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Hey fellas!

I'm Zeeshan,19, from India. I just joined this community and I've a gig coming up in 3 days at a friend's house party. Before I go ahead, let me tell give you some information about me:

I started messing with Virtual DJ 4 years ago, that didn't quite benefit me but I started to get an idea about how it is supposed to work. Watched a lot of videos, about everything related to deejay'ing. Few months later, a friend of mine referred me to a corporate company who hosted their official parties every month and needed a DJ. I said yes and to this date I still curse myself for saying so. The setup was ready and everything was done. This was my first time at a gathering and I started playing trance/house/electro.

I'd never used a console before in my life. (PIONEER 2xCDJ400 & DJM600) I couldn't mix properly, no beatmatching, it was a tragedy!! Thanks to the sound system guy who helped me get it right. I was f#$kin freaking out, nervous as hell.. If not for him, I'd have passed out then n there itself.

Gradually, I started to get the hang of it. Practised each and every day but there was this problem of mine with beat-matching. Sometimes it would be perfect, and sometimes it just wouldn't work. This went on for a few months. Connecting a laptop and playing was being helpful to me, but I wanted to do it on the console where I could mix without any hassles or me worrying about the beat, not being in the rhythm.

I couldn't really purchase a console for myself, TBH it's out of my budget. I look after my college and home-rent so it's impossible. And to this date, I've this problem with getting the song beat-matched properly. As I said, its a 50-50 turnout whatsoever.
So there's this house party coming up in three days, where I'm gonna be facing 100+ people, most of them are from high schools. They got 2x350s and a 600. I'm tensed and worried and what not, believeing about what will happen if I mess up.

I get too nervous in a situation like this. Hence, affecting my play. I'm new to these community s, as I said. Its gonna be a 5 hour non stop set which is freaking me out even more. Leave alone practice, I can't get my hands on one of those before the party. I need tips, advice, and things to keep in mind from you people so that I can perform well.