One Way of Forming a Long Transition in Deep House Music CD Pool Global 2019

0:00 First of all, you do need the correct type, correct, sorry, type of mu

So you want to form a really nice, long, smooth transition but you don't know how to. Now this is one way of doing it. First of all, you do need the correct type, correct, sorry, type of music. You can't really do this very well, I'm not saying you can't, but not very well with the likes of R&B and hip-hop because generally R&B and hip-hop you tend to find radio edits more so than the extended More often than not, you've only got two bars, if you're lucky, of a break where there's no vocals. And if you start to loop that two bars and loop it too often, it starts to sound very repetitive, which means that it's almost as though when you're forming a mix with a repetitive loop, it just sounds terrible because it's almost as though the needle's jumping.

Of deep house, techno maybe, trance music sometimes so long as the bassline and melody have finished, afro house, minimal house. These are the sorts of genres where you can form a very very long mix. So long of course as the track has a long outro on the one and a long intro on the other. But if they don't what can you do? Well you can just form a loop and that's exactly what I've done here. So I'm using cuts from CDpool from the Global Releases 2018... I just said 18 there, 2019. We have track 4 from CD number 1 which is by Andy Reid and on the right hand side we have Calvin Harris Rag & Bowman. It's the Purple Disco Machine remix. So what I'm going to do, I'm going to play a little bit so if we go back here, play this and then I'm going to...

3:16 It's a demo, it's a tutorial

Kick in the loop. So I formed a loop towards the end of the track. I'm going to let that play a couple of times, then I'm going to start to bring in the Calvin Harris tune. Okay, there's my loop. So I pretty much started it where the track would have carried on anyway. Now I'm going to bring this track in in time and see how I'm keeping the loop going? Now what I'm going to do, a great effect is the sweep. Alright, so it's a demo, it's a tutorial. But with a long transition and you've got two tracks that seem to just blend together naturally, once that loop is quantized then you can spend as much time as you want. So, with a short transition, you know, it's like you're playing one, the other one in and then, yeah, we just chuck the other one out and it's fine. With a long transition, what you want to try and do is make it so the listener is like, when's the next one coming in? It's like, when's it coming in? What's going on? And you can turn around to them and say, well, it actually came in two minutes ago and it's finished and the second track's playing now.

And they're going, bloody hell that was good. Because what you're trying to do is slowly bring the next track in, very slowly just bring it in very cunningly and then have them both playing together so it sounds as though it's the same track and then the one that was playing just slowly take it out maybe until it's vanished. Now let me show you what the sweep sound sounds like. So we'll press... Play on there. So this is my loop. Now listen, what it does, it actually cuts up the sound. It almost chops it up. Listen. Bring this in over that. Okay, so let's go back. Slowly bring it in. Alright. I'm not going to do that again. Let me try that again. Hear that bit? Great. Okay, so I hope you get the general idea. Alright, so track number four from disc number one. Sorry.

8:33 Yeah, track number 4 from disc number 1

Yeah, track number 4 from disc number 1. And we had track number 3 from disc number 2. So I'm going to do a random thing here. I'm going to close my eyes. I'm going to turn that dial, press that button and hope for the best it's gone to track number 4 again because I hadn't gone backwards. Sorry! Right, now do it. Press down. Track number 13. This is disc number 1 from The Global Releases March 2019. CD pool. OK, again with The Global Releases it is sort of four to the floor. It's more like your deep house kind of vibe. Quite deep this one. Face. See, that's not going to go with it. Okay, this one here, track number 13, this is Unbreak Me, it's the original mix. Now let's do some sort of a mix that isn't a mix, it's just like this kind of blend of sort of tracks with a similar kind of vibe and feel. So if we listen here.

10:09 He's very kind of laid back, chilled out

He's very kind of laid back, chilled out. There was a label out, I believe still now, called Naked New York City and they brought out this kind of feel, this sort of vibe. So let's have a listen to this one here which is track number one, Soulful Ledge. More appeal. Let's go to the break. Okay, so I'm going to go to three. Okay, let's go to break.

Nothing like that. That was just like a blend of the feel and the vibe of the tracks. Now, this is the sort of blend you could do, let's say for example, mid-afternoon on a terrace in Ibiza, chilled out, people drinking cocktails, and maybe they want to dance or maybe they just want to listen to the feel of the tracks. Okay, so once again, this is track number one from disc number two. Let's go and have a look. Let's try something on this side. I'm trying to find something that will work with this melodically. I'm going to bring this one in. Okay, so I'm going to use track number five again. I think what this shows with the global releases is that it's a diverse eclectic collection of soulful four-to-the-floor, you've got some very chilled out kind of tunes here. This one here has got a little bit more balls to it.

13:24 Slight difference in feel there

If these two were male, the male species, this would be like a small little vole running around with a tiny little sack hanging from between the back of its legs. On the other hand, this one here would be a rather large bull with something that's just big. See what I mean? Slight difference in feel there. Not that you'd want to... because you'd get kicked or bitten. Oh, never mind. Right. Kicked or bitten.

16:05 How does the drum pattern sound?

This is actually my kind of style. I love this. If you watch my live streams, this is the sort of feel and vibe and energy I like to play. Good, solid four-to-the-floor house music. Love it. And then the break... Listen. Love it. Alright, I'll choose one more from CD number two. Now this one here is Filla, a track entitled Falling Original Mix. That's P-H-I-L-L-E-R. Lovely tune. Yeah, they would work harmonically if I... I'm going to bring this towards the end. The actual beat itself has got a very similar kind of feel to it. And again, this is something to listen out for. Imagine if you've got one track, it's house, it's four to the floor, it's the same key as the other track. Same BPM and whatnot. That's fine, they'll probably work together because if they've got the same feel, the same energy, their keys that work or match, fine. But to read in between the lines, to get even deeper into a mix, listen to the drum pattern. How does the drum pattern sound? Has it got the same... Has it got the same kind of kick? Has it got the same drum pattern inside the 1, 2, 3 and 4? If it has, then you can...

Get these mixes that seem to be seamless. Let's try this. Because there's a lot of emphasis on the high. You'll see what I mean. Chop with this one then, Kathy Brown, your touch. Don't forget, these are the global releases for March 2019. There will be information in the description for CDport right down there. Practice and enjoy. Thank you very much.

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