I'm not picking a fight but I honestly can't even stand the concept of mash-ups. It's one thing for a DJ to do it, on the fly, but quite another to create a single out of two songs in order for a DJ to play it. I'm editorializing more than giving any advice but my opinion is, don't. That's my two cents and I'll keep it to myself, from here on out so I don't ruin your thread.

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I don't like them either, but I know a lot of people do. IMO, if it would've not been for that Robin S vs Be mashup that Laiback Luke & Steve Angello made, they would've not been as big as they are now. That mashup put them on the mainstream map as it got played all over the radio and they even made a video of it.

A friend of mine used to make a lot of mashups and a lot DJ's played them. Now, he's touring internationally in major part thanks to them.

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Originally posted by DjWoody I don't like them either, but I know a lot of people do. IMO, if it would've not been for that Robin S vs Be mashup that Laiback Luke & Steve Angello made, they would've not been as big as they are now. That mashup put them on the mainstream map as it got played all over the radio and they even made a video of it. A friend of mine used to make a lot of mashups and a lot DJ's played them. Now, he's touring internationally in major part thanks to them.

the video is so "Ultra"..

Now back to the OP. For creating mash ups, Ableton will be your best friend. To find out the keys, you can either buy the tracks off Beatport or when you play them on their player it shows you the key. Another tool you can use is Mixed In Key. It's not 100% accurate, but for the most part it is.

And last, you can use the wheel below. There's instructions on this link on how to use it.

http://www.mixedinkey.com/HowTo.aspx

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Originally posted by DjWoody I don't like them either, but I know a lot of people do. IMO, if it would've not been for that Robin S vs Be mashup that Laiback Luke & Steve Angello made, they would've not been as big as they are now. That mashup put them on the mainstream map as it got played all over the radio and they even made a video of it. A friend of mine used to make a lot of mashups and a lot DJ's played them. Now, he's touring internationally in major part thanks to them.

Tsk, tsk, you need to go further back in mashup history than those two pretenders.

I remember the whole mushup thing nearly a decade before either of them were about - I used to play out in Toronto in 2001 and mashups were the flavor of the day then - remember all those Stardust Music Sounds Better with you mashups? The madonna - Holiday one? Paul Van Dyk - found an Angel?

Armand Van Helden and Fatboy Slim can be largely held responsible for the popularizing mashups. They did a boxing ring style battle event in London that was mashups only, all night. I think it was 1999 or something.

I think the first major charting mashup was Fragma - Toca's Miracle (Coco's I need a miracle with Fragma - Toca Me).

Actually, scrap that - I think the first really big one (which is fucking excellent btw) was Gat Decor - Passion vs Degrees Of Motion - Do you want it right now. Fucking love that track.

Technically, layering a vocal over existing track and putting that out as a record is a mashup and if that's the case then Chicane's Offshore is a mashup (If I remember right some welsh DJ mixed them at a club and then judge jules heard it and copied that mix for his Radio 1 show and then before you knew it a limited bootleg mashup was available, so Nick Bracegirdle (Chicane) thought "Fuck that, time to cash in" and he licensed the vocal for an official release.

Yea, mashups been around for a long time. I used to buy them as white labels and I def remember that Madona one.

What I meant was that because of that Robin S mashup, Laidback Luke & Steve Angello blew up. Outside the EDM circles, hardly anyone had heard of them, at least here in LA. Once they made that mashup, they (Angello & Luke) blew up.

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Originally posted by DjWoody Yea, mashups been around for a long time. I used to buy them as white labels and I def remember that Madona one. What I meant was that because of that Robin S mashup, Laidback Luke & Steve Angello blew up. Outside the EDM circles, hardly anyone had heard of them, at least here in LA. Once they made that mashup, they (Angello & Luke) blew up.

Oh sorry, got it, I thought you were saying mashups blew up because of them.

Anyone recall "Remember Magnetic North" and "Cowpander"?

i made all kinda of quick edits/mash ups when i dj's my brothers wedding.

Here is one i managed to find. Made this one the plane ride there. A bunch others too.





played a few mash ups already done



the problem is that mashups allow people to do creative things and 99% of people suck at music so it usually doesn't work out. But if you know what you are doing, which is 1% ofd djs, mashups are great. IT allows you to put vocals on any track and that is the one thing EDM lacks. If you are a dj, then you know to play for girls as guys dance because girls dance. Girls like vocals. do the math.

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Originally posted by DjWoody I don't like them either, but I know a lot of people do. IMO, if it would've not been for that Robin S vs Be mashup that Laiback Luke & Steve Angello made, they would've not been as big as they are now. That mashup put them on the mainstream map as it got played all over the radio and they even made a video of it. A friend of mine used to make a lot of mashups and a lot DJ's played them. Now, he's touring internationally in major part thanks to them.

rap made the mashup. Laid back luke and angello have contributed nothing.

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Originally posted by Vector A Anyone recall "Remember Magnetic North"?

I all ways did love this mash up! Markus Schulz remix / mash up!

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