How does what you play live vary from what you plan out and create in Ableton? Are there areas that you specifically plan for improvisation or reading the room while performing?
Hey Curtis. I'm lucky in the fact that people come to my shows to hear what I want to play. So it's pretty rare that I divert from my plan on what I'm going to play in a night. With that said, I have so many sets and combos that sometimes I will leave it a bit open and have different paths that I can go down in a set.
@@Stickybudsmusic yeah they are such kick ass sets. Saw you at Bass Coast this year. Maybe to ask the more touchy question, but I ask this in earnest, is what benefit is added by exporting from Ableton to perform the set in Serrato (if I got that right)? I want to play my mixes live for people but I don't want to just hit play. I really connect with your approach shown in this video which is why I ask.
@CurtisPerrin88 All good homey. If you go listen to my Shamb set from this year, there are multiple parts where I'm scratching and sampling the acapellas before and after the actual mix. When I do it live it gives me lots of abaility to "play" a little bit and have fun. If I wasn't a turntablist, there really wouldn't be that much point aside from just making sure that I'm doing something up there. I taught myself how to dj on actual vinyl, etc... It was always a dream to be able to make edits and work with music the way I do now. The old parts of me still want to have that piece of the old days where you're mixing things on the two decks. I've thought about and will probably explore in the future more ways to play and add layers etc.
