seriously, after a while you either get it and move past the bedroom or you don't and spend the rest of your time playing tracks you love in front of your paul oakenfold poster while practicing your jesus pose
it's what seperates those that can beatmatch from those that can dj
Registered: Jul 2007
Location: San Francisco, CA USA
Intuition, sometimes some alcohol , I think I've mostly seen Ferry drinking champagne... drop that Pabst ! Mix on beat and in key, but mostly the key part is track selection and programming.
Jul-08-2007 01:41
DJMaytag
Supreme Pizzaaddict
Registered: Dec 2001
Location: back in Madison, WI... again!
quote:
Originally posted by Zild
A three band EQ is extremely limited. Also I don't mix intros so...
so I take it you spin with Pioneer mixers for the most part?
Registered: Jun 2004
Location: San Antonio, US : TXTA #156
Yes most places I've ever played have Pioneers. Sometimes I get to use a Xone but they're few and far between.
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Registered: Jun 2004
Location: San Antonio, US : TXTA #156
quote:
Originally posted by DJMaytag
sorry to hear
It doesn't bother me. I'd be perfectly fine with a rotary with no EQs. I don't find them necessary.
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Originally posted by DJMaytag
knowing your tracks inside and out, intro and outro is key. you don't even need to be a big name that plays all his or her tracks 100 times a week to do it!
just listen to your stuff and count the beats to follow what's going on! do this enough and you'll know that track A has a long outro and B has a short intro, so it's best to wait 32 bars to throw in track B. WAIT! I want to play track C instead, which has a SUPER long intro, so I need to throw in C right after the breakdown of track A.
Things like that become intuitive after a while. Sometimes even finding these things out the hard way while playing live with tracks you just got can help burn these things into your memory!
Your other option is to cue into the track later, if it has a long intro.
Jul-09-2007 04:50
nefardec
Tranceaddict in tranning
Registered: Oct 2004
Location:
dj sway, ferry uses a specially made atomic stopwatch which lets him know exactly when to drop his tracks in. in fact he doesn't even use his ears or musical knowledge or experience as a deejay for many years
Jul-09-2007 05:29
DJ Patski
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: May 2006
Location: Melbourne
Alcohol, aka cans of courage
Jul-10-2007 02:33
agentdansmith
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Sep 2003
Location: Cannock, UK
quote:
Originally posted by Tony Morello
practice, a lot... and i mean A LOT
seriously, after a while you either get it and move past the bedroom or you don't and spend the rest of your time playing tracks you love in front of your paul oakenfold poster while practicing your jesus pose
it's what seperates those that can beatmatch from those that can dj
This statement is simply not true, I know people who have 'got it' ages ago but just really enjoy mixing as a hobby and can't really be arsed to get a set out of the bedroom.
On the other side, I also know well paid DJ's who can't mix for shit.
So just because someone is a bedroom dj, don't presume that they can't mix properly.
Originally posted by agentdansmith
This statement is simply not true, I know people who have 'got it' ages ago but just really enjoy mixing as a hobby and can't really be arsed to get a set out of the bedroom.
On the other side, I also know well paid DJ's who can't mix for shit.
So just because someone is a bedroom dj, don't presume that they can't mix properly.
right on the money.. i big wtf was running though my head when i read his reply
Originally posted by agentdansmith
This statement is simply not true, I know people who have 'got it' ages ago but just really enjoy mixing as a hobby and can't really be arsed to get a set out of the bedroom.
On the other side, I also know well paid DJ's who can't mix for shit.
So just because someone is a bedroom dj, don't presume that they can't mix properly.
+1 Couldn't have said it better myself.
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