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The party I am going to at New Year is someone from work who DJ's and I have spoken to him in the past about making tunes but he has never heard anything I have ever done (which is probably the only reason he has made this request). Anyway, he wants me to make a tune the people can dance to but I dunno if this is going to be OK. These people are going to be your Cream or Gatecrasher type...so I don't want to look completely stupid. Thanks. |
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Too many variations/much unpredictability for the masses. They can dance to quite "out there" music, provided it consists of predictable loops. Good luck. |
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So strip the variation out or start again and approach it differently? |
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It'll probably have to be longer. Or, at least looped 20 times. |
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Yeah I thought that too...but I don't want to spend the time making it longer if it's too shit to bother with anyway. |
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Oh just do four to the floor beats with sex noises on top. |
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Yes! That is it. So simple. Thanks. |
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By all mean have some variation, but sort of do it "8 bar drum intro, 16 bar presentation of theme, 16 bar repetition with very slight variation, 16 bar breakdown, 16 bar more drastic variation of theme, 16 bar main theme, 16 bar repetition with slight variation, 16 bar main theme, 16 bar play out" As with all shite dance music, you should also for each 16 bar section. Have bar 1-3 the same, bar 4 slightly different. This is for bars 1-11. 12-16 should be slightly different from the bars in 1-4 and should have a backwards cymbal or other noticeable (yet subtle) "marker" (it helps people predict breakdowns/transitions so as not to catch them off guard, as well as the bloke DJing it). To make it as DJ friendly as possible, I favour a 8 bar drum intro (makes beatmixing easier) and the last 8 bars of the playout to only feature synth/bass and a simplifed version of the rhythm. Don't even think about anything other than 4/4 time sig, with a kick on each fourth note and preferably a bpm of either 130,133 or 135. I know this advise is a bit souless, formulaic and derivative, but that's what most people like when they're wrecked. |
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Bugger, beat me to it. |
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Excellent description. That is going to help loads. Cheers Ceri! :D! |
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