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Techno Dj to hip-hop?
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| DjWikid |
hey kids,
i was recently playing a set at a local rave, and the next day i got a call from a fraternity throwing a party as a fund raiser. They want me to Dj, not using my own equipment, and all hip-hop for dancing. I told them i would do it, 1200 USD for 5 hours of playing isn't bad at all.. : ).. but i really don't know how to mix hip-hop.
Any Tips or Tricks?
I listen to hip-hop, so I'm fairly familiar with tracks I'm going to be using off the cd's given to me, (CD ftl, Vinyl ftw) so im thinking... Match up BPM's fade, and bring it back down?
idk..
help me out. : ) |
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| bas |
I've never actually successfully mixed hip hop...but I don't think it's that hard. Just loop the intro/outro of the tracks for a few beats and fade in and out :p
They'll be drunk and it's a house party so who cares lol. Just make sure you get paid first ;) |
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| all-nite-freak |
just scream out "UGGH AND ANOTHER ONE!" then take out your and piss in everyones face...
funkmaster r kelly is da son |
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| Marc Summers |
hip hop is different than trance
many times you wont find "club versions" (Just a kick in the beginning, no layers), so it will be hard to mix songs together due to choruses and verses being in the begining of the song. |
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| Beat Blog |
Keep you mixes short and sweet.
The easy thing about hip hop is that mixes seen as "weak" in trance/house circles, such as a backspin, are far more acceptable.
Make good use of that.
$240 an hour, that's huge for a house party. Those guys are idiots for offering to pay that much. |
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| DjWikid |
| I'm using Virtual Dj to practice up a little and im just having a problem fading because most tracks begin with vocals and end with vocals so for 10 secs it sounds like because of clashing vocals... |
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| mezzir |
straight cuts are you're friends
lil scratching too, rock the first kick of the song thats coming in for the last 4 beats of the old song, then release the new song right as you cut the old song out completely
also, you only got 2 decks i assume?
more = awesome for hip-hop, beat-juggling's something you should definitely learn if you're gonna be doing hip-hop
good beat juggling + other acapellas etc can bring a crowd to its knees :p |
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| Mmanu |
| looks like you said yes to the money and maybe for the skills... But hey, at $1200 who wouldn't? |
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| Perfect_Cheezit |
| The last event I dj'd I mixed hip hop and only got paid 50 bucks and free access to the bar. It's not hard at all. I live in a ty fraternity that does stuff like that frat wants you to do, and not a single person there is going to be listening for your mixes. |
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| _Nut_ |
Hip Hop is not that bad to mix.
The key is in the snare. When you mix House/trance etc you are going on the 1's 2's 3's 4's
With hip hop it is all about the 'Ands'
Beat AND beat AND beat AND beat AND
IE listen for the snare. It made much more sense. And if you actually purchase the records and such you will have about a 10-15 second intro-outro on the tracks. You must be downloading too many radio edits where singing always starts. |
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| Lebezniatnikov |
Haha, if it's at a frat party, you could use iTunes and nobody would care.
I've mixed hip hop at a few house parties before, and basically, you have to line up the beats, wait for the right moment, and slam the crossfader. It's not real professional or anything, but it gets the job done and people think it's cool if you use the right tracks. I'm not real skilled, so looping and stuff was touch and go with me, so that seemed to be the best route to take. |
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