Designing a techno liveset (ft. Surco)

Beyond producing and DJ'ing, there is a world of techno being created live by artists improvising on hardware gear. Creating a conversation between you and your machines and your audience, magic moments are possible.

Let's pick the brain of an expert: ‪@SURCOlive‬ chats with me for 80 minutes, with so much advice for someone looking to make their first moves in this world of techno livesets.

Surco's channel ►   / @surcolive  
Surco's website ► https://www.surcolive.com/

Oscar's courses ► https://courses.underdog.brussels
Underdog Mailing List ► http://eepurl.com/gZmNbv
Patreon ►   / underdogmusicschool  
Discord ►   / discord  

Contents:
0:00 The context of this call
1:07 Bearded bald blackshirt club
7:48 The magic of the unique moment
14:27 Advice on getting started
16:35 The 50 percent rule
24:38 The melodic approach trick
26:35 The three tonal elements
28:06 Prelistening or not
31:12 Building in guardrails
36:17 The problems I need to solve
43:00 The Belgian kick drum
46:48 Designing a minimum set
49:00 Rundown of Surco's rig
58:48 Skip to here if you want to hear music
1:07:21 What's the "best" gear?
1:12:44 MIDI syncing
1:16:24 Subscribe to Surco!
1:19:51 Encore (about exploration and play)