Small Questions Thread!

**epik1** · 03-18-2012, 03:14 PM

Hoping this gets stickied and helps clean up the section.
Just shoot for quick small questions!
I have one real quick one:

What's your guys' take on playing multiple tracks form the same artist?
Either throughout a set or following another or a combination of the two.

**Quentin Legend** · 03-18-2012, 03:32 PM

I don't really see a problem with it.

But for Top 40 I wouldn't play songs of the same artist back to back, rather play the song a bit later in the set instead of straight after the previous song (of the same artist).

**DJ Matt** · 03-18-2012, 04:20 PM

in salsa Djing ist kind of a no-no in my opinion, sign of laziness on the Djs part, since mixing is not necessary in salsa anyway then track selection is one of the only ways for a dj to show that there is in fact a human being behind the decks

in other genres, i also think it need to be kept to a minimum

i guess it all depends on how important Variety is in whatever style you DJ

**John Veselsky** · 03-18-2012, 04:22 PM

Unless they're both big tracks or by a hugely popular artist most people won't notice.

I wouldn't play them back to back though. Just leave a good 30 minutes between the tracks to be safe.

**epik1** · 03-19-2012, 04:05 PM

I was just wondering because I find myself doing it when I'm jamming at home, awesome tracks of course don't get me wrong, but part of me felt like I shouldn't be doing it.

**PhenomBK** · 03-18-2016, 11:19 AM

Originally Posted by epik1

I was just wondering because I find myself doing it when I'm jamming at home, awesome tracks of course don't get me wrong, but part of me felt like I shouldn't be doing it.

Its not a terribly bad thing, its just people may get bored of hearing the same artist. But in a three or so hour set I don't see a problem with playing 3 or 4 of an artists tracks, especially if they are insanely popular. That's really what gets people going.