:::THA EARRRRLY SET:::
A couple folks (hi, mom! hi, dad!) asked me to post more live recordings of my sets here. unfortunately i'm sorta picky about posting sh*t cuz i always find mistakes, flaws, mess ups etc (sometimes hundreds lol) but recently i was speakin with a homie about tha subject of "early sets" and i decided to post this segment from last week's COLORS party i DJ'ed at with Mind Motion.
Getting asked to rock a 1-2 hour set during tha hypest moments of a party is definitely fun and rewarding -- so much so, that i feel some DJs neglect tha importance of tha EARLY SET -- where tha mood is set, new records and sounds are experimented with, tha long blend is privileged over tha quickmix and 1/2-bar drop, and (for lack of a better phrase) tha "sexy sh*t" gets played. Sometimes DJ's (myself included) forget that alotta folks are spendig 4-6 hours in a club, even if we are just spinning records for 1 hour of that time. There should be musical changes, in tone, volume, tempo, and feel.
This may not be tha best example of that, but i feel it represents a little of tha ideas discussed above. enjoy...
DJ Sake One, "Tha Early Set" (Live @ Levende Lounge, Oct 16, 2008)
Getting asked to rock a 1-2 hour set during tha hypest moments of a party is definitely fun and rewarding -- so much so, that i feel some DJs neglect tha importance of tha EARLY SET -- where tha mood is set, new records and sounds are experimented with, tha long blend is privileged over tha quickmix and 1/2-bar drop, and (for lack of a better phrase) tha "sexy sh*t" gets played. Sometimes DJ's (myself included) forget that alotta folks are spendig 4-6 hours in a club, even if we are just spinning records for 1 hour of that time. There should be musical changes, in tone, volume, tempo, and feel.
This may not be tha best example of that, but i feel it represents a little of tha ideas discussed above. enjoy...
DJ Sake One, "Tha Early Set" (Live @ Levende Lounge, Oct 16, 2008)
posted by dj sake 1 at 11:29 AM
3 Comments:
Mmmmmmmm yes indeed Sexy Gracias
"so much so, that i feel some DJs neglect tha importance of tha EARLY SET -- where tha mood is set"
So true my man, so very true...I actually enjoy this part of the night as much as (and sometime more depending on the venue) a peak hour set. I've heard you at Levende, you hold the early set down on the regular!
Respect,
DJ Wen Davis
San Jose
agree 110%
joi's "dance with yesterday" damn. that alone is worth rolling thru early for!
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