Tag: live
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Combining elements live
One of the best things about DJing is combining elements from different songs. Working with DJ decks, you can only do so in a limited way – e.g. blend an intro and an outro, or layer a riff or acapella on top of another song. When I play live I want to combine elements from…
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The best live electronic act in the world
…is Chemical Brothers. I just got home from Electric Avenue festival in Christchurch and it was superb. The crowd was young and old; there were 4 stages of a wide range of music; the day was well organised and low stress overall. I thoroughly enjoyed myself all day, but the reason I went was to…
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Casual, minimal live jam tactics
Since getting home from my sabbatical, I’ve been working on my live set a lot. I feel like I have all the technical pieces I need – to play the live set I’ve always dreamed of. At Catalyst, I was travelling, and was “improvising” with a couple of small portable controllers that I brought on…
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Live set tactics: Bitwig
This post is all about how my live set works. Every time I do a live set, I throw out everything I’ve done before, pick a new platform, and build it all again. Even with the same songs. This isn’t what I intend to do, it’s just what ends up happening. Now I’m using Bitwig…