Originally posted by Tony Morello
it all depends though on how long he's been mixing for
someone pretty new to this, takes a month off, i can see it happening
someone who's been at it for years, i can still see being a little rusty after a month off
nail on the head there..
if i dont mix for a few weeks I'll be rusty.. not with beatmatching though just getting the right transition because Ive forgotten.. Guess its like anything else that requires a skill.. stop practising and your gonna lose your edge... An hour or so of mixing will get you right back into things.. Listen to a few of your sets or an hours worth of tracks you want to mix before you actually mix them...
Also I get the feeling you mix with cdj's/mp3's?
and other thing... mixing with new tracks feel so much different and it seems to feel like I mix better.. Mixing with old tracks will just bore you and thats the time when you know u need new tracksw.. stay fresh
sometimes that's really all it takes, something new to re-ignite the fire inside you
i would often switch genres when i found my mixing to hit plateaus, next up i'm either trying DnB or 3 deck mixing, layering loops and acapellas overtop
if you're not challenging yourself to move forward, you're standing still
Registered: Jul 2007
Location: Melbourne, Australia
quote:
Originally posted by Tony Morello
sometimes that's really all it takes, something new to re-ignite the fire inside you
i would often switch genres when i found my mixing to hit plateaus, next up i'm either trying DnB or 3 deck mixing, layering loops and acapellas overtop
if you're not challenging yourself to move forward, you're standing still
Spot-on. I find I have to play different genres from time to time, to keep my enthusiasm intact. Different genres excite me at different times.
when ever I get these slumps, mixer's block? lol
one thing I do is instead of trying to mix, I just listen to the tracks and mix in my head and after awhile an idea comes up...or
I just keep at it, just keep playing tracks on top of each other, like a brute force hack...the first hour is always f-ing horrible, everything sucks but then suprisingly something comes up...
Nov-25-2008 03:55
Zak McKracken
Trance
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what ruined my inspiration was when i started recording my sets and put them online, it was just too much work with it while the results wherent realy good enough for beying posted anywhere. also started posting charts and stuff and everything suddenly wherent free anymore lol.
