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How Many Songs Are You Averaging per Set? Posted on: 19.04.2013 by Meaghan Machold Hey guys, Recently I've been going over my history section in Traktor after sets/gigs. Its pretty telling about how you played. Anyways, just curious if anyone else did the same. When DJing clubs, I've noticed I average just over 100 tracks in a 4 hour time span. (Mainly top 40/house/Hip-hop). Anyone else have any results? Curious as to what you guys might be averaging. If you're not doing 4 hour sets, include your timeslot/frame along with you're average.. also what style of music you're playing.
Antonetta Wikel 21.04.2013	Originally Posted by kooper1980 Seems about right. averaging over 5 mins per track means your listeners get to enjoy them as they were intended. Agreed.
Kristofer Krauel 21.04.2013	Originally Posted by Jester knocked out 23 tracks in just over two hours on my radio show toevening . Seems about right. averaging over 5 mins per track means your listeners get to enjoy them as they were intended.
Trista Karle 19.04.2013	Originally Posted by donstone I remember when it was the norm to spin 10-14 tracks an hour for progressive house. That's when it was actual progressive house and not crap pop EDM though most tracks ranged from 7-11 minutes long EXACTLY prog now is pop house when I hear prog I believe old markus Schultz oLd Gabriel and Dresden infusion leama and Moore sultan and tone depth Ahhh some nice delicious prog mmm
Lillia Datson 21.04.2013	Im on about 15-20 in an hour give or take a couple of tracks, mixing deep/tech-house/house. My mixing style isn't all too technical mind you, but im all for smoother blends with a bit of FX here and there without too much going on.
Johnie Ranges 21.04.2013	I average probably 20-25......an hour......depends, bboy battles can change, tracks change so often, ya gotta keep it fresh!
Shawn Vanhaitsma 21.04.2013	I hate boring mixes.. and I prefer Progressive House / Electro House etc. But 40 Progressive songs in one hour? I sir, would be asking for my money back from cover, and possibly some of my brain mush that you proceeded to seep out of my head. If you are layering 4 Progressive House tracks, well, you play some damn awful Progressive house to be able to do so.. or you are looping such minimal parts in a song, that you arent really making much of a change to a song, and instead of blazing through a track so fast, Id want to throw my beer at you.
Margaretta Hebenstreit 21.04.2013	just played a 3 hour set yesterday and played 41 tracks. deep and garage house.
Latoria Kavulich 21.04.2013	programmed set tho, 2:07 on the nose inc the bumpers
Antonetta Wikel 21.04.2013	Originally Posted by kooper1980 Seems about right. averaging over 5 mins per track means your listeners get to enjoy them as they were intended. Agreed.
Kristofer Krauel 21.04.2013	Originally Posted by Jester knocked out 23 tracks in just over two hours on my radio show toevening . Seems about right. averaging over 5 mins per track means your listeners get to enjoy them as they were intended.
Latoria Kavulich 20.04.2013	knocked out 23 tracks in just over two hours on my radio show toevening .
Jonah Mozeleski 20.04.2013	around 20 in 1 hour
Trista Karle 19.04.2013	Just curious when you say electro house what are you referring to?
Carson Sevenstar 19.04.2013	25 ish an hour. Electro / Prog here
Trista Karle 19.04.2013	Originally Posted by donstone I remember when it was the norm to spin 10-14 tracks an hour for progressive house. That's when it was actual progressive house and not crap pop EDM though most tracks ranged from 7-11 minutes long EXACTLY prog now is pop house when I hear prog I believe old markus Schultz oLd Gabriel and Dresden infusion leama and Moore sultan and tone depth Ahhh some nice delicious prog mmm
Oretha Afful 19.04.2013	Originally Posted by makar1 40 an hour seems very fast for prog I remember when it was the norm to spin 10-14 tracks an hour for progressive house. That's when it was actual progressive house and not crap pop EDM though most tracks ranged from 7-11 minutes long
Augustine Mitzen 19.04.2013	i average at about 22 tracks per hour
Nga Mcquarter 19.04.2013	Originally Posted by Student Wow, I'm averaging that per hour with probably partly the same music. Am I doing something wrong? no, no each of us djs have their own way to DJ, I personally play the full songs and stuff, but you can do it your own way
Ashanti Andreacchio 20.04.2013	last friday I did a gig 5 hours and played 109 song saturday 3 hours gig 66 songs. Usealy the first hour and half I play whole songs after then I get more bussy mixing.
Alphonso Deitchman 19.04.2013	Originally Posted by mdcdesign To be fair, I criticize gear and genres, not mixing You might be able to criticize gear more effectively once you've mastered how to use it. And I don't believe it's even possible to criticize a genre.
Jetta Drenzek 19.04.2013	Originally Posted by DirtyNerd I play minimal techno, so it's one song an hour on a ONE bar loop. I haven't progressed my skills to that level yet. I started with dubstep, where I pressed the RCA jacks onto various body parts for 5 hours and watched people mong out to the feedback. Seriously though... I do between 4 and 5 hours a evening , top 40 club, and I can easily fit 40 songs inside an hour and get the crowd going bananas. Obviously you have to mix right and within the flow, but I find it easy enough. Also, when it comes to dubstep/glitch hop (Skrillex and Knife Party) it literally divides the dance floor in half, so I find it better to mash it all up in a short 15-20 minute set and get it out of the way as I'm coming out of peak time. Dubstep fans generally consider themselves to be "DJs" so when you do quick cut up mixes they know what's going on and they love it, where the other people don't care because it's all "SCREE SCREEE WOMP BIPBIPBIP" to them anyway. When I finish toevening , I'll tell you how many songs I played.
Leota Dolney 19.04.2013	Originally Posted by Sambo When I DJ deep house.. One song an hour. On a four bar loop. I play minimal techno, so it's one song an hour on a ONE bar loop.
Doreen Schurle 19.04.2013	Originally Posted by makar1 Hope you don't mind the criticism, but many of the transitions in the mix you linked sounded a bit off to me too. Might want to polish up the EQing and phrasing a little if it's what you're giving to promoters and clubs. Cheers The EQing was definitely off; switching between hardware and software EQing is kinda screwing me up a bit so I need to just keep practicing and learn the differences between Traktor and hardware curves. Originally Posted by lucidstrings Sound cloud mix you posted sounds more like what I would call pop house IMO if that is prog house then this set I did is 1:20 of prog house and 1:30 of trance http://soundcloud.com/mosesgonzales/mainstream-to-trance Sorry man hate the way prog house genre has degraded itself to cheddar nd your mix is hardly a mix sounds more like cuts and jumps that are synced and quantized with off beat grids it's not shabby but the way you came Ito this thread I expected more. Where you are mixing your off its not spot on by any means and your killing your previous tracks not in phase or creating builds to kill them. Another edit in a what I call pop house set I will drop likely 12 to 18 tracks in an hour in a trance set I average around 7mins a track so maybe 8-10 tacks usually why I do on average a 2 to 3 hour set I did say it was a conservative Progressive House mix; ie, one with some tracks that club owners might actually recognize :P Tracks like that get spread out throughout the evening when I play out. Originally Posted by makar1 Lucid summed it up pretty much. All the transitions are in time (obviously), but even the 1st one at 2:00 sounds wrong. Vocals were often sounding hollow and old tracks were left in for too long at times. And more pop house/electro than prog. No complete trainwrecks (not sure what to say about 16:38..) but I did expect a lot more from such a harsh critic. See above, but yeah; hollow vocals go back to the EQing issue you mentioned earlier, so duly noted Originally Posted by MYE I agree with makar. For a person that criticises everyone on what they do and like we expected a lot. It just sounded like a below average cheesy house mix. It also sounded like you were just cutting from track to track. I thought you layered prog house To be fair, I criticize gear and genres, not mixing Originally Posted by Sambo When I DJ deep house.. One song an hour. On a four bar loop. So THAT's why it sounds like 1 song all evening long at some of the venues I work.
Anissa Perusek 19.04.2013	Originally Posted by sambo when i dj deep house.. One song an hour. On a four bar loop. lol
Jetta Drenzek 19.04.2013	When I DJ deep house.. One song an hour. On a four bar loop.
Wilson Durrum 19.04.2013	Originally Posted by Karlos Santos If you want to see your set after you have closed Traktor you need to check 'Archive' which is in the Explorer Node. History is only a record of the current session and is cleared when Traktor is closed. Thanks Karlos!
Syreeta Piela 19.04.2013	And I probably average out at around 5-6 mins per track. I play deep house which most of the time has 2 breakdowns & 2 drops, so I'll normally mix in the track on it's intro, and mix out after the 2nd drop. Obviously there are some exceptions. Let the tracks do the work!
Sherrell Dargenio 19.04.2013	Usually I'll have 15-25 songs in an hour, it really depends on the type of set though. If I'm warming up I'll play tracks with a long mix to keep a nice atmosphere, as things get busy I'll make things happen faster.
Syreeta Piela 19.04.2013	Originally Posted by Jester for me as long as the mixing is good, the actual mix length isn't an issue for me. i do tend to hurl abuse when the dj has missed the best bit though So true, can't count how many times a DJ has mixed out before the best part. It's like eating the salad, bun and relish and leaving the burger out
Katina Vonarx 19.04.2013	Originally Posted by DJ G-REG HAHA I never noticed that DUH!!! I will be checking it out when I get home. lol You can also convert histories to playlists so if there is a great mix you did you can save that as a playlist.
Lashawn Maycock 19.04.2013	15 tracks-ish an hour for the Soulful/Deep House. Probably a few more than that when playing Breaks as it tends to lend itself to quicker mixing. I have to agree with a couple posts above, rapid fire mix in, mix out, does my head in especially over a longer period of time. Sure it can be good and interesting to show off skills for a 10min demonstration on YouTube, but a whole evening of that in a club, no thanks.
Ethel Feigum 19.04.2013	I'm about 15-20 tracks an hour, depends on genre. I mix a bit faster and layer more on trap, dubstep, where if I'm spinning hip hop or top 40 I'll let the the track play longer and mix faster between them. Probably closer to 20-30 an hour during mashup sets.
Yukiko Spruell 19.04.2013	Still being a bit wet behind the ears I probably only manage 12 -15 tracks per hour. I am still learning so I need to leave a bit of room for beatmatching( not adverse to using sync but figure its a skill I need to learn), getting my eqs right and some minor effects etc. But I am playing disco/funky house stuff and do actually like to let the muscians work show through rather than me smothering the feel of the track. Probably a case of learning to walk before I can run. Transitions a generaly long and slow, but not always and I am trying to concerate on getting phrasing right so things flow nicely. Generally mixing in key unless there is sufficient space on the incoming/outgoing tune before the melody starts. All that said I am just starting to dip my toe in the water of deep house, NY/Chicago and Jackin which all appear to lend themselves to quicker transitions and more layering, so things may change in terms of the amount of tracks i get through.
Hayden Raugh 19.04.2013	I can't belive im saying this but i have to actualy agree with MDC this time... Im dropping about 30-40 tracks in just over a hour and i dont feel like its rushed or 'trainwrecked', i feel about 2-3 mins a song is enough without the crowd getting bored. Plus i also like to feel like im doing something heres a link to a mix, each song is on for about 2-3 mins (deep house, uk bass) and i dont believe its too rushed and flows ok... there are a few mistakes but hey im human. https://soundcloud.com/#dj-k7-2/dj-k7-afterhours-session-4 *EDIT - please tell me if i am trainwrecking
Celestine Porebski 19.04.2013	I usually end up with 12-14 tracks/hour.
Bunny Sockel 19.04.2013	Originally Posted by Samui Layering Techno sets are 20+ per hour Same i only play techno and average 20+ songs an hour and i use a maschine so maybe 25+ with the songs i make on the fly in maschine.
Zachery Eenigenburg 19.04.2013	Layering Techno sets are 20+ per hour
Bunny Sockel 19.04.2013	Originally Posted by makar1 Lucid summed it up pretty much. All the transitions are in time (obviously), but even the 1st one at 2:00 sounds wrong. Vocals were often sounding hollow and old tracks were left in for too long at times. And more pop house/electro than prog. No complete trainwrecks (not sure what to say about 16:38..) but I did expect a lot more from such a harsh critic. I agree with makar. For a person that criticises everyone on what they do and like we expected a lot. It just sounded like a below average cheesy house mix. It also sounded like you were just cutting from track to track. I thought you layered prog house
Alphonso Deitchman 18.04.2013	Originally Posted by djmetalgear can u b more specific? it sounded be pretty legit to me. post ur time stamps where u believe the transition is off (im 10 min into it while posting..) EDIT: nvm i was 6 min in. and i can tell a few parts... still not too bad, but yea def make sure u keys aren't clashing... Lucid summed it up pretty much. All the transitions are in time (obviously), but even the 1st one at 2:00 sounds wrong. Vocals were often sounding hollow and old tracks were left in for too long at times. And more pop house/electro than prog. No complete trainwrecks (not sure what to say about 16:38..) but I did expect a lot more from such a harsh critic.
Sonja Roybal 18.04.2013	I actually played a lot faster when I played vinyl. I played about 20-25 tunes in an hour. It was all check out what I can do. Check out how fast I can mix. Double drop after double drop. While the mixing was technically good, it was just a mess. Then I got a little older and figured out, it's not all about me, it's about the tunes. I still play pretty fast, but I'm not constantly banging out double drop after double drop. I try to let the tunes speak for themselves, breathe and layer long blends out in a way that lets tunes complement one another. I like to DJ to showcase the music I'm into, not to try to prove that I'm technically good.

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