Julian Del Agranda
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- Jul 3, 2020
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In my experience, young audience (under 28) can accept one or two accessible trance songs in a night.
But generally, they simply don’t understand the music. Even if it’s semi EDM-ish trance like Orjan or Omnia. They have a short attention span for any music they don’t know. They will stare at you if you play Rank 1 Airwave. No hands in the air, they simply don’t get it.
For audience above 30, it’s a bit different. They are more open for music they don’t know. And they might have some nostalgic memories. I would still not go for modern uplifting though. But a Superstring or Marco V ‘Simulated’, people will like it and some will recognize it.
But this is mostly based on
with very wide pop/dance or wedding audience. You are saying it’s a techno house club?
If I were to play there, I would try to blend in quite a bit of techno. And for trance: pick techy or ravy trance like said ‘Simulated’. Direct Dizko. Or the old Age Of Love. There are lots of techno-ish remakes and remixes of trance classics too.
I would not go for any euphoric big melodies at all. Or maybe try one to see if your audience likes it. Oh and another tip: the later it gets, the less people care.
Playing Out Of The Blue at 1:00 in the night might scare people away. But at 4:00 it’s a different situation.
It all depends a lot on your audience. Prepare for multiple scenarios. Don’t show up with just your preferred set on a stick. Start with a scenario where you only test trance to see response. If good, expand to more-trance-scenarios. But if they stare at you when you try Gouryella - Anahera, you will feel bad, you know it’s just not that kind of night. Go back to techno.
It’s still fun to mix techno imo.
But generally, they simply don’t understand the music. Even if it’s semi EDM-ish trance like Orjan or Omnia. They have a short attention span for any music they don’t know. They will stare at you if you play Rank 1 Airwave. No hands in the air, they simply don’t get it.
For audience above 30, it’s a bit different. They are more open for music they don’t know. And they might have some nostalgic memories. I would still not go for modern uplifting though. But a Superstring or Marco V ‘Simulated’, people will like it and some will recognize it.
But this is mostly based on
with very wide pop/dance or wedding audience. You are saying it’s a techno house club?
If I were to play there, I would try to blend in quite a bit of techno. And for trance: pick techy or ravy trance like said ‘Simulated’. Direct Dizko. Or the old Age Of Love. There are lots of techno-ish remakes and remixes of trance classics too.
I would not go for any euphoric big melodies at all. Or maybe try one to see if your audience likes it. Oh and another tip: the later it gets, the less people care.
Playing Out Of The Blue at 1:00 in the night might scare people away. But at 4:00 it’s a different situation.
It all depends a lot on your audience. Prepare for multiple scenarios. Don’t show up with just your preferred set on a stick. Start with a scenario where you only test trance to see response. If good, expand to more-trance-scenarios. But if they stare at you when you try Gouryella - Anahera, you will feel bad, you know it’s just not that kind of night. Go back to techno.
It’s still fun to mix techno imo.
