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Ik ken er ook een paar die maar zitten zagen dat ze nooit op een fuif mogen draaien maar die dan ook NIETS van onderstaande ondernemen. Misschien dat er hier ook een paar zitten die een paar tips nodig hebben:
Posted by: Paul-0
Over the years I have had millions of people come and tell me how much they want to play and ask for advice. After the recent thread about future stars on the Uprising forum, I thought I would offer the advice in here so that people can get some help.
First things first - Technics (or the new Numark decks) are the only things you should consider. Forget buying some cheap package deal - you will waste your money cos everyone sets out thinking they will be ok with the direct drive package that comes with a mixer and when you come to try and sell to buy your technics, no-on wants them. You buy Technics and you will pretty much get all of your money back when you sell them.
Next thing to consider is your style. In order to get any work these days, you need to be different. What I mean by this is that you should try and find tunes that no-one else is playing. In the boom years for me and Uprising, I went out of my way to hear as much music within the hardcore spectrum as possible - however obscure it was. This is how I came across what ultimately became "Paul-O anthems" With the amount of online shops with real audio today, there is simply no excuse for not being able to track down rare material to make you stand out.
Think about it from a promoters point of view - they get bombarded with tapes and if everyone is copying a Scott Brown or M-Zone set they heard, it is gonna be pretty mundane for the promoter. Even worse is when an Up & Coming DJ actually copies another DJs set tune for tune and mix for mix. You might think it is pretty cool that you mixed the set slightly better than the DJ you are copying, but remember that he/she was playing live to a crowd and the programming of the set was their original idea - not yours.
Whilst I'm on this point, if you have to ask what style a promoter wants to hear then you have just signed your own "no booking" warrant. If you are serious about DJing, then you should know what style (i.e hard house, hardcore, trance, etc.) you want to play because that is what's in your heart. I am more than capable of playing, say, deep house - but I would be s.h.i.t at it because it isn't what I'm into. You will be far more talented at something you are passionate about
Practise, practise, practise is next. There is no way you will know you records inside and out (and come up with good ideas for set programming) other than if you practise. Once you get to a level, you can pretty much mix anything anytime, but in order to get the timing of the track right you have to know when the breakdown, chorus or even a little twist in the track occurs so that you don't get caught out. I've been guilty of this sometimes when I've bought tunes the same day as I have been due to play and not gone through the tracks. Not practising and knowing you tunes is the worst thing you can do as a DJ, believe me!!
If you do all this, then the only thing left is self-promotion. Make it your business to be at events, talking to people, giving ravers your material - after all, they may well be your future supporters. Give tapes regularly to promoters - don't just do one and give up if you don't get a break. If you are serious about getting a set, then bug the hell out of the promoter - the more he sees you and the more tapes you give him/her, the more likely they are to actually listen and give you a shot (yes, that does mean that some promoters might not listen to the first tape you give them!)
And finally, once you get the chance to play remember that the crowd is why you are up there - not to show off you scratching/beat juggling/rare test press or other selfish, self-indulgent bulls.h.i.t. Don't get carried away with yourself. Best advice I can give here is entertain first, educate second. When you actually analyse sets from myself, M-Zone, Topgroove and several others you will realise that the clever, DJ nerd tracks we all buy don't necessarily come out of the record box because it is more important to keep the dancefloor moving than it is to show off the limited dub plate you have managed to blag. Get the crowd on your side and you will get work - as Stuart (Disztruxshon) said to me once, "I'll book you if people ask for you". This is all back to self-promotion.
Remember, don't worry if you drop the odd beat on your debut set - the trainspotters may heckle, but they are the minority. If the crowd love you, you're sorted.
Hope this helps
Ik ken er ook een paar die maar zitten zagen dat ze nooit op een fuif mogen draaien maar die dan ook NIETS van onderstaande ondernemen. Misschien dat er hier ook een paar zitten die een paar tips nodig hebben:
Posted by: Paul-0
Over the years I have had millions of people come and tell me how much they want to play and ask for advice. After the recent thread about future stars on the Uprising forum, I thought I would offer the advice in here so that people can get some help.
First things first - Technics (or the new Numark decks) are the only things you should consider. Forget buying some cheap package deal - you will waste your money cos everyone sets out thinking they will be ok with the direct drive package that comes with a mixer and when you come to try and sell to buy your technics, no-on wants them. You buy Technics and you will pretty much get all of your money back when you sell them.
Next thing to consider is your style. In order to get any work these days, you need to be different. What I mean by this is that you should try and find tunes that no-one else is playing. In the boom years for me and Uprising, I went out of my way to hear as much music within the hardcore spectrum as possible - however obscure it was. This is how I came across what ultimately became "Paul-O anthems" With the amount of online shops with real audio today, there is simply no excuse for not being able to track down rare material to make you stand out.
Think about it from a promoters point of view - they get bombarded with tapes and if everyone is copying a Scott Brown or M-Zone set they heard, it is gonna be pretty mundane for the promoter. Even worse is when an Up & Coming DJ actually copies another DJs set tune for tune and mix for mix. You might think it is pretty cool that you mixed the set slightly better than the DJ you are copying, but remember that he/she was playing live to a crowd and the programming of the set was their original idea - not yours.
Whilst I'm on this point, if you have to ask what style a promoter wants to hear then you have just signed your own "no booking" warrant. If you are serious about DJing, then you should know what style (i.e hard house, hardcore, trance, etc.) you want to play because that is what's in your heart. I am more than capable of playing, say, deep house - but I would be s.h.i.t at it because it isn't what I'm into. You will be far more talented at something you are passionate about
Practise, practise, practise is next. There is no way you will know you records inside and out (and come up with good ideas for set programming) other than if you practise. Once you get to a level, you can pretty much mix anything anytime, but in order to get the timing of the track right you have to know when the breakdown, chorus or even a little twist in the track occurs so that you don't get caught out. I've been guilty of this sometimes when I've bought tunes the same day as I have been due to play and not gone through the tracks. Not practising and knowing you tunes is the worst thing you can do as a DJ, believe me!!
If you do all this, then the only thing left is self-promotion. Make it your business to be at events, talking to people, giving ravers your material - after all, they may well be your future supporters. Give tapes regularly to promoters - don't just do one and give up if you don't get a break. If you are serious about getting a set, then bug the hell out of the promoter - the more he sees you and the more tapes you give him/her, the more likely they are to actually listen and give you a shot (yes, that does mean that some promoters might not listen to the first tape you give them!)
And finally, once you get the chance to play remember that the crowd is why you are up there - not to show off you scratching/beat juggling/rare test press or other selfish, self-indulgent bulls.h.i.t. Don't get carried away with yourself. Best advice I can give here is entertain first, educate second. When you actually analyse sets from myself, M-Zone, Topgroove and several others you will realise that the clever, DJ nerd tracks we all buy don't necessarily come out of the record box because it is more important to keep the dancefloor moving than it is to show off the limited dub plate you have managed to blag. Get the crowd on your side and you will get work - as Stuart (Disztruxshon) said to me once, "I'll book you if people ask for you". This is all back to self-promotion.
Remember, don't worry if you drop the odd beat on your debut set - the trainspotters may heckle, but they are the minority. If the crowd love you, you're sorted.
Hope this helps
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