First Gig tips?

Really?

I play a few top 40 gigs every month, Pop music is at a fantastic temp for mixing these days...


Avicci, Pitbull, Nicki Minaj, Guetta, Flo Rida, Derulo, Rihanna etc... all 125-130bpm.....

It's only the slower hip hopppy shit which is different, and that's easy to swap over too. Just be creative with your cuts.

and hence the reason why you can't plan 3 hours of music YOU want to play at the average house party, I reiterate, you are there for the them, they are not there for you. There are multiple remixed EDM versions of all top 40, djcity.com

I have just talked to the girl who im DJing her party and she wants me to play top 40 shit, Like Jay sean, Nicki Minaj, Pitbull, Jason Duerlo etc. SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME I need to know how to mix pop with electro house, the bpms are all over the place SOMEONE PLEASE HELP!!!

Honestly nobody will even notice the mixing. If they like top 40 stuff and its a house party chances are they're not looking for the long smooth transitions or even a set with phrase. Just fader slam, echofreeze, backspin, etc that bitch. Kids will be hammered and love it anyway.

dont forget to let us know how it goes OP

I have just talked to the girl who im DJing her party and she wants me to play top 40 shit, Like Jay sean, Nicki Minaj, Pitbull, Jason Duerlo etc. SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME I need to know how to mix pop with electro house, the bpms are all over the place SOMEONE PLEASE HELP!!!

It's a bit off topic but I couldn't resist so here we go :

I disagree.
I organize my own evening s with friends (djs, producers, non music related artists but still music lovers..). When I play my brostep/drumstep/bass music/whatever "act", tracks are more or less already choosen before the evening started.
Why is that ? 2 main reasons

1) The music I play ranges from 110 to 170+ bpm, with some being 4 on the floor, some half beat.
From a technical point of view, I'm not found of the echofreeze thing or brutal cut for transitions between very different genres, therefore I have to believe a bit before on how I'm gonna stucture the whole set so that it makes senses, sounds great and that I dont forget any "milestone" track i absolutely want to play.
If you struggle to make a nice transition between 110 moombahcore 4/4 to some dubstep (140 half time), then you remember you forgot to play your lastest hottest moombah banger, you're screwed.
Also, the fact that I'm on CDJs makes it even harder sometimes (I don't have good enough CDJs to have hot cues/loops, and I decided to take the laptop away)

Not to mention that the sets are recorded and broadcasted later on, so their is very little room for error.

2) Because the whole concept of our evening is to bring the youth in the area something different. The music played ranges from techno to dnb, with little trance and some electro. We give people the opportunity to enjoy something that's not the same utter crap they can listen on the radio, something we love (whether it's our own tracks or other people's), and they have to deal with it.

In that specific concept, the guy on the stage, call it a DJ if you want to, is not an entertainer, or at least not an entertainer that let his stuff guided by a youth that has tragic musical taste for the most part. It's more like an "experience bringer" if i may. Nothing arrogant in that, it's just a choice, people may not dig the party, but we don't care and they are not forced to come back the next time, it will give us more room to breath in those small, hot and humid rooms.

Sometimes you are a disc changer, a tool for people to party, and it's something I respect. You have to pay the bills after all. But when you have the opportunity not to, spinning what you love, and only what you love is awesome. And having a crowd respond to a track you play because you decided to share it is WAY more satisfying than having a crowd respond to the usual mainsteam trendy commercial gangnam crap.

Are you sure about that ?
Pop music is getting more and more "EDM" influenced, you shouldn't have problem matching tempos most of the time.

If you can't beatmatch 2 tracks because of that, try the following :
If your next track is recognisable easily and popular, you can set a cue point at a specific point (a word in the vocals of the intro or something).
Then, play with that hot cue on the bpm of the previous track. Fade the previous track but keep mashing the cue button in the rythm. Press play.

If the track you picked is popular enough, as soon as people hear the beginning they will go crazy, and won't even bother about the transition. Example :
Listen at 1:05. He doesn't even give a shit, and neither does the crowd.

It's a bit off topic but I couldn't resist so here we go :

I disagree.
I organize my own evening s with friends (djs, producers, non music related artists but still music lovers..). When I play my brostep/drumstep/bass music/whatever "act", tracks are more or less already choosen before the evening started.
Why is that ? 2 main reasons

1) The music I play ranges from 110 to 170+ bpm, with some being 4 on the floor, some half beat.
From a technical point of view, I'm not found of the echofreeze thing or brutal cut for transitions between very different genres, therefore I have to believe a bit before on how I'm gonna stucture the whole set so that it makes senses, sounds great and that I dont forget any "milestone" track i absolutely want to play.
If you struggle to make a nice transition between 110 moombahcore 4/4 to some dubstep (140 half time), then you remember you forgot to play your lastest hottest moombah banger, you're screwed.
Also, the fact that I'm on CDJs makes it even harder sometimes (I don't have good enough CDJs to have hot cues/loops, and I decided to take the laptop away)

Not to mention that the sets are recorded and broadcasted later on, so their is very little room for error.

2) Because the whole concept of our evening is to bring the youth in the area something different. The music played ranges from techno to dnb, with little trance and some electro. We give people the opportunity to enjoy something that's not the same utter crap they can listen on the radio, something we love (whether it's our own tracks or other people's), and they have to deal with it.

In that specific concept, the guy on the stage, call it a DJ if you want to, is not an entertainer, or at least not an entertainer that let his stuff guided by a youth that has tragic musical taste for the most part. It's more like an "experience bringer" if i may. Nothing arrogant in that, it's just a choice, people may not dig the party, but we don't care and they are not forced to come back the next time, it will give us more room to breath in those small, hot and humid rooms.

Sometimes you are a disc changer, a tool for people to party, and it's something I respect. You have to pay the bills after all. But when you have the opportunity not to, spinning what you love, and only what you love is awesome. And having a crowd respond to a track you play because you decided to share it is WAY more satisfying than having a crowd respond to the usual mainsteam trendy commercial gangnam crap.


Sorry for the rent, but I had to do it



On topic : I don't know about the PA system, but if it's big, get earplugs. I suffered a tinnitus after a gig, it lasted for 3 weeks give or take, i though my hearing would never be the same.
Luckily it came back to normal, but that fear is horrible. You only have 1 set of ears for your entire life

And if you can't afford custom made earplugs or if you can't get some done for you before the gig, prepare few 10/20 minutes premades mixes so you can go get some fresh air and calm your ears for a bit, away from the banging PA system.

It also helps if you want to :
- pee
- hit on some girls

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Definitely not. Having your loops, cues, beatgrids, markers, and comments set up on your main tracks can really take your mix to the next level and only improves your ability to be spontaneous.

I feel more comfortable playing a prepared mix so I know what song I should play next. I haven't recorded the mix I plan on mixing live.

IMO anything more than having a playlist of music you want to play is TOOOO much preparation.