mattus123 Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Hey guysive been browsing the net and heard alot about what makes an effective set.everything seems to point to creating a set that is like a rollercoaster with ups and downsi can quite easily keep the set at a constant rate but im struggling to build it up nicely and bring it back down.how do you do it?is it song selection, changing the tempo...or a ocmbination of the both?CHEERS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaz Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 if your mixing for hours genre changes make it easy, start of with down tempo, move up to disco, then to house then to electro, then to trance then to dubstep or hardcore then reverse it and go the other way...so you have a looooong rise and then the same long fallbut if your doing mini sets it gets a little harder, for me at least more bass spells more energy so i keep the dirty as bass line's and wobbles n stuff for the middle of the mix, otherwise if you start with this massive bassy song its hard to go up from there...get me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapFive Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 It's really hard to explain but some songs just hype you up more than others, listen to your library and you will start to realise what goes where, you eventually find yourself constantly organising your library on the fly as you listen, a user on here once said "if it sounds good, it is good" as you progress you will subliminally create your own signature to your sets. Mine is that I try to keep people on their toes with one massive peak and then easing back down to a cruisey finish Hope that helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lloydc Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 jaz is right...genre changes help a lot, for exampledeep house> tech house> house> electro and then do it all in reverse.theres no hard and fast rule for this, but generally it's all about the energy within a song Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattus123 Posted July 13, 2011 Author Share Posted July 13, 2011 yea that makes sense, cheers guysi guess its been feeling a bit un natural tryin to manage tempo changes cause ive only been doin like 30min mixes, so any tempo changes seems a bit rushedwhen changing the tempo would you gradually increase the tempo over many songs..for exmaple, increase the tempo from 128 > 130 over 10 songsORwould you slam the cross fader from song a (128bpm) to song b (130bpm)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapFive Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 I would only ever do a drastic transition if its into a floorfilla. That everyone loves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattus123 Posted July 13, 2011 Author Share Posted July 13, 2011 yea thats wat i was inthkingu wouldnt be able to take the same approach to a slower song eithersomehow slamming a slow song on doesnt seem like a good idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabRat Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 I don't believe in this rollercoaster shit unless you're playing for a few hours (3+). I tend to keep the same energy or build it up from the first few songs. You're there to keep people dancing so dance they shall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandy Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Hey guysive been browsing the net and heard alot about what makes an effective set.everything seems to point to creating a set that is like a rollercoaster with ups and downsi can quite easily keep the set at a constant rate but im struggling to build it up nicely and bring it back down.how do you do it?is it song selection, changing the tempo...or a ocmbination of the both?CHEERS! shameless self plug here, but if your lookin for a good structured set check out my june mixhttp://www.ausdjforums.com/modules.php? ... pic&t=6047you can get some ideas of the song choice/structure, and check out top of page 2 for dims commentsbasically i really wanted to work on this set taking you on a journey, it starts out banging with your well known high energy femme vocals to get you all loved up and in the mood, then switches up energy with some chill beats with "get up" then brings it back home with the final track "carry me home" with femme vocals to leave a nice lovey dovey feelingyou only really need to start worrying about that when you make full length mix cds (60 mins +) and its a very hard thing to get right, that june set came out a lot better than expected and i feel i got lucky with the songs just falling into the right place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurk6r Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 The way I like to do it when mobiling, is to break it up into +- 15 minutes mini mixes. Start of with a semi well known track, then build it up. When the floor is full keep going with another 2-3 good songs then wrap it up and mix in the next genre.Usually there will be young and older people, for the most part they will be open to most music, but i find its best when it alternates, so one group can dance and the other drink.As it gets near the end, i make the 'segments' smaller and smaller until im pretty much mixing whatever I want. Everybody will stay up because its near the end of the night and they know that next song could be anything, literally keeping them on their toes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattus123 Posted July 15, 2011 Author Share Posted July 15, 2011 thanks heaps guys, i ithnk im starting to get the idea a bit better nowim liking the idea of creating mini mixes, might build on that idea a bitcheers =D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
street Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 like this: Dubstelectro Mix by Streetcleaner BANGERSBANGERSBANGERSBANGERSBANGERSBANGERS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapFive Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 Good example street Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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