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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It’s all bollocks. In the seventies the music was so good there was no need to fiddle with it. We had live bands too. In the pub. They could play because they rehearsed and practiced. The DJ just selected top tunes to keep people on the floor.
Seems to me these superstar DJs rely far too heavily on the entire audience being loved up on E.

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