What its it about a song that makes it fill the floor?

[Catdog69Kool]

for me, its those songs that builds in anticipation and tension, but hints out at whats coming


have you noticed inpurticular feature that all the good toons have in common?

[underhousearrest]

white noise

[patrickbateman]

cowbell

[Mike-O-Sito]

drugs

but srsly...
silence followed by a beat drop

[dj deza]

funk

[Fantana]

cheese

[macc4]

for me, its those songs that builds in anticipation and tension, but hints out at whats coming


aren't you like, 16?

when have you even seen a night club floor?

[Catdog69Kool]

you sir, are correct, i have seen many un-club dancefloors

sure the music is a tad different, but this is what iv seen with what i do end up playing

[SlicyDicer]

Great music transcends boundaries and labels. Cheese can fill a dance floor but a crowd worked for 4 hours towards a certain song can be just as effective.

Depends on the crowd so your question is open ended and dumb.

[macc4]

http://www.alivenotdead.com/attachments/2009/05/24/14/52954_200905241403533.gif

is the biggest floor filler of all time

[Jude May]

shit, no i got that stuck in my head. damn you! :lol:

[Digitalgrub]

A song that everyone knows and loves...seriously, if its familiar people are more likely to dance, but if you play favourites back to back the impact is lost.

Also having a really, really repedative song that goes on for ever...people get bored, then a change happens and it becomes hypnotic...drop all the elements then bring them back in and that song will go off. Depends if your brave enough to clear the dance floor first!

[Funkedub]

it completely depends on the crowd and the vibe ... a song that slayed it on one occasion isn't guaranteed to do it every time.

There's tracks that the young'uns play here at work that make me want to fun a fukkn mile ... and there's tracks i know that make my friends hard/moist that make zero impact on the punks i work with.


I don't think familiarity is requisite at all either ... the right tune and the right time can really blow things up, whether the crowd is familiar with it or not..

Can you imagine if people only went off to tunes they already knew?! :what:

[Random_Kiwi]

Familiarity can go and get fucked...it's only a great thing for people who aren't open minded enough to enjoy things they don't already know :lol:

I don't think many people had heard this track before hearing Luciano drop it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW09C6L8yVk

And it fucking destroyed...hands in the air, people swamping the decks...totally insane!

Familiarity can work, but it's kind of a cheap fall back imo...not that I'm adverse to doing it sometimes, but it's nothing compared to taking a crowd to a place they're not familiar with and having them love it even more

[Digitalgrub]

I'm def not arguing that familiar tracks are the way to go, just that it does have a lot to do with it. Of course it depends on the night, crowd, the last 10 tracks played etc...

[Matty_neal]

Big buildups to a huge thumping drop are awesome. here's a good example

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrVVFpvd7W4

[Funkedub]

^^^^


well that's eternally subjective ... fukkoff basslines are my poison

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LF2QdYPK_VU

[SlicyDicer]

Melody. A damn good melody is timeless. No matter how much production techniques change and progress, melody still holds the same principles.

[patrickbateman]

awesome percussion. AND COWBELL.

[avatar_karma]

Melody. A damn good melody is timeless. No matter how much production techniques change and progress, melody still holds the same principles.

+1

[TheReturn]

Riverside mutherfucker:corey:

[djkilby]

^^^^


well that's eternally subjective ... fukkoff basslines are my poison

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LF2QdYPK_VU

QFT, love this tune and the bassline is just unbelieveable!

[Random_Kiwi]

^ "well that's eternally subjective" - sounds like fucking ass to me! :lol:

[pEAkeR_hAT]

an energetic crowd, pre-event hype, then just about any half decent hook or flavour of the month !

[Matty_neal]

an energetic crowd, pre-event hype, then just about any half decent hook or flavour of the month !

Right on the money.

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