A recorded 40-minute set to the room, and the etiquette that gets you booked again.
The 40-minute performance
Each student plays forty minutes, recorded, to the class and whoever is around. Treat it as a gig: arrive set up, matched levels, a planned opening and a planned close, and one moment in the middle where you do something from class 5 or 6 on purpose. The recording is yours to master and upload afterwards, as in class 8.
Four players on the LINK bar: when you hand over, the next DJ's track is already loaded on the deck you are not using.
DJ etiquette
- Arrive early and stay late. Support the other DJs on the bill, and you will get a better feel for the night — where the energy was, what the room responded to, who the regulars are.
- Do not play too hard or too heavy for the situation. Gauge the audience and adapt your sound to the slot you are playing. A warm-up is a warm-up.
- Communicate when switching over. Speak to the DJ before and after you. Ideally end on a longer track and let the next DJ decide whether to mix into it or let it finish and start fresh. Never let your set end into dead air before the next DJ is ready.
- Leave the mixer as you found it: effects off, EQs flat, your channel's trim back to centre.
- Thank the sound engineer. They decide how you sound at the next one.
Do this now
The set is the practice. Master the recording and send it to the five people from class 9.