DJ Mixing Lesson and Dance New Releases from CD Pool October 2015

0:00 Another demonstration and a bit of a DJ mixing tutorial for you

Alright guys, another demonstration and a bit of a DJ mixing tutorial for you. We're listening to tracks from the CDpool releases. In this video we're looking at the dance releases for October 2015. This one here is track 1 taken from disc numero uno. Check out the lickable link in the description that will take you to cdpool.com. Dance, a bit more fun, a bit more exciting, lots of energy. The sort of tunes you'd hear in a fun bar, you know, prior to going out to a super club. The sort of tunes, hands in the air, loads of vocals, loads of cheesy women going, oh look at my handbag, oh. Not really, just kidding. Okay, this one here, track 1 from disc 1. Right, let's try something different. Track 2 here from disc number 2, Dada Life. I did a loop. Okay, we had a lot of melody and vocals going on there, so one of the ways of doing that mix was just to get a loop going to bring in the next track. With the dance series, you

You have got more emphasis on the melody, the vibe, the feel. It's not like the deep sort of tracks, techno or deep house where you've got just a grumbling bass line and not much else. You have got a lot more piano, a lot more melody so you have to be a lot more cautious when you mix tracks in. This one here is track number two from disc number two. Okay let's go towards the end of this one. Track number six, disc number one.

4:06 This track here entitled Better Love, the Steve Smart remix

This track here entitled Better Love, the Steve Smart remix. What a clever guy. He was that clever they called him smart. A phrase there, definitely out of phrase. Okay what is out of phrase? Well it could be in beat, in time, in key but if it's out of phrase it's still not going to sound very good. Phrasing is about making sure that you bring the track in at the right point in the next track so for example There's no point bringing the track in halfway through vocals or one or two bar into the vocals. Try and bring the next track in at the beginning or the end of the vocals, the beginning and or the end of the instrumental break so you are not guaranteed of it being a perfect mix but it's more likely that it will be. Of course it depends on the phrasing of both tracks. If one track has a phrasing of say eight bars the other one could have 16 or the other one could have four

9:27 Don't forget to check out the lickable clip for more info on CDs

So that's where timing comes in. It's not just chucking it in that works. You've got to count bars and phrases. And watch it. This one here is track number seven from disc number two. Very good. Sabre, Come Fly Away. This one here is track number eight from disc number one. Next one, track number nine from disc number two. Better phrasing. That was much better. Okay. Track number nine, disc number two. Check out another one from disc number one. Sam Wright. Don't forget to check out the lickable clip for more info on CDs.

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