How To Be An Opening DJ

[ybhatti]

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Jimmy van M does it best with easy grooves and a final build up before the dynamic duo enters

[Caley Martin]

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unless he decides to play the Top 40 tunes off of Balance Chart back to back

[Lorn]

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i would have to agree with the deep house vibe. i love walking in to a club and hearing those sounds knowing that the night can only get better.

agree with you on that one. Gets the choices flowing.

[enrique.vanegas]

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Bill Patrick does a good job as a warmie...
A-Rod and Lance are also in my list.

[hulkhuss]

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^^^^Yeah....u dont want the crowd worn out by the time the headliner comes on. Keep it chill but interesting. Its a fine line between keeping the crownd into it w/o becoming bored. Of course it also depends on what the headliner is playing. Just fill your record bag w/ the right choons and the temptation to drop the dancefloor destoyers wont be there cause, well, you didnt bring them.

These are the little things that get promoters to book you again and again. LOTS of people have the technical skills but playing to the crowd and your time slot is what will seperate you from the rest.

yeah but bring them in case the headliner is real late or does not show up

[victorgonzales]

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I think you are all wrong. The goal of being a DJ is to BE THE HEADLINER. If you EVER want to be in the position of poeple worrying about what they are going to play before YOU go on the decks then staying low key is the WRONG idea.

Surew you want to leave the headliner a mixable DJ friendly track but to dumb down your set so the headliner gets more attention is rediculous!!!! Most headliners at parties aren't much better if not worse than the best local DJs so why pretend.

You could either have poeple go home saying DAMN!!! that guy before the headliner fuckin owned the night!!! or Damn!!! that headliner was good but I was bored until he came on.

Tear it up as hard as you can before the headliner and leave them with a crowd just BEGING for more and the next time that promoter books a huge name you will be favored for the slot right before him.

THAT myfriends, is how you get YOUR name in bold letters on fliers and not in tiny letters on the bottom.

[hulkhuss]

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yeah but the true art of a warm up dj is to build it up

[victorgonzales]

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yeah but the true art of a warm up dj is to build it up

Every headliner is capable of tearin it up. You build it up and give them some energy to work with and they will throw a much better set. I know I play MUCH better when I down have to spend half of my set dragging poeple to the dancelfoor.

[BureOne]

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I think you are all wrong. The goal of being a DJ is to BE THE HEADLINER. If you EVER want to be in the position of poeple worrying about what they are going to play before YOU go on the decks then staying low key is the WRONG idea.

Surew you want to leave the headliner a mixable DJ friendly track but to dumb down your set so the headliner gets more attention is rediculous!!!! Most headliners at parties aren't much better if not worse than the best local DJs so why pretend.

You could either have poeple go home saying DAMN!!! that guy before the headliner fuckin owned the night!!! or Damn!!! that headliner was good but I was bored until he came on.

Tear it up as hard as you can before the headliner and leave them with a crowd just BEGING for more and the next time that promoter books a huge name you will be favored for the slot right before him.

THAT myfriends, is how you get YOUR name in bold letters on fliers and not in tiny letters on the bottom.

Nigga pleazzzz. I much rather prefer to be in tiny letters on some fucked up flyer than having it huge bold and shit.

I dont care for peaktime tunes. Do I have some, yes of course. Anyone can play the big tunes. It's easy, they're all banging and full of energy.

The true art is knowing how to warm up the club. It's a lot more difficult than playing banger after banger. Unless you've established yourself in the industry/world; then you can do whatever the hell you wanna do and play the big tracks.

I love deep house. It comes in all forms, lushy, dark, funky, melodic, techy and you have to know how to put them together. I much rather be a warm up dj. Im not for fame or fortune, it's a dope hobby.

....and I'll tell ya what, you can mix up a proper warm up set that'll have the dance floor movin and groovin just as much as any headliner at 2am (maybe not to a full on capacity cause no one's gotten there yet) but the'll be heads nodding and smiles on faces... It's a whole different vibe.

[jeffrey collins]

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Victor seems to me to be the dj who is opening up for dj's and then wonders why he doesn't get asked back to open again.

[Jeremy Micheal]

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Victor seems to me to be the dj who is opening up for dj's and then wonders why he doesn't get asked back to open again.

lol..my thoughts exactly...

[BureOne]

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[SibuOne]

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[day_for_night]

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Just fill your record bag w/ the right choons and the temptation to drop the dancefloor destoyers wont be there cause, well, you didnt bring them.

while this sounds good as far a resisting temptation to play big tracks, its a very bad idea if you're opening for someone who is coming in from out of town. i can't count the number of times that i've seen headliner djs not be able to show for some reason or another (the old "airline lost my records" excuse). Thats when an opener needs to step up and play the role of headliner. always, always bring as many tunes as you can to a gig...

[jeffrey collins]

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In these days of a lot of dj's out there playing just cd's. There should be no reason for not bringing a ton of good music to a club. In one 160 CD case I've got well over enough music to do an 8 hour set. Doubt i'll ever get that chance though.