What makes you get worse when mixing?

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Posted by Keith on Aug-05-2004 21:44:

Parents Asking you to do something
People pissing you off.

Love mixing when drunk. Usually find i concentrate pretty hard lol

keith =)

Posted by whitesmoke on Aug-06-2004 15:00:

when i am wasted my mixes dont sound too good. i dont get it

Posted by Wacky Hacky on Aug-25-2004 19:29:

Too much caffeine

When I'm depressed I play really emotional sets, when I'm happy I play very uplifting.

Never had a problem with heat. And while playing at parties I always find the room to be cool, even though it might be 30�C+ in there .lol

Posted by D Dubya on Aug-25-2004 22:17:

When I am pissed off, moody or stressed.

Posted by brian on Aug-25-2004 23:56:

1. Getting too much sleep, like 9+ hours -- something about it just makes me really bad at beatmatching.

2. Not knowing the tunes well enough to know when to start mixing into/out of them

3. Hunger!

Posted by dan_Saviola on Aug-26-2004 21:52:

1. my first mix isgood -if i start witha good mix its all gravy
2. if my bird upsets me - then i throw the best set on earth
3. if i have a brew next tome

Posted by Xavier on Aug-27-2004 01:43:

changing genres, when you've mixed rnb for a week, and then you want to go back to trance. I forget which beat to cue on.

Posted by on Aug-27-2004 19:39:

Heat really gets to me... distractions, not so much.. just yesterday, my mom came into my room while I was just starting the transistion and while she was talking to me, I was EQing at the same time and listening to what she was telling me... All I know is that it was a good transistion and I did what she asked me to do after I was done mixing.

1. Heat
2. Tired
3. Not interested in mixing (I can ALWAYS feel like listening to trance, but for some reason there are times when I just can't be assed to DJ)... its wierd.. if that feeling was to hit me on a night where I had a gig to do, I think I would be fucked cuz I would spin an absolute shit set.

Posted by Spin Doctor on Aug-27-2004 19:47:

Worrying too much about what the end product sounds like instead of having a good time...which is when the end product sounds best!

Posted by DJXTC on Aug-31-2004 19:25:

exactly. THinking too much for me will actually screw me up.

Posted by DannyO on Aug-31-2004 20:28:

quote:
Originally posted by DJXTC
exactly. THinking too much for me will actually screw me up.

Hmm when you say it like that, its almost like saying the best DJs are dumb....*cough* Tiesto *cough* j/k

You just gotta have a good time.

Posted by on Aug-31-2004 22:32:

quote:
Originally posted by DannyO
Hmm when you say it like that, its almost like saying the best DJs are dumb....*cough* Tiesto *cough* j/k

You just gotta have a good time.

Speaking of thinking, shouldn't you be paying attention to your job... 2:30pm, I know you are at work man...

Now get back to work...

Posted by DannyO on Aug-31-2004 23:16:

quote:
Originally posted by DJ Lazy
Speaking of thinking, shouldn't you be paying attention to your job... 2:30pm, I know you are at work man...

Now get back to work...

I had another *cough* break. *looks around suspiciously*

Posted by tomfoord on Aug-31-2004 23:23:

1. Tiredness
2. Stress
3. Generally not being in the mood

Strangely though, it always seems that I'm best at mixing the day after a big night out, when I'm on a bit of a comedown

Posted by DjVash on Aug-31-2004 23:38:

Alcohol. Definetly.

Posted by djsaryn on Sep-02-2004 17:26:

1: being tired.
2: taking too long to match them, then the transition is al out of wack and it sound horrible.
3: having my parents tel me to turn the bass down, then i cant hear it and i say screw it.
4: despressed is really not too good either.

Posted by amartinathome on Sep-02-2004 22:36:

1. Something that no one has touched on - Playing on decks and mixer that are way too low. Can the set up be higher than my waist? My back just gives out after about an hour.

2. Not having any beer before playing (I find a pint or two takes the edge off).

3. When someone tries to come and "help" you. Put records away, help you pick records, give commentary. Two words: Fuck Off.

Posted by 3xx3r7 on Sep-03-2004 01:52:

quote:
Originally posted by amartinathome
Two words: Fuck Off.

Reminds me of a t-shirt on Chemical: Fuck Off - I'm Mixing.

Posted by Wraith on Sep-03-2004 04:56:

quote:
Originally posted by 3xx3r7

Reminds me of a t-shirt on Chemical: Fuck Off - I'm Mixing.

I'm going to invest in one of those shirts. I know people don't do it to fuck you up intentionally, but they always start talking to you when you are midway in a transition. It's annoying and most of the time I just pretend not to hear them. If I had the shirt I would point to it and hopefully they'd get the hint.

Posted by Audigy7 on Sep-03-2004 06:10:

The phone. I was 3 tracks into a mix the other day and both transitions were pretty good. Then the phone rang and of course nobody else is gonna answer it, 'twas a telemarketer. I get back into the mix and my next 3 mixes are HORRIBLE. The beatmatching sucked, the transitions sucked, the mixing just plain sucked. I gave up after 5 tracks.

Fucking telemarketers.

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