Glorina Julian

Hey thanks again guys!

@DJ Vintage – I guess it’s kinda like FX then. Not too much, but used sparingly at most.

@Terry_42 – How often would you do those long transitions (roughly speaking)? Once every 4 songs? Every 8 songs? Also, thanks for confirming that most crowds just want to hear the song OR a good remix, NOT a mashup of it while partying. This helps me prioritize what I should be spending energy on. Finding good tunes that go well in a playlist! As opposed to figuring out which songs are good to be mashed up/remixed live.

One day when I’m a millionaire, I’ll buy a club in Ibiza, fly you all there to perform and do lines off of models at the afterparty. Later

I can’t remember where I read this but are there some owners that frown on DJs who change up their system too much? If you’re Daft Punk, obviously you have a lot of leverage, but what about for unknown DJs? Also, is it true that most clubs will have CDJs and speakers/mixer settings already set up for that system? Or I guess a DJ controller isn’t that dramatic a change as opposed to having a drum machine/keyboard/additional FX?

I’ll try and find this article that was talking about some Las Vegas DJ playing a 2 X 4 with a friend which I guess is where you have two DJs playing four decks but the author of the article said that most club owners would never allow that nowadays.

EDIT: Here’s the quote from this other article on one DJ’s opinion of the Vegas scene.

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Don’t plan on seeing any DJ magic at Vegas clubs any time soon, either.

For his birthday one year, Garcia and a friend performed a two-by-four set in which they played mostly drum and bass music, mixed in with hip-hop. A two-by-four is when two DJs spin using four turntables.

“There’s not a club in Vegas now that would ever let you do that without pulling you,” Garcia said.

The reason? Clubs are worried about keeping the paying customers at the VIP tables happy, regardless of their good or bad taste in music.

“I’m not ragging on all of Las Vegas,” Garcia said. “There are people who want to listen to good music.”

Another trend Garcia has observed in his recent years is the hiring of DJs who may not be skilled behind the booth, but who may provide a consistent guest list, making them more promoter than DJ.”

i dont know why i would need to go to shiz hole in the desert, when i can just do that at home. If you are good and people are booking you to play there, great. but to want to go have to deal with that in the crappiest city in the U.S., i just don’t know why you would want to do that. I guess you are geographically close to some better places, LA, SD, Palm Springs, various mountain ranges, which is pretty cool.

• This reply was modified 9 years, 2 months ago by Glorina Julian.

@Dizzle – Thanks man! Solid info!

Thanks to everybody for the helpful info to my newb questions. May all your DJ karma be given back to you in some way!

Haha regarding the guy talking. Thanks again for schooling me on how it’s usually done with the FX and EQ. Your explanation makes a lot more sense as people want to be enjoying the music and dancing as opposed to watching a performance (unless it’s specifically type of show, right?)

Thanks again

@DJ Vintage – Thanks for the informative answer man! Much appreciated! Haha, yeah, I’m still learning how “real DJs” do it. This one guy on Youtube referred to it as “freestyle dj’ing” so thanks for schooling me in that that’s what real dj’ing is.
Also, your answer really helped make it “click” in my brain how a DJ’s song collection is really precious. I get it now. Because one has to be intimate with his songs and know them inside and out, you shouldn’t waste time with the ones that don’t blow you away, or at least has a cool aspect of it that can blend/add nicely to other songs.

@deathy – Thanks for the feedback on MIK.

I think based on both of your answers, I will not rely on MIK at all and just go in manually for every song.

Thanks guys