MixesDB. Thetastates.com - bedroom music for bedroom people. DJ Earworm Mashups. Via: Captain's Crate. How to DJ your first set without knowing how :: your favorite mu. I was asked to DJ a one-hour set, though I had no previous DJ experience. I didn’t know how to beatmatch, transition smoothly, use Ableton or Traktor, and neither do you. You just have to be comfortable with being a laptop DJ. Know your audience I had never been to the venue and from what the outside looked like, I figured inside was a bunch of dusty overweight 30-year-olds with massive facial hair.
I took a weekday evening trip over and had a beer inside, scoping out the clientele. I learned that from the balcony dj booth (!) Determine the theme Select your songs I went through my entire music collection picking out the best tunes that fit the afrobeat/tropicalia/soul/funk vibe. Narrow down your picks After my first sweep, I ended up with 60 tracks, clocking in at 3.75 hours–far more than the one hour I was given.
Cut it down to size After tossing half my selections, I still had nearly an extra hour of music. Put them in order I used Traktor to help identify the BPM of all the tracks.