I absolutely love this trip inside of how your mind works. It makes sense, that the longer you work at it, the more "work" fits into a flow state.
Experience matters, sure.
But you seem like a natural at reading the vibe, and that is a skill that for me only comes with some effort!
Thank you very much for your nice comment!
I tell you, at my first gigs I tried to avoid to make eye contact - I was sooo focused on my controller or the floor of the stage... or maybe shy about "Do they like my music?" Nowadays I go "a little" more outside. I learned/got used to lift the head, to move all the time - unimportant if all the guest are inside on the table eating and I stand alone in the garden... (Yes, because you have to tranport the energy and show the fun of the music. Nobody will think "Oh, let's go outside and dance as fast as possible" when you stand there like a bored tree.)
And as confidence about my work grew up, I began to go more outside with my expressions, don't avoid eye contact any longer. In the opposite: if someone meets my eyes s/he receives 3 seconds of "extra funky Paul", maybe with duck face, head banging or something like this. I mean, I not transformed into a clown with this, but I am the DJ where is transfering positive vibes & emotions and a smile! It looks double good when I do 3 seconds "Extra-Paul" dance, because I can't dance and for sure my boogie-woogie arm movement looks like... LOL... But the people have fun! That's the most important thing. Good entertainment! A great mood! When people laugh a second about how the funk is catching me, we laugh together. Then the guests say "this was great!". And guess who will be in the head when the next birthday party is about to be planned. "Let's choose the DJ again, which brought a good night to our guests!"
And there we are again: only the doing and effort in public can train and tell you: DJ, you can be confident about your work, relax a little, let the funk rule. (It is only awkward when your performance sucks... then I don't would do this stuff too...) We can know that nobody laught about us, but with us. And even if somebody laughs about me, no problem... I see enough reasons to do that too. When people say "Do you remember this freaky DJ?" I am 100% fine with it. Good promo! They will remember me. And when the music was great too, then... I am the guy who brings the funk to the punk. LOL Then I won more than the sitting, bored looking, non-smiling DJ...
the people have fun! That's the most important thing.
Truer words, have not been spoken!
!PIMP
!PIZZA