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| quote: | Originally posted by ScratchMaster
Gotta agree with Shochwave.
Practice does make you perfect and there are no rules to mixing.
And recording yourself does help.I never recorded anything I played cause I thought my mixing was spot on.But I have done it a few times now & found that you learn a lot by listening to yourself later.....maybe not bout beat matching but bout whether you brought in the next track too fast or whether your EQ's were ok.
Accolade reading the crowd and placing your songs right[flow] are very important but it isn't as important as mixing IMO.
You gotta learn how to beat match flawlessly first and then start thinking bout reading the crowd and thinking bout the flow of your set.
You cant get to a BLACK BELT without learning the moves of a WHITE BELT[hermit DJ from the Himalayas must've told you this  ]
Even if your flow is good and you read the crowd like a book;if you cant beat match its no use.
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Haha! Nice one @ hermit DJ joke! 
ScratchMaster and Busy Child, what you're saying is right, but it falls under the category of TRANSITION. When I say "transition" I implicitly mean PROPER transition.
"Proper Transition? Is there any other kind?" (hehe )
And the answer is no.
That means taking into account phrasing, beatmatching, gain levels, the clashing of harmonics, etc.
Of course, that has to be mastered before you can read the crowd and do all that good stuff. But if you can't do the transition, then why are you in front of the crowd in the first place?
[Warning - begin RANT]
It's a natural transition (no pun intended) from beginner to Club DJ, like ScratchMaster said. Thus my little joke on Warrior DJ's was to show the ridiculousness of those DJ's like Ferry Corsten who pull things out of their ass like "Illusion Mixing," which is one of the stupidest things I've heard. What the hell is "Illusion Mixing" anyway? (rhetorical question) People have been mixing for years, and especially with our "house-type 4/4" music, there is not a lot of variety!!! How could he possibly have "invented" a "new" mixing "style"?? Does he mix in "3D" or something?? (Also a ridiculous statement)
At most, he adds in an effect during the transition, or a "wooshing" noise or something lame like that, so you have the "feel" like you're in an "illusion." Of course this is conjecture, but you get my drift.
The point is that whatever Ferry, or anyone else for that matter, does during their mix to spruce it up - first of all, props to them, it's awesome to make a transition unique - whatever they do, in the end, their mix is just a Mix. A Unique Mix, yeah. A Special Mix, sure. But not an "Illusion Mix."
So I'm showing that this fad nowadays (in every aspect of life) to label things with fancy names, which don't mean anything and just serve to make whatever you're labelling look cool and "unique" in a bid to garner more cash or sell your product more - is stupid and useless.
All it does is show that whatever you're trying to sell (in this case your DJ'ing skills), cannot stand on its own merits and thus you felt the need to add in a ridiculously-sounding "cool" name to appeal to the masses.
"Heeeeyyy...! What are you implying? That Ferry sucks?"
Hmm...didn't think of that, but maybe he does, if he feels the need to say "Illusion Mixing." 
Again, IMHO.
[end RANT]
P.S. great discussion, I really like this thread!
P.P.S. It is entirely possible that Ferry is totally unaware of the meaning of the "Empty Name" (as in there is nothing behind the name, it's just a stupid label) trend nowadays, and innocently called his whatever-he-does "Illusion Mixing." But now I'm really interested in finding out just what this is, if for no other reason than to laugh.
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