Planning your DJ Set My first DJ Experience occurred when I was about 10, I was at a friends house and his father was away so we sneaked into the garage where he had what I now know to be a set of Technics 1210s set up. We messed about with them for a few minutes not really knowing what we were doing; putting records on the platter and watching them spin. One of the needles snapped, then we left, and that was that. My first DJ experience!Here I am, a professional DJ. Most people think of it as the perfect job, a professional DJ in a club. It takes hard work to plan a gig properly.The first thing you must do is know the venue, if you havent been before and if its possible you should go down there for a night out, check the crowd out, listen to what makes them tick, this will give you a huge head start in planning your set, if you know the crowd it should make planning your set a synch.The biggest mistake most people would make at this point is playing the big tunes early on ... Read more »