My opinion of this is that I feel it depends on your approach, either you playing for the dance, or your playing on a more fluid and compositional level...
If your playing primarily towards the dancers, than you need to be able to shift directions at any given time. But if your more of the "here's my thought" type of DJ, playing for the composition, than a set is often more appealing... The best ones of coarse flip around. Playing their piece in-between segments of playing the dancers piece... I carry what I call my "book marked" pieces, in which three or so records simple *must* be together, then I vary those chunks around... But if the "set" is amazing, then by all means, play the set. darw_n "create, demonstrate, toneshift..." http://www.mp3.com/darw_n http://www.sphereproductions.com/topic/Darwin.html http://www.mannequinodd.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "tristan watkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jim Bishop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 02, 2000 5:18 PM Subject: Re: [313] planned dj sets, derrick may > Most of the time he seems to be working from the same > crate, if you will, and maybe has a few new records > thrown in. I can't really get tired of it though. He > does it so damn well. > > Now, I'm probably bating more flame, but I like to > plan my sets within reason, and I've been spining > vinyl for over six years. I think I posted about this > a long time ago, and the reaction was not too good, > especially from a Detroit audience. My problem is > this: I am not a professional DJ. I have limited time, > particularly when I'm focusing on making music, so > when I practice before I spin out, I like to try and > get an idea of the set I'm going to play. Sometimes > I'll try to work out two distinct house and techno > sets, and sort of merge them together when I play live > in a new way, using a lot of the same songs. It gives > me a way to practice mixing the songs I'm going to > play without becoming too repetitive for me as a DJ, > and the end result still allows me to have some > flexibility to respond to the crowd, my whim or time > sudden time constraints. > > I *would* shoot from the hip all the time if I had > that luxury. But I've got lots of records, I like to > play different records every time I spin (it's a rare > song that I play out more than three or four times), > and when I don't have a lot of time to practice I > "forget" records, and it shows through in my mixing. I > think any good DJ will tell you that you need to know > your records. Practicing in this way is how I get > re-acclimated to the records I hope to play, and helps > me sound that much better. I don't think that's such a > bad thing, even if it might kill *some* of the > spontanaeity towards the beginning of my sets. And > even if I've heard some of the set, no one else has, > which in my mind is key. > > Tristan > > --- Jim Bishop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > what is the general concensus on laying out your > > whole set ahead of > > time. I think every time i have seen derrick may > > play he has played the > > > > same tracks in the same order for the mostpart. > > Here at the esi fest in > > > > lansing i swear he played the same set as the demf > > (for the most part). > > not to show any disrespect but you even see those > > guys out there with > > pitch speeds and other records listed. to an extent > > its cool when your > > picking up skills but what if your the "inovator". > > I myself feel > > inclined to play what come to mind, granted a couple > > of > > steady mixes, is'nt that what makes a dj an artist? > > jim > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Photos - 35mm Quality Prints, Now Get 15 Free! > http://photos.yahoo.com/ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
