NEXTBEAT IN PARIS The Movie part 2

0:05 Great man, but believe me, I'm crazy too

Alright guys, here we are in the, it's a Queenie, I think it's a, is it a bar or a restaurant? It's a restaurant. A restaurant. And I'm here with this, not a crazy guy, I'm the crazy guy, this is a sensible guy, DJ Chucky. So, how are you sir? Great man, but believe me, I'm crazy too. You're crazy. Alright, now, I did hear him earlier on say, wait till you see me on the 1000s. Or do you use the 2000s now? I use the 1000s, I use the 2000s. Okay. When did you start DJing? I started DJing like 17 years ago, like in the early 90s. I was a hip-hop DJ of course and soon I was like, you know what, too many guys on the hip-hop party so I had to expand and I always liked other music but I wanted to be a hip-hop DJ. So soon enough I said, you know what, let me also play all the music I like. So I started playing like R&B, hip-hop, disco, dance music, whatever, drum and bass. I didn't care about it as long as I had dance for moving.

Good. So from there, I kind of took it, let's say eclectic and later on my taste, I felt comfortable with dance music and I put all my influences in the dance music I do nowadays. Fantastic. So what is your main genre of music that you prefer to play at the moment? Dance music, house music. House, right, okay. Any particular style, electro style, techno? I try not to stick to just one style. I really like to take it from left to right, so I might warm up with minimal and end up with techno, you know, and in the middle I put house, some groovy stuff, some electro. That's how I like it. Probably because I have an eclectic kind of background, so I like to mix it up. Do you know, very quickly as well, there's something I've always said to people is they tend to say to me, I like house, how do I start the set and finish it? It's almost as though people think...

At the beginning, middle and end they have to play house. What I've said is what you've nearly, near enough explained. Sometimes it's good to bring in other genres because it breaks it up, it makes it more interesting. True, I think so too and I think in that way you expose people to different genres of, sub-genres of house music which is a cool thing to me because I could not imagine to Let's say, I mean, with all due respect, I could not imagine to play soulful all night. All night, yeah. So, you know, I might start with 124 BPM in the beginning and maybe 130, 131 with some techno stuff. You never know, you know? And I always try to see how far I can take it with people that actually came for... Fantastic. You know? Fantastic. For a certain style, so I always try to look at... It's experimenting, isn't it? Yes, it's always experimenting. Of course...

2:54 I always like to surprise people with different genres

You know, especially if you play in a more commercial club, you play the hits. But still, I still feel you can take it all kinds of directions. Maybe you play like, I don't know, an underground remix or something like that, or you make it yourself, you know? So I always like to surprise people with different genres. Fantastic. Sorry, throat's killing me here. Also, with reference to your set, do you have a certain... Do you have a specific way that you feel you're going to go or do you start off with one or two tracks, look at the crowd and think, do you know I'm gonna go that direction or that? That's the way. I read the crowd with the tracks I play, let's say the first three tracks and I look at how they react.

And I know if I play this track, oh, I'm sure they're going to like this, this and this one too. And if they like this one, if they like this house record, they probably like this techno record too. You know what I'm saying? So it's a bit like a tree. You start here and you can branch off one direction, but from that branch you've got another three or four branches and so on and so on and so on. For sure, because of course you play, you have certain tracks, for instance, people would look crazy at me if I wouldn't play Leather Bass Kick, my track, you know? Yeah. So of course I've got some regular hits I have to play I have to play. Of course, I don't have to, but I'll do it for the crowd to please them. But in the meantime, I can take it all kinds of directions. I get so much promos from all the record labels that I really like to play some new stuff for the people as well. I think it's important to have a right balance between education and entertainment. Yes. Again, what I try and say to people is sometimes with reference to a set,

4:55 For the new DJs, I have a good advice

It's always a good idea, if you're in a commercial environment, to play two or three they know but then tuck in one they don't know. Yes, of course, why shouldn't you? Precisely, fantastic. I mean it keeps the surprise element in, you know? Can you, because there will be a lot of new DJs as well as established DJs watching this, what is your advice for the new DJ and then what would be your advice for the more established DJ? For the new DJs, I have a good advice. Try to find a certain style you're really comfortable with and that really represents you and try to be the best at it. It's pointless to sound like Swedish House Mafia or David Guetta or whoever. You have to be yourself, don't you? You have to be yourself and try to find your own identity and that's the only way you're going to be recognized in the whole...

It's a difficult industry to get into. How about for the more established DJs? What would you say? Well, I feel that a lot of established DJs, some of them are really scared to promote new records as well. And what I would love to see is that, you know, also play some tunes from some smaller or new producers that also make great music. Don't be scared to play. Simple thing is, if you don't know how to bring a new record, I don't know, it's really simple. Just take an acapella they know, mix it up with a new record and you have it. So yeah, exactly, so you've got a bit of a mash-up. Yeah. Alright, Chucky, it has been a pleasure. Thank you very much indeed. What up, it's your boy Chucky, representing Dirty Dutch, and you're watching us live here online on what? It's DJTutor.com. On DJTutor.com!

And can you please finish off with my saying that people know around the world, which is practice and enjoy. What up, it's your boy Chucky, and I gotta say, practice and enjoy. Thank you. Thank you, my friend, nice one. Right, here we go, another interview. First of all, what's your name, sir? My name is RLP. RLP. Yeah. And can you explain your involvement with Nextbeat? Nextbeat contacted me about two years ago when the project was only a project. And I was part of developing the product, and now as a DJ I'm responsible for all the artist relations, getting all the good DJs to be interested in Nexbeat, keeping contact with them. And also I play in clubs with Nexbeat all over Europe. Fantastic. Tell us some of the names of the clubs. The names of the clubs? Well we've been about everywhere. We were in London last year at Lighthouse.

7:44 Something else, be a performer, make

We went to Spain, in Madrid, in Catwalk, in Barcelona. I'm just saying about the next big parties. We're in a fantastic club in Warsaw called Capital. Amazing, amazing club. Where else? I don't know. We're playing tonight at Queen with DJ Chucky. That's going to be fun. And then next week I'm going on tour with Chucky in the US. We're doing LA, San Francisco, San Diego. I'm saying have your mixing skills perfect and then forget about them and move on to something else, be a performer, make a show of yourself. Your mix has to be good. Your selection has to be perfect, but that's not the main reason why you're going to get a job. The main reason why you're going to get a job is because you're a performer and you're acting and reacting with the people and making a show with it. And to be honest, this is my belief for many years and I think Nextbeat is really in that trend. Well yeah, because it's there to play the music

9:04 I'll see you later

But you can take that item out of the box and then you can just get in with the crowd. You're not playing the music, you're actually feeling it and you're in with the crowd as well. More and more DJs like Chucky for example, like to go in front on the stage to the crowd and maybe do some stage diving. Fantastic! They want to have the music... Keep controlling the music while they do that and Nexbeat is the perfect tool for that. Fantastic. Alright, thank you very much indeed. I'll see you later. How about finish off with practice and enjoy? Practice and enjoy. Easy.

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