Griffo

Man I love you. I heard Brrrap and forgot it's name was losing my shit when I couldn't remember. You have good taste.. Pitty your not in Melb I'd come out an hear you play ;D

I loved it. Same goes here, couldn't think of anything constructive to add haha. Lovayawork

Just noticed this on face book. Maybe some people are interested. Time: Wednesday, September 22 at 4:00pm - November 30 at 11:30pm Location: The Wheelers Hill Hotel Nightclub Created By: Wheelers Thursdays More Info: The Wheelers is going to be holding a DJ competition and will have a number of local DJ's battle it out to kick-start their career and potentially win a set at the nightclub on Thursdays. If you are interested in competing and think you have what it takes, please send us a demo and your information to: iwant2dj@optusnet.com.au Entries close Friday 8th October More details will be updated soon, so keep an eye out here and on our facebook page. (Think I posted in the wrong forum, >.< please move to competitions)

Soon as I read his original post was like O.o SCAM!

Thanks man

It was a good read though! Definitely on the money!

Thanks but been over that one a couple times... I get the idea there. Achieving it is were i need some input.

I need some insight on the best way to structure my sets. I understand the theory of energy on a dance floor, taking the crowd on high's and low's during the night. I'd like to learn more when it comes to achieving this and constructing this type of an experience. Please keep this club related and focus on methods to achieve different out comes. Whether it be creating luls giving dancers a rest, opportunity's for buying drinks, or building up suspense and energy on the dance floor. Lets assume the audience would have been in the club from start to finish of a set and the style of music is progressive house and electro. My first thought's are to start a set off by playing at a low bpm range, say 125 and build to around 133 during the night. Maybe dropping when needed. But I feel like it's not enough control and would this bpm change really impact the audience effectively. Thoughts and suggestions please????!!

Welcome dude!

Yea just get creative. Try build something with materials you find laying around or just use random junk. An old computer desk or table that you find on the side of the road with a bit of TLC and a black sheet thrown over the top could be perfect for a small budget

Sitting down = lazy. If you want to read your crowd (keep them interested) At least act like you care an get into what your playing. I'd stay standing an show some enthusiasm while playing. If the crowd all start to leave the dance floor or stop dancing it's a good time to try something new ie new track / genre style. An i know requests are gay, but others do like types of music that some of us don't. I play tracks that I know 100% will be crowd pleasers even though I cannot stand them. As for drunk people trying to spill there beverages and drool all over your nice equipment. Consider the way you setup your gear. If you can, try creating a stage like setup and make it so people don't have easy access to get at everything. Being up higher or putting yourself in the corner of a room can help prevent people from coming behind your equipment and sometimes even improve the room acoustics

Complete Beginner Tips: I found it useful to to start off with a track that's not complex with a nice simple beat. Also if you make doubles and play both at the same time it makes it much easier to hear and correct your mistakes. Practice with that, using your jog wheels to match the beats and get used to letting the beat run out of time an bring it back again. After that try with different songs. Intermediate Tips: Hope that's helpful

When you say perfect are you already able to beat match? Or would you like tips learning how to beat match

Had a listen. Overall sounded good for me. Again I liked the track choices. I found that there were a couple of small clashes but not necessarily your mixing I think it was the song choice/key. Nice work man Btw Cupe I did a search in regards to theory of a mix as I would love to learn more about this myself. I didn't find anything useful. Anyone have links or suggestions for this?

Wow, that was incredible.. nice post wazza and @ Cupe, he was serious shows him using the technique is the 2nd clip An I thought the same thing, lol

Amazing to watch. I would love one of those, I wonder how hard it is to learn?

Yea thanks bro, still saving up the green.

Haha, really amazing. Music was always a massive part of my life. When I stopped playing I stopped going out and listening to new tunes altogether. It's awesome to come back an still have the passion where I left it an hear the sick new beats that are out. I am most likely going for CDJ 1000's an a DJM 800 Mixer. Being that it's the industry standard in clubs it's a good option for practicing. Besides that I am falling in love with hot cue's and sound wave display, lol.

Now that your here I Hope you feel amazing, an thanks for dropping in! My mates call me Griff or Griffo. Used to mix when I was younger started out on the CDJ 100's with a DJM 300 mixer. Got my beat matching down an done a few parties / local pup gigs here and there. Gave the game away for personal reasons but after 4 years I can say it feels awesome to be back playing again!!! Currently need to save up for new equipment after selling all my gear. Thankfully I still have a few close friends with spare time an equipment to practice with. I am 100% over Top 40, 18th's, 21st's and anything else that try's to eat my soul. So just playing for the love of the music nowadays an trying to focus on my interests which are: Progressive house, Electro and Dubstep Hope to see myself playing in a few clubs in the future. For now it's all about the learning, networking and practice. Looks like a great community can't wait to get involved on the boards!

I watched a few clips from this last night that I found on youtube. Great source of information. Nice easy explanations for things I had to learn the hard way >.< +1