Not sure if you have a video dedicated about it, but would like a deeper dive into reading a crowd. Things like the evolution of the crowd through the night and how to manage that, keys to look for, how to get back on track, and how to sense the vibe. I know the basics like look for groups, or getting the women on the floor first (guys will follow), as well as play a combo of music for them /you. But would like to hear from someone like you who have seen many types of crowds. Thx and cheers from Texas
Not sure if I learned more about DJing or sex in this video. Thanks a lot for both 😬. The only difference is that you usually don't want someone else to take over your partner once you warmed her up 😂.
When starting out and if you are booked as an opener, expect to play for little money or nothing, if you are in it for the long run you should take any opportunity regardless of money! I got my first gig with my friend as we DJ as a duo by e-mailing a club asking if they ever need an opener for no money and within the same week they replied and got us on the lineup with Ellie Cocks and GW Harrison who are two big London tech-house DJs!
True that many DJ’s starting out step on toes with their opening set by playing bangers. Spot on about festivals. And even more so about always creating atmosphere and keeping the promoters happy 👍
Warm up sets are the best fun to play - different level of pressure, more freedom to experiment and a totally different challenge for a DJ. To my mind there are three levels to get the crowd into - dancing in their heads (the tapping/ swaying section) - dancing with their bodies - then singing (or any vocal response)! On the few occasions I've played 3-4 hrs I've managed to shift through those gears - it's a great feeling! But I always love that first hour or so, that lays the foundation. Never played a 9-hr session tho! That must be what the yoga's for
This is great insider information about the club scene and music event industry. If you're not going to work as a team you're not going to be on the team.. good tip.
Completely agree. I thought there wasn't much to the art of warm up sets until I head JImmy Van M warm up for Sasha & Digweed on the Delta Heavy Tour. Jimmy Van M started with ambient... transitioned into downtempo... then 118 bpm tech/deep house... a hour later 120bpm techno... inserting progressive breaks all the while into the mix... slowing building energy... slowly wanting me to want more. By the time he finished his last track he was at 125bpm before Sasha started his set. By this time, I didn't realize he played for over 2 hours. Mixing all these genres to slowly build a crowd helped me realize how much skill he had. Overall, it made me appreciate warm up sets so much more. A really good portrayal of this is Global Underground (GU) releases that always have 2 part sections. The 1st section, the warm up set. Usually, it's the warm sets I enjoy a lot more even though I enjoy playing more energetic tracks.
Creating a vibe is so important. I was just starting out and I would bring at least 10 ppl ( most I ever got was 40 :)) not many people in my town come out for electro nights. Bringing people who know how to dance and vibe to your music gives the rest of the club the "ok" to dance! If you're in a town like mine, def attend other events and make friends/build a community. When other DJs are on, get out on the floor and build the energy (even if you don't like the music 🤣)! I hate playing a show and other DJs are chillin at the bar, basically waiting for their turn, then leave immediately afterwards!
Great advice and loved the shout out to RÜFÜS, they’re probably my favourite discovery of the last few years. Weirdly loads of people still sleeping on them here in the UK but I’ve caught them on their last three tours and been blown away every time! Keep up the great videos mate, the best on YT by far
It must be really tricky to play warm up sets. Like, wanting to play the bangers but not playing .’em.. 🙂. I’ve also seen the warm up DJs keeping the volume a bit low.. By the way, It’s great to hear about all your personal experiences.. 🙂
What you say at #10:45 i did see that one time at Maya Music Festival in Thailand. Tiesto was the last Dj that night, and nearly half the crowd start going home after just 2-3 songs in to the set. Not want to talk SMACK but Dash Berlin and many others playd sick, and when Tiesto playd hes boring tracks people just went home. To be honest me and my friends went with the crowd to 😂
Transportation like bus/taxi and so on, might be a proble because of a big crowd to. So if the last Dj start playing boring songs. Than that sure wont help. I guess some Djs are to bigg and famous and start slacking. Do you have any experience with that ?
@@theaverageguy3884 Good video idea, yes I do ave experience wit this and will make a full length video about it - what happens if DJ before me is shit lol!!!
You are a great teacher! and i love the way you are so in touch with the topic, using personal examples etc. keep up the great work i already learned alot from you.
Love the idea of atmosphere insurance! My group of mates to make the dance floor, and as you said soon enough more people come, they party with your friends and then you make more friends!
Great video with good advice, and completely agree on what you’ve said. I used to open up for my friend and I always see my job as leaving him with a full dance floor. I know pretty well what tracks he will play and will avoid those tracks. The club is a big club that dabbles a bit into mainstream, so I’ll start off with very tracky rolly polly stuff people can groove to, and occasionally pick tracks w recognizable samples to begin luring people onto the dance floor. 1/2 hour before my friend goes on I’ll build it up a bit by dropping big tracks from several years ago (gets people excited but don’t burn them out). I find it works well to keep people on the dance floor and to pack the floor by the time my friend comes on.
Thank you man this video was really helpful - looking to try and get an opening slot when lockdown starts to ease! Nice setup you've got there too sir!
I love your helping videos please continue!!!! Could you also put in the description in your future videos could you put a track list please? Thanks a lot!!!
Really good vid, I actually love playing those more chill opening sets. Bit of Angelo Ferreri always gets me tapping but chilling, maybe some more classic house tracks as well.
I have done a few opening sets at a couple club on a night where it was solely tech house that’s what the promoter wanted me to play so I would usually start with slower more groovy tech House and would mess with the bpm and the overall volume of the music and would start with the slowest and start working my way up towards the end of my set that way by the time the headlining Dj got on the dance floor was already moving and was packed so he could hit them with the harder songs and turn up the volume.
I like to play a mix of melodic Techno with Progressive House, depending on the type of Techno the headliner plays, I could include techno with lower bpm but with a good vibe, but you need to read the crowd
Haha, I fell you bro. And there's so much new music it keeps on piling and piling 😂 I almost gave up at one point when I was trying to be super organized with it as subgenres can be so fluid right now and it can be hard to actually know where to throw a song. There's defo no 1 right way to do it. Most people do what works for them. I still haven't found a perfect way after over 1 year. Maybe categorize them by genres, roughly, and then also have folders for certain vibes.
Hey, for me it works to have them sorted by genre and by energy level - I assign a number to each song for the energy level - 1-5 (I've put it under "Group" tag in Serato). Also, as I use Serato, I use tags to fill-up 2 Bangers smart crates - one for mid-high energy level, and one for peak energy level.
It would be amazing if you could show us your take on playing on 3 dekcs. Is that something you'd sometimes do? I know it's an overkill for most scenarios but still something I'd love to get a hang of. Anyways, you're the best 😁
I love 3 deck mixing and between you and me I am doing loads on of content on this right now (behind the scenes) but not sure at this stage if, when released - very very soon) if it will be limited to my students only or will I make some public. Probably full access for students and some general concepts to the public - exciting times :)
Im glad your open about you getting sober. Wether for your health or otherwise, mad props brotha. Im curious on what kind of improvements were the most beneficial, Djing wise, for you with quiting drinking ? Im trying to do the same myself. ..
Great video, but If your livestreaming would it be better to go chill at the end? Then again you might want to do one chill mix entirely just to be different. Idk thoughts
First one: Club Blink, then: Trash, SFX, Warp Speed, White Rabbit, Naked, Neverland - these were the main ones at different venues (the tunnel, empire, agincourt, havana, space, shark, candys, world bar, st james).
The whole idea of a warm-up set and more than one DJ in a night is completely lost on me but then again, I'm old. When I was in clubs during the 1980s and 90s, I did the entire night. Early (before 9 PM) was lots of jazz, downtempo hits, and low tempo dance music. I rarely played much over 110 BPM until 9 PM or later. If we got hit earlier, I'd adjust accordingly. No one headlined back then. It was just me. The concepts you outline here are sound. Don't crap on the headliner.
Yes and no. Promoters will more likely book you because you are supporting them, not because you want something from them. You should watch some of my industry videos about approaching venues for shows :)
If you produce music that is designed for headline sets (very intense high energy in every song) what advice would you give when you have a warm up/support set?
Great video has I have my first gig coming up. I've a quick question if you mind My opening set is in the bar. 1 room out of 3. And I'll be the opening slot. Do I still want to keep the music chilled. It's a trance event so I was thinking like.. Progressive trance at pile 126 to 128 bpm. As the headline djs will be playing around 136 to 138 in a different Thanks Great video
This sounds about right. Sometimes side rooms can be more about the promoter seeing you can create atmosphere, so remember, invite everyone and arrive early, stay late and thank the promoter for the opportunity. Any lead up promo you do for the event, the promoter will most likely see. Help the promoter and the promoter will most likely help you!
Not sure if you have a video dedicated about it, but would like a deeper dive into reading a crowd. Things like the evolution of the crowd through the night and how to manage that, keys to look for, how to get back on track, and how to sense the vibe. I know the basics like look for groups, or getting the women on the floor first (guys will follow), as well as play a combo of music for them /you. But would like to hear from someone like you who have seen many types of crowds. Thx and cheers from Texas
Love this guys energy while explaining the topic!
Just love the way he talks😍
Its the Strayan way!! 🇭🇲🇭🇲
Talking about building energy with a energy :D
@@djgabrielenuoro5667 yea!!! xD
Thank you I really appreciate this.
@@ClubReadyDJSchool hey thank you for your great content!!
Not sure if I learned more about DJing or sex in this video. Thanks a lot for both 😬.
The only difference is that you usually don't want someone else to take over your partner once you warmed her up 😂.
Haha classic ;)
🤣love it
hahaaaa
RUFUS DU SOL is a great viber
Love it!
The absolute best!
When starting out and if you are booked as an opener, expect to play for little money or nothing, if you are in it for the long run you should take any opportunity regardless of money! I got my first gig with my friend as we DJ as a duo by e-mailing a club asking if they ever need an opener for no money and within the same week they replied and got us on the lineup with Ellie Cocks and GW Harrison who are two big London tech-house DJs!
Also would like to say everything that was said in the video is completely accurate, consistency of the videos are unmatched!
True that many DJ’s starting out step on toes with their opening set by playing bangers. Spot on about festivals. And even more so about always creating atmosphere and keeping the promoters happy 👍
Well said! This is spot on, thank you :)
Warm up sets are the best fun to play - different level of pressure, more freedom to experiment and a totally different challenge for a DJ. To my mind there are three levels to get the crowd into - dancing in their heads (the tapping/ swaying section) - dancing with their bodies - then singing (or any vocal response)! On the few occasions I've played 3-4 hrs I've managed to shift through those gears - it's a great feeling! But I always love that first hour or so, that lays the foundation. Never played a 9-hr session tho! That must be what the yoga's for
This is great insider information about the club scene and music event industry.
If you're not going to work as a team you're not going to be on the team.. good tip.
Thank you I appreciate that very much :)
Playing my first opening set on the 21st, proper helpful advice, cheers from England 🏴🏴
How did it go and where are you today ? I have still not had my first gig yet.
Sooo glad I found your channel recently! Love your stories and energy while providing some education in this profession we're all so passionate about.
Completely agree. I thought there wasn't much to the art of warm up sets until I head JImmy Van M warm up for Sasha & Digweed on the Delta Heavy Tour. Jimmy Van M started with ambient... transitioned into downtempo... then 118 bpm tech/deep house... a hour later 120bpm techno... inserting progressive breaks all the while into the mix... slowing building energy... slowly wanting me to want more. By the time he finished his last track he was at 125bpm before Sasha started his set. By this time, I didn't realize he played for over 2 hours. Mixing all these genres to slowly build a crowd helped me realize how much skill he had. Overall, it made me appreciate warm up sets so much more.
A really good portrayal of this is Global Underground (GU) releases that always have 2 part sections. The 1st section, the warm up set. Usually, it's the warm sets I enjoy a lot more even though I enjoy playing more energetic tracks.
Creating a vibe is so important. I was just starting out and I would bring at least 10 ppl ( most I ever got was 40 :)) not many people in my town come out for electro nights. Bringing people who know how to dance and vibe to your music gives the rest of the club the "ok" to dance! If you're in a town like mine, def attend other events and make friends/build a community. When other DJs are on, get out on the floor and build the energy (even if you don't like the music 🤣)! I hate playing a show and other DJs are chillin at the bar, basically waiting for their turn, then leave immediately afterwards!
This all sounds spot on :)))))
Power tutorials always. Your the best one doing this, you just have the karma for teaching.
' I actually do yoga do them' is the sweetest thing i heard all morning
humility, teamwork & respect for your peers - I like this message
I'm still blown away your videos don't have millions of views. Wait till people find you, man, you're gonna be huge.
Thanks Mike I appreciate this!
Great advice and loved the shout out to RÜFÜS, they’re probably my favourite discovery of the last few years. Weirdly loads of people still sleeping on them here in the UK but I’ve caught them on their last three tours and been blown away every time!
Keep up the great videos mate, the best on YT by far
It must be really tricky to play warm up sets. Like, wanting to play the bangers but not playing .’em.. 🙂. I’ve also seen the warm up DJs keeping the volume a bit low.. By the way, It’s great to hear about all your personal experiences.. 🙂
Have to bring the crowd on the journey and gradually bring them up and finish out with bangers and higher energy!
I always enjoyed playing warm-up-sets very much. I like deep, dark progressive, but still melodic.
Same here!
What you say at #10:45 i did see that one time at Maya Music Festival in Thailand. Tiesto was the last Dj that night, and nearly half the crowd start going home after just 2-3 songs in to the set. Not want to talk SMACK but Dash Berlin and many others playd sick, and when Tiesto playd hes boring tracks people just went home. To be honest me and my friends went with the crowd to 😂
Haha, same
Transportation like bus/taxi and so on, might be a proble because of a big crowd to. So if the last Dj start playing boring songs. Than that sure wont help. I guess some Djs are to bigg and famous and start slacking. Do you have any experience with that ?
@@theaverageguy3884 Good video idea, yes I do ave experience wit this and will make a full length video about it - what happens if DJ before me is shit lol!!!
@@ClubReadyDJSchool 🤣🤣
I really appreciate your approach of explaining stuff ... I have learnt a lot.. I am more excited to play now...
Always good vibes from your videos
You are a great teacher! and i love the way you are so in touch with the topic, using personal examples etc. keep up the great work i already learned alot from you.
Wow, thank you, really appreciate this :)
Love the idea of atmosphere insurance! My group of mates to make the dance floor, and as you said soon enough more people come, they party with your friends and then you make more friends!
I fucking love this guy and I'm not even saying that because of how much he taught me. His vibe is everything!
constellations by camelphat is a great track for an opening set
Excellent shout
I prefer to prep for a warm up . Love deep house and the chill stuff .. love your work Andrew x
Great video with good advice, and completely agree on what you’ve said.
I used to open up for my friend and I always see my job as leaving him with a full dance floor. I know pretty well what tracks he will play and will avoid those tracks. The club is a big club that dabbles a bit into mainstream, so I’ll start off with very tracky rolly polly stuff people can groove to, and occasionally pick tracks w recognizable samples to begin luring people onto the dance floor. 1/2 hour before my friend goes on I’ll build it up a bit by dropping big tracks from several years ago (gets people excited but don’t burn them out). I find it works well to keep people on the dance floor and to pack the floor by the time my friend comes on.
I would like this guy to be my friend 😁 seems like a cool person and very valuable person as a dj teacher !!! Thank you!!
Mate your teaching style is first rate; lovely bloke keep going bro. From the poms
Great insights! Thanks and God bless 🙂🙏🏼❤️
Another flawless video Andrew, well done mate. I hope you are well 🙂 look after yourself 👍🎚️🎛️🎚️👍
Thanks a lot man, awesome video! 😃👏👏👏👏👏
I found your first video Saturday and i been watching them since then. I like what you doing bro and i am a beginner Dj that's learning the basics 😀
Wow, thank you, really appreciate this :)
Thank you man this video was really helpful - looking to try and get an opening slot when lockdown starts to ease! Nice setup you've got there too sir!
your videos are so fraking awesome man :')
Thanks Donn, it's nice to be appreciated.
Thanks teacher 👏🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
I love your helping videos please continue!!!! Could you also put in the description in your future videos could you put a track list please? Thanks a lot!!!
Great advice mate
Really good vid, I actually love playing those more chill opening sets. Bit of Angelo Ferreri always gets me tapping but chilling, maybe some more classic house tracks as well.
I have done a few opening sets at a couple club on a night where it was solely tech house that’s what the promoter wanted me to play so I would usually start with slower more groovy tech House and would mess with the bpm and the overall volume of the music and would start with the slowest and start working my way up towards the end of my set that way by the time the headlining Dj got on the dance floor was already moving and was packed so he could hit them with the harder songs and turn up the volume.
You my good man are a legend
Would be interested to watch a video on your story/career and life lessons you learned etc
I think I have one coming in 2 weeks.
@@ClubReadyDJSchool legend ✅
Thank you ever so much for this great content dude.
I love this video.
Man i love you ❤❤
Love you too!!!
Another great informative video andrew. Keep them coming. I hear lockdown is easing in australia. Stay safe bro 👍👍
Dude, you’re the best.
Great video as always legend, love the anecdotes 🙏🏽
Keep up the videos man, great vibes and lessons
just what i needed. thx!
Would appreciate if someone could leave a link to a Spotify playlist of warmup tunes ( I would like to open for techno events )
I would recommend going on soundcloud and searching techno opening sets, you'll get many more results.
I like to play a mix of melodic Techno with Progressive House, depending on the type of Techno the headliner plays, I could include techno with lower bpm but with a good vibe, but you need to read the crowd
Deep progressive house, melodic/minimal tripping techno, atmosphereic dub techno . I like Psy chill as well aka slow trance
Here you go bro.
open.spotify.com/playlist/4X2tLeSVypaonra7iGOIlT?si=bUTd7NbRS8CzzRT9iX3jnw
Funk d void is perfect for starting out
Hello, you should make a video of how to organize the music library, currently I have 1000 tracks of different genres and sometimes I go crazy 😂
Haha, I fell you bro. And there's so much new music it keeps on piling and piling 😂 I almost gave up at one point when I was trying to be super organized with it as subgenres can be so fluid right now and it can be hard to actually know where to throw a song. There's defo no 1 right way to do it. Most people do what works for them. I still haven't found a perfect way after over 1 year. Maybe categorize them by genres, roughly, and then also have folders for certain vibes.
Try out to tag tracks with hashtags, some with genre, some with vibes and some with banger or build up
Hey, for me it works to have them sorted by genre and by energy level - I assign a number to each song for the energy level - 1-5 (I've put it under "Group" tag in Serato). Also, as I use Serato, I use tags to fill-up 2 Bangers smart crates - one for mid-high energy level, and one for peak energy level.
100% this is on its way!
I kind of knew beforehand that this would be a great video full of useful knowledge but man, the stories you tell and your sex analogy were awesome!!
Thanks again friend :)
Really good advice 😉😊🔥
It would be amazing if you could show us your take on playing on 3 dekcs. Is that something you'd sometimes do? I know it's an overkill for most scenarios but still something I'd love to get a hang of. Anyways, you're the best 😁
I love 3 deck mixing and between you and me I am doing loads on of content on this right now (behind the scenes) but not sure at this stage if, when released - very very soon) if it will be limited to my students only or will I make some public. Probably full access for students and some general concepts to the public - exciting times :)
Love it awesome advice
such good info, thanks mate!
Fantastic videos as always mate
Many thanks!
Great advice
Im glad your open about you getting sober. Wether for your health or otherwise, mad props brotha.
Im curious on what kind of improvements were the most beneficial, Djing wise, for you with quiting drinking ? Im trying to do the same myself. ..
Productivity and optimism, plus ideas!!
@@ClubReadyDJSchool thank you for the reply. I appreciate all you do, hope your still at it, cus the mixing world needs you. Thanks again, much love
promoting and bringing people to show = "atmosphere insurance" lol yes
Legend for this mate!
cheer!
Great tips
Great video, but If your livestreaming would it be better to go chill at the end? Then again you might want to do one chill mix entirely just to be different. Idk thoughts
You give off such a positive vibe and energy! Thanks for the tips and keep the videos coming :)
What clubs did you run in Australia?!
First one: Club Blink, then: Trash, SFX, Warp Speed, White Rabbit, Naked, Neverland - these were the main ones at different venues (the tunnel, empire, agincourt, havana, space, shark, candys, world bar, st james).
The whole idea of a warm-up set and more than one DJ in a night is completely lost on me but then again, I'm old. When I was in clubs during the 1980s and 90s, I did the entire night. Early (before 9 PM) was lots of jazz, downtempo hits, and low tempo dance music. I rarely played much over 110 BPM until 9 PM or later. If we got hit earlier, I'd adjust accordingly. No one headlined back then. It was just me. The concepts you outline here are sound. Don't crap on the headliner.
@@Ninja_Gaijin I'm not worried about it. Neither should you.
Great video mate!
Thank you :)
You make it sound so easy lol
That's what a teacher is supposed to do :) My pleasure, thank you friend :)
my DJing is like my sex. 5 min set, climax very quickly, leaving the audience feeling unsatisfied and me feeling ashamed an inadequate
Hahaha ;)
Should I give manager my pendrive with 30min warmup mix or peak hour mix to show my skillset?
I'd say both, so that they know that you are skilled in both roles
Yes and no. Promoters will more likely book you because you are supporting them, not because you want something from them. You should watch some of my industry videos about approaching venues for shows :)
Big fan of Rufus Du Sol, have you listened to the Lane8 remixes?? They'r beautyful, or the Mathame one :3
I'll check it out!
The metaphor...haha fuckin Andrew, love you mate
Keep up the great work mate, lost Old Melbourne Boy in Mallorca Need your tips.
Like before a even viewed 👌🏻
A warmup DJ was playing last week at 11.00 pm Showtek. I was happy as fuck........not!
Feelin with u! :D
If you produce music that is designed for headline sets (very intense high energy in every song) what advice would you give when you have a warm up/support set?
produce both
bumpinwhiteboy What, and completely go against the style & brand that I want to establish & be associated by?
I guess you'd have to play less of your own material.
Club Ready DJ School Okay, thanks for the advice👍🏻
Great video has I have my first gig coming up. I've a quick question if you mind
My opening set is in the bar. 1 room out of 3. And I'll be the opening slot. Do I still want to keep the music chilled. It's a trance event so I was thinking like.. Progressive trance at pile 126 to 128 bpm. As the headline djs will be playing around 136 to 138 in a different
Thanks
Great video
This sounds about right. Sometimes side rooms can be more about the promoter seeing you can create atmosphere, so remember, invite everyone and arrive early, stay late and thank the promoter for the opportunity. Any lead up promo you do for the event, the promoter will most likely see. Help the promoter and the promoter will most likely help you!
@@ClubReadyDJSchool excellent. Thanks so much for the reply. I'll keep All thst in mind. Thansk alot
You should really get someone to make you subtitles, could be very helpful for future videos :)
SASH
Would 122-126 bpm be good for warmup
Sex metaphor absolutely spot on. Legend mate! Cheers!
damnnn goooddd
where do you download your high quality sound from ?
high quality songs? check out the finding music video on my free online course: www.clubreadydjschool.com/free-videos/
If they are exhaust for head line dj then dugs are not good🤣🤣
Have you no friends to talk too
Great advice mate