The Easiest DJ Mixing Technique in the World BY Far

0:00 I'm going to try and keep this video as short as possible

Alright guys, I'm going to try and keep this video as short as possible. Demonstration tutorial. Got a couple of tunes here from the dance releases CDPool March 2018. On the right hand side we have Reach Up, it's the extended mix. Papa's got a brand new bag, don't know if you remember that, from the 80s. It's been remixed quite a few times but this is a bit of a stomper, have a listen. Okay, a lot of energy in that track and this is what this video is about. It's lots of energy. On the other side we have HRVY, Personal Sebastian Perez Extended Mix and I've set a cue point, have a listen.

Okay, this is called a drop mix. Now this is the sort of mix where you're doing a mix but you're not actually doing a mix. Yes, I have done a similar video like this. I've done a similar video like this before but the more info you can get out there, in my mind, the better. Okay, why do we do a mix like this? Well let's imagine you have, which I will show you very shortly, you've got a break in the track. So the break could be say, depending on if it's a three and a half minute track or an extended version. Three and a half minutes, normally the radio version, extended is the club version. If it's a three and a half minute, your break may only be two or four bars. If it's an extended version... It could be eight, anything up to 1632 bars.

It just depends on the build but a drop mix like this takes, you know, your set to another level because what is happening? What's going to happen and you will hear it, is the reach-up track will come in to a break. The break will build and build and build and just when you think the drops coming in on reach up, you bring the drop in on another tune. So there's no real... Well, there is a skill here because you've got to make sure they're in time, sort of, they're in phrase, they're in key. Phrase and key is very important. Time isn't so because you're not doing a transition. You're not layering two tracks over each other and beat matching the two. You're just simply finishing one dropping the other one in.

Now I will show you very quickly how we can do that but then also you maybe want to add some effects, you maybe want to add a bit of echo. I'll leave that up to you. All right, so let's have a listen to reach-up and let's go. Let's go towards the break.

2:33 A lot of good energy here in this track, you can hear

A lot of good energy here in this track, you can hear.

Okay, here's the break. I just set a quick hot cue.

Okay, the break.

Just skip it forward a bit.

Just further into the break so we don't have to listen to the whole thing.

There.

3:14 It's only playing on the beat

Okay, that's where we're going to bring the next tune in.

Okay, very quickly as well if you're using the Rekordbox software and I suppose a tutorial inside a tutorial here and you want to set a hot cue. And you want to hit that hot cue relatively fast, then make sure you are not in quantized mode because quite often in quantize mode what will happen it will snap the hot cue in time with the beat. And if you do hit that hot cue quite fast you may find that every time you hit that hot cue you're not actually getting the hot cue playing. It's only playing on the beat. I will go into that in more in greater detail in the future. Anyway, let's have a listen to the personal track. From the drop point or maybe a little bit before as well. Let's set a hot cue at the drop.

Let's go back a bit.

Okay, you get the general idea.

See again a break. So we've got a break here as well. So all we're doing we are pretty much getting the same points in the break but instead there we are instead of having the drop on the right hand side. We've got the drop from the left-hand side so simple. I'm going to put the pitches dead center. So we're not even going to beat match and waffling going on there, but the explanation quite often is the key to making sure people understand. It's no good just going watch me and that's it. You've got to explain it correctly. I hope that's been a help. Don't forget check out the link in the description to cdpools.com There will be another video on the dance releases very shortly. But these are your handbag style lots of vocals

Also known in a way sometimes as big room tunes big big tracks. If these tracks were a lady, she would have the biggest biggest biggest bosoms going. All right practice and enjoy. Thank you very much.

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