Constantly mix back and forth, regardless if the timing is right, just to practice beatmatching, eqing, etc... plus that can give you a quick idea of which tracks go well together and which don't. I just hate waiting 6 minutes for a track to play, especially when I've been hammering the same tracks for a while.

half and half between trying hard and trying to make a set flow nice, like i would for a gig, and half the time i just dick around playing whatever i wanna. both are important, making a set flow just right takes practice, but sometimes when your messing around you find something really creative or a new technique or whatever. im curious what others do.

i just jam, and tend to mix in and out more often than usual. If you always are doing something you stay on your toes and this is also great to make some nice discoveries in terms of track combos.

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Originally posted by elFreak i just jam, and tend to mix in and out more often than usual. If you always are doing something you stay on your toes and this is also great to make some nice discoveries in terms of track combos.

This is much the same for me. I generally like to let my fave new tracks at the moment play right through and layer parts of other tunes over the top to see what can sound good together. But yes with older tracks I've had for a while I tend to play around with them a bit more chopping them up/scratching and using effects a bit more and really mixing the tracks trying not to have a dominant tune for a lot of the time. I also try different placement ideas more with some of my older tracks, but I guess I should try that more with new stuff too.

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yeah if you know your tracks well enough you can screw around with placement ideas as well as effects/loops more. i think it's a lot harder to be creative with newer tracks unless you spend a good amount of time learning it before you play it.

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Yeah the best is when you're randomly mixing and you're cueing up the next track and discover it would make a great blend for a mashup or something that like.

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Thanks for the tips guys, I had slacked for quite a while in between my first mix and the one I'm making now and I just know that if I had kept practicing like I should have I'd be much further ahead than what I am at the moment.

But quite frankly I have no idea what the best approach would be, so I'm pretty much open to all ideas

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basically the more you put into it the more you will get out of it. I spin soooo much everyday just to stay on top of my game and know what effects i can use where and which tracks go well together and at which points to do everything. It's a war zone out there with the amount of djs out there you have to stand out

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Play something else.

I've practiced mixing with a lot of different styles of music just to improve my ears. Real often, you'll find that different rythms are a lot harder to mix. Try mixing hip-hop, drum 'n bass or dance-classics (or just take your sisters Britney Spears cd's and use those), for example. It will really help you to get a better ear for what works and what doesn't.

Also, try 'on-the-fly' mixing, starting with the pitch on zero (or any random value) and just adjusting it once you have started the track. You can do this without headphones, to make it a little harder.

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Originally posted by djxtension Play something else. I've practiced mixing with a lot of different styles of music just to improve my ears. Real often, you'll find that different rythms are a lot harder to mix. Try mixing hip-hop, drum 'n bass or dance-classics (or just take your sisters Britney Spears cd's and use those), for example. It will really help you to get a better ear for what works and what doesn't. Also, try 'on-the-fly' mixing, starting with the pitch on zero (or any random value) and just adjusting it once you have started the track. You can do this without headphones, to make it a little harder.

This is some very interesting advice

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