WHen it comes to me playing some new tunes never before heard/half heard :
As a good dj, u put on a tune, smack on a new, listen fast, it is good- mix it in, if it sucks, throw on a new, check it and so on. Building up a set on demand is an important skill!!!
During sets sometimes people come over and as u to put a new demo they have made, u ahve to listen fast thru it while mixing (if u decite to give the poor lad a chance), see if it will fit in somewhere between your tracks...or if it even fits your style. What if ur bag gets stolen on the airport? U have to borrow tracks, too lame to cancel, you have to mix tracks that r not yours!
Get the drift?
Sure. Why don't you ask somebody to always bring you some
vinyls and CD's so that you don't have to carry all those damn
records with you. Maybe somebody could even arrange it so, that
for a gig you get like, say, 40 vinyls including techno, drum'n'bass,
trance, nu-nrg and maybe some rock'n'roll to spice up the cross-
over experience. That should keep everyone happy.
That's what I'd do if I were a world-class star DJ like you.
Sadly, I have not the chance to do this, because your skills are
probably a lot better than mine. I really need to know my records
before I can play them in front of an audience. I am a bad DJ :(