlook constantly (sneaking in oldschool 90s trance etc) slowly ease into that kinda stuff and stick to what people can bump and grind to early on.
thats how you get rebooked and gain residency at places
[quote=“DJKyleHughes, post:2, topic:53442, username:DJKyleHughes”]
all because its a sunday -_-