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jim555

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DJs at EDM festivals, what are they doing on stage?
« on: March 25, 2017, 05:54:26 PM »
I am watching a livestream of an EDM festival and I see a DJ bouncing around and I can't figure out what they could possibly be doing besides hitting a play button and pretending to do some complex stuff.  So what's the deal are they just acting or do they actually do something up there?
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AnswerIs42

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Re: DJs at EDM festivals, what are they doing on stage?
« Reply #1 on: March 25, 2017, 06:06:03 PM »
Back in the Vinyl days, it did take a bit of skill to do beat-matching to segue the tunes into each other. Still does, a bit. And they have to decide what tunes to play.

On the other hand... this thread reminds me of this:

https://dnbforum.com/threads/tiesto-comic-strip.39908/
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jim555

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Re: DJs at EDM festivals, what are they doing on stage?
« Reply #2 on: March 25, 2017, 06:16:49 PM »
Superstar DJ is my new side gig.

I went to Maskarave '93 and I thought the music was great, but to this day I still don't know if it was or if I only thought it was, if you know what I mean.  The afterparty went to 11am.
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Driko

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Re: DJs at EDM festivals, what are they doing on stage?
« Reply #3 on: May 09, 2017, 06:00:30 AM »
the best DJs like Armin Van Buuren live mixes and goes off the crowds reaction. He has a youtube demonstration on all that goes into it. There are djs that have pre recorded sets.
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