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Hi! I was wondering who of you ever played a live set... (I mean playing live with your own music) I'm planning to do some live music beginning of 2003 and maybe you could give me some tips? |
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I played at a party one time. |
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Ah cool.. what was it like? |
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I had a pretty good time, actually. It was a small party (maybe 30 people) for one of my good friends. He asked if I'd play. I just set up and played through a couple of p.a. speakers. No one seemed to dislike it, so I guess it went over alright. |
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What kind of music did you do? |
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played alot. its a total rush and alot of fun to hear your own stuff that loud on the PA. tips... it all depends. are you using hardware? computers? make sure you are prepared. have all your cables. patches set up. midi configured right. try to get a sound check. all PA's are different and all sound board operators are as well. its best to test your stuff before the crowd gets there. get drunk before you start. ;) try to interact with the crowd. they like that. :) try not to go for more than 45 mins. anything more and unless youre really rocking the crowd, can get to be a bit much. um, i have more tips but i need more info about your setup first. |
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For the first half, when everyone was there, I did a lot of loud, beat-oriented stuff. When a few folks left and the others sat back and began to chat, I just played more low key, background stuff. That part was fun too. It's cool to create a mood. |
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ive played live. many times on drums, many times on bass, and a few times with my electronic music. The drums was like, rock, latin, reaggee kinda stuff. With bass, its been jazz, funk, rock kinda stuff. As far as my own electronic stuff... welllll ive played "live" 3 times... but i didnt really do anything. The first time was at a school event, a big festival we had every year. Basically it consisted of my pressing play and nodding my head. I then realized that sucked. So the other 2 times, i tried to make it more hands on... triggering off effects. But it still was pretty boring. Im looking into doing live improv kinda sets on a laptop when i buy one. much more hands on, and interactive. |
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yeah. i´m doing it with my mate. www.zebox.com/mikro12/music |
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Setup: analogue mixer superbassstation/korg prophecy/RolandMKS50/pc soundcard PC (soon to be laptop) running cakewalk 9 Midi is allright. I even have spare cables etc... Done a lot of live-mixing without any audience but I'm just curious if there is more to know... |
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You should check out Cakewalk Sonar XL. I thought version 9 sucked eXXXtreme ass. And hey it's the same price *wink* |
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I've played live lots.. it's the funnest thing in the world. Nothing can compare to the feeling of seeing someone that you don't know 'feeling' your music... Here's where i posted a link to my latest live performance... My advice.. be prepared. Choking in front of a crowd is not cool at all.. |
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That's my biggest fear, not the live set, but losing contact with my music because of the nerves... 'm planning to play live for some friend first in my own house... |
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what do you mean by choking? did you choke? and yeah, it is a weird feeling when people "feel" your music. thats why I like to share my music online, cause i get the most interesting feedback about my songs... the descriptions Ive gotten... :) |
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Take Portland's advice and drink (seriously). I wouldn't get stoned your first time, and for gods sake dont eat acid.. but yeah, tie a couple on before you go on... |
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About cakewalk vs Sonar: 1st: I like cakewalk's interface better, because its very easy to select and mute/solo groups of tracks. I cakewalk very intensively when I record live mixes at home. 2nd: Sonar doesnt run well on my PC. I have a p2 350MHz. Sonar requires 400 MHz minimum I thought? I'm just sticking to cakewalk 9 :) |
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I played a three minute set at the church talent show with a friend. we just hooked our two laptops up to the mixer and speakers. it was funny playing to all these people with such a diverse age range.. they must have been like 'what the...' . haha it was great. the song, well, eh, not so great.. |
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what do you mean by choking? did you choke? choking = fucking up example: pressing the wrong key and everything just stops all of the sudden and everyone looks at you like, "wtf?" |
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yeah, i knew it meant fucking up... just wanted to know specifically... ie. hitting a button that makes everything stop. thats pretty bad. at least if its just an unwanted sound, you take it off real quick, but at least the music is still goin... complete silence wouldnt be cool actually, the 2nd set i did, something got fucked up, and so all the patches got rerouted, so none of the sounds i wanted were playing... i was like holy shit, and freaked out. but I didnt let it show. but afterwards i talked to people and they were like "that was so cool!" they had no idea! heheh |
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if youre using midi gear. make sure to test it before you go on. if you can jam at home then do that on stage. its the same thing. ive only been intimidated (spelling?) by an audience twice. my first time, and once when i played on a radio show. the second only because i had no idea who was out there listening. ;) if youre playing to a good crowd, read them and adjust your tunes accordingly. if they are jumpin up and down, keep them goin. if they are all stoned and zoned keep it more low key. just relax and realize that this is a very special thing youre doing. not everyone gets the oppotunity to showcase their music live, loud and to a crowd. :) |
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:) Guess its more a matter of self-confidence rather than the stability of my gear etc... I've been on a lot of dancefloors during parties and live-sets of other artists, so I know what's happening on the floor. Hope it goes well. |
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If you're DJing never break the 4 hour rule- don't play the same record in its entireity twice within 4 hours. Unless you've got a very long set it shouldn't be an issue, but if you can listen to the DJ(s) before you and make sure you don't play the same record. I've been in a club where one DJ started his set with the previous dj's second to last record. The crowd started booing and laughing and walked off. |
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I been at a party watching a live performance of approx 2 hours +. And like one hour after the perfomance, I swear they were playing the dat recording of the live-set back. It felt really weird being on the floor at that time. |
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ive played about 6 times. i usually hook up with a mate of mine "device driver" and we bassically take it in turns at playing traks. he uses reason, and manipulates stuff on the fly using his mouse. i use fruityloops and a few synths allong with a 12 knob midi controller. we both run through my mixing desk, and a few outboard fx. been doing ok so far, i think we spin people out more than anything. theres not really much of a scene around here, so when people see you manipulating stuff live there like. what the fuck? ive also been told our shit is hard to dance too, so..... |
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if i ever feel like playing live, i have a plan, i'm going to preselect about 50 or so mp3s, pitchshift them so that they're all the same tempo, hook some speakers up to a laptop, get 2 mp3 players going and just have some fun. |
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and i would always end with skelechairs (vsnares remix) |
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um.. wouldn't that get kind of boring.. I mean, all the same tempo..? |
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i play live weekly around minneapolis, if your ever here, we are sure to be playing someplace, grab a city pages and look us up. peace |
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