How to play techno live:
2) Press the Play button.
I always wondered how EDM DJ's play their setlist on festivals nowadays.
Oldschool DJ's use a couple of turntables and then mix real vinyl, live.
But a while ago I saw some artists just put in a USB-stick and play a pre-mixed setlist while doing as if they're working, pushing faders and twisting knobs. It was like a playback show that serves for an act of presence.
Don't get me wrong, I have lots of respect for EDM producers and composers, crafting sounds from scratch, adding layers, doing mixes and detailed mastering in studios. It can take hours... no, months to make !
They end up with a final track that sometimes contain tons of layers.
To put it simple: if you would play a song with 10 different layers live, you would need 10 musicians playing together on stage, each playing their layer.
Even if you use sequencers, samples and tech, you could reduce it to a couple of people, playing each multi layers, or maybe you can play it alone: yes. However, the fewer people playing live, the more stuff is played automatically.
How fun is it as 'artists' to play a background track (containing 95% of your songs layers), while playing only one keyboard as a live layer on top. Is it satisfactory?
So to the topic starter: how did you finally manage? Did you go to manifestations to play live? What setup?
Have you got some recordings or footage, of nice anecdotes?
Statistics: Posted by bulevardi — Fri Jun 21, 2024 10:45 am
