hoddi Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 So I have my first gig coming up and probably mainly doing intro/outro mixing, I was wondering what tips everyone has to make it look like you're doing something all the to time entertain the crowd and to make it look like what you are doing is involved and that you you are doing a lot. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyman Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Jesus pose.Fist pump.Jump around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yizzle Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 herei give you this because its sometimes more how you react to what your actually doing. Girl Talk just presses play, but the reason everyone goes off chops is because he does no one can tell the diff what your doing if you make it look good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabRat Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 perfect time to experiment! if you have an effects unit then go crazy with that or just go basic and try filtering out frequencies with the eq on the mixer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legunner Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Jump around and dance the biggest factor when it comes to entertaining a crowd is to let them feed off your energy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GREMM1S Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Have fun, you have fun they have fun. Fun fun fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crundyy Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 get your tits out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyB Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 if i was a girl id dj topless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoddi Posted March 5, 2012 Author Share Posted March 5, 2012 actually its tribal kinda themed so I'm going as a belly dancer in one of those bra things if that helps ... haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaughn Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Thats sick should have went in DT's lol. Jump around and bounce that package! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurk6r Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Just say funny shit before the drop such as "you all know the words, everybody sing along" @ 0:20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russell Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 actually its tribal kinda themed so I'm going as a belly dancer in one of those bra things if that helps ... haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cupe Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 actually its tribal kinda themed so I'm going as a belly dancer in one of those bra things if that helps ... haha choked on breakfast LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lloydc Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 fiddle/make minor adjustments with EQ knobs > look for that perfect next tune to cue > hands in the air for the build > fist pump/dance after the drop > repeatremember that you are the driving force of the entertainment and the energy... if you're not going off to every song, then there neither will anyone else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eggssell Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 running man whenever possiblemix it up of course.standardone movementjump styleto the sideto the side pumpto the side crossoverand everyones fave the running man to kick, kick, spinand im being serial Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyman Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Running man? It's called the andyman.Haven't you seen my sig? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eggssell Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 the r-andymani linked from your avatar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SourceRaver Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 If everyone is singing along to the lyrics, kill the volume so they can all hear themselves singing.Works really well for YMCA...not that you'll be playing that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelodyIlliterate Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 or if your not too gutsy on killing everything... kill the mid and lower the highs... makes a decent instrumental section Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eggssell Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 when there is a breakdown of some funky drum beats.say "everybody say hoo"..."say hooo hooo" "now somebody...anybody...everybody scream" then cut to a banger \:D/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoddi Posted March 6, 2012 Author Share Posted March 6, 2012 actually its tribal kinda themed so I'm going as a belly dancer in one of those bra things if that helps ... haha choked on breakfast LOLyes there will be pics, ill end up making a gig log so just be patient till end of this month and thanks everyone for replies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lloydc Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 when there is a breakdown of some funky drum beats.say "everybody say hoo"..."say hooo hooo" "now somebody...anybody...everybody scream" then cut to a banger \:D/I can imagine the tubleweed and crickets now.awesome if it works, fucking awkward if it fails Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eggssell Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 when there is a breakdown of some funky drum beats.say "everybody say hoo"..."say hooo hooo" "now somebody...anybody...everybody scream" then cut to a banger \:D/I can imagine the tubleweed and crickets now.awesome if it works, fucking awkward if it failshahaha mann you must go to some boring parties if that fails maybe "the roof, the roof, the roof is on fire....." then point mic to crowd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoddi Posted March 7, 2012 Author Share Posted March 7, 2012 well i dont have a mic so ill just use that as the excuse for the reason im not going to try that one ... lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattus123 Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 yea what everyone was saying before, you gotta have high energylast few house parties i did (were for mates) i was goin ape shit behind the decks (was also pretty plastered), pretty much dancing as hard as they were.. or sometimes i would make the transition, run into the crowd, dance with my mates and then run back and make the next transition.. they all seemed to love thatcrowd interaction is big, after the gigs i had people coming up to me and were like 'you did an awesome job, you really seem to get into it and enjoy it ey'if your not comfortable with that though, maintain some eye contact with the crowd, dont be that DJ that stares at the mixer all night and segregates themselves from the rest of the partyi look forward to hearing how this party goes, sounds like itll be sweet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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