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Mix house and trance together? (pg. 2)
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| Sly_Guy |
it's all about reading the crowd. Personally, I'd want to go from deep house to progressive then to trance if I had your record collection, but I wouldn't be too set into how I'm going to play. Like it was mentioned above, feel out what the crowd wants, and play to them to the best your record collection will allow, and the best of your ability.
Another thing, if you are playing for a non-EDM crowd [as I've done a couple times at my buddy's university pub], don't even bother breaking out the hard stuff. As much as I'd have loved to play some great tribal on those nights, I just know playing it will empty the floor, so instead I'll play remixes of tracks they already know. It may not be what I wat to hear, but it's a good compromise for what I have as a DJ, and what they want to hear.
EX: Justin Timberlake - Rock Your Body [Sander K remix] |
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| DJ RJT |
| quote: | Originally posted by Nemesis44
Cheers
Nem |
The well thought out and genuine helpfulness of your replies continues to astound me... you helped me out here too Nem, thanks for that...
Peace. |
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| _Ocean_Drive_ |
Place was practically empty :( But still got to muck around on the PA system and work out some stuff.
Anyway, here's how my first gig went with Traktor! Let me know your thoughts on setlist!!
And thanks for your all your replies before and after this post!!
Paul Oakenfold - Starry Eyed Suprise
Moloko - Sing It Back (Boris Dluglosch Musical mix)
Tantra - Hills of Katmandu
Bryan Zentz - Redfield
Britney Spears - Someday (I Will Understand) (Leama and Moor remix)
Just Timberlake - Rock Your Body (Sander Kleinenberg's Just In the Radio Edit)
Danny Howells and Dick Trevor feat. Erire - Breathe (Cella Dwellers remix)
Gareth Emery - Tribalism
Whitelabel - Last Night a DJ Saved my Life
DT8 Project-The Sun Is Shining (Down on Me) [House Mix]
Britney Spears ft. Madonna - Me Against The Music (Gabriel & Dresden Mix)
Laya & Bushwacka! - Love Story vs Finally (Firm Deluxe remix)
Max Graham - Automatic Weapon
ATFC - Bad Habit (Armin van Buuren Gimmick Dub)
Ferry Corsten - Rock Your Body Rock (Extended mix)
Jam & Spoon - Be Angeled (Hiver Hammer Remix)
Members of Mayday - 10IN01 (PVD Club Mix)
DJ Tiesto - Forever Today
Phynn - Lucid
The Lost Brothers feat. Tom Mac - Cry Little Sister (I Need You Now)
Ian van Dahl - Castles In The Sky (Wippenberg club mix)
Jezper - Requiem
Mirco di Govia - Dayturn (Original Mix)
Chicane feat. Bryan Adams - East Side Story
Paul Van Dyk Ft Peter Heppner - Wir Sind Wir
Paul van Dyk - For An Angel (Original Mix)
Paul van Dyk feat. Hemstock & Jennings - Nothing But You (PvD Club Mix) |
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| missbliss |
| quote: | Originally posted by _Ocean_Drive_
Ok, so I'm scheduled to DJ for the first time on Tuesday 8th November using Traktor and my mp3 collection :toothless
I have a question;
I'm going to be playing House and Trance, but I'm not sure if I should keep them separate, i.e. play first half of night as house and play 2nd as trance or should I just mix the two into each other?
I really don't have much House to play. I have tunes by people like G&D, Danny Howells, Gareth Emery, Clokx, Jam & Spoon, Swarm, Hydroid, Max Graham and Niklas Harding but think that maybe they might sound better as 'breather' tracks between the trancers.
So my question is, what do you do/what do you think sounds better when you listen to live sets with house and trance in?
Any suggestions would be HUGELY appreciated...
Many thanks in advance!:) |
Hey,
Well I'm notorious for switching from funky house to melodic trance and I find it's the proper knob manipulation that makes the difference. When mixing into house, bring in the trebal then mid then bass, when mixing into trance bring in the mass then mid then trebal. Just a little trick that usually sound decent if your crossfading and beatmatching is up to par.
Cheers,
Jessie |
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| dj jasonF |
| haha you played requem in a house / prog set. brave man i dont know if i could do it.. (at least the way i guess the audience was):toothless :toothless |
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| dinoXpress |
| quote: | Originally posted by missbliss
Hey,
Well I'm notorious for switching from funky house to melodic trance and I find it's the proper knob manipulation that makes the difference. When mixing into house, bring in the trebal then mid then bass, when mixing into trance bring in the mass then mid then trebal. Just a little trick that usually sound decent if your crossfading and beatmatching is up to par.
Cheers,
Jessie |
Notorious may be the right word....
Ive pulled out some crazy randome mixes when im bored in my bedroom, but there are somethings i wont to.
like funky house to trance back to funky house...
in fact, id rather just leave out the funky house and trance all together:toothless |
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| Clovis86 |
| What is this, How to DJ 101? |
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| missbliss |
| quote: | Originally posted by dinoXpress
Notorious may be the right word....
Ive pulled out some crazy randome mixes when im bored in my bedroom, but there are somethings i wont to.
like funky house to trance back to funky house...
in fact, id rather just leave out the funky house and trance all together:toothless |
Just saying it can be done... |
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| ThaRegger |
| Very interesting tracklisting to say the least .... |
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| dinoXpress |
| quote: | Originally posted by missbliss
Just saying it can be done... |
I could mix funky house with happy hardcore..
Should i? |
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| Nemesis44 |
Hmmm, people dropping funky house in their trance sets...
Not sure how you make that sound good given the two totally different types of feeling the styles convey.
Funky House is usually down at around 127 BPM. Most trance is around 138ish. Now I'm not saying it's impossible especially with todays technology. But if you are in the middle of a night and you have got as far as playing trance, the last thing the dancefloor wants to hear is funky house. You will wipe out totally!
Try dropping 'Deepest Blue' after Randy Katana 'In Silence' and you will see what I mean.
Whilst it's possible, if you are doing it then I would guess that you may still not have a bit to learn when it comes to energy levels and music.
That said, there is nothing wrong with doing it at home to improve your skills.
Cheers
Nem |
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