{"id":7349,"date":"2016-08-31T11:20:27","date_gmt":"2016-08-31T18:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mp3poolonline.com\/blog\/?p=7349"},"modified":"2016-08-31T06:52:59","modified_gmt":"2016-08-31T13:52:59","slug":"playing-to-an-empty-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mp3poolonline.com\/blog\/playing-to-an-empty-room\/","title":{"rendered":"Playing To An Empty Room"},"content":{"rendered":"

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There you are totally pumped because you’ve got a gig lined up for the night. You’ve packed a couple of USB drives just in case disaster befalls your equipment. You know exactly what tracks you’re going to start and end with. You’re dressed and ready to go.<\/p>\n

Once you get to the club, though, you notice that the place is strangely silent. You quickly identify the problem: you can count the number of people in the crowd on one hand. Now what? All that hard work you put into creating your set list was just a waste of time. What’s the point of playing to a small handful of people? Creating a vibe in that room is going to be challenging.<\/p>\n

Hold on a minute. You’re a DJ. You’re prepared for anything<\/a>, right? You can get that crowd moving even if you have to redefine what “crowd” means.<\/p>\n

There’s another reason playing to an empty (or nearly empty) room is a good thing every once in a while. It gives you a chance to practice some skills that you might not otherwise get to use. When you’re in your studio, you scratch and remix to your heart’s content.<\/p>\n

In an empty club, you don’t have much of an audience to begin with, so go ahead and do a little more scratching than you normally would. Try remixing on the fly. Practice word play while you’re at it, too.<\/p>\n

Have you ever played to an empty room? How did you handle it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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