Sup guys, I was wondering if anyone would love to give me a few tips or suggestion on music selection for a party that I’m playing some time next week.
It’s sort of like a outdoor barbeque night with about 70-150+ participants. All the participants are students in university and the venue is an outdoor venue just next to a swimming pool, and the season in my place is around end of winter at the moment. I was thinking of playing some old hiphop tunes and probably a few mainstream pop songs as I don’t think heavy tunes with heavy bass are appropriate for these kind of venues?
And is there any tips on regarding anything I should take notice before my set? First time Dj-ing live
*Setup : traktor S4, MidiFighter Classic (If it arrives in time next week)
No one can tell you what to play because no one knows what type of crowd it is. “students in university” says close to nothing about who you are playing to. The only way to know is to be you. Don’t look for other people to teach what you need to learn from what is going to be a learning experience. Chances are that if you can’t figure out what type of music you need and/or don’t have the confidence in your skills as a selector, you aren’t ready to play out. Sorry to be harsh, but it’s the truth…
cheers Sobi for the headsup. It’s really helpful. I know that I might not be confident to play infront of the crowd but I still want to take up the challenge to play live rather than sitting in my room all day long without any live experience. The problem is the theme/venue of the set is a multicultural night with barbeque food and not a club or pub environment its in an open air environment.
Oh, also thanks to everyone who has replied to my post it was really helpful both in helping me to ready myself. I’m still new to the DJ-ing so do spare me a few flames or give me ur best
I got about 50+ tracks ready but I’m still looking for more from any suggestion to play as I feel that ‘‘heavy’’ songs would not fit the venue.
If thats the case i would just play it safe and just play top 40 as someone earlier suggested, especially if they are university students, but have other genres ready to go if the crowd isn’t feeling the vibe
I have my hats down to that. I’m by no means of a good dj. I’ve only been a bedroom dj. I just list my gears so that peeps can give me some recommendation on how I can make the set more interesting its by no means to intimidate anyone.
If this is your first gig I think just holding your own is all that you should be worried about, not looking for any secret tips and tricks to help make it amazing. Especially if this is an outdoor bbq…
Cheers mate. Now thats quality info I’m looking for well I’m probably just nervous with excitement on this whole thing. What the reaction of the crowd gonna be? all those What,Where,Who,Why,When,How’s just kept popping up. I shall dig deeper into the forum for more info.
Just keep the atmosphere upbeat and don’t be afraid to just let a song ride out, you don’t need to do ny complicated mixing or drops. Always include songs people can sing to (old or new) Ex Old: Don’t Stop Believing. New: Hey Soul Sister
Start off with songs that are long so you can get comfortable but honestly after your first couple tunes your confidence will go up and you’ll be alright.
Biggest tip, don’t play too loud, you should be like background noise in a store unless you have people dancing then you can play a little louder but don’t kill conversation by making people yell at each other
or give me ur best 