The concept of ‘flow’ in DJing and how to go with it

The older readers may have recognised our cringey pun in the title of this blog but bad puns aside, ‘flow’ is a concept with philosophical roots in the word of DJing. Pioneer outline this in a new long form blog piece which we thoroughly recommend you go and read but as you’re here, let us summarise a few key points and ideas from the article:

To simplify ‘flow’, it is the optimal experience or total focus on an activity to the extent that the outside world is blocked out.

Likened to playing Jazz, ‘flow’ is a state of mind where you, the DJ find yourself mixing effortlessly, finding the right tracks to play almost on auto pilot and being at one with the crowd.

Pioneer sent questions to a number of top tier DJs and extrapolated some fascinating data from the answers.

Once again, we urge you to read the full article itself but a few data points of interest include a staggering 93% of the DJs questioned regarding their DJ sets as a reward in and of itself. Just make sure you get paid though!

As for how to achieve this, the advice is very doable- use the right, functioning equipment, learn and train, be in the right atmosphere, and be creative. These tidbits are a taster of the full article but if you’re looking to achieve ‘flow’, they are good starting blocks.