To people who also mix hip-hop / radio / rock stuff

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Posted by Psy-T on Jul-01-2004 22:20:

quote:
Originally posted by toxa
how exactly do u mix rock into ur edm sets...i would really love to hear some ideas

just for some fun,
take nirvana - lithium
and mix it together with some random funky house you like.

should work okay

(i got pissed when dirty funker released a remix of lithium,, made my idea seem unoriginal, allthough im sure i came up with it before he did )

Posted by bent on Jul-02-2004 02:40:

quote:
Originally posted by Psy-T
(i got pissed when dirty funker released a remix of lithium,, made my idea seem unoriginal, allthough im sure i came up with it before he did )

lol same thing happened to me I a while ago I was usin' "Jet - Be my girl" for fun and now its suddenly a big hit in the US (Im in Aus, where the band originates) and theres a dance remix on djcity.com lol

Posted by Nemesis44 on Jul-02-2004 16:27:

quote:
Originally posted by Freak
Ask nem- he wasplaying hip hop before some of you were born (old fart )

Woot! Sad but true...

Yup, hip hop is fun... I like building phrases and sentences out of lyrics and stuff like that. Haven't done it for a while now but it's a challenge.
Also when I mix hip hop I try to think of it like I'm trying tell tell a bigger story or convey a message or even educate.

I used to DJ break beats and stuff and turntablist skills come in real handy there too.

I always like to use keys in what I'm doing as I still believe this to be the way to rock the party so to speak.

Cheers
Nem

Posted by tdurden on Jul-12-2004 08:09:

quote:
Originally posted by Psiweaver
Its always fun to expand your horizons. I like to mix rap from time to time as well.

Agreed! I've recently ventured into Progressive and Deep House and am lovin' it! But I've not forgotten my roots... Trance.

Posted by Xavier on Jul-12-2004 12:23:

recently I've tried out RnB/Hip Hop. I think its really not that hard.

if theres a decent amount of bars of beats, then mix it.

if there aint decent time then loop the bar thats before the vocals, and then slam the crossfader and precisely on time undo the loop.

Has anyone tried mixing Jagged Edge - Lets Get Married (remix) and sounded really well?

how do you do it? I use the fader start on my djm-300 but it really doesnt sound that good.

Posted by `pr0digy on Jul-12-2004 16:19:

quote:
Originally posted by JM-8
Well, if you can find some webspace, let me know.

PM me.

Posted by bent on Jul-14-2004 02:31:

'Disco' Tunes

How do you guys mix 'disco' tunes? You know ones like:

Madison Avenue
Jamiroquai
Kylie Minogue
Daft Punk - One More Time
Stardust - Music sounds better with you
Spiller - Groovejet
Modjo - Lady

I find that if i try and mix the tracks even when I mix harmonically, it still sounds povo .. so I've tended mainly when mixing this style to 'drop' tracks like when mixing hip-hop .. or sometimes i just cut the bass on the incoming track and let it play for a couple of bars then slam it in with the bass up full. How do you guys mix these typa songs?

Posted by Xavier on Jul-14-2004 03:47:

Re: 'Disco' Tunes

quote:
Originally posted by bent
How do you guys mix 'disco' tunes? You know ones like:

Madison Avenue
Jamiroquai
Kylie Minogue
Daft Punk - One More Time
Stardust - Music sounds better with you
Spiller - Groovejet
Modjo - Lady

I find that if i try and mix the tracks even when I mix harmonically, it still sounds povo .. so I've tended mainly when mixing this style to 'drop' tracks like when mixing hip-hop .. or sometimes i just cut the bass on the incoming track and let it play for a couple of bars then slam it in with the bass up full. How do you guys mix these typa songs?

like trance phrased them.

Posted by `pr0digy on Jul-14-2004 04:17:

quote:
Originally posted by toxa
I heard DJ Z-Trip a few times, this guy provides the perfect blend between rap and rock. I checked out a few of his livesets (even though a lil outdated), the guy does some creative stuff.

Saw him live once, rather unique compared to what I normally listen to.

Posted by rainbow_marble on Jul-14-2004 05:45:

hiphop mixing is all about track selection.. if you are just throwing a random track in after something, good luck. however if you have it planned out and listen for tracks that would mix well, either with one starting with heavy bassline and the other ending with no bassline, etc etc... also its very fun to do creative things such as take an acapella of the song you're going to play, while on the other deck playing the original for an echo'd effect, while messing around with the acapella deck. or beatmatching an acapella of a different song to any particular instrumental.

Posted by roosh on Jul-14-2004 21:46:

I think it's okay to drop tracks in that are different speeds, but you may hurt the flow/energy of the set. What I usually do is play 3-4 songs with the same speed and try to mix them well, then change it up and drop a faster or slower song depending on the direction I'm going. I don't spin hip hop too much so I write down the BPM, since variations can be big. Oh yeah, match up songs using the hi-hats every two beats, not the bass.

A mix to practice on is J Kwon - Tipsy into Chingy - Right Thurr. They mix well

One thing I don't like about current mainstream hip hop is that you have a handful of producers (lil jon, kanye west, timbaland, neptunes, r kelly, JD) making 50%+ of the "hit" tracks, so a lot of it sounds the same. But it's what people want. *shrug*

Posted by bent on Jul-15-2004 02:53:

Do you guys ever sample vocals from other songs? I'm not talking about using acapellas for the entire duration of the track to create a mashup like thing, but sometimes in tracks you get a little bit with a vocal, and no background so u can use it to the same effect as an acapella .. like sampling the 'bass drop (echo.. bass drop)' in Fatman Scoop - 'Be Faithful'..

Posted by Xavier on Jul-16-2004 08:09:

quote:
Originally posted by roosh
Oh yeah, match up songs using the hi-hats

correct.

When I record, after a phrase when I drop the next track, it comes on the 2nd beat (the Hi Hat), and to me it doesnt sound that good. Though its still on beat and on phrase. I'd like the first bass drum to be heard at the very start of the phrase of the transitio.

quote:
Originally posted by bent
Do you guys ever sample vocals from other songs? I'm not talking about using acapellas for the entire duration of the track to create a mashup like thing, but sometimes in tracks you get a little bit with a vocal, and no background so u can use it to the same effect as an acapella .. like sampling the 'bass drop (echo.. bass drop)' in Fatman Scoop - 'Be Faithful'..

If you have fader start, I like using the "No No Notorious" from Nototious BIG - Notorious.

I like also using the first beat of N'Sync & Nelly - Would you be my Girlfriend

Posted by Freak on Jul-16-2004 11:53:

quote:
Originally posted by Xavier

I like also using the first beat of N'Sync & Nelly - Would you be my Girlfriend

Tune (probably get flamed for that but hey, suck my balls )
Awesome tune to mix in- cut in 'would you be my girl' etc etc..
Girly floorfiller that is

Posted by Nemesis44 on Jul-16-2004 12:18:

quote:
Originally posted by Xavier
If you have fader start, I like using the "No No Notorious" from Nototious BIG - Notorious.

Old sample from a Duran Duran track... but that's another story.

Cheers
Nem

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