I don't know what I do...
Something I've wanted to write about for a while: and will be interested to see the responses.
I'm very happy and pleased with my performances in terms of being able to fill a dancefloor (naturally, I get the odd dud), but by and large, the fact so many venues comment on 'how full I'd kept the dancefloor', suggests I'm 'above average' in terms of being able to fill a dancefloor.
But here's the bit I struggle with: I couldn't teach someone to do what I do. If someone asked me to explain why I picked certain songs or why I played them in a certain order, I couldn't. I just 'know' what songs to play.
Often, much of my playlist I determine ahead of the evening, and just tweak/amend on the night, but I leave home knowing my plan for how the flow of the evening is going to go, and at what times I want to build the dancefloor etc.
Could you teach someone what you do? Could you explain the reasons for why you play songs in the order you play them?