How to construct/ put togeather a set to play out

[XaXtXa]

very true and awesome. Thanks for all the great help, hope pioneer is paying you, i sent them a note saying how wonderful you a job you are doing at promoting them. Bastards better send you some stickers or something....haha, eugh....beer....

[DJessej1]

amassing video i know what you mean now! but i still ave a question and that is

whitch tracks are the tracks you class ar high lift, mello, chug, and deep?

i dont know witch is witch

[XaXtXa]

@DJessej1 Yo, the best way like he mentioned is to look at what key the music is in. Look at a piano for example and the difference between the key of C and C minor. One sort of sounds happy and brings it up, usually the note will go up 3 to 5 steps in a song like this to bring the mood up.

For a down it either drops a key or 2, or literally dose a mix drop like you hear in dubstep base, or in metal where the tempo slows by half and the bass gets hard and heavy. This would also be a C minor...

[XaXtXa]

C minor feel, because it has a sort of dark tune to it. For the blue ones that mellow think of the music you hear on a final fantasy track, it should be pumping but light, I always think of the song "castles in the sky" with the girl singer.

Finally the "chug along" tracks are just the same as the last, not much change in tempo or key, just a clean mix with a similar feel to sort of drag out the song and transition through unnoticed.

If you would like examples I will mix u some, hit me up,thx

[wirelessdj]

you finally explained what you meant take them on a journey. now find me a program that analyzes and tags the mood and ill pay you a finders fee

[aguafiesta69]

@Splurgeyourheadoff instead of practicing the same set every night, have a vague "planned" set but have other tracks of different moods at-ready incase things do start to change.

[DarkClown06]

9,844 views and only 63 likes? Come on people, this guy is an amazing teacher and DJ. Give him some love!

[Chirsbom]

@Splurgeyourheadoff why do you want to practice just one set?

if you watch his videos he is all about having fun, breaking norms and mixing it up.

"everyone" can do one great set given time and practice, it might take you a long while but you will get it in the end. a good d dj can play just about anything, its all in the skills.

i think it is better to be flexibel than ridgit when you play to ppl, nothing sucks more than a dj that dont connect with the floor. then what do you do??

[millardrock]

buena apreciacion loco!

cool videos man,

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from chile, south america.

[DJBARPHRASE]

hi austin here pl reply if u get this msg atleast a hi sir so that i know u know my being

[DJBARPHRASE]

hi i am austin from india thanks for all the lesson they really help may god bless u an family u have a very sweet daughter

[jwsanchez72]

Great videos!!! keep on doing a great job!!! from P.R.!!!

[audiochem]

excellent info! thx for sharing the knowledge...

[DJOneZero]

intresting video :)

my english isn't the best, so the most important part at the beginning i can not really understand (when you explain what is a "deep track" and "uplifting track" and so on...)

you can write it here please or give some example tracks what you mean?

thanks!! i'm a big fan of your videos ;D

[curtis133]

@DJOneZero

ill give this a shot for you zero, What he said is that the Uplifting tracks are in the major keys, and are meant to be uplifting and vibrant, to lift the crowds feel up, where as the deep tracks are more into the minor key, deeper, maybe those songs that make you feel somthing profound within your self? yet keep the energy moving along in a positive sense, the Chug along might be thought of as the Filler tracks, the beats without the vocals and sparkly bits, hope that helped!

[paloaica]

thank u for free lessons!!!

[carzakone333]

NICE!!

[lone1980]

This video is inspiring. However, I've encountered some strange DJs in Tokyo, and the way one DJ brought down the house (and nobody was dancing at all during his entire set.) was a 10 minute long note on an F# key... I also suspect the DJ himself wrote a couple of tracks and put them out there on the floor. But the way to end the set to let a live band take over after that BRAINWASH was one hell of a job to accomplish. (And my band did, "live drum'n'bas act", Sesshin.)

[severane]

Really cool video, but could you give examples of uplifting, deep, chug along and mellow tracks?

[DJMGM88]

Watching this video made me think of a great quote...

'Putting a roomful of people in the moment, amazing them, suprising them, challenging, even confusing them; teasing, loving, electrifying them, carrying them with you to a higher place; shaking the dull daylight out of there bones and waking them into their other life. You dont need telling how much power and mastery a DJ can exercise...'

Thanks for the video J...

[djfrayz]

"Sale ends yesterday" lolol! :) So Jonathan if you make it to the states again and happen to stop in Minneapolis, give me a shout! We should have a regional DJ Tutor 'convention' at my club with Brian and everyone watching your channels.

[skarloey22]

any chance of song examples on your demo set

[dj99surf]

i did a gig last sat. nite and the host wanted me to keep playing upbeat songs all night. i had to tell them that no one was dancing and i began to play mellow songs & chug-alug songs. they didn't get it. it truly is a journey. thanks for validating the cause.

[DJEgin]

fight in the room xD lol omg xD

[DJBlaze2008]

This might sound like a weird comment. But watching this makes me come to a conclusion. As a dj everything we do is really a science. It is so much more technical then most people think. In essence we are really musical scientists.

[rolley05]

so true m8 ;)

[sltr00per]

It is a weird comment. And I've come to the conclusion that you're an idiot.

[sakiG]

wow...and you play music like this? you should do something diffrent cuz u aint getting this world.

[DJMGM88]

Good point, each song a DJ (in a club) picks out is something like furthering the audiences trip or journey to somewhere that can be anywhere really. I see your point with the whole 'DJing is a science' thing cause each song picked and played is strategic in ways of a crowd feeling a certain way, and being a DJ, you can change that mood without warning...

[DJCyRo]

As much as possible, I like to end my nights with uplifting, high tempo songs, in an effort to keep them wanting more....

[fiend4dnb]

excellent idea john!! I love the coloured tags for your vinyls!! thanks again!

[pinkdjstella]

hey i was just thinking abt that the other day!!

I would have done it differentrly..

starting with mellow then chug along then uplifting then deep and then the same as yours=))

youre great...thanks j

[ellaskins]

to pinkdjstella, remember it's about the night, the people, the feel , every night is diferent. j

[pinkdjstella]

your right im starting to really enjoy this..all thankx to you..=)

[DJSlushyIce]

@pinkdjstella you would be a good drum n bass dj

[4mixing]

picking the right next track is much more important versus equing, beatmatchin..(except if its very terrible)

[AylatheRaichu]

Nice choice of balancing things out,I'll take the advice. Thanks for uploading!

[ovenmitboy]

You should do this again but instead of little bits of paper you should use CD covers.

[Fuggzy96]

Excellent advice Jono, and spot on :)

[fredomeireles]

that makes sense j.

[wiljoo]

Lots of good stuff! Lots of great facts I never really considered. Thanks so much for the tips, will put this to use :D

[drukenhard]

It really depends what time you're playing, no good mellowing them out at midnight.....always best to end off on a high I think......then more people will stick around for the next DJ (plus they will appreciate the rest while the other DJ gets sorted)

Most rave tracks will actually go through all these stages

[69e5d9e4]

Your a great teacher. I use all of your advice and it helps out big time.

[djembedrummer]

hey j, say the dj before you did exactly as you said here, and mellowed them out again... would you repeat this same process again, or how would you go about following that kind of act?

[StaffRecordPlayer]

(522x80923)²+(42254)³ and a half one ... th , yay yay yay :) what a mess lol !

Im 19 yrs old now, and you J are about 40 I guess, and youre propably more nutty and silly as I was with 10 years ... but its really cool that you kept that little 10 years old guy in yourself ... makes you so symphatic :) silly people for the world !

About the subject:

It can be BPM related, but for example there are sone high BPM DnB/trance tracks that keep you rather "floating" then jumpin.

[StaffRecordPlayer]

An example would be maybe "Delerium - Silence ft. Sarah McLachlan (Tiesto Mix)" (just type this into utoobe)

Its around 140 BPM I guess, and its (for me) more mellow/floating ... I could listen to this by driving in the bus at night, or on a plain travel at night, seeing the sun rise up at the horizon.

The tone of the music is also very important. The tone can me "Dur" (mainly uplifting tracks like dance or club music) or "Moll", which are more floating and down/mellow.

I hope Im right :)

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[DJMGM88]

Silence is an amazing song that will guarantee emotions being drawn from the crowd...Play it live like i did and tell me how good it feels...

[linux750]

Hey DJMGM88, who is the artist that wrote "Silence"? I'm searching the net but i can't find anybody.

[DJMGM88]

Its by Delerium & Sarah McLachlan, the DJ Tiesto remix.

[djsoulhouse]

Very well explained j, and yes you do control the crowd with different tempos from start of the set all the way to end, thanks, keep it going man.

[chaselucidnightmare]

Could the "feel" of a track be correlated with the BPM?

[bstrut118]

Can we apply this to Top40, Reggae, HipHop set? Cause (i think) most mellow songs are at a 60-70 bpm while lets say up lifting is around the 90-100 bpm. So its kinda hard to transition (blend) from up lifting to mellow.

[Grenozh]

where is that boat shop?

[bigtony031]

Thx for the Vid (:

real timing cause i'm just starting to build a set for an event this friday night, my 1st real gig

[KDN322]

yeah most djs have tracks in different catagories like that, i put mine in light mid and heavy based on the energy the crowd produces when hearing it, but the most important part is reading the crowds reaction througout the whole set. you should never plan a whole set down to every track just read the crowd and go with the flow

nice vid dude

[tidyclubber]

i wana be 1st never mind i'll stick with 9.99... haha

[marceloiacovone]

How can I know if a track is a "Deep","Chug Along", "Uplifting" or "Mellow" track?

[ellaskins]

all down to the feel, vibe you get from it, does it make you want to cry, jump up and down, sleep,run all you need to do is emagin how you would feel if you where dancing to it. your answer is b4 you j

[marceloiacovone]

wow...

thats... deep...regarding...context...l­ol

thanks, you may disagree but that helped me a lot :]

[ellaskins]

my pleasure j

[marceloiacovone]

on the other hand, I pretty much dance happily to almost every kind of track :D

I just.....love music....

Specially House music

[juancarrillo001]

i meant 8th...lol....kind of a lag

[JohnnyFreightTrain]

Encourage change and new ideas. Don't be intimidated by them. Enthusiasm is a way of life, not an emotion, small changes often produce the best results.

[ellaskins]

Good saying and as a side note are you going to be 10th or 11th? j

[jakob21]

Heheeh ^^

[juancarrillo001]

does 5th count??

lol

[ellaskins]

you need to do an 8th to count! j

[azeitona1]

7th yay yay yay, but after this I quit ! You win haahahahahaha

[ellaskins]

now this is getting silly, lol keep it up I like silly things, i mean come on! j

[azeitona1]

hey 5th huahuahuahuahua

[ellaskins]

shit will this ever end , 6th yay, yay, yay, yay, yay, yay!

[RRollergod]

7th yahahahahaha

[Robzsz]

1st yay

[ellaskins]

2nd Yay yay!!

[tenz77]

hahah 3rd yay yay yay!!

[ellaskins]

ho ho 4th  yay yay yay yay!

[RRollergod]

5th NO WAY!!! Sweet.... Great vid.