Hi, I've been visiting tranceaddict and reading these forums for a good few months now, but this is my first post, so, Hello Everyone!

My opening question to you good people, is about keeping the energy through a set,

I've been learning to DJ on and off since christmas (for about 5 or 6 months), and I'm getting okay. I can beatmatch pretty good and there are no blatent howling errors as there were in the beginning.

The problem I'm having however, is keeping energy flowing as I cross tracks. If you listen to, for instance, The Mayday 2000 PVD set, or Tiesto's Magik #6, the tracks always seem to flow together, creating this wonderful build up of energy that goes across the whole set.

It's more than just beatmatching, because when I mix, any energy created by the first track climaxing, I struggle to hold as I fade in the next track, it just seems to die down and sound horrid again.


So I was wondering why , Should I start the 2nd track earlier, and try and bring it in when it's going a bit more, or is it down to track selection?

Opinions, please

umm, i dont think it would be a matter of actually mixing the tracks, but more of track selection... imho, i think mixing comes in second to track selection...

You have said it yourself. Starting the second track earlier will keep the energy in, and ofcourse, it's a matter of selecting tracks that fit together well that makes the energy 'roll through'.

The thing is to start the second track at that point, that when the 'live' track is playing, and that 'mainpart' is ending, the build-up of the incoming track has just ended.

For instance, when track A (the running track) has a mainpart (when the track is at 'full power') of 32 bars, and the other track (B) has a buildup of 16 bars, you have to start track B when the mainpart of track A is at 16 bars.

It's a bit hard to explain, but I hope you get the point.

If not, feel free to ask...

Good luck

Yeah, I get you, it's just easlier said than done

yea, phrasing (not just beatmatching but coordinating the 32 beat bars can really make a dif, its not that hard too, just remember to keep counting

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how do i know that a track has a build up of lets say 16 beats instead of 32?

count them

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Originally posted by TranceGeek count them

so hold up
i count the beats till the melody or what starts?

Listen to the incomming track before it's live and count the intro. If it's 16 or 32, just remember it.

Beatmatch.

Wait for the last main part of the Live track starts to kick hard, start counting beats. Make sure you start when the build drops.

Once you've counted to 16, drop the incomming track. You can now bring it in slow or hard depending on how much bass the new track has.

Practice said method and you'll learn your tracks and how most tracks go. You'll be doing it on the fly in no time.