DJ How and WHY Do People Stay or Go Away from the Dance Floor All About the Vibe or NRG!

0:00 This really could be keeping people on the dance floor for any DJ

Alright, this is video number three on keeping people on the dance floor, mainly for a mobile DJ. Well, this really could be keeping people on the dance floor for any DJ. Now, this isn't about track selection. This isn't about key. This is about energy. Right, so there could be a few people who are going to watch this video and think, this guy's talking a load of shit. There could be a few people who say, well, I have no idea what he's on about. Some who may think, well, I've always felt that. And some who may think, you've nailed it. So the choice is yours. I have been a mobile DJ for a very long time. And to begin with, I couldn't quite suss it out. I couldn't understand what was going on. Slowly but surely, after doing a bit of research, I started to learn a few things.

1:30 You know them, but you're speaking to them for the first time today

And these kind of things can be found on the web and in textbooks. But really, it's about you. It's about you, the person. Because everyone is different. Thank God we're all different. If we were all the same, life would be very boring. It's about the energy that people give out. Now, when you have one person giving energy, let's say for example, you walk into a room and you speak to someone for the first time. you know them, but you're speaking to them for the first time today. Even before you speak to them sometimes you get the feel it's like you're not very happy are you? Or like wow you're in a good mood. This is even before they've opened their mouth because there's something about their aura, something about them. Now when you meet someone for the first time and you get to

Talk to them do you ever feel as though when you're having a conversation with them and it could be a positive or negative conversation? It could be a positive conversation on their half but you feel drained. It could be a negative conversation on your half but you could feel inspired and you could feel euphoric and energised. A lot of it is about the other person taking away your energy, about pulling your feelings and your energy. It's almost as though after let's say for example a teacher teaching a classroom full of students or for that matter all day they go home and their wife, their partner has been on the bicycle and like they've cycled 100 miles so they've run or they've just done a lot of physical exercise. Yet the person who has just

Stood in a room teaching people can feel more knackered, just more tired and exhausted than the one who has been out and done physical exercise. That's because you've been drained. So take that on board and how can that work with us being DJs? Well when you play the music that you play, you're giving energy because the music has a vibe and that vibe will hopefully pass onto other people. And if you continue this sort of vibe that's working then of course the dance floor, everything else will work. As soon as you change that vibe, that energy, the energy is going to change and this is something that you can't hear, you can't see but you feel. Now this is another dimension to DJing and if you can tap into that feeling on the dance floor

4:29 The people next to that gap may look and go, oh dear, they've gone

You've got it made. Bit of asthma excuse me. You've actually got it made. So what I want you to do is next time you're DJing and you're playing some tracks and all of a sudden you feel the dance floor start to dissipate. Do you also feel a change yourself? Do you feel this kind of strange like, it's like a different kind of feeling? That's because the energy in the room has changed. Now again let's relate back to what I said about two people talking and one talking negative but getting positive and vice versa. When you've got people on the dance floor and they're all dancing together, have you noticed two or three people may leave the dance floor, leaving a gap. The people next to that gap may look and go, oh dear, they've gone. Then they disappear. And before you

Know it all of this area seems to sort of move. You do get a few people leaving here and there and there and there but quite often watch, you'll get a few people leaving from one point and then the people around them will leave. And eventually you get this movement in one direction. Don't ever play them. So what's happening is there's an energy with that group of people and what's happening there is you're removing part of that energy and in turn some other parts of the energy will move and so on and so on. Now that is what's happening. This is another dimension to DJing and I hope you can understand it. If you can't then just think about what I'm talking about. Maybe watch other DJs, maybe watch the dance floor and it's all about the music and how you play the music and how you

React with the music. Now again something else that will help, it will help is you as a person. If you're stood like a stuffed lemon behind the DJ booth playing the banging most best tracks alive, you're going to get a good response because people are going to enjoy it. On the other hand if you're playing the best tunes and you're just giving it some energy yourself your energy will pass to those people and they are going to go mental. So try it. Just try that for once in your life. If you're the sort of DJ who just stands there because you're scared, you're scared and embarrassed to show your feelings, do it. Show your feelings and how you feel about the music. Be euphoric, be inspiring, be smiley behind the DJ booth.

Move and groove and I guarantee you the people will vibe with you. Off you and they'll love it. And before you know it, there's no bad energy because you're giving good, they're giving good back to you, back to them, back to you. Before you know it, there's explosions. Alright? Try it. Practice and enjoy. By the way have a merry Christmas and a damn good happy new year. Thank you.

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