John Course speaks out about the length of DJ sets

[Mitch]

I personally agree, however it is more put down to the promoters being the leading cause of this. It is easier to book lots of DJs doing short sets, as they all bring a few friends each, appeal to a wider audience, and therefore fill the venue easier.

Thoughts?

[legunner]

I like the idea of 1-2 hour sets personally.

[russell]

2 hour set is the very minimum that should be played. There are still plenty of places in the world where DJ's play longer sets.

[legunner]

2 hour set is the very minimum that should be played. There are still plenty of places in the world where DJ's play longer sets.

Nah it gets boring after a while especially if the crowd is shit.

[russell]

2 hour set is the very minimum that should be played. There are still plenty of places in the world where DJ's play longer sets.

Nah it gets boring after a while especially if the crowd is shit.

your doing it wrong.

[russell]

only reason it would get boring is if the DJ is shit and incapable of playing a long set. The whole idea is to take the audience on a journey. Not to just play the same shit for hours on end.

Laurent Garnier is one of the best for long sets. 6hrs of him does the job.

[mattus123]

only reason it would get boring is if the DJ is shit and incapable of playing a long set. The whole idea is to take the audience on a journey. Not to just play the same shit for hours on end.

Laurent Garnier is one of the best for long sets. 6hrs of him does the job.

I agree with this ^ u cannot take the crowd on a journey with a 1 hour set

as mitch said, the reason it is done is so that the DJs bring more people to the club. Only when the club worries more about music rather than the numbers through the door will this change. im not holding my breathe

[Jarred]

anything over 2hrs makes me cream when i hear set times.

provided the dj is capable of creating a structured set.

eg. Simon Patterson next weekend will be 3hrs, frothing at the potential rabbit hole journey also Markus Shulz for instance is doing a 12hr set at tomorrowland.

[legunner]

2 hour set is the very minimum that should be played. There are still plenty of places in the world where DJ's play longer sets.

Nah it gets boring after a while especially if the crowd is shit.

your doing it wrong.

So you are saying that you would enjoy playing for 3 hours to 20 people who are just sitting down? Boring. If it's a good crowd that are dancing and loving it obviously you would.

[russell]

2 hour set is the very minimum that should be played. There are still plenty of places in the world where DJ's play longer sets.

Nah it gets boring after a while especially if the crowd is shit.

your doing it wrong.

So you are saying that you would enjoy playing for 3 hours to 20 people who are just sitting down? Boring. If it's a good crowd that are dancing and loving it obviously you would.

No. If I was playing and those 20 people were sitting down I'd have to look at what I was playing cos it obviously wouldn't be working.

I've seen various DJ's play 3 or 4 hours to a room that went between 5 - 50 people over the course. Chris Fortier, Prins Thomas and Dan Ghenacia being the most notable. everyone was dancing though. Wasn't boring at all.

[GREMM1S]

All genre/crowd/venue relevant.

Some genres and clubs need the variety and higher energy of smaller sets for say electro etc

Trance, minimal, techno etc etc more journey based genres are better suited to at least two hours.

Anything under an hour for any genre is just a number pulling based joke.

[djbater]

It used to be the standard that a set was 90 minutes or 2 hours at all the venues that i played at. Now I would say the standard is 1 hour, and it is simply driven by promoters being lazy and getting more DJs to bring more punters through the door.

The shortest sets I have ever played were 45 minutes which sucked, and I have done 1 hour sets where it is a vs set (so effectively 1/2 hour).

I do play a lot of pub gigs where i play between 2 and 7 hours, which is good to be able to have full control of the music and the night.

[russell]

I do play a lot of pub gigs where i play between 2 and 7 hours, which is good to be able to have full control of the music and the night.

for sure. I used to have a bar residency that was 5 hours on a friday/saturday night. Was fantastic playing for that long. Can throw a bit of everything in.