lol, my dad tends to tell me off for using the effects on my mixer lol and he sees me dancin away, but he just dances to lol, he doesn't give a shit, but then again, he plays his guitar louder than i spin

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Originally posted by DJ Mikey Mike that reminds me of something similar that happened once. I was playing Push - Strangeworld at what mustve been about +6-7% sounds amazing fast Look up to see my dad standing in the doorway, with the funniest look on his face and he said "thats a bit fucking fast mike." i cracked up

priceless..

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sempre contra a corrente do jogo

Guardians of the Earth - Starchildren -> Dreamland
from PvD's politics of dancing..

also

Free State - Release (Dirt Devils Dub) -> 4 Strings - Let It Rain (Original)
from PvD's Mayday 2003 set

i think the important thing to remember is to try stuff out and you'll know if it works or not.. although sometimes two songs i mix together sound tite and sometimes when i mix those same two songs it doesn't sound right. there are a lot of factors that go into making a great mix.

1- the momentum of your mix has to be right
2- the beats must be somewhat similar
3- vocals can never interfere with each other

just take the vinyl you have and try mixing them into random songs and listen to see if they sound good. what makes you a good dj is your originality as well as your mixing skills... not the fact that you can mimic another person's work. so try out stuff for yourself and you'll find some good mixes forsure..

pEy

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There's no problem that I can't fix.. cuz I can do it in the mix. -Indeep-

You want songs that mix well together... Download a set by a DJ that you like and reproduce it. Simple.

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/SARCASM.

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Originally posted by Coup Vlad wins. Flawless victory.

Hardcell - all tunes ---> Hardcell - all tunes

muhaha

I love this one...

Solid Globe - North Pole -> DJ Ernesto - Urban Cowboy

Exact key.

Scott Bond vs Solar Stone - 3rd Earth into Jan Johnston - Calling Your Name (Thrillseekers Mix) <--- these two tracks were MADE for each other, you can overlay them with no problem at all

also Kirsty Hawkshaw - Fine Day (Mike Koglin Remix) into Matti Laamanen - flakes

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LISTEN TO MY SHITTY TRACKS ON SOUNDCLOUD

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Shad0wmaster
Scott Bond vs Solar Stone - 3rd Earth into Jan Johnston - Calling Your Name (Thrillseekers Mix) <--- these two tracks were MADE for each other, you can overlay them with no problem at all


you're so very right. these tracks have very similar beats and melodies. you just have to make sure that the "callin" at the beginning of the song doesn't disrupt the end vocals of 3rd earth... but they are a great match

pEy

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There's no problem that I can't fix.. cuz I can do it in the mix. -Indeep-

also, for changing styles smoothly, ive found:

from trance/prog into hard techno, you can drop the alltime
classic, Underworld - Bonr Slippy, and because of the melodic
intro, it won't clash, not to mention everyone will sing along.
i like to mix in Solid Sessions - Fatal Morgana, afterwards, and
from there you can go hard enough to make some ears bleed...

from anything hard back into softer stuff, ive seen the Atomic
Substance Mix of Born Slippy (its a breaks mix, few people play
it, amazing track) work wonders, i saw Anthony Pappa play some
crazy tech tribal house, drop in that track, and then finish his
set with Xpander (original). this is just an example of what you
can do.

and FEAR NOT OF BREAKS. breakbeat tracks work great for transitioning
from one style to another. since breakbeat is more of a beat pattern
than it really is a style, you can choose from trancey breaks,
chill breaks, proggy breaks, electro breaks, and even those techy
tribal breaks, and move to any style you choose and the crowd
will be nothing more than pawns of your track selection.

(james zabiela can own a crowd like no one else, and ive seen
him drop techno, electro, breaks (in many variants), trance and
house, switching from style to style, genre to genre with much
ease, all whilst attacking those CDJs to scratch)

so, selection, programming and fine mixing are the key.

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check out my guest mix for OndaSonora Podcast (aug.2009)

Armin feat Ray Wilson - Yet Another Day (Attention Deficit Multi-Task Mix)

into

Andain - Beautiful Things (Gabriel & Dresden Unplugged Mix)

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