Apologies if this is better off as a Lounge topic.
For those who have done long live sets (~30-50mins). Is there an expectation to always bring new material? I usually play alongside DJs and occasionally a few other live acts. I never give the same performance twice, but I often only have time to add about 10-15mins of new material.
Obviously this is a pragmatic issue, but I’m curious about what other live track-makers feel about this point. Thanks!^^
…since it’s live, it will end up always a bit different anyway, right?
and hell no, there is no expectation like that…in fact THATS what makes the difference…ur not a dj…
ur a musician and really play ur OWN stuff instead of the next hot track u digged on beatport…
if u never repeat urself, how should there ever be some kind of relevance to one of ur own tracks?
so aslong ur not always play just in front of the same crowd, it’s a damned good thing if u put urself on at least some kind of heavy rotation out there…and hey, never forget, repetition makes the hit…
i play strictly my stuff only and that’s what they pay for…
the dj must deliver the hot new shit…the live act just does his thing…if u got new stuff to show, always fine…but give ur best and already aprooved stuff to the crowd one more time, again and again for sure…
aslong as u enjoy ur music, everything’s the way it has to be…
i even got the advantage, that i can hear my tracks with virgin fresh ears in front of crowds that experience them first time…
Key idea here
Oh god, I just started imagining how things would have been if my old bands (like, with guitars and drums and stuff) had been expected to show up to every gig with 40-45mins of new material hahaha…
(took us 2+ years to even get a full set in the beginning for my very first band hah.)
I would agree with reeloy here, and even go one step further:
I´d say it is really important to build up some sort of “signature sound”…
in some cases, that can be simply using the same kick sample for everything (works better if your music is simplistic in the first place, obviously) or something along those lines.
I think if you are always basically, producing, you are inevitably going to have a couple new tracks you just want to feed into and hear on a larger system or want to “debut”, if not for the crowd, for yourself. I usually always end up doing new material because it’s where I’m at currently.
It’s a good way to weed out those tracks that sounded nice in studio, but don’t translate to the street, for whatever reason.
Right?! I started in bands as well.
I agree. I feel like it’s wasting a chance if you don’t test out some new ideas.
The response is much appreciated! I don’t get a lot of feedback from my crowd, so these kinds of topics can give me a bit of anxiety.