DJ TIPS - HOW TO KEEP THE ENERGY UP & KEEP PEOPLE DANCING

[@leonmartell]

I always wondered who dislikes videos like this?? I mean cmon, it’s a free educational video and it’s on point! Thanks man for sharing all of this with us 😊

[@philippbuschmann4125]

maybe some bots

[@dec0it161]

Steve Aoki fans did that xD

[@kirnath188]

@@dec0it161 why is that?

[@ItsFatimaTheGoddess]

Imagine it was by accident. Lol

[@dj-peterofficial2753]

If you learn the radio edit mixing, you can have a packed dance floor all night long only playing the best part of every known party track, when talking about keeping the energy levels up. There's almost always a 1,2,3,4,swap sequence you can use, or fit a vocal intro over a bridge or just simply start the first beat of a song on the last beat of a song. That way you can always do tempo changes, and they should either be small or big. Having a bunch of extended versions will help you out when there's no way to use the other ways to mix. Over time you will find very different tracks, in different genres that will overlap very well, and that is how you transition between genres an tempos without loosing the energy. Examples: 1. The Grease Megamix -> Chubby Checker - Let's twist again Tempo change is 123 -> 164, 2. Y.M.C.A -> I Was made for loving you -> Cotton eye Joe, Genre switches Disco-Rock-Country. All the songs used are the original radio edits. Now you know it can be done. Just listen and compare the tracks and you will eventually find the perfect spots to do the transitions, unless you have been somewhere I play where I play this stuff. Then you know :) . Silence on a club floor is usually a bad thing, unless you have a build up that ends with a silence, and then something very catchy, a melody or vocal everyone knows has to enter. A good way to do it is to have 4 silent beats before dropping in what it is you want people to go crazy over. In party sets, transition from one vocal to another is very rewarding when people knows the tracks by heart. Drop the music and let the people sing along, and when it fits you drop in another vocal banger. Great way to change the tempo without people even notice. This week i play three nights for the university students, both Swedish and International, as they have their kick off weeks. This is 6 hour party sets, and I love them. There's a couple of hours of build-up, and then there's 4 hours of blasting party,,all the way to the end. No winding down, except for the last song. I use all the techniques above and then some with great success those nights. Some of those techniques sounds very flat when you practice at home, but I guarantee they come to life with a packed dance floor.

[@Palios33]

You are playing in front of university students, on their opening, they are about to party hard no matter the music. I DO NOT judge your playing style nor your selection, just keep your feet on the ground bro. Dance floor would be packed anyway on those occasions

[@dj-peterofficial2753]

@@Palios33 Ehhrrmm, no. The opening lasts for 2 weeks, party every day in- and outside the Campus nightclub and there's several dance floors, different styles of music. Especially the club floor where there's both resident and famous guest Dj's playing. If you don't keep the flow on the party floor you'll end up loosing a lot of the people to the other areas. Then comes the ordinary school weeks with the Wednesday parties. Back to normal the capacity shrinks to 1100 people and only 1 DJ on each dance floor. Doesn't mean there will be full nights on busy school weeks, so still want to keep the mixing tight and with a flow to give them the best experience every time. Then, this is not ''my'' style of mixing. It's one of many styles I've learned over more than 30 years as a DJ, and of course I make a decision for each transition. every time. If you'd visit my page and listened to any of my mixes you'd know what's my fav music and that I mix that layered in key. The opposite of party mixing.

[@Palios33]

@@dj-peterofficial2753 good!! Keep it up 🙂⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️

[@djalexxwhite2438]

Very good advice! Do you know a good tutorial on radio mixing?

[@dj-peterofficial2753]

@@djalexxwhite2438 No, not really, but I'm thinking of making one myself as I see new DJ's that I work with getting very stressed when they need to go more party and don't have the intro's, outro's and breaks they normally use for their transitions. I could probably give you an 8 - 10 examples and explain how and why I chose each transition. It should be enough for both practice and get your own ideas spinning.

[@henryinnes11]

Good tips, but one thing you might have missed is when you play a song that should work and but for some reason does not work at all, and the crowd do not feel it. How do you recover or minimise the negative impact for this? For me I try to bring in a next song much quicker then earlier anticipated. It also helps having a folder on your USB that have 'Safety Songs', which you are songs that you've built over time that nearly always work on dancefloors. This will help save the earlier poor song selection. Would be great to see what technique you use @jon Sine?

[@djalexxwhite2438]

Great tipp! Thanks!

[@stereohype1]

My best recovery is to do a hard nudge on the CDJ wheel playing the bad song so it does a spool sound effect then hard cut it off. Let a split second of silence drop then hit play on Rihanna's "Don't Stop The Music" which begins with a hard vocal that everyone knows. Works everytime!

[@katherinekorniyenko1283]

Thanks for a very useful tips and sharing experience 🙌

[@OllyNewport]

Actual tutorial /advice starts at 1:58

[@mdzic7628]

Right on. All good tips.

[@haceloconganas]

amazing thanks for all the tips and tricks

[@christianvaldez755]

Very useful, thank you, i'm starting my DJ Journey =)

[@bookofbrah]

Sehr schöner Einblick Jon, zu einem sehr wichtigen Thema. Aber pass auf was du sagst, in 10 Jahren gibts auf einmal nurnoch Kuchenwerfende DJs auf Geburtstagen, Hochzeiten und in Clubs :D

[@1matzeplayer1]

Great Video! Really helpful tips. I've experienced a lot of those things!

[@izanpapy]

Thanks for this amazing video 🔥🔥❤️

[@ExsultoMusic]

Ooo today's intro was very warming!

[@swindlermusic]

haha feeling nostalagic listenning to these tips. did all these mistakes as a beginner, but you live and you learn. haha

[@iliasmess]

I do not usually keep the eneGRy up on the dancefloor, but when i do, people go GRazy !!😁😉🕺 Great video by the way!

[@bookofbrah]

hahaha

[@jaystarr822]

You are super dope meaning you carry yourself well... I'm super sure that's why these top guys like working with you🙏🏾😎

[@Rickst3r_FPV]

Hey Jon, can you please explain why you got the denon players in your studio? do you also play in clubs on the prime-set, or are they getting one for you. Here in my place in Austria i have seen it very less times (only when headliners came up, which were denon-guys). I thought many times about getting the denons because there would be a few features i like, but till there are none in the clubs i prefer my nexus setup. Would be interesting how you are doing when you practice at home on denon and go to the club and play on pioneers.

[@abkhan701]

Thanks man this has really motivated me to pursue Music producing, The Tips were really helpfull💯

[@kozmos858]

Hi Jon. Next time give us examples on all that expensive gear you’ve got.

[@jamesmcconnon2]

Is it just me that thought he said “play stoned, keep focused. “ :D

[@locbac]

yep

[@maxsullivanroyall9069]

Ok any suggestions for a drum and bass DJ

[@theredhead1900]

I understand that you want to drop the intro on the lkast drop, but do you need than outro's in extended mixes?

[@meanbeatzbe]

Hi, Jon. I totally agree if your playing in a club. But if you play weddings or birthdayparties, you have to switch styles way faster. Mostly max 3 songs in one style and then something complete else.

[@traxonwax]

Mean Beatz was thinking the same thing. Play 3 of any style in a row and someone will complain. So you learn to cycle through styles and tempos. Also, I’m especially early on in the night, there’s no sense in having sets because you’ll get derailed by the end of the first track. I do believe that at minimum a DJ should learn how to do a good “radio” mix where the songs are played however that will require that the DJ know of the song fades out or has a cold end, if the beginning of the next song instantly starts or there’s audio that needs to be skipped over. Think of the church organ at the beginning of Faith by George Michael. I could go on.

[@philfy23]

Nah....just make sure there is enough Charlie and pills in circulation.

[@vamosnippon]

One day I'll throw cakes lmao

[@michaelcretu25]

If you’ll try to jump around like Steve Aoki, you might end up bangin’ your head like Steve Aoki. 😛

[@neffectmusic8484]

You always bring up drugs. 10:58 😂

[@machinech183]

It's rather relevant... wish I had a $ for every aspiring kid I knew trying to come up only to get distracted by that aspect of the culture and never make it past that point to become notable.

[@dj-spin_sa]

when are you gonna mix a set while you demonstrate what you doing,it could help alot

[@Arturo_Slam]

I liked the house version. Maybe work with some vocal chops.

[@chrp90]

bruuks or brooks 🙊🙊

[@horstballer2694]

Does somone knows what he ment at the beginning about Kungs. I had the luck to talk to Kungs a few times and everytime he was pretty nice to me etc. so I‘m kinda shoocked that you had a bad experience with him or is this an missunderstanding on my side?.

[@bookofbrah]

I understood it like you, like something bad/bad communication happened there. But hey, I think every person got people out there which just aren't compatible to themselves. It's like you got this sausage-shop. Some people just don't like Salami even though it tastes good. :( (Nowadays with the vegans there are even more haters against the Salami :(((

[@horstballer2694]

Barney Haha good example :)

[@djscottymaxx]

DONT TAKE REQUESTS! Thats how you keep the dance floor going, lol

[@philippschachenhofer3041]

Neiiiiin bitte keine Schlager😫😂

[@bookofbrah]

:O

[@djsensibo]

Let's be fair here, DJING can certainly be a very complex job to involve Urself in... U just can't please every single person at a venue. My opinion would be to get as much knowledge as possible about the job. Do Ur research and get some more ideas. When it comes to performing, source for every information available, prepare as much as U can, go there - read the atmosphere and do the best U can. Let's stop punishing ourselves as DJs, trying to please everyone, as a lot of times people are just ungrateful. No matter what U do, they'll still moan & complain!!!

[@harryh3203]

I see alot of young female techno djs do that jumping about crazy behind the decks, plenty of vids on instagram of this, leads to an automatic unfollow from me. its just pointless and looks embarrassing to watch,

[@l337z0r]

Yeah fucking Nina Kraviz wannabes. The problem is no one wants to tell them they're being idiots cause they just wanna fuck 'em.

[@bookofbrah]

They are not women, they are Steve Aoki with women masks. Please by god don't flirt with them, it's a trap!!!!