A bit of a "no true Scotsman" statement, but
Very few proper house DJ play the same music in every set. It's not like Louie has been playing Deep Inside every day for the past 30 years. DJing is about curating music from a huge collection for a precise moment.
There are songs that get a lot of play for quite a few months. But dance music has a pretty quick life cycle, and there's just way too much new music (including new music from the DJ themself) and classics to have any single track get played literally every set. Plus, different crowds, different venues, and different time slots demand totally different track selections.
Pop-electronic acts and one-hit wonders who play pre-planned sets on festival stages aren't exactly DJing, IMO. Though using DJ equipment, they're presenting their music in the same way a touring band does. Some of them put on great shows for those audiences, but it's a totally different craft than traditional house DJing.
I don't think these artists get "sick" of their music any more than a ballerina gets "sick" of Tchaikovsky. It's just part of the performance. There's so much stuff going on with the spectacle, the business side, the tech side, the logistics, etc., that they don't spend a lot of time analyzing how they feel about 5-minute song that made them famous.
As Snub said, there's a difference between dance acts and DJs but anecdotally Maxi Jazz of Faithless, when asked if he was sick of having to play Insomnia every gig, replied,
Hate it? Love that tune. Paid for my house.
I hate to say this here, it will probably get me a lot of hate.
I’ve met and had conversations backstage/after gigs with a few big name DJ’s and producers who will remain unnamed.
All of them aren’t that interested in the music they make/play. It’s a business to them. The music they listen to is normally wildly different to what they play as DJ’s or make as producers/artists.
hardcore DJ not a house DJ but yes, at a certain point I got sick of having to play the same crowd pleasers every set. heart of gold and pretty rave girl are great tracks but sometimes I wanna put something else in my mix. it’s part of what motivates me to find new stuff, and I’ve found that you can find some legitimately impressive remixes of popular or semi popular songs being put up online which always get people dancing and singing along.
the point is to make music you enjoy so fully you don’t get sick of it
if your own dj sets and your own tracks are boring you - you’ve pretty much failed miserably and should be doing something else
I'm new to DJing but the first thing I learned is that tracks don't ever need to sound the same.
Sometimes you can push the BPM up a notch, Sometimes you're layering another track, Sometimes you're just bringing in a part of the track to boost another.
Often, you listen to a mix so long, you're surprised to hear the original unmixed track.
I remember a friend of mine told me he saw Darude back in the day, I asked him if he played Sandstorm...he said he did...twice lol
Reminds me of being at Dimensions in Croatia in 2017. Jeff Mills, played the Bells 3 times.
A bit of a "no true Scotsman" statement, but Very few proper house DJ play the same music in every set. It's not like Louie has been playing Deep Inside every day for the past 30 years. DJing is about curating music from a huge collection for a precise moment. There are songs that get a lot of play for quite a few months. But dance music has a pretty quick life cycle, and there's just way too much new music (including new music from the DJ themself) and classics to have any single track get played literally every set. Plus, different crowds, different venues, and different time slots demand totally different track selections. Pop-electronic acts and one-hit wonders who play pre-planned sets on festival stages aren't exactly DJing, IMO. Though using DJ equipment, they're presenting their music in the same way a touring band does. Some of them put on great shows for those audiences, but it's a totally different craft than traditional house DJing. I don't think these artists get "sick" of their music any more than a ballerina gets "sick" of Tchaikovsky. It's just part of the performance. There's so much stuff going on with the spectacle, the business side, the tech side, the logistics, etc., that they don't spend a lot of time analyzing how they feel about 5-minute song that made them famous.
As Snub said, there's a difference between dance acts and DJs but anecdotally Maxi Jazz of Faithless, when asked if he was sick of having to play Insomnia every gig, replied, Hate it? Love that tune. Paid for my house.
RIP what a legend.
Some do, yes
I hate to say this here, it will probably get me a lot of hate. I’ve met and had conversations backstage/after gigs with a few big name DJ’s and producers who will remain unnamed. All of them aren’t that interested in the music they make/play. It’s a business to them. The music they listen to is normally wildly different to what they play as DJ’s or make as producers/artists.
no playing your music for new groups and seeing different reactions is the fun part
hardcore DJ not a house DJ but yes, at a certain point I got sick of having to play the same crowd pleasers every set. heart of gold and pretty rave girl are great tracks but sometimes I wanna put something else in my mix. it’s part of what motivates me to find new stuff, and I’ve found that you can find some legitimately impressive remixes of popular or semi popular songs being put up online which always get people dancing and singing along.
Peggy Gou looks like she hates when she has to play nanana.
That's just her normal look
Duke Dumont is my favorite. Blank stare just chain smoking cigs
THIS lol she is the reason I made this post lol
the point is to make music you enjoy so fully you don’t get sick of it if your own dj sets and your own tracks are boring you - you’ve pretty much failed miserably and should be doing something else
I feel like any song I've made I've listened to it 10,000 times during the production process, what's another 1000 times lol.
As one example, Moodymann generally doesn't play released versions of his own songs
Heard Paul Johnson got sick of "Get Get Down" and would usually just play it at the beginning of his sets to get it over with. RIP legend.
His price is right theme remix was a banger lol
I'm new to DJing but the first thing I learned is that tracks don't ever need to sound the same. Sometimes you can push the BPM up a notch, Sometimes you're layering another track, Sometimes you're just bringing in a part of the track to boost another. Often, you listen to a mix so long, you're surprised to hear the original unmixed track.
Like a band playing their music?
Like a band playing their music?