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I've read the books like How to DJ right... to learn about... beatmatching, phrasing w/e , Speed Test Scrabble Word Finder Solitaire but when I go to mix...
Most electronic music is insufferably repetitive. It's the truth. The solution is to not let tracks ride all the way through. Intro, first buildup, drop, new song. Untz, Untz, Untz, Untz all night is boring.
It's the whole reason why I cant mix house for more than 20 min max when out. It gets repetitive. It's not so much the music itself sounding the same, its the tempo being in the same range.
like others have said this sounds like a programming issue more so than a edm problem. keep the styles changing so that you are building and lowering the energy. two tracks can have the same tempo and very different energy levels.
Last edited by moyo wilde; 11-28-2012 at 08:12 AM.
Tell them to listen differently?
to the people saying it is a edm problem it really isn't, at least in my opinion. i play a 2 hour set of deep house/indie nu-disco/house/tech-house/techno and i can keep the dance floor moving even got some of my friends who aren't edm fans moving.
you just have to know your music. i also prepare my tracks. i place cue points so that i know where i am in a song, what will happen after i finish the mix. i also have my tracks well organized. so i know what music goes in what direction so i can keep things going or change it up when the time is right. i think it is also about being able to read the crowd as well.
in the end like one of the other resident DJs at my gig told me "This job is easy, give the people what they want." most people want to have a good time give it to them.
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