Mixing live performance with DJing
Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 9:39 pm
This is something new that I've been experimenting with.
I play piano and sing.
Last Sunday during my extended DJ set at the end of Pitt Stop, we were in a jazz club, and I had the tech man rig up the piano with a microphone. I spent the set going from piano to DJ booth (usually one live song for three or four DJ cuts).
Obviously this isn't something that everyone can do, I just thought I'd share something that I've been working on.
It seemed to be a success. I tried to contrast my performance style (a.k.a. limitations) which is mostly midtempo or slow stuff, obviously without very dense instrumentation or a lot of virtuosity -- and then follow that up with a Fletcher Henderson or some such high-energy big band cut.
I play piano and sing.
Last Sunday during my extended DJ set at the end of Pitt Stop, we were in a jazz club, and I had the tech man rig up the piano with a microphone. I spent the set going from piano to DJ booth (usually one live song for three or four DJ cuts).
Obviously this isn't something that everyone can do, I just thought I'd share something that I've been working on.
It seemed to be a success. I tried to contrast my performance style (a.k.a. limitations) which is mostly midtempo or slow stuff, obviously without very dense instrumentation or a lot of virtuosity -- and then follow that up with a Fletcher Henderson or some such high-energy big band cut.