at OP:
if the headliner is playing dubstep/dnb, why would you play electro/house?
imho it is best if you´d play some deeper dubstep stuff and or some laid back liquid…
Because that’s what the local crowd responds best to over here. Also it’s not laid back at all. Think Dada Life, Aktrac, Laidback Luke, LA Riots… It’s a high energy set.
i don´t get it. you are opening for them. why playing all this banging stuff before the headliner get´s on stage? and also does the crowd just go there because they are used to or are they coming to see the headliner? if the second option is the case, i´d play stuff that is genrespecific similar to what the headliner is playing.
People come out to this specific venue to have a good time and party. This is one of the only decent clubs in our smallish city (120000 ppl) and I’ve noticed that the club classics get better responses in my area then does a 125bpm warm up set. If I break out on stage doing that I’ll get kicked out. Guaranteed. No one responds to that type if set here. I need to pump up the crowd because the next set us heavily trap and dubstep and that’s what they’re paying to see. I don’t have to play their genre because electro house goes over really well in that venue.
Just play what you feel is right. Screw it. #YOLO
That’s my plan. A couple hard drops from Call Me Maybe into some One Direction will have the crowd jumping. Got my Disney playlist all set up, don’t worry guys I got this.
Throw in some new Luke Bryan and you’re all set my dude.
The depressing thing is that Luke Bryan would probably go over well here…
Try to look for un-heard new released and banging tracks, great way to go
you were asking and i gave my honest opnion. if you already knew what to do, why ask for advise?
You got trolled, son.
I’d call song selection a rather small part of my question. What’s wrong with disagreement? Nothing great would come from anything without a little friendly debate.
nothing wrong with disagreement. only thing i don´t get is, what else (if not style/tracks/genre for opening for a headliner) do you want to know?
Synthetic and baseline had great advise. Stuff like etiquette/dealing with management/common mistakes.
Don’t be better than the headliner, but if you are already, play crap and curse under your breath afterward.
Play breakcore
Play levels. Every song.
This…
Also this.
http://blogs.sfweekly.com/shookdown/2011/03/how_to_be_an_opening_dj_by_oak.php
No idea who this guy is but he speaks the truth.
I am now considering an Avicii-only set. 2 hours of DA DA DA DADADADADADA DA DA
Mate - it sounds to me like you are not treating this like a warm-up set, but more like you are part of a multi-headliner line up.
If you are just going to play what you want to get the response that you want, then that is not a warm-up set.
Like I said - it’s the early part of a multi-headliner night.
So - which is it? It probably depends on how high an opinion you have of yourself…
Don’t be offended by that last statement - it has always been a DJ’s prerogative to think he is the greatest thing since sliced bread.
Even if he is on the 7pm 'til 9pm slot.
The Truth is - it is at least as hard to be great warm up DJ as it is to be a great main act.
And I’ll tell you this - if people in Bristol had paid to see a Dubstep act, and they walked through the door and heard Electro House being played by some DJ they’d never heard of before, then said DJ would be dodging flying pints of piss REAL quick! 