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Originally Posted by !@#$%!
fine but if youre gonna be SOCIAL and hang out in some sort of collective space you wanna have a good DJ rather than a sucky one.
the mechanical process is evidently clear (unless you're *really* spinning records, then dexterity is required), however, the mood control aspect of the job is much more important.
holy fuck, some months ago i went to this bar with some friends to some kind of 80s dj and the thing was UTTER SHIT, horrible pop shit, no siouxie and the banshees, no cure, no devo, just the most ghastly horrible worse shit about the 80s, it was like resurrecting ronald reagan, and i was not going to waste a good intoxication on such horrid aural environment & left the place.
a good DJ is a DJ with good taste and a good record collection and a feel for the room.
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How can you be an 80s DJ and not play Cure or DEVO? It seems like such a no brainer, but so many DJs just totally fail at that. I think a lot of DJs believe that they have to have some sort of artistic integrity, and not play obvious songs, so they avoid New Order, Cure, B-52s, DEVO, David Bowie, and even Michael Jackson and Madonna and all that other 70s and 80s stuff that just screams "get on the floor and dance motherfuckers!"
And there are also a lot of DJs that just play the last 6 months' top 40s. That doesn't work. . . because most people don't really listen to that shit. Most people aren't that up to date. Sure maybe they know half a dozen of those songs, but not a whole lot of them.
Here's a good rule:
1. Know what people like to dance to. There are actually very few songs that people do. Hook them with that song.
2. Once you've got them hooked, keep the BPM for a few songs, then change it up with another hook before you lose them