Intermediate DJ Mixing Lesson Finding the Exact Tune CD Pool Club May 2017

0:00 New releases May 2017, CDPool style

Alright guys, new releases May 2017, CDPool style. Don't forget there'll be information in the description on this twin CD. We're listening to track 1 from disc number 2. This tune at the moment is just wiping dance floors everywhere. It's a really good tune, very well formatted, very well put together, loads of well-known samples and it's got that deep soulful vibe. Right, what I want to try and do with this video, apart from showing you some of the new releases from CDPool Club, is I want to try and go slightly more in depth with doing a mix. Now, let's imagine we have two tunes that don't mix at all, then that's what you don't want to do. Then maybe you have two tunes that mix harmonically, they're not too bad, fine.

Then you have two tunes that mix harmonically and structurally work very well together even better. But let's see how it goes. Now, let's imagine we want to take it to the next level. We want to have two tunes that are the same vibe, the same feel, the same structure and the same energy. So what I'm going to try and do here is look through these CDs and try and find two tunes that have got the same kind of flow. Now, I'm going to try but it's highly unlikely I'll be able to do it in this video because if you think about it, it's a little bit like getting track 1 from where it started. You have one CD and getting track 1 from the next CD and then one from one CD and track 2 from the next CD. Track one from the first CD, track 3 from the next CD, track one from the first and so on and so on.

2:51 Sort of the last kind

And then you repeat the process but you go track two from disc one and go to track one on disc two. You see, this is how so much in depth we can get because we are trying to find two tracks that that have got the same kind of vibe. It's almost as though when you construct that mix, you've got that transition. People are listening, they're dancing, they're having a lot of fun, but at the same time, they don't know that you've done a mix. So it could be a tough order, but let's see what we can do. By the way, this is just one hell of a cut. See, even though this is a good track, I don't want anyone to get bored of it because I'm gonna be playing it such a lot, but let's go towards the end of this track here and have a listen to the end.

Okay, go to sort of the last kind of phrase. Boys, I'm listening for a change. Track two, disc one. What I'm trying to do here, I'm trying to get the holy grail and that wasn't the holy grail. That was like, that was a cut that's gold, but it's been painted gold. I'm looking for the holy grail that's solid, okay? Anyway, this one's track two from disc number one.

4:40 Hopefully you'll see where this is going

Right, I'm just gonna go back a little bit. Right, I'm just gonna pause that bit. Hopefully you'll see where this is going. Right, here we go. Now again, forming the transition, sometimes you're listening to two tunes and you think, do you know what? That part of that track will go really well with that part of that track, but the part of the track, not the whole track, not that 16 bar 32 mix, just the part of the track. Let's listen again. Listen, listen. You see, all I've done is I've formed a loop. So I'm just gonna put Hot Cue on that loop. Come out of it. Three from disc number two. When you see me flicking through the tracks, so I'm flicking track two, three, four, five and so on and then skipping through a little bit of the track,

8:23 This is why I try and skip through them to find tunes that work

What I'm doing is I'm first of all listening to the beginning of the track and listen to a little bit of the beginning of the track to see if it's the same key or keys that work or if it's the same vibe. Pretty much to see if it's gonna be a tune that will work well with the one that's playing. Right, have a listen to this. Tell me what you think. Now that sounds absolutely terrible because it's out of key, okay? These two tracks, this is like chalk and cheese, okay? This is why I try and skip through them to find tunes that work. I mean, that one, I mean, that. If you'd have done that mix in a nightclub, you'd have had the dance floor stop, the manager quite possibly throw a bottle of coke at you or something like that, so...

10:51 It's the original mix

But anyway, all right, this is Don Diablo here, track number six. I just wanted to give an experiment, an idea, give you an idea or I wanted to do an experiment, have a little experiment, but give you also an idea of what it sounds like if you construct a duff mix. I mean, great tune but bad mix. Right, let's do, try and do a better one now. The vibe there very slightly but that was a lot better than the last one here. This is track number 14, Gary, Chaos, Do What You Want. It's the original mix. I have to say, the tunes on these CDs this month is... is like up here, banging. Nice one. Okay, we'll take one more from disc number two. Sorry, disc number one. This is disc number two, track 14. Two tracks.

Mind you, that might have changed keys like you've gone into a bridge.

Started it again.

A little bit of an insight into my mad world. Don't forget to check out the link in the description. These are the club series from Stardew Valley. CD4.com, May 2017. Practice and enjoy. Thank you very much.

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