playing songs more than once at a party

[S&S]

when u play at the club do u find yourself repeating songs during the night? With so much good music out there, there really shouldnt be any reason to do that too often. Any thoughts......

[Jamie 3:26]

when u play at the club do u find yourself repeating songs during the night? With so much good music out there, there really shouldnt be any reason to do that too often. Any thoughts......

Not many cats get to play all night by themselves these days...but running a hot ass jam more than once makes hits!!!

[LarsLB]

I wish I could do it .. but w/ 2 hour sets the time in between doesn't seem long enough .
Occasionally I do it w/ a tool .. beat or acapella but a full song .. not in a looong time

[bassment groove]

I think it depends on the venue and how transient the audience are. I used to play a lot of pre-club venues where the audience would change throughout the evening so it was sometimes necessary to repeat the odd track over a 5 hour set.

[blackwax]

running a hot ass jam more than once makes hits!!!

THIS

Ever wonder why there does not seem to be THE song of the conference or weekender any more?
I believe its because people don't play the same track more than once any more

I remember when Africanism Block party came out EVERY DJ played that at the Southport Weekender EVERY BODY came away saying that was the song of the weekend. This does not seem to happen any more
Each DJ played it in a different way gave it a different spin, Louie Vega Terry Hunter etc It didn't get tired.

I sold more copies of that track than any other that weekend, I even had to get more copies delivered to the event from my distributer.

I think its a shame

[sammyrock]

THIS

Ever wonder why there does not seem to be THE song of the conference or weekender any more?
I believe its because people don't play the same track more than once any more

I remember when Africanism Block party came out EVERY DJ played that at the Southport Weekender EVERY BODY came away saying that was the song of the weekend. This does not seem to happen any more
Each DJ played it in a different way gave it a different spin, Louie Vega Terry Hunter etc It didn't get tired.

I sold more copies of that track than any other that weekend, I even had to get more copies delivered to the event from my distributer.

I think its a shame

THIS..

I concur Blike.

[House]

The lost art of breaking records

[DJ Timmy Richardson]

when u play at the club do u find yourself repeating songs during the night? With so much good music out there, there really shouldnt be any reason to do that too often. Any thoughts......

Worked for Larry.

[DaBownca]

The lost art of breaking records

This....
Also, while the two hour set thing does kill the mindset..... if I get something hot and good I'm going in. I also think that the mindset may have suffered with the switch from vinyl to CD. Much easier to come in from the break or a different verse or such with vinyl. I hear you can do it with the digital set ups but I'm thinking you have to know the record intimately to know the cue points you are looking for which if you got the record THAT DAY may not be possible.

[Jamie 3:26]

Well,if it's one thing I have learned...playing a hot ass jam more than once,in a night will make a hit...and I have done it playing a short set as well.

If you play with more than one jock,it's even easier to make/break a tune or sound.Folks have lost their musical balls.

[DaBownca]

Well,if it's one thing I have learned...playing a hot ass jam more than once,in a night will make a hit...and I have done it playing a short set as well.

If you play with more than one jock,it's even easier to make/break a tune or sound.Folks have lost their musical balls.

"Folks have lost their musical balls."
Been saying that for a minute now. Preach.......

[Dj Bones]

It also depends whether the song is real fresh or has already "broken".....

When MAW first played the Nervous Track in the UK, they played it 3 time at the MOS. Each time, it tore the roof off. If I hear Dj's playing a tune several times in one night, that has become one of those hits, a few months/weeks later, it's just lazy, imho

Also the lead time with tunes getting to the masses, as Blackwax said with Block Party, I remember hearing Louie playing it about a year before anyone else and he battered it, a lot of US Dj's were over at the time regularly and he was the only Dj with it. That is wouldn't happen now

[EddieW8]

I'm not a DJ. I just love music. But I like it when a DJ works one song in and out of other tracks all night, teasing you with it, making you want it more and more. And then at the peak of the party slams you with the full track ALL OVER YOUR FACE! Then rinse, repeat.

[Jamie 3:26]

I'm not a DJ. I just love music. But I like it when a DJ works one song in and out of other tracks all night, teasing you with it, making you want it more and more. And then at the peak of the party slams you with the full track ALL OVER YOUR FACE! Then rinse, repeat.

Yes!!!!My last time at Shelter in Dec,Timmy did this shit with this beat...man,when he finally let that bitch run,it was fucking on!!!!

[Chuck P]

I can remember Armando playing his "151" track twice, the build on that track was nuts, when it finally kicked in, motherfuckers lost their minds harder the second time than the first............it was amazing I love the jock that has the balls to re-run a joint

[Marshall Jefferson]

I remember Larry Levan playing a cut 15 times in a night and Ron Hardy playing a song 7 times in a row.......it's called braking a record.

[joesuuf]

I like running an Instrumental once or twice for maybe two minutes each time then dropping the Vocal at end of set. I'll do this in hour sets all the time.

I also like looping or making an edit of some strong bars for the tease too, worked nicely last show with this Kenny Summit. This works great if you cut it right after the meticulous like a mutha fukka line

[EddieW8]

Yes!!!!My last time at Shelter in Dec,Timmy did this shit with this beat...man,when he finally let that bitch run,it was fucking on!!!!

Timmy is a MASTER at this particular technique. Yet another reason he is our MAESTRO!

[EddieW8]

I remember Larry Levan playing a cut 15 times in a night and Ron Hardy playing a song 7 times in a row.......it's called braking a record.

Larry would sometimes play a record until you got it. He did this when he broke Heartbeat.

[DJ Timmy Richardson]

Larry would sometimes play a record until you got it. He did this when he broke Heartbeat.

The night he broke Mystery Of Love was insane. And he kept running the Liz Torres acapella of Mind Games over it. Same night he was running Janet's When I think of you. And Alexander Robotnick's Love Supreme.

[Chris Wood]

I remember Larry Levan playing a cut 15 times in a night and Ron Hardy playing a song 7 times in a row.......it's called braking a record.

surely you don't want to slow it down?? :P

[silverbull]

Ive always read about the older Legends that use to play the same song multiple times a night several times, like Mark B said, Breaking records. Only one DJ ive heard practically every single time does this still, Maybe 2 times a night and rarely 3 and thats HECTOR ROMERO, i remember him playing SANDCASTLES 2 times in Dec of 2003 at Filter 14 when the track was still a demo, another memory was in 2007 at Pacha Ny he played Hardsoul- Self Religion 2 times that night, many others that dont come to mind right now as well. Just heard his Bday Set mix from Sullivan Room 4-7-12 and he plays a song twice.

Really amazes me out of all the djs ive been listening to over the decades and even now hes the only one that stands out in my mind that still does this.

[Mike Barnes]

I remember the night at Zanzibar when Tee Scott ran, 'Trans-Dance', By Night Moves a few times in 1983, And the spot erupted each time(Especailly when the smoke machine was on/LOL), Also, Tee Scott ran, 'Din Daa Daa', By George Kranz at Zanzibar a few weeks later and cats we're poppin shit infront of the dj booth to Tee Scott saying, 'Dun Daa Daa', Was wack, So, Tee Scott ran, 'Dun Daa Daa', At least 7 times(I stopped counting at 6 times/LOL), The rest of the night/Morning

And everytime Tee Scott would run, 'Dun Daa Daa', Cats we're on his love-muscle mad lovely(Especially the last time when Tee Scott ran, 'Weekend', By Phreek after, 'Dun Daa Daa',At about 8:00am/Sunday morning in 1983/LOL, I remember Larry Levan running, 'Don't go away', By Affinity at least 8 times at the Garage

(Money was rockin the break of, 'Don't go away', Mad lovely each time he ran it too in 1983/LOL, Larry Levan used to run plates like, 'Plane Love',(Dub version) from 1983)By Jeffery Osbourne and 'Seventh Heaven', By Gwen Guthrie at least 7 or 8 times in one night at the Garage too in 1983 when those plates first came out.

'Don't go away', By Affinity(1983)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ai9_1tjTw6g

Much Respect
Mike Barnes

[blackwax]

With so much good music out there, there really shouldnt be any reason to do that too often.

So i think most are saying there is actually a very good reason to do that often...

[Cratebug]

Recent experience: Played the opening slot (8pm) at an NYE event in Chicago. There was approximately a good 100+ people already there but the room was large so it almost looked like no one was really there cause folks were scattered. Played for an hour and played something new. No reaction. At about 11:15, I was asked to do an emergency set in place of the dj that was scheduled. He 'd run late and would not be able to fulfill his slot time. When I got on, the room now had several (or more) hundred House heads in there. Dropped the same song again. They lost it. Even the folks that were there at 8pm.

No problem playing a song twice in a night.