I am constantly trying to get to know my music more and more. What happens is that I don't take enough time to learn as much as I should. Everytime I "practice" I play a different set of tracks...I never concentrate on a cluster of tracks. Does anyone have this problem too? Is is actaully a problem?

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I just do it exactly the way I enjoy listening to it. This is most of the time it is with banging beats. It is even with a soft thing, a soft melodic idea, or whatever. I still like to have it rocking. Keep in mind what this music is made for, first of all. Its not made to be easy listening on the radio. Its not made to be easy listening in television. Its actually kick ass in the club. This is what music is. This is the purpose of this art form...to listen to it and let the frequencies actually blow you away. --Paul Van Dyk

I don't really think that is a problem, you should know your tracks to certain point that you know what could go well after this track or how you could mix it so it sounds good etc...

There is nothing wrong with spinning different set of tracks, just remeber Have fun

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Having fun is usually not an issue! I always have fun, but sometimes I get a bit too stressed. When you go out and buy the best equipment and have such a passion for the music and the art...I jsut get frustrated because I am a perfectionist!! Thats all. My recorded mixes are always done "on the fly" because my taste of the day, so-to-speak changes all thr time. As long as someone re-asures me that what I am doing is normal and I am not going off track. Thank you for the input!

David

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I just do it exactly the way I enjoy listening to it. This is most of the time it is with banging beats. It is even with a soft thing, a soft melodic idea, or whatever. I still like to have it rocking. Keep in mind what this music is made for, first of all. Its not made to be easy listening on the radio. Its not made to be easy listening in television. Its actually kick ass in the club. This is what music is. This is the purpose of this art form...to listen to it and let the frequencies actually blow you away. --Paul Van Dyk

IMHO the capacity of mix "on the fly" is very important for a dj.
A good dj is able to read and add at own taste of the day the taste of the crowd. In a programmed mix there isn't space for your taste of the day or for the taste of the crowd and it's no good.
Then to work on a programmed mix is nedeed to listen many times same tracks and it could be easily boring.
Also i do like you and think that it's right way.

hi DavidScott

well for me,
i dont program my sets,
i mix what i feel, at the time, is best.

its better if u know your tracks but
than again
knowing the structure of the genre (e.g trance) is a BONUS.

most trance tunes are structured in the same way.

sometimes i mix a track that i never even listen to or really know well
as im beatmatching ill just listen to the tune and how it flows then pick another tune with simular sounds /key and mix it at the right time. (e.g outro w/ body)

at the end, it ends up being a nice set, even if i didn't really know the tracks too well.
but always best to know what your mixing tho.

*Rob

Last edited by futurevision on Mar-01-2003 at 10:44