Just caught up on this 446 (replies) thread. Excellent advice! I recently graduated (self-awarded) to a DJM 450 & (2) XDJ1000MK2. Must say there’s a lot of good pointers in here. Played out in front of a group of six core friends this Saturday as it led up to a more talented friend’s boat party. Received several compliments and just did all that I could to not overshadow our upcoming event and play a mix that I practiced four times leading up to my slot.
I’ll say now that breaks tunes are tough. Sometimes they take half the track to have an output to overtake the tech-house playing on Channel 1.
Knowing the library is important but even more-so is knowing your audience. Nice to get the jitters out (not one to blame all things on anxiety but the feeling was there).
What are your opinions of a double loop . . . I try to avoid unless mixing in a loop but running out of track run way?
Removing the tempo decimal on my XDJs to avoid my immediate habit to obsessively fiddle with an exact tempo match? Maybe it will do more for my overall beat matching?
Lastly, I admire a lot of your care for listening to a recorded mix several times before publishing and aim for clean mixes.
Hope to contribute more as am only just into a lazy three years of this hobby!
TL;DR: Aspiring DJ with three years of DJ experience describing a kitchen sink kind of weekend. Minor accomplishment of playing for a handful of drunk guys that enjoy the genre before a real party. Few questions and applause for all the contributions to this thread.
