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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I saw DJ Shadow live back in 1997 or so. I’m fairly certain he was just playing his own album and doing basically nothing but collecting the check. He wasn’t even dancing around. They didn’t even lower the house lights in the venue.

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