| Monday, August 01, 2005 |
| keys to success in party rocking |
some things i've noticed while on the decks:
most crowds generally rate a DJ not on his/her skills per say in mixing (smooth blends) or his/her ability to cut up a record with syncopated scratches but moreso in song selection. Generally People don't really react when u're scratching in a bass drum or a snare tap or the line from the next tune unless u're making it very obvious what u're doing (body tricks). So one who is technically sound and musically funky on the decks will probably be overshadowed by the DJ dressed up as a clown who can juggle in between pressing the stop and play buttons on the tables.
In fact, the best reactions i've had so far is when i don't mix at all. The secret forumla is to bunch together a lot of songs that u know the crowd will go bananas over and simply suddenly drop each song over the other. I'm thoroughly convinced that most crowds have A.D.D. and so as a DJ, the best thing to do with the sudden drops is to keep the crowd on their toes. I remember one party at the guvernment there was this Dj named One Touch who would only play the introduction of each song or the first chorus line before dropping to the next song. It kinda went like:
If you having girl problems I feel bad for u son, i got 99 problems but a female doggy ain't one Go! Go! Go shorty it's ur birthday, we're gonna party like it's ur birthday! Intro bells from DRE: the Next Episode right into the Intro Keys for Fat Joe Lean Back... and etc.
The funny thing was everyone's reaction to it. I was standing next to this girl that was screaming out the name of the artist every time the song dropped:
Girl: OMG HOVA! Hovi Baby!...wait.. FIDDY! Gonna party like it's your....SHREEEAAAAKKKKK! DOCTOR DRE! That's my JOINT right there!! Huh? AHHHHHHH!!!!! YEAHHH! FAT JOE! I love this song! I LOOOVVVEEE THIS SONG!
So yeah, A.D.D. Djing is pretty hawt and it works pretty well and there's really no skill required at all. All you gotta do is press the start and stop buttons really fast and be able to throw records on to the platters real fast while at the same time, have a hand free to catch all the panties, bras and jockstraps flying up at ur grill.
Live remixes don't work unless you have a hype man yelling out "and THis iS the REMIX!"..."Dj ApPo tear it up!"...."FLip that switch!"..."Aiyaiyaiyaiyai!"..."It's Morphin TimE!"
But again, there are always those who have an ear for what u're doing and will compliment u on the subtle snare hits that u cut into the 2nd measure of the 3rd verse on a certain Neptunes track. So for all 3 of u out there with the ears, I salute u.
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posted by DarrenGene @ 10:35 PM  |
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i hate when dj's only play the intro, that's just teasing and annoying!
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i hate when dj's only play the intro, that's just teasing and annoying!