how do you start your liveset?

krachtwerk · Post by **krachtwerk** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 11:08 pm

hey guys.

funny but i can't find a topic that specifically is about how people start their liveset.

like, do you start with a beat that builds up.. and trow a bassline in, and build from there..
or do you have some huge intro, with sweeps and what not.
really curious.

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sunaivod · Post by **sunaivod** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 11:16 pm

I mostly start with a beat, then I jam some heavy guitars on it (Or a catchy synth/bassline)
Mostly it's the Chorus I start with, or just 'main riff'.
Then I build parts around it... back and forward.

Sometimes I just start with a guitar riff, or synth part and built beats around it.

Best tracks come at moments you just wanna experiment and don't force yourself to make a song.

Just my 2 cents.

Johnisfaster · Post by **Johnisfaster** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 11:19 pm

do you mean liveset like when you play live? or just when you're making a song at home?

audiovoid · Post by **audiovoid** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 11:47 pm

Assuming you're talking about gigging, I almost always start with some looping noise or texture sample and let it cruise for a bit before dropping the 1st beat.

There have been only a few times when I used the tap tempo and nudge up/down controls to attempt to mix out of the person before me but it was only so/so. I am used to doing this with serato via midi controller but with live I have not been able to get it spot on so I usually just default back to the "sound-design(ish)" type of intro. Also, This way people can get a small breather and it makes it Very apparent that a new person has taken over the booth.

krachtwerk · Post by **krachtwerk** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 12:24 am

Johnisfaster wrote:do you mean liveset like when you play live? or just when you're making a song at home?

yes i meant gigging.

me and my buddy are doing our first liveset together end of juli..
we want to make this massive epic kinda intro.. with a choir.. big drumhits, pads.. then abrubtly stop it and trow in a massive breakbeat.. or maybe a 4 to the floor..

we're working on it now.

Illum · Post by **Illum** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 12:36 am

sacrifice.
then maybe move in to a nice vamp in a major key.

Coupe70 · Post by **Coupe70** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 1:19 am

we are usually doing this intro thing without beats.
with some nice or sometimes funny samples. the intro
is what changes most often in our set - it's something
where you can play around, get warm, check the monitoring,
have a look at the people... and if it is more a concert
setting the people get the opportunity to walk in and
"get ready to dance"...

when seeing other live acts i like intros where i can
smile because of a nice idea, it helps me to like the
people on the stage. i don't like to get punched
in the face the moment the live act starts, no matter
how hard the music gets afterwards...

Johnisfaster · Post by **Johnisfaster** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 2:14 am

well the beauty of it is that you get to do whatever you want to do. for a long time I started my live set with a track from nightmare before christmas "im sensing somethings in the wind, that says the tragedies at hand" and I would slowly bring reverb and delay over the track until it became a wall of noise, then I'd bring the first beat in behind it.

then for a bit I would start with bukowski spoken word which I'd glitch out and then add a beat behind it.

chapelier fou · Post by **chapelier fou** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 9:42 am

Personnaly, with sound.

logic_user99 · Post by **logic_user99** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 12:02 pm

Noise. Either white or something granular/digital. Then filter the shit out of it and add delay...aaaaand into the first song!

Hermanus · Post by **Hermanus** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 12:04 pm

I would like to say everytime is different.

Sometimes I wanna jam with a vst instrument, after a while catch the good sound and there you go.

As you can start with beat or every rythmic fun you want.

I'm a moody person

timothyallan · Post by **timothyallan** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 12:07 pm

I have a 64 bar intro I made, tons of bass and spinning lfo's and fx... that type of stuff. Then it fades into white noise so i can mix in anything after it with no hassle

SubFunk · Post by **SubFunk** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 12:18 pm

I have no rules, it can be anything from fist in your face to a slow built up... Depends on mood and crowd, place and time circumstaces...

the_antagonist · Post by **the_antagonist** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 12:52 pm

i like to start with a costume change.

nebulae · Post by **nebulae** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 7:22 pm

I start by taking a good shit. Clear bowels are excellent for producing. Also, I make some of my best beats on the can.

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