How to construct/ put togeather a set to play out

DJ help in constructing a set to play out.
http://www.djtutor.com/events
http://www.sony.co.uk/hub/id/1201538202613/block/2
Kind of easy to construct a set in your bedroom, but will that set work with 200 people on the dance floor?

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[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

[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

[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.

[paloaica]

thank u for free lessons!!!

[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

[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]

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

[DJSlushyIce]

@pinkdjstella you would be a good drum n bass dj

[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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