I continued it like that till the next DJ arrived at the club playing around 10-12 tracks.
and my friend came to me and said he will teach me in 2 weeks to play completely on my own with out looking for help from other DJ...
I provide my friend with music as he is a french one and I'm from India and we favor listening Indian music in the club..
He is a busy scheduled DJ and he can take rest while I learn as the club owners and manager are our friends, they let me play when the club is not full..
@vratnakishore Thats awesome and exactly how I got my first couple gigs... through friends. It sounds like you have some cool buds who will give you a little instruction... just practice! I'm looking for a new house and have not been able to practice in weeks and it's killing me... :(
as soon as I messed it up he gave me a serious look, I continued playing the second song, again I messed it up while changing between two songs (train wrecking this time) he came to me and said use the cue technique.
as all the people left in the club are my friends I had no problem from the dance floor,
I tried the cue technique for the next time and messed it a lot but not for too long.
4th time I played it a lot easier but beats are not matched
on the december 31st night in the club after around 4am there were only 30 members left in the club, all of them my friends,
my friend gave me his head phones and said play your favorite music, and I will help you play the music,
so I started playing, I wanted to cue in the next song, I looked over my shoulder and he is not there, he was at the drinks counter drinking and dancing, I had no time to call him, an I messed it up, as it is my first time...
no man i didn't like it. this not a professional mix. is not just so sync 2 songs. look at my video and leave a comment youtube.com/watch?v=1afv-EJWlDQ
Hey guys im 15 and im starting to dj, i have 2 videos posted that i ask multiple questions in and they need answering! Please go comment rate and subscribe!
I think so when people want to be DJ he must got talent for that and dont teach from other DJ's. :-) But good video man ! I want to have that technic as you have =// :D
what is he on about at 1:09 with 18 phrases?. does he mean that track on left deck has got 18 phrases in it? where has he gone back. can you explain it to me?
You're doing a great job at creating tutorial-videos! :D And I like how the place you're filming at just looks like your house is FULL of instruments and stuff :D each time another place and other stuff. Great!
electronic music is very.... generic. exceptions where there is a break of 1 or 2 phrase will mess your mix up and turn it into a trainwreck, but the fact of the matter is, no one will notice, so rather then making a setlist, you are better off categorizing tracks into generic formulas, be it 32 or 64 intro, etc. you will be much more versatile on the field and avoid the horror of 2 misfit vocals overlapping
Please Please get back to me on this. I did my first Gig for this girls 18th birthday. Now I had her giving me a list of songs she wanted to be played. Now I did not play all the songs she wanted. Some of the songs I did have and some I didn't have. Now I wanted to play a lot more of the songs she had wrote down just I was so into my mix getting the crowd going I ran out of time. Should I more so focus on her choice of songs? or more so on the crowd and fit some of her songs in?
@only1clover Unless she specifically said ONLY play these songs I wouldn't worry about too much. it's more about getting the crowd up and dancing anyway.. what if she had really poor choice in music? that would be a disastrous party and wouldn't reflect your skills as a dj
your right.. ( I did it ) thats was the best part. thumbs up for you dude!!! keep going.. ill introduce your videos of tutorial to my kids.. as they started getting interested doing dj stuff.. GREAT!!!
Hey i have been DJing for a couple of months now, learned everything from scratch from this man, he is mint and the best dj tutor by far on the internet, please look on my channel and tell me what you think of my mini mix's, all feedback welcome as it will help me improve cheers
this is what a medium dj should do if he wants to be a dj...a pro dj will do many more than this like a bit of delay and a change of key....But it is really a good and useful tutorial...
@atom12v and who told you that i can??...when you go to fix your car you expecting that the man who is going to fix it,, knows many more things for the car than you.If he doesn't then what is the point???You can fix it yourself....
Hey i have been DJing for a couple of months now, learned everything from scratch from this man, he is mint and the best dj tutor by far on the internet, please look on my channel and tell me what you think of my mini mix's, all feedback welcome as it will help me improve cheers
@tonicrocks26 is it possible to become a great dj just using virtual dj and my laptop? Like I have a very good understanding of music structure and theory
@somedude4321 you CAN be a Good DJ with VDJ, The only thing thats irritating about it is that Auto Sync Button. Its good software to use if you don't want to carry a big book of CDs. But you should learn to beatmatch with you ears anyway because you never know when life will throw you a curve ball. Lets say you land a gig and all they have are Decks with no Laptop Hook up. Then what!? Its better to learn the hard way
@somedude4321 It's definitely possible, but (in my opinion), you won't have nearly as much fun looking into a laptop screen while you are playing. If you can, practise with virtual dj, and save up to get something else. If you also work Traktor/Torq/Serato into it, as well as a nice midi controller, you will have the best of both worlds, and be able to do some pretty amazing stuff.
@tonicrocks26 Hey, I like that feature!! Then again I only took an interest in djing a few days ago, but I think if it mixes well and sounds good, it doesn't matter what the person uses to play or mix it. Like ellaskins said in another video...you can play it through a tin can, but if it sounds good, play it. ;)
@ComatoseElf I feel you on THAT man, most people can't afford a new DJ set when they start out, SO VDJ or software is the way to go, But people become a slave to the Sync button and never learn to really beat match by ear, more people mix with a computer because it takes the skill out of it.
@ComatoseElf You have to adjust the pitch when you change the BPM of a song in VDJ to avoid distorting the sound. That's why he was making fun of people who use auto-sync.
@runekey i think he was making fun of people who use a sync button in general. i used computer programs before actual turntables/cdj's and mastering beatmatching with a slider actually take a bit of practice. if you use anything else, purist dj's will make fun of you as it took virtually no work to match them.
@zulu26 Saying DJing with software takes "no effort" is a gross miscalculation. Maybe some kid doing a shitty mix using sync doesn't take much effort... but even Pioneer CDJs have quantize functions that make beatmatching drastically easier.
Ultimately a buster is a buster, talent is talent, and it really doesn't matter WHAT you use... I have seen guys using Ableton who wowed and entertained me more than a crappy turntablist.
@DJInf3rn0Productions Yes, I agree with that. It's useful for mini-mixing. But some people feels like it's cheating, well, when you're not making a minimix. Even I think it's cheating.
For electro house mixing....when you are playing a tune is it typically smoother to drop the first beat of 4 bars on another tune after or before the break in the song. So like beat on beat? 1rst beat on one tune and first beat on another, after the vocals have gone by on the first track. Im noticing that my mixes are smoother if I wait till all the vocals or breaks have passed by and drop the beat in when not much is going on in the song...Sorry if the question seems confusing.
the only thing about this is. its great to know what he's saying because it is true. however, when your're djing, you dont hace time really to go through all that and count. you need what you need and now.
hello guys i ve been plaing for 6 years and i realy hate pc-dj's i thing is not pro to play by a laptop ot pc , i play whit cdj 1000 mk3 and its a realy good pro player ,also couse i got vinyl mode on it its alot eazyer to play hip hop whit it so for me the feuture is cdj and vinyls ;) thanks for reading my comment hope its halpfull
@mihranerniasyan actually if you carry a laptop with traktor or serato then you can take all of your songs with you anywhere and still play on cdjs or a vinyl turntable
@mihranerniasyan DJ MIKE you right for that but still i am an old skool guy and for me the laptop is a extra tool for the new dj's i've been learning on a tapes and is realy hard to get yoused to it , also the beatlock on (TRACTOR , VIRTUAL DJ and many athers)is the first think you cklick when you add a track on, so basicly the program is making half of the mix the beatmaching is not an eazy job however thats the way i think ;) thanks to all you you for reading this !
Question Jonathan....How come you prefer to count in groups of 4 rather than groups of 8? The music is so repetitive, it seems easier to think in groups of 8.
How could you do this on the fly though? you'd have to know your tracks ridiculously well to go to a gig and do this on the fly unless you had a preplanned and pre set trackilst before hand, which I don't normally promote.
Still, a good lesson to be teaching and a good thing to be remembering as well
Almost all house and house related songs are divided by the four-to-the-floor principal. You just need to remember how much phrases are used in the intro and outtro. If you actively count, as said in the vid, and then just practice a lot with the songs that you've 'counted', you're bound to know the songs in due time. They'll grow on you.
Jonathan, you said in one of your videos that you do not consider yourself the best dj in the world, But i think that is the complete opposite, because the best dj would have all the creativity and knowledge that you put in your videos, and to top it off the skill to make any party overload with excitement, the knowledge that you gave me by watching your videos made me expand my creativity, knowledge and motivation to become professional,Thank you very much and keep up the good work
You are great DJ.. I think there are few DJs around who want to teach the beginners but they do not think that they too were once like us .... i respect you, you are great ....
great video, when i was learning i sort of did the same thing and now it most of the time it comes naturally and you just get a feeling of knowing the tracks already what sounds good and what dosnt, like you sed its about practise and some days i mix a track with another in a different way and create a mix that sounds nothing how i expected. practise makes perfection.
Omg you are one off the best Technical Advisor ever, and your trick its simple, go back to the roots off the logic of music and practice and enjoy till your fullfill your own satisfaction great work almost finish to see all your vids and its to much !!!
Hey thanks about this video. I was really thinking about this but I never got an answer. I use traktor pro so sometimes I prepare but just setting loops and cue points but setting a cue point to tell me when a song has to mix in or mix out seems like im not mixing at all. It feels like I just might as well make a premix and just play it at the party.
This is a great video but what he just showed us dosen't work all the time or should i say must of the time especially if your trying to mix hip-hop, but good video overall. Good job!
Man, that sounds so sweet! Awesome! Thanks so much for the tips. Your advice on structure is very sound, and right on. I'll keep on practicing and... enjoying! Cheers, mate!
i have just started djing and i have reached a problem. There are two tracks i'm playing but i only want the vocals and guitar from one and the drums from the other. I have got a dm950 for a mixer and two belt drive turntables......how do i do this
ive seen a great deal of ur video's.. but i noticed that u never use numark...is numark not so good??? it would be nice if u could use some axis9's im just starting out and ..yea... =) thx-jen
Hey, there, Jen. From what I hear, Numark's not so good (compared to, say, Pioneer or Denon). Still, I've used the Axis9's, and they're not bad at all. Love those large, rubbery buttons, and that feature that lets you go back to cue on the fly while the song's playing (by just pushing play again), which the others don't have. So, in short, it's not the cards you're dealt, but how you play 'em. Like he says: let's practice and enjoy! It's all about the fun.
So J, how can we take this advise and do this on the fly? What you construct in your bedroom, may not be what the crowd wants to hear, so how do you apply this in a live improv situation so you can be 100% free behind the decks playing to the crowd? I need big help with this.
@69e5d9e4 its all down to how good you are crowd reading and its just a feeling you get when you drop a track and the crowd love it or not and if the crowd say they do like it but never ever mix 2 vocals over each over and its just practise, base your sets on what you love and dont crowd please all the time as you will find people who like what you like will stick with you and not pleasing to much and trying to attract different crowds every time its all a bit of both.
@69e5d9e4 you don't have to practice between every 2 songs, listen and learn your tracks so that you know their structure so that you can mix on the fly.
the most helpful video ive found on djing thus far. had my cdj-800s for 1 month now. i used to think djing was all about matching your bpms up and just banging in all your tracks. now i realise, the structure seems to be at least half of what it's all about.
I find the best structuring comes from proper track selection, tracks that already have matching bpm. Less dicking with the jog and more cue'ing and EQ'ing.
Knowing the tracks personally makes all the difference. when you know where your breaks and builds occur, all you have to do is time your transitions.
Great tutorial none the less. Keep up the good work.
i do this but all i do is befor i play a track i skip to the end and listen in my headphones and get the time remaining point where i want the mix to come in, then see how much intro you got on the next tune and match them this way
That's how I do it also. I'll throw my tracks into Virtual DJ and keep watch on the breaks and such, then I'll take note on where to bring in the track. After that I'll fine tune it all on the actual decks and then I'll jot down the position of the pitch after I get it beat matched, so at the show, I'm all set and can focus on the crowd more. :P
Nice vids , lol I don't get alot of the DJ Thing, I would only DJ my own music that i made , or if i was mixing up songs to the point they became something new, I don't get why people just DJ one song after another might as well just use a cd player, Its nice that in this vid u encourage people to Mix things up more , personally id just go by feal and knowing the tracks rather than working it out, but good way to explain it non the less.
yer cool,my sister is a vinal dj she just plays one song after the other the reason why she does that is because she doesnt care what people think,and gets paid $600 a night at 2 club 5 nights a week,most people want to hear the song not all choped up that is why. hmm full time dj for 20yrs mix or not who cares.
Is that not a bit dull ? Making money playing music is all good and well but dose she not get an itch to make her own music rather than been pretty cd player? not that i dislike prity CD players. I'm sure people who DJ would get more enjoyment making there own music than Djing other peoples music ?
yer she makes her own music to she has trakes out to a label called spin twist records and plays vinal only, i gess she nows what tracks to play were a mix cd couldnt do what humans do. i think there is hundreds of techniques other than beat matching and she has a room ful of over 7000 vinal record. trust me she injoys djing
I didn't either. I'm with you in that I think being a human cd-changer can be boring and uninspiring. For disco house, funk, and rock DJs, live mixing is pretty limited. But I find in the studio is where disco house creativity is. Minimal and DnB DJs have much more leeway just by nature of the music. Daft Punk used disco samples in their music, but since they add a lot of their own vocals and instruments, their 2007 live sets had more leeway.
OMFG AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!! I always tried doing this but could never figure it out how to line them properly
DKF22 5 days ago
jonathan you tell it how it is ...love ya vids man.....helped me loads dude safe bro
DVIOUSD1 1 week ago
I know there are 64 bars automatically from Minecraft haha
UnderratedAUS 2 weeks ago
AWESOMEEEEEEEEE MAN .. YOU R THE BEST..
tigreoo7 2 weeks ago
That is one of the best tutorials ever! Every sentence you said was just spot on and gave me all the facts! Are you a teacher?
24NeoLeo 3 weeks ago
I continued it like that till the next DJ arrived at the club playing around 10-12 tracks.
and my friend came to me and said he will teach me in 2 weeks to play completely on my own with out looking for help from other DJ...
I provide my friend with music as he is a french one and I'm from India and we favor listening Indian music in the club..
He is a busy scheduled DJ and he can take rest while I learn as the club owners and manager are our friends, they let me play when the club is not full..
vratnakishore 3 weeks ago
@vratnakishore Thats awesome and exactly how I got my first couple gigs... through friends. It sounds like you have some cool buds who will give you a little instruction... just practice! I'm looking for a new house and have not been able to practice in weeks and it's killing me... :(
whoissunsetter 2 weeks ago
as soon as I messed it up he gave me a serious look, I continued playing the second song, again I messed it up while changing between two songs (train wrecking this time) he came to me and said use the cue technique.
as all the people left in the club are my friends I had no problem from the dance floor,
I tried the cue technique for the next time and messed it a lot but not for too long.
4th time I played it a lot easier but beats are not matched
vratnakishore 3 weeks ago
I got a friend who is a professional dj,
on the december 31st night in the club after around 4am there were only 30 members left in the club, all of them my friends,
my friend gave me his head phones and said play your favorite music, and I will help you play the music,
so I started playing, I wanted to cue in the next song, I looked over my shoulder and he is not there, he was at the drinks counter drinking and dancing, I had no time to call him, an I messed it up, as it is my first time...
vratnakishore 3 weeks ago
nise tutorials
vratnakishore 3 weeks ago
how can i find songs that have the same chords? T__T and in one genre oh man, i found it hard
elcruzels 3 weeks ago
no man i didn't like it. this not a professional mix. is not just so sync 2 songs. look at my video and leave a comment youtube.com/watch?v=1afv-EJWlDQ
DexterDeejay01 4 weeks ago
Its easier to do this on the cdj-1000 and the newer models, since all the transitions are shown on the LED.
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ClarkyJams 1 month ago
My god who did this?
DJDaskii 2 months ago
But what if my left LED is out? What then???
MrDubC307 2 months ago
Very nice. Thank you.
PoFscience 2 months ago
Man this is actually very good advice,where were you when I abandoned DJ'ing to go join the military?
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outtacontrol0 3 months ago
You're a cool guy. keep it up :)
lukebray 4 months ago
He ellaskin do you maybe know a site for a dj so you dont have download al your music ?
Junaamhier 4 months ago
I think so when people want to be DJ he must got talent for that and dont teach from other DJ's. :-) But good video man ! I want to have that technic as you have =// :D
WeiszTV 4 months ago
much appreciated this....if it wern't for these vids us beginners would be....well ya know fucked!
APine49 4 months ago
excellent video
MrSteel801 5 months ago
what is he on about at 1:09 with 18 phrases?. does he mean that track on left deck has got 18 phrases in it? where has he gone back. can you explain it to me?
danielslota85 6 months ago
You're doing a great job at creating tutorial-videos! :D And I like how the place you're filming at just looks like your house is FULL of instruments and stuff :D each time another place and other stuff. Great!
schmatzkeks 6 months ago
electronic music is very.... generic. exceptions where there is a break of 1 or 2 phrase will mess your mix up and turn it into a trainwreck, but the fact of the matter is, no one will notice, so rather then making a setlist, you are better off categorizing tracks into generic formulas, be it 32 or 64 intro, etc. you will be much more versatile on the field and avoid the horror of 2 misfit vocals overlapping
hereicomehereigo 6 months ago
@alain532 1 phrase = 4 bars.
OfficialMattiasNyman 6 months ago
your amazing
azbo2000 6 months ago
U're the number one!
errno313 6 months ago
how da hell yew have different equipment in every video lol....????
at93095 6 months ago 3
Please Please get back to me on this. I did my first Gig for this girls 18th birthday. Now I had her giving me a list of songs she wanted to be played. Now I did not play all the songs she wanted. Some of the songs I did have and some I didn't have. Now I wanted to play a lot more of the songs she had wrote down just I was so into my mix getting the crowd going I ran out of time. Should I more so focus on her choice of songs? or more so on the crowd and fit some of her songs in?
only1clover 7 months ago
@only1clover Unless she specifically said ONLY play these songs I wouldn't worry about too much. it's more about getting the crowd up and dancing anyway.. what if she had really poor choice in music? that would be a disastrous party and wouldn't reflect your skills as a dj
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only1clover 7 months ago
We're on the next level :)
this1900 7 months ago
great man im going to do that right now thanks
DongerDingDang 7 months ago
Great DJ, Great teacher, great guy. Cheers ellaskins :)
Boylabel 7 months ago 2
"Thank you very much, mm." priceless.
guitargod4296 7 months ago
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i need mixer and turntables, can i have a set of yours dj jonathan?
Tony3leopards 7 months ago
i need mixer and turntables, can i have a set of yours dj jonathan?
Tony3leopards 7 months ago
your right.. ( I did it ) thats was the best part. thumbs up for you dude!!! keep going.. ill introduce your videos of tutorial to my kids.. as they started getting interested doing dj stuff.. GREAT!!!
jayr4606 8 months ago
Hey i have been DJing for a couple of months now, learned everything from scratch from this man, he is mint and the best dj tutor by far on the internet, please look on my channel and tell me what you think of my mini mix's, all feedback welcome as it will help me improve cheers
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djy4k4 9 months ago
this is what a medium dj should do if he wants to be a dj...a pro dj will do many more than this like a bit of delay and a change of key....But it is really a good and useful tutorial...
cmsstacker123 9 months ago
@cmsstacker123 ppl talk a lot but only thing they have upload is a stupid robot video.
I will like to see a PRO mix. from you.
atom12v 9 months ago
@atom12v and who told you that i can??...when you go to fix your car you expecting that the man who is going to fix it,, knows many more things for the car than you.If he doesn't then what is the point???You can fix it yourself....
cmsstacker123 9 months ago
@cmsstacker123 that's true, that's why Im ASE certify for 10 years now,been building race cars for the past 5,
been behind turntable since I was 13 ( Im 45 now) and still have learn a few tricks from Johnathan.
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BriceDaley 9 months ago
he is the best!!
slipinu040 9 months ago
Great video j. !
arokgod 10 months ago
YOU PLAY DRUMS?
usuuc 10 months ago
great tutorial mate keep it up!!!
spao111 10 months ago
it seems to be pretty easy! ^^ love all your videos mate
slamdownwarfare 10 months ago
this is really goood i just saw this but it really helped me out understanding the beat matching :D thnks alot
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Thanks for taking time to share your knowledge, much much appreciated.
tarekubi 10 months ago
i think this is the best vid you have done!.
bcd303 10 months ago
20 use the "Auto Sync" on Virtual DJ
tonicrocks26 10 months ago 119
@tonicrocks26 is it possible to become a great dj just using virtual dj and my laptop? Like I have a very good understanding of music structure and theory
somedude4321 7 months ago
@somedude4321 you CAN be a Good DJ with VDJ, The only thing thats irritating about it is that Auto Sync Button. Its good software to use if you don't want to carry a big book of CDs. But you should learn to beatmatch with you ears anyway because you never know when life will throw you a curve ball. Lets say you land a gig and all they have are Decks with no Laptop Hook up. Then what!? Its better to learn the hard way
tonicrocks26 7 months ago
@somedude4321 It's definitely possible, but (in my opinion), you won't have nearly as much fun looking into a laptop screen while you are playing. If you can, practise with virtual dj, and save up to get something else. If you also work Traktor/Torq/Serato into it, as well as a nice midi controller, you will have the best of both worlds, and be able to do some pretty amazing stuff.
JetboyOZ 7 months ago
@tonicrocks26 Hey, I like that feature!! Then again I only took an interest in djing a few days ago, but I think if it mixes well and sounds good, it doesn't matter what the person uses to play or mix it. Like ellaskins said in another video...you can play it through a tin can, but if it sounds good, play it. ;)
ComatoseElf 5 months ago 23
@ComatoseElf True but i rather dont do wanna Do it :D hahaha
Junaamhier 5 months ago
@ComatoseElf I feel you on THAT man, most people can't afford a new DJ set when they start out, SO VDJ or software is the way to go, But people become a slave to the Sync button and never learn to really beat match by ear, more people mix with a computer because it takes the skill out of it.
tonicrocks26 5 months ago
@ComatoseElf You have to adjust the pitch when you change the BPM of a song in VDJ to avoid distorting the sound. That's why he was making fun of people who use auto-sync.
runekey 1 month ago
@runekey i think he was making fun of people who use a sync button in general. i used computer programs before actual turntables/cdj's and mastering beatmatching with a slider actually take a bit of practice. if you use anything else, purist dj's will make fun of you as it took virtually no work to match them.
zulu26 2 weeks ago
@zulu26 Saying DJing with software takes "no effort" is a gross miscalculation. Maybe some kid doing a shitty mix using sync doesn't take much effort... but even Pioneer CDJs have quantize functions that make beatmatching drastically easier.
Ultimately a buster is a buster, talent is talent, and it really doesn't matter WHAT you use... I have seen guys using Ableton who wowed and entertained me more than a crappy turntablist.
whoissunsetter 2 weeks ago
@tonicrocks26 I use the auto sync on virtual dj... It's easy!
Rullerbjerg 4 months ago
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Usergu1de 2 months ago
@Rullerbjerg thats not real djing...
WatchMusicTV 1 month ago
@tonicrocks26 Most serious dj's know how to beatmatch manually, but a lot autosync for a few reasons.
- It's faster
- It's easier
- It's flawless
- It sounds better
- You dont have to concentrate on the beatmatching very much, you can concentrate and improve the rest of your mixing
DJInf3rn0Productions 1 month ago
@DJInf3rn0Productions Yes, I agree with that. It's useful for mini-mixing. But some people feels like it's cheating, well, when you're not making a minimix. Even I think it's cheating.
Apapilootoe 4 weeks ago
For electro house mixing....when you are playing a tune is it typically smoother to drop the first beat of 4 bars on another tune after or before the break in the song. So like beat on beat? 1rst beat on one tune and first beat on another, after the vocals have gone by on the first track. Im noticing that my mixes are smoother if I wait till all the vocals or breaks have passed by and drop the beat in when not much is going on in the song...Sorry if the question seems confusing.
ccjones1975 11 months ago
20 people dont what to be djs ellaskins your great!!
chidafer10 11 months ago
What's on your left hand?
Jchot 11 months ago
what genre of music was that?
GeekyMacBoy1 11 months ago
@GeekyMacBoy1 house....french house to be specific.
Jchot 11 months ago
Excellent tutorial - many thanks!!
Twinx62 11 months ago
Good video. Thank you. x
Chrispipa 11 months ago
great videos! good help
SeanReyDJ 11 months ago
i think that mixer is pioneer djm 700
convivoconmiansiedad 1 year ago
I thoroughly appreciate your lesson but what is the difference here with just bursting in with a cue of just bass line?
bennyxvi 1 year ago
Great video and great advice thanks man. I going to go work on my pro mix now!
TheMattBourbon 1 year ago
dude THANK YOU! i dont wanna be ungratefull bt could you do a vid about mixing more up to date music.. you know things that play in a today's club?
Ntrako 1 year ago
you r cool
kingmanfritzlwong 1 year ago
Great advice. Well done tut
elektrobank55 1 year ago
hey man I got my self a dj kit n i was just wondering if you could revire the pmx140 mixer just want do get your point of view on it thanx
XDsylwek 1 year ago
the only thing about this is. its great to know what he's saying because it is true. however, when your're djing, you dont hace time really to go through all that and count. you need what you need and now.
class07finest 1 year ago
hello guys i ve been plaing for 6 years and i realy hate pc-dj's i thing is not pro to play by a laptop ot pc , i play whit cdj 1000 mk3 and its a realy good pro player ,also couse i got vinyl mode on it its alot eazyer to play hip hop whit it so for me the feuture is cdj and vinyls ;) thanks for reading my comment hope its halpfull
DJ MIKE
mihranerniasyan 1 year ago
@mihranerniasyan actually if you carry a laptop with traktor or serato then you can take all of your songs with you anywhere and still play on cdjs or a vinyl turntable
woolensheep192 1 year ago
@mihranerniasyan DJ MIKE you right for that but still i am an old skool guy and for me the laptop is a extra tool for the new dj's i've been learning on a tapes and is realy hard to get yoused to it , also the beatlock on (TRACTOR , VIRTUAL DJ and many athers)is the first think you cklick when you add a track on, so basicly the program is making half of the mix the beatmaching is not an eazy job however thats the way i think ;) thanks to all you you for reading this !
mihranerniasyan 1 year ago
please name of the song with the girl singing(i know is really old but i love it)thanks!!you are the best!!
garipolla 1 year ago
damn equipment so expensive....tehnique so simple however, I'm ready to try :D Thanks JAY (J) ;)
cristian3131 1 year ago
good job man :)
baitbata 1 year ago
Question Jonathan....How come you prefer to count in groups of 4 rather than groups of 8? The music is so repetitive, it seems easier to think in groups of 8.
56dlp 1 year ago
Vote Jonathan #1 DJ!!!!!
Specialized1989 1 year ago
DSSF
smatdj 1 year ago
Great job bro!, good info.
MrMounaimel 1 year ago
Great job bro!, good info
MrMounaimel 1 year ago
How could you do this on the fly though? you'd have to know your tracks ridiculously well to go to a gig and do this on the fly unless you had a preplanned and pre set trackilst before hand, which I don't normally promote.
Still, a good lesson to be teaching and a good thing to be remembering as well
rosiebelsmith 1 year ago
@rosiebelsmith
Almost all house and house related songs are divided by the four-to-the-floor principal. You just need to remember how much phrases are used in the intro and outtro. If you actively count, as said in the vid, and then just practice a lot with the songs that you've 'counted', you're bound to know the songs in due time. They'll grow on you.
RobK496 1 year ago
@rosiebelsmith or you could just know your tracks... for example some tracks you just know end quick...
ThePavin 1 year ago
jonathan you are just the best !!!! :)
djsharpy1 1 year ago
Jonathan, you said in one of your videos that you do not consider yourself the best dj in the world, But i think that is the complete opposite, because the best dj would have all the creativity and knowledge that you put in your videos, and to top it off the skill to make any party overload with excitement, the knowledge that you gave me by watching your videos made me expand my creativity, knowledge and motivation to become professional,Thank you very much and keep up the good work
philly8301 1 year ago
"thank you ver much, mmmm" lol
ItsAndyYo 1 year ago
We thank you
serg206cc 1 year ago
Thanks for the tutorial. It helped me a lot. I´ll practice!
Tubbergen 1 year ago
You're the bomb mate! You should be on telly with this stuff. Great at presenting what you love.
Noallegiance18 1 year ago
not really because sum people write tracks with diffrent bar spaces
jordovwhe 1 year ago
heey man can you please chek out my house mix i am currently 13 and have started djing about 3 months ago would be really cool to give me some advice
thatdbbshuffler 1 year ago
thankyou
sh4dowx1011 1 year ago
jonathan you are a gay . your earing is on your right side . you looser :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D
jakebreak1000 1 year ago
@jakebreak1000 We arent in the 80s anymore bro lol
RaGaZzAcCiO23 1 year ago
You are great DJ.. I think there are few DJs around who want to teach the beginners but they do not think that they too were once like us .... i respect you, you are great ....
Djdrcbg 1 year ago 197
Johnathan is that Behringer mixer???
aaalexoid 1 year ago
nope. i think it is a djm 500
Littlephenom 1 year ago
it is a djm 600 sorry
Littlephenom 1 year ago
isnt he complicating something that isnt that complicated ? ? ? ?
radiolaugh 1 year ago
@radiolaugh
it's something everyone intuits, but actually putting it into words, and being specific, makes it sound complicated.
pyr666 1 year ago
Ur Vids Rock bro Thanx alot
KYOTICKID 1 year ago
what a legend, cheers
bigBthejambo 1 year ago
great video, when i was learning i sort of did the same thing and now it most of the time it comes naturally and you just get a feeling of knowing the tracks already what sounds good and what dosnt, like you sed its about practise and some days i mix a track with another in a different way and create a mix that sounds nothing how i expected. practise makes perfection.
DJLEE12345 1 year ago
Love your vid!!
marklp1 1 year ago
Great video man !
MRedoardo11 1 year ago
lil harder wiv dnb
WisdomInHeresy 1 year ago
Omg you are one off the best Technical Advisor ever, and your trick its simple, go back to the roots off the logic of music and practice and enjoy till your fullfill your own satisfaction great work almost finish to see all your vids and its to much !!!
dev2down 1 year ago
thnx
hipnimahop 1 year ago
you are a massive help mate. keep it coming!!!
darrenmac71 1 year ago
Hey thanks about this video. I was really thinking about this but I never got an answer. I use traktor pro so sometimes I prepare but just setting loops and cue points but setting a cue point to tell me when a song has to mix in or mix out seems like im not mixing at all. It feels like I just might as well make a premix and just play it at the party.
What are your opinion about this?
laxgolie4ever 1 year ago
I have to thank you for making this video. Helped me out on understanding song structures better.
-justin
djjustout 1 year ago
You're gonna make me rich which your info dude :D
thanks so much i appreciate it
HapticOFFICIAL 1 year ago
kann das mal einer auf deutsch erklaeren waere echt super :) but thx very much ellaskin :)
Thaistyleboy 1 year ago
This is a great video but what he just showed us dosen't work all the time or should i say must of the time especially if your trying to mix hip-hop, but good video overall. Good job!
ecoweapon 1 year ago
how much dose this set up cost that he has on this video
DRIFTFACTOR3 1 year ago
@DRIFTFACTOR3 too much :D
DJVori9 1 year ago
Man, that sounds so sweet! Awesome! Thanks so much for the tips. Your advice on structure is very sound, and right on. I'll keep on practicing and... enjoying! Cheers, mate!
DjCapnWolf 2 years ago
i have just started djing and i have reached a problem. There are two tracks i'm playing but i only want the vocals and guitar from one and the drums from the other. I have got a dm950 for a mixer and two belt drive turntables......how do i do this
redsox1024 2 years ago
@redsox1024
You can't totally remove the drums but you can reduce how much they stand out by messing with the eq
yexey 2 years ago
Turning down the treble on the song with the guitar and vocals. Turn up the mid. turn down the mid on the other song. That's just me guessing. :P
LuxueuxLin 2 years ago
Great tutorials thanks for the help
wafflesoffire13 2 years ago
Jonathan .You ARE thee man !! =D
inspiredbyshikari 2 years ago 71
ive seen a great deal of ur video's.. but i noticed that u never use numark...is numark not so good??? it would be nice if u could use some axis9's im just starting out and ..yea... =) thx-jen
1disckjockey 2 years ago
Numarks aren't too good. They get the job done mind. Not sure why people have given you thumbs down
MikeZar 2 years ago
Hey, there, Jen. From what I hear, Numark's not so good (compared to, say, Pioneer or Denon). Still, I've used the Axis9's, and they're not bad at all. Love those large, rubbery buttons, and that feature that lets you go back to cue on the fly while the song's playing (by just pushing play again), which the others don't have. So, in short, it's not the cards you're dealt, but how you play 'em. Like he says: let's practice and enjoy! It's all about the fun.
DjCapnWolf 2 years ago
enjoy thank you very much, hmmm
:)
you are a genius
DaPeachMTL 2 years ago
damn you are good explaining:) thx m8 hope you keep it up.
JeidMighty 2 years ago
man you are a genius!!
TheJohncom 2 years ago
thnx a lot for this this will deffintly help in plyng.....thnx
djajnky 2 years ago
absolute legened. cheers mate.
momeio 2 years ago 2
Could you make a tutorial how to mix house songs on a laptop with virtual dj software??
lullo304 2 years ago
dude ur so helpful f'real.
rollinballz247 2 years ago
very goood but, im still struggling to understand :S:S:S
mrdec100 2 years ago 2
A nice exploration of essential DJ techniques
IPRAudioSchool 2 years ago
thanks for this upload man, i've just got myself some decks and i really want to learn...i will practice my bottom off....
mikeangle 2 years ago
So J, how can we take this advise and do this on the fly? What you construct in your bedroom, may not be what the crowd wants to hear, so how do you apply this in a live improv situation so you can be 100% free behind the decks playing to the crowd? I need big help with this.
69e5d9e4 2 years ago 3
GREAT question, would love to see a video response to this :)
ThePavin 2 years ago
@69e5d9e4 is ur username ur WEP password? xD
WisdomInHeresy 1 year ago
@69e5d9e4 its all down to how good you are crowd reading and its just a feeling you get when you drop a track and the crowd love it or not and if the crowd say they do like it but never ever mix 2 vocals over each over and its just practise, base your sets on what you love and dont crowd please all the time as you will find people who like what you like will stick with you and not pleasing to much and trying to attract different crowds every time its all a bit of both.
DJLEE12345 1 year ago
@69e5d9e4 you don't have to practice between every 2 songs, listen and learn your tracks so that you know their structure so that you can mix on the fly.
SICKHEADCENTRAL 1 year ago
the most helpful video ive found on djing thus far. had my cdj-800s for 1 month now. i used to think djing was all about matching your bpms up and just banging in all your tracks. now i realise, the structure seems to be at least half of what it's all about.
daftpunk849 2 years ago
I find the best structuring comes from proper track selection, tracks that already have matching bpm. Less dicking with the jog and more cue'ing and EQ'ing.
Knowing the tracks personally makes all the difference. when you know where your breaks and builds occur, all you have to do is time your transitions.
Great tutorial none the less. Keep up the good work.
xpander 2 years ago 2
i do this but all i do is befor i play a track i skip to the end and listen in my headphones and get the time remaining point where i want the mix to come in, then see how much intro you got on the next tune and match them this way
dadykay 2 years ago
That's how I do it also. I'll throw my tracks into Virtual DJ and keep watch on the breaks and such, then I'll take note on where to bring in the track. After that I'll fine tune it all on the actual decks and then I'll jot down the position of the pitch after I get it beat matched, so at the show, I'm all set and can focus on the crowd more. :P
69e5d9e4 2 years ago
He's actually very good i've a set of pioneer 1000s I can mix fairly well but that makes me want to step it up alright
madinthehead 2 years ago
Ill do a breakbeat mix now and structure it for 1-2 days, then Ill mix it hopefully the best way I can.
StaffRecordPlayer 2 years ago
Nice vids , lol I don't get alot of the DJ Thing, I would only DJ my own music that i made , or if i was mixing up songs to the point they became something new, I don't get why people just DJ one song after another might as well just use a cd player, Its nice that in this vid u encourage people to Mix things up more , personally id just go by feal and knowing the tracks rather than working it out, but good way to explain it non the less.
Flashgameandmusic 2 years ago
yer cool,my sister is a vinal dj she just plays one song after the other the reason why she does that is because she doesnt care what people think,and gets paid $600 a night at 2 club 5 nights a week,most people want to hear the song not all choped up that is why. hmm full time dj for 20yrs mix or not who cares.
1234taza1234 2 years ago
Is that not a bit dull ? Making money playing music is all good and well but dose she not get an itch to make her own music rather than been pretty cd player? not that i dislike prity CD players. I'm sure people who DJ would get more enjoyment making there own music than Djing other peoples music ?
Flashgameandmusic 2 years ago
yer she makes her own music to she has trakes out to a label called spin twist records and plays vinal only, i gess she nows what tracks to play were a mix cd couldnt do what humans do. i think there is hundreds of techniques other than beat matching and she has a room ful of over 7000 vinal record. trust me she injoys djing
1234taza1234 2 years ago
I didn't either. I'm with you in that I think being a human cd-changer can be boring and uninspiring. For disco house, funk, and rock DJs, live mixing is pretty limited. But I find in the studio is where disco house creativity is. Minimal and DnB DJs have much more leeway just by nature of the music. Daft Punk used disco samples in their music, but since they add a lot of their own vocals and instruments, their 2007 live sets had more leeway.
slytown 2 years ago
Thank you!
N00BSAUCE 2 years ago
hey jonathen do you think that all good mixers plan there mixes like that in a club?
or just when they record?
jcoolman01 2 years ago 2
I'd say this is for mixtapes only. When you play live, the right key & bpm is the main concern imo.
MichelSelecta 2 years ago
DJ's who play live definitely use phrasing man. It is literally the difference between an amateur DJ and a Pro DJ.
Good DJ's know their music so well that they don't need to sit there and write out all the phrases or bars of their music, they just know it.
Doza31 2 years ago 2
man just wonderful!
love your way of explaining and your straight and clear way of thinking and speaking!
thanks for the tipps
gosuyun 2 years ago 2
wow very helpfull thanks!! 5/5
Chrisso1994 2 years ago
really clear And understandable talking!
gosuyun 2 years ago
very articulate! I like it said simple and understandable like you tell it. Nice work!
Johnmad86 2 years ago
you're awesome!
12XxAMxX21 2 years ago
I'm a drummer and i love the math aproach of music, you told well. Where can i find a "pro" mix from you?
inosdelaquaia 2 years ago