First job

[scouser]

Hey lads, my boss wants me to spin some tunes in the bar where I work on Friday nights. The crowd will be mostly people in their mid twenties to early forties...

I've a good knowledge of 80s/90s music but I'm worried about building up and slowing down etc. Beats per minute and all that craic...any (helpful) advice?

Cheers in advance...

 

[MissRedSocks]

dont worry about mixing and matching bpm's just play your favorite songs. if your just playing 80's and 90's i wouldnt worry. when one song comes to the end without leaving a gap just play the next one straight away


good luck

 

[scouser]

Cheers Soxy, and I'd be alright with the ol fading actually. I suppose what Im worried about is tempo. As in playing an upbeat song and then playing one thats much slower than that next...I'm an awful scaredy cat!

 

[MissRedSocks]

Cheers Soxy, and I'd be alright with the ol fading actually. I suppose what Im worried about is tempo. As in playing an upbeat song and then playing one thats much slower than that next...I'm an awful scaredy cat!

well dont go from a really upbeat song straight into a really slower one.you probably have an idea of what your going to play already so you can match them up a bit, dont be scared, you'll probably get really into it after a bit

 

[House head]

you could arrange your tunes according to bpm... think you can do that in itunes or media player

 

[scouser]

I'll love it Soxy, always wanted to but being a fanny has stopped me!!

HH- that would be a huge help, have to check that out..

 

[Dr_Herringbone_Dread]

Keep your "I'm a professional dj and I know what I'm doing" face on at all times. That way, if you do fuck up, people will assume you planned it to sound that way.

 

[scouser]

Cheers Doc!

Any song suggestions? Party style 80s music....(not the obvious hits which I will know myself)

 

[waveform]

I wouldnt stick to the BPM rule really (within reason).

You can have pounding energetic tracks at 120 bpm and less.

I'd arrange the playlist by how "loud" or energetic each track sounds.

Save the likes of Blue Monday til the last hour or whatever.

An example of 122 bpm thumper:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALsHox5sYCk

 

[waveform]

you could arrange your tunes according to bpm... think you can do that in itunes or media player

Heres a free bpm analyzer btw:

http://www.mixmeister.com/bpmanalyzer/bpmanalyzer.asp


Just give a fake email address to download it.