Tutorial, How to Mix Funk, soul, disco, Video 1, FUNK!

[tommycarboncini]

so interesting it helped me out a lot! cheers man

[schultz100190]

@MedicMind91 nah dood, if you check out old school bboy dj's and shit like that, they don't plan, they just know their toons really well

[MedicMind91]

so in other words you have to sort of prepair your set everytime?

[dpahipster]

wow i just love you as a dj

[JMVEntertainment]

hell yeah, bring on the james brown samples

[iamthelazerviking23]

Right on, man. Great fuckin' video!

[arachnoblaster]

Sound advice fella - a great tutorial...

[kaydo88]

nuff respect. nuff ppl owe you money for your careful advice. nice one.

[Quipsilon]

You'r great man you take every aspect into consideration! I have another suggestion I thought of however you can always set a loop for both tracks in certainty that the BPM will be the same because it will be the same PART of the track, only thing is obviously nothing will change until you take the loops off so it may not sound like anything special but ehh...

[smeagolsgrl]

what kind of turntable device is that on your right? Thanks for the tips

[mrdec100]

Jonathan - Your a legend! If it wasnt for you i wouldnt be the DJ i am! *PIONEER CDJ800mk2 + DJM400 FOR SALE*

[petros615]

yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee­eeeeees

[aserv948]

@3:16 FTW LMAO

[lotus911]

i love how you explain everything... awesome and thanks for posting this :)

[buckbumble]

its true, you have to have a real feel for the music. Knowing the keys, tempo, lyrical themes, tones etc are essential in mixing this type of music. Mr Scruff is a master at this sorta thing.

[vwvwvwvwvw]

DIGITAL !!!!

[dj2bklyn]

that was horrible he has the ability to time strech aka wide in the beginning gees most Djs woud never do that

[KizzaKhaz]

stop complaining

[dj2bklyn]

kizzakhaz no one asked you

[syscoburger]

lol, dj2bklyn is a moron. hes just jealous since he's all washed up.

[dj2bklyn]

UM DUH

[razvitube]

lot of help, many thanks

[djlarrylarr]

you are so right. i have been playing house music for years in chicago. it is hard to blend disco and soul you have to really study the music. tracks are very easy to me.

[slytown]

Do you just mix straight through or have u been able to pull enough vocal, bass, and percussive sections to do fully live mixes? I would love to get to that point, but for me and most disco house DJs, we are pretty limited to cutting straight. I'd love to be able to do full live recreations like minimal and DnB DJs can do, but its near impossible to find isolated vocals and bass sections in disco tracks.

[rudsongoulartdj]

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[zerch06]

i'm your fan you really are a great dj!!!

[Contraddictdnb]

Well mate, that's what I call a great mix!!! Because it isn't electronic, and that's not what I call easy :')

[drummelo]

man, u are a greath teacher, and a very very good dj. I noticed htat u mix everything without using effects, but only with levels, crossfade and other stuffs.

I'm a drummer, but when i listen this kind of mixes, i enjoy, coz u mix with passion and with SENSE. Good job man. ;-)

[cmonutube]

is that a pioneer cdj 800?

[uptightkid]

Sorry mate but a real drummer is so much funkier than 'drum machine' tracks. I find most clubs music so boring to listen to becuase of the robotic tempo.

[kmp3000]

dont give up ya day job m8

[grmnj]

a very mature response

[mescalinamadness]

mm interesting im electronic music dj (psytrance and minimal) but now i have to work as "in general" music dj that technique is use full thanks!

[Stoney3K]

Cool!

Could you do a special on mashing up tracks (like 2 Many DJ's and Ben Liebrand do) one day as well?

[kaehaehae]

Cmon dude how about u watching his vids n doin it on ur own?

im tryin myself as well :)

[dcarter124]

i enjoyed your video.. thank you for making it

[cirrusmajor]

I used to do that with 2 cheap analog turntables (slow starting..) way back in the late seventies. Now THAT was a challenge... LOL!!

[hawkfist69]

Well I remember back in the day in the park it was just the Bozak mixer, the 1600 Technics and that was it. Brothers would come out and mix the heck outta everything.

The only thing was knowledge and feel for the music, and your shit better be good or you'd never hear the end of it, so I disagree wit ya partner. Thing is old school funk, soul and disco requires old school DJ's that understand the music's feel. In NYC you have DJ Ralph McDonald, Bobby Morales, who can mix the heck outta anythin

[marcelvogel]

the cut is terrible...

[MRGROOVALICIOUS]

Technically right but to clinical coz all Djs should be the creative human aspect of mixing regardless of vinyl or other. Still any advice is better than none. DJA

[blingfatproductions]

I realy dont care because this is helping people who dont know how to mix!

[blingfatproductions]

just kiddin its terrible!

[HubertHase]

Regrading your comment on mixing "Just kissed my baby" with " Movin" I agree. To me, the first is "Cool Funk" while the latter is "Hot Funk". Both great tunes, but with a total different feel.

Nevertheless, J is a Funk-buff and you are not to tell him that he is out of his league.

[b533419]

he spends five minutes explaining that human drummers aren't midi synced...

[djjuan84]

all you need to have is soul and rythm, this dude is just runnin a bunch of blablabla

[mzizi45]

good info there always at you videos by.M.P.

[nipheon]

nice tut .. but I am using vinyl ! so this isn't for me. damn. :D

[antillmusic]

Excellent tutorial, you don't find this info in other places ... except maybe digging through threads or annoying your local dj ,)))

Thanks for posting, 5 stars

antill

[flavian02007]

vai tomar no cú desgraça, nao entendi nada porra

[redsoul45]

Good video

[Galacanakis]

I'd like to get into this "meeking" you speak of

[tuneseeker]

excellent (both lesson & music)

[smashy1dj]

cool tutorial j:)

[silvialain]

Btw , great track selection !

[silvialain]

That's exactly what I was discusting with DjCamcorder lately ,We were wondering how to mix these records that are not in time.

Great tutorial thanks a lot mate

[JAMESJW2006]

i love the intro on the second tune house music has alot of funk and disco samples to it thats how house was born from the ashes of discogot abit of a remake etc

[billywyn]

that is not easy

[DjAdam16]

Funk is nice!

hehehe

[douschebag1234]

cool, the meters

[noodlecake71240]

Very nice info! Im gonna go try mixing some disco and funk rit now lol. THANKS!

[ThatOneDjBboy]

Thanks

[FunkyRob]

Looks like your playing on some prizes there. :)

What helps me with older stuff is looping sometimes. I think those fancy CDJ's you got there have a loop function.

[groovindj]

Yes, I was just gonna suggest that myself! When you get to the part (maybe a break) on the 1st tune where you want to mix in the next one, make a 1 or 2 bar loop of that section on the 1st tune, so the BPM will stay fairly constant, then while it's looping, mix in the 2nd tune.

[marcoslavin]

ahh by the way... NICE HAT!

\0/

[marcoslavin]

haha like the mists words (miki.. ahuehauehuae) nice video johnathan.. i ask you a long time ago about mix other kind of styles.. but this one helped me a lot.. thanks for the vd again!

PnJ!!

[BigMilan]

what about android drummers in the future? then you'll have a live band in perfect bpm!

[davedaveturntable]

i guess it comes down to really knowing your records and knowing music. dj money shot is the best to study and z trip you can learn alot from those guys. and dont use the lords name in vain jonthan. other wise good video props