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first 10 minutes you'll be shaking but trust after 1 or 2 good mixes you'll be on it . Beer is always nice i'd avoid grade at all costs it fucks with your timing xD

yeah just cut it out. if it's your first time and you're a bit nervous, correcting on the spot with two tunes playing isn't the thing you want to do

remember if you clang for less than 3 seconds no one will notice

dont let it drop your confidence

Sorry mate. First gig will be fucked no mather what.

Abs wrote:mate it's a doddle, i allways get nervous before playing. but as soon as you get going the fear goes out the window and you'll wanna keep playing forever!

Agreee with this.

Only played out a couple of times myself but as long as you believe you can mix and entertain a crowd you should have no probs. Its just a case of stepping up and getting over there loads of people in front of you. The majority of the people there wont be critising the mixing but the track you play.

And they probably wouldnt even understand what your doing so keep it simple and play some good tunes and you will be alrite.

At least a beer before, smooths the nerves right out.

Mix 3 tunes in a row that you know you can mix well and do your best at it, shit is always going to happen anyways.

The eject button is a backspin away, just try to do it in some form of clever timing if you can. If they're young and drunk, then they don't care and won't care.

At the end of the day, you are the selector. Someone has trusted you to pick what tracks to play and then present them well. People will be more worried about what you're playing than your occasional clang, just make sure you don't give them enough distractions to forget about your music. That's the battle.

Akira wrote:cheers guys thanks alot, but lets say the worse happens and a beat is just completly out of time, is the best soloution a quick backspin?

Just assuming from what you said - feel free to tell me otherwise - but if its a party are you gonna be spinning dubstep all night? If I were you I'd have the crowd pleasers ready and be more concerned with pacing and track selection than mixing, everyones gonna be too fucked to notice too much in any case. Chances are there aren't gonna be heads at the back commenting on your mixing and keymatching but a lotta people that wanna break stuff when you drop Thriller or something. My advice, keep one eye on the crowd and dont be afraid to pull something up if it isnt working and change direction for a good reaction. And you should probably find a way of fitting in the Killing in the name, it seems de rigeur at partys....

mate its so fun once you get on it watching people brock out to your mixin espesh if you are playing your own tunes and fookin lovin it... best feeling ever!

drink too much, or put some chemicals up your nose...that way you are on the same level as the audience and can vibe with them

The first time I played out, my opening track got asked to be pulled back a couple of times ha.

Depends on the crowd innit, 6th form party. Go for the party tunes, don't try and come across with just what you like, make sure you cater for all.

You'll find it will be over in no time.

nothing beats practice
can't emphasize that enough

setspeed wrote:i would say avoid the spliffs altogether. also, if you've not played in a club before, the hardest thing at first is to get used to a new setup, so try fucking with your home setup for a bit first - put your monitor on the other side or behind you, turn the decks through 90 degrees, etc etc, so stuff like that wouldn't be a total shock if you turned up and everything's different to what you're used to....

This is real good advice when i started playing out the thing that confused me the most was how different it all sounds through a different set up, and i always used to struggle with 1210's as i have vestax at home,

regarding it clanging just cut one of the tunes out, i just used to have one tune playing bring in the next then cut the first when the new tune drops.

knowing your tunes well really helps, especially things like how long intro is and roughly the BPM so you can have a rough idea what to put the pitch adjust on when u cue it up

but mostly just enjoy ya self its such a laugh

i would say: stay sober. or drink just a few beers. sort out your records carefully and prepare your mix. should be fine most of all.. have fun!

relax alot of the people there are too pissed to care anyway!

that doesnt mean bad mixes are good by the way

also my sister is a dancer and she gave me a tip if u mess up forget it, its done u cant change that so forget about it.

focus on the TUNES less than the mixing

i'm gonna and side with the "get drunk" responses