BeatMatching.

[DJ_Shiver]

Ok so i've just started out, got myself quite a good setup. Worked on my style, listened to different songs, created and edited some good playlists, and practised them to make them sound smooth. Except the one thing i struggle to do is Beatmatch my current song with the one i have cued up. I mean i'm not terrible, and the next song doesn't just hit you, but it can sound a bit dodgey sometimes.

My question is should i keep practising on it for a while, or would i be able to get away with only being ok with it and going out to smaller clubs and getting a bit of experiance?

[Buck_Choi]

Welcome to the forum :]

I say keep on practising, record a mix send it to a few of your friends ask them if they find it a bit too much with the transitions and beats. or even post it up here and you will get a load of feedback =]

Peace.

Ps - post in the intro section ^.^

[DJ_Shiver]

Oh k cool thanks. i will keep on practising then . and yea sorry didn't know if i should post it there or in begginers section.

[Buck_Choi]

yeah post up in the intro create a soundcloud account @ www.soundcloud.com and upload your mixes and all that stuff and post them up in the appropriate sections for proper feed back ^.^

[CBG]

I'd say practice while you look for work... getting gigs doesnt happen over night.

And depends opn what clubs, if they want you to play tech, prog, tracne etc.... forget about it.

If its top 40, rnb etc. go for it

[DJAdumbration]

...if they want you to play tech, prog, tracne etc.... forget about it.

If its top 40, rnb etc. go for it

Just wondering why you should forget about them if they want you to play tech, prog trance etc? I personally cannot stand clubs that play rnb, top 40 etc. Or am I not drinking enough coffee and misreadin the post?

[Jaz]

because if you go into a respectable club and fail to mix trance you will be murdered for even trying when u dont have it down pat, + that club probly wont hire you again

as for the Top 40 part, well you dont really mix top 40 cause its all different BPM's and genre's, basically what ever 16 year old girls are voting into the top 10 so its just chop n change n fade in n fade out, so you can get away with that....

[lloydc]

...if they want you to play tech, prog, tracne etc.... forget about it.

If its top 40, rnb etc. go for it

Just wondering why you should forget about them if they want you to play tech, prog trance etc? I personally cannot stand clubs that play rnb, top 40 etc. Or am I not drinking enough coffee and misreadin the post?

because people care about shit like that in the clubs that play these genres.

[Skank]

hey man why dont you post what the two songs are and a few of us will try mixing it together and youll see what the different results can be

[DJAdumbration]

Good points. I suppose trance is probably the easiest to mix and also the one where any stuff ups will be especially noticeable and if you can't even get that right, well...

Cheers

[Ravni]

practice you will eventually get good at it. Iif u have mates that are dj's observe wat they do, play some tracks out together you'll get there.

Rely on your ears as well or do wat i did for the first few months, cover the beat counters on your cdj's and persist to feel the music and mix ur songs in purely based on your ears. Find it more soothing as well lol

the best advice know ur tracks,

[DJAdumbration]

I started off with the $400 all-in-one from JB HiFi. No beat counters at all! Was good to learn on, but once you want to play for anybody else - upgrade!

Definatley agree on knowing your songs inside and out. Know where the break downs are, know where the beat, melody, vocals etc come and go. And most importantly, trust your ears. Even the best beat counter can get it wrong!

[mattus123]

cover up the beat counters on your decks and work on doing it all by ear

after a while you will be mixing by ear super smoothly

[JonnyB]

cover up the beat counters on your decks and work on doing it all by ear

after a while you will be mixing by ear super smoothly

This ^ great advice.

plus rep

[djarmed]

I suppose trance is probably the easiest to mix s

oooooooo wouldn't want too many trance dj's to see that comment.

[Jaz]

my thoughts exactly when i saw it was waiting for someone to chime in

[CBG]

trance is one of the hardest because their tempo can very from 130-140 or more... definetily not the easiest

[JonnyB]

id say hiphop and breaks would be alot harde

can range between 60bpm and 115bpm haha

[Jaz]

id say classical music would be the hardest to mix

[lloydc]

how about terrorcore?

[tubby]

trance is the easiest, but also the most limiting. relatively similar bpm range, easy beats. The problem comes as it is so full of melodies that it really limits what you can do with it.

but for practising it works ok, just mix outro to intro. PVD's tracks tho (not his most recent poppy stuff) is good to learn on