HOW TO CONSTRUCT A DJ SET 4 BEDROOM or CLUB

[dkvelashvili]

WTF IS HE TALKING ABOUT!?

[Nj9290]

@dkvelashvili lol

[trashyrowboat]

or bedroom club

[andyan3]

ellaskin you are what i cAlled a fucking master -greetings from argentina-

tahnks for this hell of a material!

[jarooFLtutor]

You the man Ella :)

[DJGPR2]

hey gemini ps-424x numark m2 or stanton m 212 as a starter mixer ??????????

[thejorgelimasproject]

wow that was a really fuckin great cool and beautiful explanation man...fuckin A

[NewlandsBmxer]

enough sticky note :P

[alvin909ful]

were did u buy your system

[MrBrooklynbandit]

know I know how to draw a tree.

[krumpking0]

4:35 How to draw a tree :)

[KnockoutKamikaze]

What I wanna nkow is where you get your gear from! lol

[adam4231]

how to i make dj set (eg 10minute mix for youtube) and make it sound great 

[jacklikesbeer]

@adam4231 Download Rebecca Black and loop the chorus 

[MegaSg01]

makes sense clver way to look at it.

[lazzara321]

you're a genius

[MrLukebarlow]

decent picture of a tree to be fair!

[LFCsteUK]

here's a tip, i have been a succsessful dj for 10 years and have never planned a set, i read the crowd constantly and play the tunes i think they want. if your planned set isnt working then your fucked! be free and freestyle it

[xxxlesterlocke]

fuck u

[Downbeat1984]

as in all things, just comes down to research. if you take some time and focus on the core issue of making people dance. but knowing the crowed is important and what is appropriate to play. but all in all...if you research it and study it ahead of time, as with anything, youll be fine.

[MrTombo100]

What was the name of the bird again?

[westderbylpool]

your off your head ! :)

[r2witco]

Great advice! I wish more dj's would drop the ego and pay attention to the crowd.

[reubenw59]

whenever i plan a mix song to song i always fuck it up, but whenever I just fuck around on the decks I end up making a noice mix..

[MrBofanabofana]

i put tracks into my mp3 player of songs i am interested in and play it with others i already play or interested in on random play and just see what works, means can rework a listing in a day if i am lucky

thanks for the videos though mate still really just getting to playing outside of small house parties and into local clubs your been a great help

[mOiexelph]

hey ellaskin... i only have a laptop, a virtual dj program and a headphones. Do you have a tutorial for begginers like me?

[Daspanker77]

It's all about reading your crowd. 

[DjDynox]

je hebt gelijk

[f22fighter12]

the last tree you drew was actually a nice tree lol =p

[a7nse]

what the fuck is this all about? my crowd isnt blind i dont know wer to take them

[tinkerbell2882]

That is so very true I always knew that. Only the best DJS know that - it's about the people dancing.

[TheFreddyGuy123]

do u see all the sticky notes on the wall............lol 

[doormaneamons]

how do u get all your equipment? if someone robbed your house theyd be sorted for life...u sponsored?

[aliceclark100]

you are a legend! x

[DJmixmeup]

i have a question, if you have a school dance gig that is about a hour and a half when u play songs do u play like 90% of the song and mix it to the next one like outro to intro or try to mix it in the down beats into a high energy session (talking about happy hardcore mixes) because ive made a mix where songs drop out in low parts and like 30 mins of music comes to about 10

[slippinslidewayz]

@DJmixmeup It happens to us all, you just need enough material to compensate or mix other parts of those tracks to your new segment making use of the same track as before, which the audience loves!! at least they always do for me, like those songs are to be popular ones like Deadmou5 Not exactly or something ppl can remember easily

[DjR3aper]

Thats a sexy wicked tree you got there lol

[WisdomInHeresy]

botom line u need a fuck load of vinyls

[minux82]

I've been thinking about this from time to time. So, if you asked Tiësto what songs he's going to play before a set, he may not actually know it? How much do DJ's like Tiësto plan in advance and how much is, like you say, improvisation based on the crowd?

[DrQmal]

But how do you know where do they want to go?

[PrezTyler]

lol 4:36 he made a tree (:

[djsixottawa]

Lots of knowledge well resumed visually.  Very well put, Jonathan!

[hightempoandhype]

man you are fuckingggggggggggggggg sickkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk­kkkkkkkk

thank you for the tutorials

[ecoweapon]

HAHAHAHAHA @ 2:56 -3:00 that was funny as hell.

[miwanpela]

The tree chaos theory eh? lol...yeh I know all about that matee...I DJ in my home town which is a small Australian outback town and my sets are as ecclectic as the crowd. the popular genres of music out here are Country, Reggae, Hip Hop and Rock. To put a smooth trasitioning set together using tracks from all those genres is a challenge so I usually do "micro-sets" consisting of three songs of each type of music to keep everyone partying. I think my tree has many twisted branches...

[youngn420]

@miwanpela thats a pretty good idea man..now im gonna go try it w/the genres im into...thanx for posting this it will probably help me alot.

[DJSillzor]

haha aussie represent :)

[laubeatz]

hahahah your explanations are funny.. =)

but yea, the reason why i personally dont spend most of my time creating a fixed set, is because of that... i play what i feel is right at the time, and what the crowd looks like they wants...

[lukecarter45658]

loads of sticky notes but that was really good

[K0lsyr4]

that's psychology ;)

[MrSanelectro]

nice tree! lol i love how you get very philosophical :] greatest tutor ever!

[str8bugged]

I play in a hip hop and R&B club but there are some people who like house or reggae. My set is all over the place. Working on trying to make it smoother

[marc11112222]

very nice told. i'm inpressed.

[mayabeatz]

i build my sets and i never finish a set as planned, i always have to go in different directions but is good to plan your set first u dont wanne get lost in the middle of the gig :)

[markkellr]

THIS is what makes a good dj....!!!! and also is the hardest and most stressfull part... this is the skill that no computer programme can master and will keep the dj alive..!! very well said man .

[Limvibe]

I didn't watch those video in the right order however they really interesting, educative, and cool. Thank you.

[Cr3gt4]

excellent advice!!!

[ValtFox]

Very Educating, Thanks. :) Johnatan.

[DarkAndMartyr]

so are you sayin keep your options open so that u can guide your set in the direction they need to travel

[PRINGZY2k8]

i dont plan my sets i just play what i think suits the atmosphere of a club. my eyes big crowds are harder to motivate. smaller crowds have momentum. i mix uk hardcore like you said your self you can play say 4 tunes of recognisable tunes to suit the taste and then you depending on the motion u can be more adventures with some darker uptempo stuff. i feed on the motion and the reaction and it gives you the indication

[Stinger401]

Excellent.

Great tut, cheers =]

[wigheadrules03]

haha 6 hours yea

[olbagofbangers]

i play in a 6 hour set once a month at a bar in my home town " haha 6 hours yea " ?

[carzakone333]

NICE!!

[Nohtreya]

Brilliant lesson. Thanks

[razzawalker]

All depends on what music your playin, who your'e playing it to,and what type of club it is!

[goone1987]

haha herd the raf jet flying over haha

[amila0105]

Hi Jonahan..Im trying to by a twin Cd player ..Seen a Gemini CDX-2400 for about 150.00. Or else can you suggest a Twin for me please ? Im kind of on a tight BUDGT. Sorry ..

amila

[shawnthemuzikgeek]

send him a message..

[maxboostedsupra]

very true! good vid J

[Bassmandave2000]

Another one well done Jon.I feel that "Tree".lol

[PaulJamesUK]

It depends where you are playing and what time. If you are the warm up (House)DJ then you should be playing 123-125 BPM stuff and let the other DJ's play all of the floor-filler stuff.

[nic19]

@ dj neodar:get a good cdj like the pioneer 800 mk2 or cdj 400. On the display you can see a bit how the track is constructed and were break or bass starts. That's what I did and it made my life (as a DJ :p) sow much easier.

greetz from Belgium :D

[subjer0]

I totally agree.

I've witnessed horrible DJ's at clubs that never pay attention to the vibe of the crowd. Soon the only one dancing is the DJ himself, or herself.

Don't become a crappy DJ.

Play your music, but also play for the crowd. It's the reason you love to DJ.

[lesstz]

nice!!1

[WNxRadeon]

well... nice explaination :)

Sometimes I play at some little parties and people have requests (all in the same genre ofcourse) but sometimes I don't know the tracks (very well).

Can you explain how I can make a reasonable mix out of those tracks? (sometimes I am able to work with something like virtual DJ so I can see where the bass starts and stuff like that)

Thanks in advance.

Faithful regards:

DJ Neodar

[DudasMiska]

Just listen in to parts of the beginning, for a few seconds, parts of the climax, few seconds, then the outro a few seconds, then youll have a good enough idea of what the track sounds like, what key it is about, and where approx you should mix it, and as for the smoothness, just count the bars and frases, so as the original track is changing-so is the one youre mixing in.

[WNxRadeon]

k thx :)

i had figured you that out :P

but still needs some practice :0

Greetzzz:

Neo

[forzaboi]

it has been help bt what about jus a normal house party for like a birthday and they want scouse bounce n donk ? which way do i go do i have it goin all way up or up and down ?

[DJHenrySlick]

its the same for s party.

just enjoy yourself and get good at mixing (beat mixing)

= so you can dance around without worrying about it going out of beat. once the crowd see you dancing chances are they will dance aswell.

or as j puts it buzzing.

[0HaaN0]

great explenation with the tree man!

[0HaaN0]

and i cant explain to myself why theres only 1 dj in your city :P

[alexatchley]

"Tree Chaos theory" hahahaha

Awesome.

A good video for you to make, I think, would be one on how to, more specifically to gauge crowd reactions. Just a thought! I enjoy your videos.

[daxiextreme]

This guy is a total and utter moron. What sort of 'crowd' does he get going at the wedding and 21st birthday do's he plays? Even my little sister knows more about DJ'ing than this fool.

[mikeyluvsmuzic]

u r totally f***ed up...

[texs2007]

and yet,he's got the company behind him and you,daxiextreme,i have yet to hear from.

[loverofl]

i really enjoyed the visual aid lol i get wut he was going for. nice ^_^

[bowdacia]

i have a m8 who cant mix to save his life however his track selection is 2nd to non he always gets a croud going. its good when we do events 2geather coz he helps pick the track and i mix them though.

[ellaskins]

nice one. I once new a bloke, couldn't mix to save his life , yet he could blend the melody like no one else. sounds like you have a good partnership! j

[VintageFredCherry]

@bowdacia ... this is the same-ish situation as me and my mate. Were age16-17 and we do parties together. Its good having someone to work along side with, he does an electrician apprenticeship at BT, wich is really good because he knows all the technical stuff! He knows anywhere to get wanted cables, lights, etc. my wingman haha! Its the same situation because i cant mix well at all, but i 'believe' that some of the tracks i use could really get the croud going, its just a case of trying it :S !

[dufjax]

Most club owners will want you to alternate at least two different music styles to keep the bar / dance floor ratio going (Getting people to spend more at the bar and not be on the dance floor all night!!!!)

[PreteLangue]

Your absolutely right Johnathan. In essences it's just the diversity of life, where it's going no one knows... But!, you don't need to know! Just enjoy the ride.

[ellaskins]

ditto dude!!

 j

[sc0tt2005]

good video j!! thats why im loving the tenminmixes, you can have lots of different mini sets and use those to piece together 1 big set and head off in whatever direction you want!! =)

[hagger84]

a bit abstract, but you really get it johnathan!

unfortunately i've been in many clubs, where the djs did not look at the crowd or didn't have the feeling, how to construct a perfect set for the specific people in the club. there are so many djs who play their prepared set - no matter whether the crowd likes it or not. as a result the dancefloor is nearly empty very often...

i think at the end of the day thats the big difference between a wannabe dj and a really good dj...

[kingsleymore]

WTF are you talking about???!

[shaolindreams]

HOW TO CONSTRUCT A DJ SET

[ellaskins]

to kingsleymore, i'm talking about the height of a banana plant in Africa in the early 1900's. j

[MCDiscos]

haha. nice comeback...ask a stupid question get a stupid answer!

[slippinslidewayz]

@ellaskins Well than your talking about 11.5m tall minus the square root of banana multiplied by the nexus of a Ink jet printer!! lol

[iamgreatish]

@ellaskins Hahahahaha what a wicked comeback!

[monxanderlu]

@kingsleymore You cant understand ENGLISH ?

[quangphangbang]

man, you really sit down and think this through

[SONIDOMISTICODJ]

You Just Gave Me An IDEA thanks!!!!

[giranmoo2]

Very good thoery, should get it published :)

[LightWarrior888]

Thanks for posting this stuff. I am enjoying watching you talk about Disk Joking.  =D

[dsikorski31]

If you are spinning a hard house set, Do you mean like play psy influenced tracks then melodic hard house and see how the crowd reacts?

[kyleDAgreat]

nice tree

this was relli helpful!

[ellaskins]

thanks , it's an OAK! lol j : )

[tehrules]

Its like anything in life. You can plan, but if you stick to it, thats another thing. A DJ can have what he likes, but like with anything, someone won't like it, someone else will. You can't please everyone! I did a mix set recently, one person moaned because I played the extended edit, not the radio edit. Everyone else was dancing! Also had some girl try and change the music because she didnt like it, but it only she didnt, again everyone dancing. So you gotta be able to deal with that too!

[stebok]

yeah some ppl never seem to be satisfied no matter what lol

[sonicboom333]

Build the club set to whats being sold ;) if you know what I mean.....

[stebok]

heres a question for j...

what happens if only a PORTION of the crowd seems to like the music while the other portion seems to not like it? I think this mostly noticeable in clubs with 2 or more genres...

[noijja]

agreed, it's sycoligy awesome

[brentsss]

interesting theory.

[reinohh]

tru.dat :)

[dsikorski31]

is this tree structure theory more for the mobile dj(multi genre dj)?..what happens if your a dj that spins hard house, hard trance, hardstyle..strictly those genres

where can u learn about key mixing? like learn the notes and what notes go together, etc...

[ellaskins]

this applies to all dj's all genres, at the end of the day even a trance/ DnB/ hip-hop dj has toons in there box that will highten/ lower the croud. j

[dsikorski31]

what is meant by changing direction? how do you change direction if your set is composed of all hard house tracks?

[ellaskins]

quite offen you find even the hardest of toons will have a diferent feel to others , so by selecting a sertain toon at the corect time can change the whole feel to the set and take it in a new direction. j

[shaolindreams]

i think he means.. a construct set is like fixed plan.. something djing in a club a peeps might want a particular song or if theyre not having it.. you might want to put a having it tune on to perk them up.. basically to be flexible & improvising.

[twrea]

by changing the Key, would be one way, noting the feel, up tempo vs darker or even some songs that build up. The crowd may collective seem more into darker deep bass tunes but get amped more with something lifting and maybe not as fast bpm wise, thus a new direction in which to go. Its about like driving someplace, how many ways can u get their? note "mixxed in key" vid! good-luck

[dsikorski31]

is this tree structure theory more for the mobile dj(multi genre dj)?..what happens if your a dj that spins hard house, hard trance, hardstyle..strictly those genres

where can u learn about key mixing? like learn the notes and what notes go together, etc...

[Serge808]

thats a cool video!

[Borbuster]

Great video... I probably will never DJ for a crowd but I had always thought of making a killer set and just playing it as it is. But you're right the crowd know what they want and you just can't predict it.

[macolalife]

I think the dj must know a bit of psychology to understand what the crowd want. Right?

[groovindj]

Not really. You just need eyes and ears!

If you put something on and they all walk off, you've chosen badly. On the other hand if they all cheer and come running onto the dance floor, you've hit the jackpot!

[macolalife]

Yes, and that is the simple psychology :)

[Grenozh]

That's alot of sticky notes

[TheLastDJ007]

Good video and if more DJ's were to follow this tree theory they would see results.

If you allow yourself to be led or at other times we can take lead,That is the making of a

very good DJ who plays to the crowd.

Tree branches bend in the wind,So we need to

do the same. Once again good vid.

[syntse]

Speaking of sets, J check my mail to you about chance for bedroom djs to get nice gig in UK.

[ellaskins]

to syntse, i'm on the case . thanks j

[laserra1]

wat do u mean as in take them a different direction?

[Omarionzz]

he means that you should be reading the crowd and play what the crowd is reacting well to.

in short this video is pretty much saying be prepared to switch up your set.

[ellaskins]

to Omarionzz, thats it! you need to have a set , set out in your head, but at any time you need to be able to change it just in case the croud don't like the flow/ last toon . j

[djfunkychicken]

the most important thing i can add to this is know your music which is in your possession currently.. know it's beginning, it's ending and know it's feel or vibe it gives.. do take the time to close your eyes, relax and LISTEN to the whole track.. cos sometimes what you think sounds good can sound better with other arrangements.

[DJFandango]

tree-chaos-theory - i think it's great :)

[foddy7]

j why dont u put some vids on showing us exactly what u mean by playing some toons

[yvesmdjgryphon]

On one side: he can't, because he doesn't have a crowd to react to.

On the other side: i'm sure he does this continually on his gigs, check a few gig logs!

[djfunkychicken]

how many post-it's do you have above your p.c.! Time for a pin up board!

[opmdevil]

There are two things to remember if you want to play a perfect set:

1. Play Sash - Equador

2. Play Robert Miles - Children

[ellaskins]

in a hip hop club?? mmm j

[mattsvideoproduction]

cool

[ellaskins]

the whole ideas is that the dj is in charge. he/ she is the one putting the music on and he/she can watch the croud and take them on a journy, it's almost a two way thing 50/50 , dj and croud work togeather. j

[DutchLotteryman]

Sounds very complicated :s

Would you advocate leaving a request sheet by the DJ booth a la 'Y Bae, Aberystwyth'? or does that defeat the point of having a DJ, when you're pretty much turning them into a human juke-box.

On the other hand having a request sheet could be seen as a good idea... the dj wouldn't be obliged to play the requests, but could give them an idea of what the punters were after.