DJ contest - what to do?
HonkyFipple
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A local club offered me to enter a DJ contest. I told them that I'd be interested in playing old music. Most likely groovy Jazz or Funk. The owner was really nice to me and said that he's looking for a DJ like me. But I'm supposed to enter a contest for House and Electro DJs. It sounds totally stupid to me. Should I go for it? I told him that I can't play House. I have no clue about House music. The contest is for House and Electro DJs only. I'm confused. It's a live contest. There will be many people who are expecting to hear good House music. The club pays good money and it's a nice location. They have two projectors with huge screens and a friend would even make a 3D animation for me and a logo. Even flyers. But I don't know if I can enter that contest. It sounds awkward to me. Would the people dance to my music? Are people who like House music easy to please? Are House DJs strong technically? Can they mix? It's neither a famous, nor a big club. I'm living in a students town. It's a fancy place though. Mostly business students and law students. I'm new to DJing, so please don't hatt.
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a good house dj can ride out a beatmatch like nobody's business.. that and, at least in chicago, will know how to flex their EQ/phaser/filter/delay muscles incessantly...
I have some good points and can head you towards some good records to use for a mix.
Since you are new, do you use only vinyl or have microwave?
seriuosly, it's not a good thing to do, right? i wouldn't play house. the owner said that he wouldn't mind. but the audience would. so i'd only embarrass myself.
Please explain, Tom
I can't impress any House DJ with my raers?
if there are only house and techno heads spinnin, people might not appreciate your tunes. if its a mixed lot. have a try.
btw plans are being made for sugerfactory.
save your raers for december.
servoes jef
jeff, i'll send out the record for you next week. play it. i'm pretty sure that Dutch people will like it. they'll understand
there are quite some jazzy, funky "raers" that will work in this context. i.e. "mathar" and related stuff usually works for a house crowd as well. however, there is a huge risk that people don??t care about your stuff and you won??t have fun.
DO
IT!!!
ich hatte gestern etwas fur dich gefunden.
nice secret spot near my new house. big untouched collection of 45s.
thanks to nzshadow for that one btw.
dont invest time on something that aint worth it.
too bad. was there a lot of eurie to be won ?
no. but the winner gets to play there regularly. they pay good money. and the place is very close to my home.
got a new monthley starting the 2nd of june in the east-part of town.
not a lot of eurie to be made. but free beers for the dj.
and a crowed judging the dj.
if you gonna spin raer only than selection is the key, you can forget about mixing as long as you know what Gain & EQ is
other djs may look at you as a clown but remember You'll be the only one of them who'll not be pushing the same BPM for entire set
if you prepare good set with stuff that wont scare people (charly antolini drum freakouts? not this time) but make them dance you can win
fast & groovy latin/bossa/jazzdance/some afrobeat will work
I wish You luck
On a related note, I am actually entering a DJ comp at a local bar tonight. Most of the DJs in this comp will be playing house and hard dance, but I will be playing a mix of hip-hop, funk and breaks. I won the comp last year and I think I can win it again!
each person tonight has 20 minutes. It depends how many DJs you got in the comp. I've been in comps where you get 15 minutes, and sometimes even up to 30 mins or an hour. Just depends how many other DJs they have to get in over the time period.
Rock some hot dancefloor jazz or disco - Roy Ayers, Lonnie Liston Smith, etc. etc. Stuff that people would know directly or from samples.
Exactly.
If the audience is a close minded Electro/Techno crowd - Fuck Them. Show them the roots of there own genre. You can keep that shit uptempo on some ole school steez. It just 15 minutes.
I would be less enthused if you were trying to get your Math Rock on in a Techno DJ comp. Stay away from over used breaks and dont be too familiar. "Name that sample" is too easy.
I'm not sayin u can win, but i would be the monkey wrench in the set and make muthafuckas remember who I am.
Do You.
i just found out that i need to send in a mix-cd first anyway. soothing! i'm relaxed now.
RUN AWAY!
You already know this is a bad idea. You could play the best set you have ever played, but if the audience didnt come to hear your style of music... who the fuck is gonna care.
Run the fuck away.
P.S Fej': Theres a couple more spots over your way...
we'll talk soon, whens your night in Oost? ill bring some peoples.
dude, you been to one of the Sound Republic's nights out there? those fools are sicc wid it.
those be my boyzzzz.
crazy parties in my loft with them...missing those days sometimes.
I just got to see them a couple weeks ago for the first time out here in LA and now I wanna go back to chi every 2 weeks just so I can check out Grizzled at the new Lava. haha...fuck, I hate the house scene out here.
does die stripboeken(ruil)winkel op de jan van galen straat hide any goodies ?
zaterdag 2 juni 11 uur.
flyers will be ready soon.