DJ Music

DJing is really fluid and creative process, so it seems strange the DJing has a formula, however, being a DJ is about reading people, giving them what they want and predicting how they respond and acting accordingly. As such its no surprise that there is a loose formula a Dj can follow to give a DJ set an edge.

make the intro track instrumental and fairly short no more than 2 minutes 30

Add some vocals in to the second track, and keep the length less than 4 minutes in total

keep all the other tracks at under 5 minutes (this seems to be the average length of a track, and ironically peoples attention span).

The reason this works is that whilst every individual track has an intro and outro, a DJ set doesn’t, but by using this DJing formula, you are creating an intro into your set. It also allows a DJ to get into the rhythm and gain control over their set as well as provide a softer transition from the out going DJ and a taste of whats to come for the audience.

I have to point out this definitely isn’t a rule, but more of a guide line, however, Tiesto fans and fans of Essential Mixes on Radio 1 will notice that this DJ technique is regularly used.

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