DJ a Chop Mix Is as Good as a Long Transition if Done Correctly

0:01 Using techniques like this means that you don't have to beatmatch anyt

All right guys, using techniques like this means that you don't have to beatmatch anything. You don't have to think about long transitions. It's all about the music, the track selection and the place in the track to bring the next cut in. Tunes I'm using are from Club December 2017 CD Pool. There will be a link in the description where you can get more info on these tracks and of course all of the other tracks on the compilation. This one here is a track entitled, it's coming up now, hold on, Closest. Okay there you go. It's the Scott Diaz mix. So I'm going to skip it forward. All I'm going to do now is chop in the next track. That's it.

Wait for my phrasing.

There you go. Now what I'm going to try and do here now is only play the one phrase of this track. Okay, this is New Rules, the MRK Club Mix. We're going to go into high contrast, love on a 45.

1:31 I've got another track ready on my hot cues

Three, four. No messing. All right, so I've got another track ready on my hot cues. I'm going to use a bit of an echo on high contrast. Echo that out, slowly bring the next track in and you'll see why because the next track starts with a really kind of slow vibe. You'll understand.

2:09 This is a track entitled Body, the Mark Knight Summer of Love Dub

Okay, this is a track entitled Body, the Mark Knight Summer of Love Dub. There you go.

Okay, so not once did I touch the pitch. Kept it at the same speed. What I'm trying to think about is the vibe, the energy, the music of the tracks. Now that is far more important than anything else. A lot of people seem to think it's got to be, you know, you've got to have them in time, beat match. But you know what? If it slightly goes off beat, it doesn't matter so long as the music works. I would much prefer to hear a mix that goes off beat and the music complements each other instead of having a mix where it's perfect. So I'm going to go into high contrast. Perfectly in time, in sync, in phrase, but the music doesn't match. That's when you get that screechy sound of just like it's not happening. All right. So there you go. A few tunes from the club releases CD pool December 2017.

Check out the link in the description and all I can say is practice and enjoy. I do all the time. Thank you very much.

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