Hobberz Posted June 23, 2011 Posted June 23, 2011 Entered my first DJ comp today... Went in and met the owner of the place today, had a chat and looked around the booth and set-up.Now I have a week of practicing and figuring out a set, winner of the comp becomes the new resident DJ for the venue. Got a few parties over the weekend which will come in handy for practice. Owner just wants club remixes of Top40 stuff, thats all I have been playing for about the last 6 months so I guess I can use that to my advantage. Cant wait Quote
Gandy Posted June 23, 2011 Posted June 23, 2011 nice mate, good luck. My biggest downfall of my first comp was mis reading the crowd, technically i shit over the others but floor filling wise i was below par because i didnt play commercial/anthem/cheese Quote
Hobberz Posted June 23, 2011 Author Posted June 23, 2011 When the owner asked what genre I would be playing and I told him house/electro remixes of Top40 I could see he became a lot more interested in me from when I first showed up. Than about 5 mins later my phone rang, I have a Datsik Dubstep track for my ring tone. He kinda looked at me like "WTF is that". hahaha Quote
Gandy Posted June 23, 2011 Posted June 23, 2011 haha. Im a big big big person on prepartion, i guess i get that from my job where 90% of my job is planning, 10% execution, and i guess thats why i love making mix cds. So i spent a lot of time preparing and practising a set mix everyday before the event and had it down perfect. Problem was, it wasnt what the crowd was into and i panic'd and choked when i had to drop something that wasnt in my routine (when i shouldnt have and should have just relaxed and went with the flow)just gotta feel the music and enjoy ya self mate, learn as much as you can from your first couple of experiences Quote
Skank Posted June 23, 2011 Posted June 23, 2011 ive run a few of these comps, just cram as many uptempo top 40 tracks in to your set as you can and youll get the gig Quote
Gandy Posted June 23, 2011 Posted June 23, 2011 ive run a few of these comps, just cram as many uptempo top 40 tracks in to your set as you can and youll get the gig bang on the money Quote
LabRat Posted June 23, 2011 Posted June 23, 2011 good luck man. the comp i entered was heaps of fun. i just went out and played with the attitude, "i may not ever play here again so make the most of it" Quote
CapFive Posted June 23, 2011 Posted June 23, 2011 good work man, good luck log us on how you go! Quote
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