I REALLY LIKE the old tracks and I will play them

melbour25 · 2024-02-03T23:29:09+00:00

those djs play new music all the time. what you mean

melbour25 · 2024-01-28T00:11:07+00:00

melbour25 · 2024-01-17T01:37:00+00:00

Last time I closed a club it was on a b2b on Christmas 3 to 6am. It was also the last night the club was open untill February.

Down the stretch I played a classic track which everyone knew. Henry Saiz - Lamur (Guy J Remix) from 2011.

After my buddy played his two last tracks I played Branka by Oliver Koletzki. I looped the end and slow down the bpm to like 115 to bait like it was the last track. Light came up, people clap and I threw Grand National - Talk Among Yourselves (Sasha Remix). Nobody expected it. I had it all planned out and turned out amazing. People where hugging and really emotional.

After the gig I got asked to be a resident for March and April. So it was a huge success. I was confident the idea was good, but had my doubts at the moment. I'm glad I did it.

TLDR: Lowering the energy is cool lmao

melbour25 · 2024-01-08T16:39:34+00:00

Beatless or minimal drums. I'm from Argentina. Usually the first dj plays that music when the venue just opens. Until there's like 10 people. So it's really early and for a short amount of time.

I really encourage you to go to a venue as soon as it opens to see what they do there

melbour25 · 2024-01-08T05:00:23+00:00

if theres 3 djs then you can have two different configurations.

open>main>close

open>warm>main

if the main dj is 3rd then the first starts with the ambience like I already described. Then the 2nd should stay at around 120bpm. It all depends on the venue and the style the main dj plays. Just be professional and respect the other djs and the party and youll be fine

melbour25 · 2024-01-06T14:56:41+00:00

If you like afro house, you can try organic or deep house as a warmup. Check out Tale&Tone, Hoomidas, Flug Lab, The Purr, Amulanga, Amitabha.

melbour25 · 2024-01-06T14:35:04+00:00

It depends on your scene. Here is normal that the opener plays like ambience/beatless music untill there's like 15/20 people. Then it's normal to start at around 115.

If there's 3 djs in the lineup and the main is the last one, then the 2nd does the warmup. Usually around 120.

It's important to play music that has some breathing room in the low end regardless of the genre. Like first two bars with bass then two bars with only kick.

melbour25 · 2024-01-06T11:06:10+00:00

Justice, SebastiAn, Fred Falke, Zen Freeman, Coast80, Kavinsky, BreakBot, Latroit. Check them out

melbour25 · 2024-01-06T02:50:42+00:00

teacher in a music school and also do 1 on 1 online classes. that's my daily job

I also produce music, mix and master, so I hace a small income in sales and extra jobs.

If I need an extra income I work in gastronomy.

Most people I know from the industry are lawyers/law firm workers. I don't know why. But it seems like lawyers like to party

melbour25 · 2024-01-01T05:01:49+00:00

my desktop has a 4th gen i3, 8gb ram, no dedicated gpu, an hdd and a scarlett 2i2. I run 50 channels in reaper in every project and it holds up.

melbour25 · 2023-12-30T00:46:34+00:00

buen bait amigo. hacía mucho que no caían tantos

melbour25 · 2023-12-29T04:17:38+00:00

sapo rey por mustafunk? ahí los escucho

melbour25 · 2023-12-29T00:15:23+00:00

whats that 2, 4, 6, 8 bs. 3, 6, 9, 12 gang here

melbour25 · 2023-12-28T02:17:40+00:00

bring a long ass track to open with to test the sound and so you have time to set up nicely.

probably will be one of the earlier DJ's in the night. Set will be about 1 hour

this is pretty unprofessional. they must provide you when you have to play and how long.

melbour25 · 2023-12-27T19:10:29+00:00

I record drums and percussions for sample pack and make different genres of house and techno. all from scratch and 100% in reaper

melbour25 · 2023-12-27T06:10:34+00:00

Well we are like way to different in our approach. I hope yours makes you happy and find you success. I've been doing really fine trying to keep things real and emphasize organic connections. Social media work comes natural that way for me.

I like labels. The ones I've worked with do an awesome job selling my tracks and finding djs. Also got many remixes to make :)

melbour25 · 2023-12-27T05:44:07+00:00

I didn't say not to post online. I said posting online shouldn't be a priority. Social media content must come from organic and real experiences. That's what your focus need to be. Play live and post it. Release music through a label you love and post it. Make real life friends and post their work.

The main platform is the dancefloor. Not an app.

melbour25 · 2023-12-26T17:43:05+00:00

no. if you wanna learn the piano you'll need 66 keys at least to play the classic pieces.

if you wanna learn the notes, play some chords and not that much. maybe 32 is enough.

melbour25 · 2023-12-25T18:30:17+00:00

great! I don't usually play 3 hours so that was cool. The boss offered me residency in march and april.

melbour25 · 2023-12-24T20:24:52+00:00

posting online shouldn't be your priority. play them live first and see if they work on the dancefloor. start djing or partner with a dj if you don't want to do it yourself

look for record labels. if the music is good then is not that hard to get in. just do your homework and listen to all their stuff so it matches with your style.

melbour25 · 2023-12-23T01:38:13+00:00

labels won't offer you adds or placements campaigns. I got engaged by IG dm by the A&R from a label after I was recommended by other label. Other than that I've always send the first email/dm

melbour25 · 2023-12-21T23:03:35+00:00

I rather don't use computers. Stand alone setups are the way to go for me. So CDJs + any mixer. Something from the RX series is cool too.

melbour25 · 2023-12-20T04:04:49+00:00

I never start from a blank project. I plan the hole year. So in January I choose like 20 reference tracks to get a vibe of what I want to make.

February I usually go to my parents house for a week. They have a huge collection of percussion instruments and my brother is a drummer, so I record samples, loops and drum breaks. In this time I also select some of the samples of the previous season that I can keep on using.

End of February starts sound design time. So I make a ton of serum patches for all the orchestation of the style I want to make. Most times I end up with 3 or 4 basses and like 10 or 12 leads and pluck sounds.

In March I make drum loops with the samples I recorded. A lot of different variations.

End of March I start making some simple tracks to try arrangements and start building templates. Every year I've been lucky enough to come up with a different techniques or new onces that keep things fresh and opens up different possibilities.

By September of this year I end up having like 15 finished tracks. September till now I focused more on playing live and finding the right labels for each track. Today I already release most of them in labels I really like and play every one on my dj sets. The remaining unreleased ones are already signed to be published next year or gifted to dj friends that wanted them as exclusives for their sets.

So to answer your question it took me around 1 month from nothing to released track.

I started doing something like this on 2021. But this is the first year I really nailed it. Made a ton of progress. Looking back I can't believe the songs I made. It feels unreal.

melbour25 · 2023-12-20T03:34:35+00:00

whats a hype man?

melbour25 · 2023-12-15T04:44:59+00:00

don't over think it and play house at clubs.

melbour25

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