Topic: Tips on Djing
I used to just produce, but started djing more in the last year. I'm not bad at it technically (easy cdjs..) and good at selecting, but don't totally know what I'm doing tbh (self thought - no cdjs at home). I usually I try not to make reusable playlist or big genre type lists, but rather just pick a bunch of songs on the day before that I feel like playing, which works out fine, but I have a few questions..
So I know there are no fixed rules, but there are a few things I'm wondering about, like how much of a track do you guys usually play? I prefer more sparse beat track and I'm never quiet sure if I just playing them too long or if I'm just more hyperaware of time because I'm a bit nervous/attentive or just simply because I know the track. Since there is such a high amount of music coming out also wondering if people truly know all of the tracks they play inside out, because sometimes I try to mix in another record in the middle and then all of a sudden some sort of lead type sound that dropped out on the first track comes back and then I end up having multiple leads playing together which usually doesn't seem to sound too good, especially if you just fade the first one out again. Maybe I'm just making too long blends with music that isn't really berghain style techno..
Anyway! Since I never had anyone give me some sort of advice on this, I thought maybe I'm missing some obvious simple techniques. Bring on some tips