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Do some djs prepare the set before a gig?
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ai enkai
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Posted : Apr 1, 2009 03:05
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well i think that improvising its must of the fun, but i really think that its not about how perfect you perform it is about how good you feel when you are doing it, to let go off your bodie and experience some thing new its not about prepare the set..... |
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Ascension
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Posted : Apr 1, 2009 03:27
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Preplanning or improvising doesn't have any bearing on how good a set is, it's all about the music that comes out of the speakers. DJs who think less of another dj because they plan out a set are the ones with the ego problem, not the guy behind the decks smiling  . I used to think that way when I first started djing, but I've since realized how stupid of a notion it is. We all have the tools to do it and in the end you should do it however you do it best and play the best set you can. Nothing else matters.
I get the same sense of satisfaction from playing a great planned set as I do from an improvised set.
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DJSarasin
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Posted : Apr 1, 2009 09:34
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It does not help smiling if you playing tracks the crowd don;t like!
If you get to a country where you don;t know the crowd (seen it MANY MANY times here in Cape Town) the DJ sometimes struggles.
Now even if he had prepared a set, it still might not have worked.
This all depends on what you play i rate.
If you playing prog, there is a lot more scope to be able to twist the track up and do a lot more.
When you playing Night time Fullon, its a bit harder to do this.
So you tend to only be able to play the tracks themselves without being able to change much of the way you would mix them.
So you really need to get to know these tracks to find out what works with which track.
I can safely say, that i have played many sets unprepared, that have worked well.
I left feeling OK about the set and satisfied.
But the times that i have prepared, the sets were exceptional.
I left feeling exceptional.....and the crowds response was exceptional.
So....many this is why i lean towards a prepared set.
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Bash
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Posted : Apr 1, 2009 14:11
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I almost always come prepared, with a list, but more often than not i find myself deviating from it according to the crowd and to my own personal feel
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Zoopy
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Posted : Apr 14, 2009 04:11
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I'll choose a big list of tracks and probably play from them, but I always bring more than the list, just in case.
I used to plan my sets, it got really annoying. It's more fun to feel it out and go with what feels natural, lookin through the cd book and finding the perfect track to drop is a great feeling.
Some of the responses on here are really ridiculous, criticizing what sort of faces the dj makes and such.
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rich
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Posted : Apr 25, 2009 02:35
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I've got a nice outdoor gig this saturday and not only am I going to make a list this time, but I'm going to make it have two or maybe three branches that will split from which track I start with and if energy is hyper or grooving!
I'll let you know what happens with it!
hope nobody criticizes my smug grin 
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rich
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Posted : Apr 27, 2009 19:55
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ok I didn't do it Too much homework! I compiled 3 hours of music and did the usual...
and had a great time! Funnest set I've played in a while.
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Machi
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Posted : Apr 27, 2009 20:13
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the worst thing at the party is when so-called dj's think they are "da shizz" and start creating their sets on the fly thinking they have flow cuz some chemicaly messed up people still "dig it" at 8:00 am!
imo improvised sets are state of the art in this business but to be honest - there are only a few dj's who can really do it and make you "trance" on the dancefloor - my 2c
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Toghun
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Posted : May 3, 2009 07:52
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i prefeer to select each track at the moment  |
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dirtyphreak
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Posted : May 23, 2009 20:05
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DJSarasin
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Posted : May 25, 2009 00:24
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Kane
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Posted : May 25, 2009 11:15
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On 2009-04-01 03:27, Ascension wrote:
Preplanning or improvising doesn't have any bearing on how good a set is, it's all about the music that comes out of the speakers. DJs who think less of another dj because they plan out a set are the ones with the ego problem, not the guy behind the decks smiling . I used to think that way when I first started djing, but I've since realized how stupid of a notion it is. We all have the tools to do it and in the end you should do it however you do it best and play the best set you can. Nothing else matters.
I get the same sense of satisfaction from playing a great planned set as I do from an improvised set.
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Definitely..although anyone that can manage to do an improvised live set has earned that arrogance. 
I still don't think it's a great idea to have a planned set and stick to it regardless of how the crowd responds to it though. Somewhere between the two would be a lot better.
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DJSarasin
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Posted : May 26, 2009 00:26
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On 2009-05-25 11:15, Kane wrote:
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On 2009-04-01 03:27, Ascension wrote:
Preplanning or improvising doesn't have any bearing on how good a set is, it's all about the music that comes out of the speakers. DJs who think less of another dj because they plan out a set are the ones with the ego problem, not the guy behind the decks smiling . I used to think that way when I first started djing, but I've since realized how stupid of a notion it is. We all have the tools to do it and in the end you should do it however you do it best and play the best set you can. Nothing else matters.
I get the same sense of satisfaction from playing a great planned set as I do from an improvised set.
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Definitely..although anyone that can manage to do an improvised live set has earned that arrogance.
I still don't think it's a great idea to have a planned set and stick to it regardless of how the crowd responds to it though. Somewhere between the two would be a lot better.
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Agreed.....or you would need one of them protective perspex screens to shield you from the rotten tomatoes!
I have not had a crowd turn on me yet....nor would i want it!
*Nightmare!*
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RK9
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Posted : May 27, 2009 07:46
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Who says you can't mix in key with an improvised set? Either memorize or bring with you a circle of fifths and write down the key/bpm to all of your tracks and there you go! |
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Djones
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Posted : May 27, 2009 17:07
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On 2009-01-29 22:09, Kane wrote:
One giant problem with that method: You aren't adapting to the needs of the audience at all.
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The trick is to get the audiance to adapt to your music right |
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