Eli5 – What is a DJ like Tiesto actually doing when performing a live show?

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I don’t really know much about the process of remixing a song but I can imagine it is a process that is like editing a video – layering tracks, adding beats, etc. They are clearly not doing that kind of editing live so they are basically playing something that’s already had some amount of that already done.

So what are they doing live besides maybe mixing between songs?

I just don’t understand what all the knob fiddling is about.

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>They are clearly not doing that kind of editing live so they are basically playing something that’s already had some amount of that already done.

Not always true. There’s many DJs who do in fact are doing live editing of their music. One of my favourite DJs have a keyboard out during his performance and he would be composing and playing it live (recording a melody line and then remixing it on the spot into the music layers).

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