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Mixing under the influence (pg. 2)
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| L.E.N. |
| I used to mix after a joint and do ok when I smoked daily. Now that I rarely touch it I cant match nearly as well as I used to. As far as being drunk...I get lost in my tunes its hopeless. I cant do anything if I take a pill either. Same effect as when Im drunk. The first and last time I tried that was new years eve 1999/2000. I took it when I was halfway through the set and toward the end I was a mess, I think I had 15min left when I had my friend start early. :toothless That was the last time I had a pill. |
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| Zild |
| I can mix well when I'm stoned because I zone out and just pay attention to the mix instead of what is going on around me. I can mix if I've had a few drinks but there is definitely a point where my mixing and especially my scratching(which is my main selling point) really starts to suck if I get too drunk. I've never tried mixing after taking a tab, I stopped using E before I got all of my equipment. |
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| Inertia |
well, i've found out that mixing drunk only comes with practice. i'd not try it in public unless you know what you're doing, or in front of a couple friends.
however, this one friend of mine, who is a hardcore drug user, has proven time and time again that he can mix, on anything really. on saturday for instance, at a real sketchy party we went to at some millionaire's amazing mansion, he spun whilst on a lot of booze, 2 pills, and ketamine. a couple of beats did slip, but it was more natural error than drug influence, plus he spins glitch/minimal techno, so it happens easily. whereas my other friends, has just about the same time or more spinning, can't spin for when on drugs. after a joint, yeah, but not much more.
me, i can't give personal testimony as i'm drug free. |
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| Zild |
| I've been practicing learning how to scratch totally wasted. I've been getting better. |
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| brian |
| quote: | Originally posted by djxtension
your sets are not any better. You just think they are. |
Not always - I've done some sets while I was pretty smashed, and then listened back to them a few days later...in comparison, they were better than most of my sober ones -- (1) because I experimented a bit more than usual, which turned out well, and (2) somehow my beatmatching was spot-on nearly every single time.
I don't make it a habit to drink every time I spin, but I am obviously not against it, considering some of my drunk mixes have been some of my best. And I've been recording and saving them since 2002, so I'm saying that from the point of view of listening to them sober, not based on my perceptions while drunk. |
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| brian |
| quote: | Originally posted by Nemesis44
The letting go and getting crazy comes with confidence |
Great point, and so very true. |
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| Boomer187 |
replace drunk with buzzed and you got a deal.
I'll spin buzzed all teh time and be nuts on with everything. The alcohol lets go of any anxiety I have, and I am not drunk enough to start losing coordination. but there is a fine line ya have to walk and sometimes its tough.
heh, I remember being that selfish drunk guy nem was talking about, its soooo true. but I think Im outta that stage ;). |
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| razzi |
| quote: | Originally posted by Boomer187
replace drunk with buzzed and you got a deal.
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definitely. a few beers before spinning a set is money
razzi. |
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| Mike Vicious |
| I cannot spin worth two s when I'm drunk |
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| Derivative |
i remember at a house party last year a mate of mine did a set after he'd dropped 5 pills in the past 8 hours. we caught some pictures of him and he looked so wasted it was scary. eyes on stalks. jaw so far out he could probably see the tip of it at all times. insane. he spun for about half an hour out of hard house. his set was supposed to be hard house too but he ended up playing someone elses records. dont know who. it was funky house anyway. the living room started to clear. wasnt looking good. he beatmatched it pretty quick actually but then we noticed it trainwrecking and he just wiped it across after about 30 seconds. one of the tenants comes downstairs presumably hearing the disaster upstairs. clueless expression on his face. he says 'what the hell is this?' and matey looks up at him. honestly - priceless look on his face that silently says: 'what?! did it sound bad?' as if he thought what he'd just mixed was golden. theres really cheesy funky house booming out of the PAs and he kind of realises suddenly whats playing and quickly takes the record off the platter. the one thats playing. big ZIIIIIIIIIIIIIPPING sound. by this point the only people left in the room are those sticking around for the funny photos. in total he managed about 10 minutes before someone else just did their set in his place.
hilarious but also a bit scary.
if you dont blow your head off on pills, mixing is very doable. i would say its easier because your eyesight is well good, your eyes are really open. you are wide awake and you notice every tiny detail in the sound. a mild trip is also an amazing frame of reference to be in whilst mixing. you can hear everything man. music just makes so much more sense in this frame of mind. but as with anything you can go too far and just lose the plot. |
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| trancecadet |
| I find I mix better when Ive had a few joints :) |
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| khemfusion |
I had such a wonderful time mixing with a head full of psilocybe cubensis mushrooms for a group of friends when they were all over tripping out at my house. I wasn't beatmatching 100% but I told them I was taking them on an audio journey (haha psytrance :toothless )
Anyways, I kept it fairly solid for about 40 minutes before I started losing all sense of time and one record kept running out before I mixed accross. Still very fun though. |
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