So tonight I will be spinning pop/rock/hiphop at a party in our rooming house. I've done this a couple of times but this time I want to be really mixing the tracks. My gear will be a bcd 2000 + Laptop with NI Traktor 3.2. Any advice for a this kind of music?
I hope I can sneak in some EDM
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Jun-24-2008 15:04
david.michael
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Sep 2003
Location: Dayton, OH, USA
Make a spreadsheet of all the songs in your "crate" with 3 columns:
know that your mixes won't be long and drawn out like EDM, they usually last on average ~30sec
just make sure you pick tunes in the same bpm range
also, realize that you don't need to beatmatch every mix, it sounds good but ultimately, your average top 40 crowd could care less about beatmatching, it's more about the actual songs you play and how they flow, quick, on beat cuts or quick fades will work (think radio mixes)
the night went really well...I was mixing 9 hours and everybody had a great time. The last song was Violet from Coldplay(at 7:30 AM) and still some people were dancing.
now I'm completly fucked up and hung over
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Jun-25-2008 21:41
Zeiben
tranceaddict
Registered: Feb 2005
Location: Knoxville, USA
At least some top 40 crowds know how to party. Still dancing at 7am. Awesome. Sounds like you did your job.
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Jun-26-2008 05:56
Dj Dizzy
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Registered: Sep 2002
Location: Atlanta
quote:
Originally posted by Zeiben
At least some top 40 crowds know how to party. Still dancing at 7am. Awesome. Sounds like you did your job.
x2 good work
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yeah and I could slip in some trance and they fucking loved it...timing was right and everybody was jumping after a huge breakdown(I think is was the SVD remix of Sias Cocaine Song)
