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Posted by Psionic on Mar-11-2005 02:26:

Starter tunes

Ok my DJ setup is just about complete, and I know I will be spinning progressive house. What are some good tunes to begin with that will make learning to beatmatch easier? You guys know what I mean I think, stuff with a very obvious bassline, etc.

Posted by DJ-Igloo on Mar-11-2005 02:29:

anything with a good solid clear drum beat will help u get started beat matching took me about a month or so practicing every day to get decent at it. but rember find ur on style

Posted by DJ Joshua H on Mar-11-2005 02:36:

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Originally posted by DJ-Igloo
anything with a good solid clear drum beat will help u get started beat matching took me about a month or so practicing every day to get decent at it. but rember find ur on style

+1, also look for long intros and outros

Posted by Psionic on Mar-11-2005 03:28:

I need actual song recommendations guys, I know what to look for in the tunes themselves.

Posted by saintjohnson on Mar-11-2005 06:48:

find a record store on the internet that has sound samples of what you like.....buy some, and go from there....

You don't need someone elses opinion to tell you what you should like...

Posted by Zack Roth on Mar-11-2005 08:08:

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Originally posted by TruffleShuffle
I need actual song recommendations guys

You don't need anyone to hold your hand and tell you what records are good. Buy ones you like that have prominent kicks and workable intros. Just scan through your MP3 collection and pick songs that fit that description.

Posted by dj chex on Mar-11-2005 08:19:

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Originally posted by TruffleShuffle
I need actual song recommendations guys, I know what to look for in the tunes themselves.

Nobody can tell you... Just go to a record shop and spend the day digging. That's how many of us do it... Also, check out whitelables, and grab as much things you've never heard of, trust me you'll find lots of good stuff you've never knew existed./

Posted by Jake Conlon on Mar-11-2005 08:24:

buy a couple of hard house records as they have tough kicks and once you learn to beatmatch sell em and buy some prog house

Posted by sleepydragon on Mar-11-2005 11:43:

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Originally posted by TruffleShuffle
I need actual song recommendations guys, I know what to look for in the tunes themselves.

just put some vinyl on the platter and listen in ur headphones to see if the bass is obvious.
Hard trance is the easiest genre to learn to beatmatch i think very solid basslines pretty easy to tell which track is going faster or slower.

Posted by ste_johnstone on Mar-13-2005 12:07:

I know its not prog but I am absolutely loving Curve - Chinese Burn (Forbidden Future Mix) thats an excellent starting tune!!!

Posted by Omega_Blue on Mar-13-2005 19:48:

i'd buy a bunch of vinyl with long drum intros that don't have a whole lot going on for the first minute or so except the drums.. uh...

three drives - greece 2000
billie ray martin - honey (chicane club mix)
randy katana - in silence (txitarrro remix)
kamaya painters - far from over
darude - sandstorm
just about anything from ferry

Posted by Eric Siefer on Mar-13-2005 21:34:

Along with the above-mentioned clear drum kick, I recommend getting some varied snare/hi-hat/clap patterned tracks(something besides the stereotypical kick-snare,kick-snare).

I say this because while your learning to match the kicks, listen to the snare/hi-hat/clap patterns, you'll pickup the common patterns, and eventually be able to match kicks to claps..etc.)

^hope that makes sense.

Posted by Inertia on Mar-14-2005 03:41:

Fortunato & Montresor - Imagine (Chris Fortier Remixes) [Bedrock]
Mavi - Fallen/B1 [Regress]

learned to beatmatch with those records. both solid tunes, real good and they keep it simple.

i recommend you buy some breaks records. even if you don't spin much breaks, just so you learn how to mix them, even for the off event that maybe the DJ before you leaves a breakbeat record on and you're forced to mix out of it.

a good record to learn with is:

Luke Chable & Jono Fernandez - Before You Break on Me/Before You Beat My Box

both sides are real good. one has been played to hell by everyone now, the other not so much.

Posted by trancecadet on Mar-15-2005 00:17:

steve angello - voices (eric prydz remix) <-- if you like house!
Alex Bartlett - Amnesia (Steve Murano Remix)
Infusion - Legacy (Junkie XL mix)
Infusion - Legacy (Synesthesia dub)

Posted by Omega_Blue on Mar-15-2005 01:53:

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Originally posted by trancecadet
steve angello - voices (eric prydz remix) <-- if you like house!
Alex Bartlett - Amnesia (Steve Murano Remix)
Infusion - Legacy (Junkie XL mix)
Infusion - Legacy (Synesthesia dub)

i dunno, imo i would stay away from infusion - legacy (junkie xl) because it's not 4 on the floor like usual trance shit. plus it has that measure or two of silence before kicking into the track.

Posted by Luke Cartwright on Mar-15-2005 15:32:

Easy choice, Ernesto Vs Bastian - Whos The Starter.

Posted by trancecadet on Mar-15-2005 15:42:

quote:
Originally posted by Omega_Blue
i dunno, imo i would stay away from infusion - legacy (junkie xl) because it's not 4 on the floor like usual trance shit. plus it has that measure or two of silence before kicking into the track.

thats exactly why I like it. the silence is amazing. its real calm and mellow and then whack. the beat kicks in and its a real powerful start one of my fav tracks. ive used it many times to start a set off and it mixes liek a glove into motorcycle - as the rush comes (shulz coldharbour remix). I liek the coldharbour remixes ALOT and they too can be used a good starter tracks.

Im not much into house tho. im all trance..

Posted by Dj Dissent on Mar-15-2005 22:59:

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Originally posted by trancecadet
thats exactly why I like it. the silence is amazing. its real calm and mellow and then whack. the beat kicks in and its a real powerful start one of my fav tracks. ive used it many times to start a set off and it mixes liek a glove into motorcycle - as the rush comes (shulz coldharbour remix). I liek the coldharbour remixes ALOT and they too can be used a good starter tracks.

Im not much into house tho. im all trance..

are we talking about tunes to start of a set or tunes for a starter? i wouldnt suggest breaks for a beginner ....great tune though

Posted by Psionic on Mar-16-2005 00:35:

quote:
Originally posted by Dj Dissent
are we talking about tunes to start of a set or tunes for a starter? i wouldnt suggest breaks for a beginner ....great tune though

Tunes for a starter

Posted by Shudder on Mar-16-2005 00:40:

tune with relativly low energy. thats all i can say

Posted by Thriller on Mar-16-2005 10:18:

Get the Wadi song actually, it's really easy and it comes with a dub. Also the Valentino remix of Rezin is the same tempo and it's included as well.
Wardy

Posted by Allied Nations on Mar-16-2005 15:59:

quote:
Originally posted by Omega_Blue
i dunno, imo i would stay away from infusion - legacy (junkie xl) because it's not 4 on the floor like usual trance shit. plus it has that measure or two of silence before kicking into the track.

it has like 32 bars of intro foray before the main kick hits.
the infusion mix is dif tho...

id say Oakies mis of born slippy nuxx, whicked track to have and great intro