Sunday, January 31, 2016

Good DJs are like good drivers ….



You know that feeling of  the   young adults  just get their full drivers license , allowing them to go out and drive freely without an instructor.
For that driver , the coolest thing is to drive as fast as possible , zip by quickly testing out all the buttons and cool features available.
The insurance industry  tells us that this  “testing out the cool”   behavior  turns out to be very dangerous , hence   insured  rates are  higher for that  age group.

Not to discredit new disk jockeys in any way , rather I wanted to provide a viewpoint.


I have seen  and trained  upcoming  disk jockeys  for many years now.
Effects
What I noticed is that   , for some as a novice , the coolest thing is  to   use  a lot of  effects ,  throw in  scratching and samples over  songs to   be “testing out the cool”.
As a  time tested entertainer, I  don’t  see this as good  crowd control.     People will enjoy dancing to music that is familiar to them , and if the DJ is  throwing in  a bunch of  effects  loops and samples, then that same song becomes   less dance able.
Transitions
We all can access a large music library  these days , and another “cool” thing that many novice DJ’s will do is top transition from one song  to the other  during  a portion that  is convenient to them   with the thought of getting in as many songs as possible into one set.  It gets to be so tempting to  play ALL  the songs you love.   the  problem    occurs when  this convenient transition time   is  during the melody line verse  right   before  the chorus/ hook of a song.
(Melody line verses are lower in pitch and easier to transition.)

A  Seasoned  Entertainer
effects , loops samples  and  transitions are all  great tools if used the right  way in moderation.
Like a well trained driver,  their focus  matures from being cool to being  safe .
In the same way  – a DJ  matures to becoming a  good entertainer  rather than  the cool  re-mixer.
everyone learns at a different pace and I can  not tell you  how much experience one needs to become a good entertainer,



Why should you care

A good entertainer has the most successful crowd control which in a wedding DJ  arena  results in a  packed continuous dance floor. As a private event / reception or wedding client  finding a well seasoned   entertainer  results in  how  large, smooth , and enjoyable  your dance floor  will be.



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