Thoughts On This DJ Set Tracklist.

[avatar_karma]

Well we all know track selection is an important part of a set. Just asking for people's opinion on this tracklast i put together of a prospective set?? How would it go down in a Sydney club??

Again & Again - Phil Kieran
Eucalyptic - Chymera
Paris (King Unique Remix) - Paolo Mojo
Mantrakoma - Dusty Kid
Haute Couture - Gui Boratto
Ataque - Moguai
What The Fuck - Funkagenda
Who Killed Sparky? - Sasha
Certain Things Around You (Part 1 Mix) - Minilogue
Nightlaw - Paolo Mojo
Faxing Berlin (Chris Lake Edit) - Deadmau5

[NORBY]

depends on the club mate, if i went to a club id be WTF'ing cos i dont know any of those songs, depends on your audience etc

[Fergus]

Word of advice. Don't plan your set coz if 1/2 way thru it and folk are not feeling it then u could find urself in a little pickle of a jam. Read the crowd, see how they react to certain grooves (which is a skill in itself) and go from there.
Apart from that tho ur set list looks quite large and could work if the crowd is up for the prog bombs u have listed

[avatar_karma]

thanks for the advice fergus.
yeahh well thats my problem. i'm into prog/minimal/techno.
but the rest of sydney is into f*cking electro. and it gives me the shits. so ok where abouts would these tracks go down well with the crowd?

[ultim8DTM5]

i wouldn't say the rest of sydney. plenty of places are into the same you are, they just don't get plastered to telegraph poles.

[d-Logic]

For some reason, sets that I plan never go as well, as sets that I make up on the fly. Dunno why, but I refuse to plan sets anymore. Just pack a bit of variety in your crate and keep playing stuff that is similar to what the crowd responds to.

[avatar_karma]

true. im thinking they would go down well at civic underground. any hints on other places?
it'd be god to hear music like this when i go out to.

[Bracko]

cave @ laundry probably... minimal fuss maybe....

[hoppuspears]

I only know faxing berlin off that list and its a killer song :)!

[avatar_karma]

or should i just conform to like electrotrash to get dj sets?

[d-Logic]

^^^ I conformed to like tech-trance whilst having the ulterior motive of pushing techno. :thumb:

[Bracko]

if you're after gigs, just get out to your favourite nights as much as possible (the smaller ones, not the massive parties) and start networking.

i assume you're posting the setlist as a guise to see what clubs would be interested in a promo with those tracks on it?

answer, none if they can't put a face to a CD and a doorlist to a set.

[avatar_karma]

thanks for the advice bracko
but really i was just seeing if there was a desire from the masses for this type of music out there in sydney.
got at least a year ahead of me before i can start to gig :P

[ThomasBear]

And while everyone else debates the insurmountable differnces between minimal techno and electro, spare a thought for those of us who feel left out because NO ONE (save a very few fringe culture dwellers) plays a significant quantity of EBM, industrial rock, powernoise and futurepop.

[Dee Jay Mikey]

Well we all know track selection is an important part of a set. Just asking for people's opinion on this tracklast i put together of a prospective set?? How would it go down in a Sydney club??

Again & Again - Phil Kieran
Eucalyptic - Chymera
Paris (King Unique Remix) - Paolo Mojo
Mantrakoma - Dusty Kid
Haute Couture - Gui Boratto
Ataque - Moguai
What The Fuck - Funkagenda
Who Killed Sparky? - Sasha
Certain Things Around You (Part 1 Mix) - Minilogue
Nightlaw - Paolo Mojo
Faxing Berlin (Chris Lake Edit) - Deadmau5

Could work I guess.

Your set is in an interesting order though, tech,prob,tech,electro, minimal and prog?

Not advising that anything is wrong with it but If I where you I would just plan your first track or two tops and your last track or two and mix it on the fly.

I started playing in clubs a few months ago and used to plan my sets for the first couple of weeks and I was always struggling and nervous.

On the fly is awesome!!!

[richcur]

Play it, record it, upload it.. and we'll have a listen

[pomrocks]

Play it, record it, upload it.. and we'll have a listen

x 2

Have you listened to that set back to yoruself? How did it sound to you?

[Wowk]

There's quite a few parties that play, or at least appreciate, that kinda music...

Laundry
Sweet Chilli
Subservice (I'd say give me a demo for it but I don't run it anymore so that won't help, but I believe it's still going)
Deep As Fuck
Lost Baggage
Diversity

[jimrocks]

x 2

Have you listened to that set back to yoruself? How did it sound to you?

x3

Might be just me but I tend to rate a set on what it sounds like rather than what it looks like

[anders8b]

or should i just conform to like electrotrash to get dj sets?

Your all individuals :stroke:

[BBC]

Plus if you play it in a demo mix, you listen to it and you know which tunes work together well, so then you do those automatically when you play out.

[ferretrock]

Subservice (I'd say give me a demo for it but I don't run it anymore so that won't help, but I believe it's still going)


Huh? Since when?

[ferretrock]

yeps, i don't really care if people know all the tunes (and indeed if you are playing 'underground' styles - the listeners won't too much either - a good tune is a good tune) - flow is what matters, above all

[Wowk]

Huh? Since when?

I left after April man. Just decided I wanted to do my own thing for a while, and was starting to feel like I was pushing shit up hill with it cos of the over-zealous start with big name guests which lead to us trying to keep up something we couldn't. Starting up a new night soon though :)

[ferretrock]

I left after April man. Just decided I wanted to do my own thing for a while, and was starting to feel like I was pushing shit up hill with it cos of the over-zealous start with big name guests which lead to us trying to keep up something we couldn't. Starting up a new night soon though :)

oh okies
well i look forward to this saturday's set (and the new night):D

/end hijack