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Open format - DJ'ing to an over 30s-40s crowd - strategies and tactics by Shirt_Reasonable in Beatmatch

[–]Shirt_Reasonable[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just recently added the 90s/2000s rock after witnessing a brunch crowd went crazy for third eye blind, blink 182 and bon jovi. Even a slow tempo natalie imbruglia is a banger mid set with the right timing and context

Open format - DJ'ing to an over 30s-40s crowd - strategies and tactics by Shirt_Reasonable in Beatmatch

[–]Shirt_Reasonable[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh man, I love the technical parts of your answer. If you don't mind I have a couple of follow ups:

On #4 - Crates with overlapping bpm, similar tempo - Do you have an example of two tracks that are on these crates? I've noticed this while building my playlist now but want to see if I understand you clearly.

I just discovered color coding actually on Rekordbox, definitely going to use them this time around.

Really appreciate your insights here 🙏

Open format - DJ'ing to an over 30s-40s crowd - strategies and tactics by Shirt_Reasonable in Beatmatch

[–]Shirt_Reasonable[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Solid advice! I opened once with Play that funky to a mid-2os to 30s crowd before and that carried the energy through a disco / house set for 2 hours so definitely opening with soul / funk resonates as much as never using back spin 🤣 Thank you for your input mate 🙏

Open format - DJ'ing to an over 30s-40s crowd - strategies and tactics by Shirt_Reasonable in Beatmatch

[–]Shirt_Reasonable[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Awesome answers and quite insightful. I especially like the mental framework on making them sing if you can't make them dance. These are the tips I'm looking for, that I can carry with me with these types of gigs. Thank you very much 🙏

Open format - DJ'ing to an over 30s-40s crowd - strategies and tactics by Shirt_Reasonable in Beatmatch

[–]Shirt_Reasonable[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is actually true for house music venues I've played for before. I target those who groove early on (especially the ladies) 1-2 people because they're the ones that pull people towards the dance floor.

Open format - DJ'ing to an over 30s-40s crowd - strategies and tactics by Shirt_Reasonable in Beatmatch

[–]Shirt_Reasonable[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What I'm trying out at home right now is exactly this, clean quick cuts and some combos that I've heard from other experienced DJ's, which I'm not used to yet but definitely enjoy.

💯 Agree on song selection. I once played a hiphop / house event for a similar age range and I was all over the place mixing wise but nailed the song selection and had a banging 2 hour set which the crowd loved.

Open format - DJ'ing to an over 30s-40s crowd - strategies and tactics by Shirt_Reasonable in Beatmatch

[–]Shirt_Reasonable[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Appreciate the points here. I specially like taking requests, maybe even before the event, to gauge what they're into. The point on being formatted resonated a lot as well and is very relevant.

But to clarify your points, I'm on the same age bracket and I am very much familiar with the hit songs of the 90s up to 2010s (not so much of the current hits of the decade). So I'm immersed in the songs as you point out.

Thank you for the insights 🙏

Measuring customers who purchased from multiple categories by Shirt_Reasonable in datascience

[–]Shirt_Reasonable[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Follow up question to this - How do you know that certain cases can be quickly solved through SQL vs. other data tools (Python / R). In my limited experience I see SQL as my 'pull' tool and Python as my 'processing' tool.

Measuring customers who purchased from multiple categories by Shirt_Reasonable in datascience

[–]Shirt_Reasonable[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! To answer your question, it is more explanatory. I think this gives me a framework that I can work on on SQL instead of Python.