is an essential mindset for every growing dj. Avoiding various genres and
sticking to favorite ones is a slavery act in music culture. As a dj music
should be your first love, irrespective of genres. Also avoiding specific
genres of music limits your creativity and gig scheduling opportunities. This
is a known problem in beginning djs. You are on your profession for your public
view along with personal love and your personal love i.e. music has to be up with
professional standard. During our baby stage we generally tend to stick to
those tunes what other members in our family hear. Throughout our growing
stages of life, taste of music has also changed a lot by our surroundings,
friends, family, influencers etc...
Music forms a part of our identity
and we always strongly defend it irrespective of any issue. Sometimes we subconsciously set our
mind to love every musical genres those come across our life. But in reality
our mind is set to perceive the goodness about only those music which we think
suits our tastes. This actually is a serious issue as a dj because you are not
sure about your career professionally and you have a doubt regarding your
preference for other genres(excluding your favorite ones). In the djing world
this is maturity obscurity. We always look forward to favorite tunes in the
internet; something tremendous, and always feel proud to put those songs in our
collection. This is the reason for downhill progression as a dj.
When as an ambitious person by a dj
you start visiting local clubs/festivals, you most of the time see pro dis
playing their sets. It may be 2, 4, or 6 hours.
They are getting strong appreciations for their sets from the crowd. You
feel those djs as your idols so you check everything about them. You start listening
to their tracks and you seemed to enjoy those sounds like never before and you
just want to stick to those tunes. Isn't what you wanted to be like those dis?
It's basically a fan activity, an ardent desire that is so true but as a dj
this activity does not sound true to the profession. Its all about playing
great music. Those Djs have a bigger picture than you. They already gone
through your various stages of passion and now you are just getting the splice
of their music what you thought to be great.
There are so many records and so
many different genres of music are to be listened. Sometimes you may find that
one track which you think would have been great if I became like that dj. By
listening to broad genres of music you will develop yourself as a prolific
listener of music and it will make you a better person as a dj. You give an
open mind to creativity, you interact with a variety of audience, switching
genres in your sets. These all things go a long in one’s career. Follow other
dj’s successful sets and have a clear mindset about how and when you should
switch genres in a dj set. Connect with more people and therefore be preferred
for more gigs.
There are plenty of good music are
available to listen and more is being added on daily basis. In real you are not
sure which track is your favorite? You listen plenty of sounds, you find some
of them are excellent. The reason is you are not quite adaptive to other music
beyond your comfort. Listen to wide variety of music and don't expect anything
from it. You just need to find happiness in every music you hear. The thirst
for the best sounds is never-ending and it will go on throughout your whole
life. Every music has some quality in itself and its upto djs to believe on it.
The more variety you hear the more you will be adaptive and improve.
Listen to the podcasts of some great
djs. For example, ASOT(A State Of Trance). At one time you will hear progressive,
main room trance, extending beats, and the other time you will be running with
138 bpm strokes. It's an ability that has developed over a longtime and its
nothing less than a reward in itself...as the owner of ASOT (Armin Van Burren)
says ‘Don't BE A PRISONER OF YOUR OWN STYLE’.
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