Intermediate DJ Lesson on a Mix in the Middle

0:01 You're going to hear a track

Alright guys, I'd class this as an intermediate DJ lesson and we're going to be mixing one track into the other. Halfway through the track that would have been playing, the only difference is that track would have also played pretty much its entirety, yet we're going to mix it in in the middle. So, this is what's going to happen. You're going to hear a track. Okay, I'm going to sort of edit this video. Well, not edit it, but I'm going to do a quick version, but what will happen when you do it correctly is the crowd will be able to dance to virtually the whole part of the track, yet you will be able to then, once they've listened to virtually the whole track, you will still be able to mix in the next track halfway through the first track that they would have listened to all of it.

Now, are you confused? If you are, I will explain and show you. Two tracks I'm using are from CDPool. September 2014, the club releases. I'm using track four here on the left-hand side from disc number one, which is Shift K3Y, I know. And on the right-hand side, Ella Irie, a track entitled Comeback. It's the Waz and Odyssey remix. So, first of all, let's have a quick listen to the two tracks. This is Shifty K3Y. Don't forget, if you like these particular CDs, if you want any more info, go and check out the lickable link in the description. Take you directly to CDPool.com.

See, I like this cut because it comes straight in with a bit of a melody. There's no beat, there's no bass. Well, there is sort of a bit of a bass line attached to the melody, but it comes pretty much straight in.

OK, so this one here, you know, really, this is the sort of track that you haven't got the opportunity of mixing in just a kick drum, unless, of course, you find a part in the track that has got a kick drum, you loop that, you add that to the beginning of the mix, then you form a hot cue on the beginning of the mix. So you have your loop on a hot cue. Once you're ready to mix it in, then you start from the beginning using a hot cue. Slightly more advanced there. I will probably go into that in another video with some of the tracks. But for the meantime, we want to concentrate on this. So that is the Shifty K3Y track. This is the Ella Irie. And I think the beat on this is just simply dope. Brilliant.

It's almost like off, but it's on. Very good. So I'm bigging this one. I'm going to...much on it. And that bass line is going...

Very good.

2:47 What I'm gonna do now, I'm gonna start counting from this break

What I'm gonna do now, I'm gonna start counting from this break. I'm also gonna form a hot cue. There. 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4.

3:42 Business cards, releases, free

OK, do you hear where it said time? Right. That's the point where I'd like to bring the other track in. So how do we… like I said earlier, how did we get to play this track pretty much its entirety and mix the other one in? It's very simple. What I did earlier on if you saw me. I formed a hot cue from that point. So, let's just skip back a bit... So imagine we zip back. We're playing this track over here. Not this particular track here. We're playing ... track before this track over here so we're playing sort of track zero then we play track one which is here while that tracks playing you set the hot cue and then you let it play but then towards the end of the track you hit the hot cue so you come back to the middle of the track which then gives you the

Opportunity to bring this one in during the middle of this track without spoiling that track over there because some people may want to hear all of it so let's skip this forward and imagine that we've listened to all the tracks so here we go skip it forward so we're pretty much on the last minute so what I'm gonna do now I'm gonna do a bit of filtering so there we go we've gone to that point now all we are going to do is wait eight bars bring the bass down on that one lower the volume a little bit and get ready to bring it in don't you get a general idea there which is what it's all about so let's play it again don't forget these tracks here from CD pool September because you've watched to the end of the video would you like all those for free

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