Planning out your mix to make it more intiresting

[yogurtpuke]

you never could mix? thats quite nice :)

[jkurty22]

nice nice this made it helpfull! thanks :)

[wertel1]

Also can you add different voice tracks from different songs?

[wertel1]

Where do I buy that table?

[DJxSGGxNeo]

Great tip thanks....



[Faz0n]

what songs were used?

[neopoker333]

really helpful mate!!! thanx

[8golftango]

lol not a kick drum. its a crash cymbal. Awesome vids btw! :)

[Captnmnms]

@8golftango there actually is a bigger kickdrum coming in

[DeeJayJoenX]

Thanks so much!

Is it possible to scratch with the sdj2?

[chromahx]

what was the other song- till u come back.who was that by??

[CrannersUK]

I have the chance to buy one of these for a good price, is it a good bit of kit and worth purchasing. Also say you have illegally downloaded songs "not that i have" will they work on it? thanks

[branloss66]

yeah they cant tell the difference

[thevibeproductions]

hey does this unit have a bpm readout?

[kkenth]

YES it does :) happy mixing

[soryy708]

boots boots boots boots...?

[ihalloway]

on right side there was samples cutted from left sides music and putted together as beat ?

[threntyblk]

great point. sometimes it is good to mix a little acapella with a instramintal or differant genres

of music because it can become repetitive especially techno and trance. the

same drum paterns all night becomes borring.

[djfrankis]

good tutorial

[groovedeck]

all u did was mix 2 intros 2getha.

i thort u were gonna mix 1 track in 2 like the middle of a track 2 make it interestin.

[briansredd]

all you did is spell funny

[briansredd]

But seriously, this was just an example. One thing you won't see me do is "show off" on my channel. Nobody cares about my personal mixes or anyone elses's for that matter. Plenty of people online with "look at how cool I mix" channels. I'm just trying to help :)

[groovedeck]

Well i thort it sounded good and it was well beatmatched, it just wasnt wat i was expectin

[briansredd]

The intro could have been an outro. You could have also done it just as I showed to make things feel more complete or full. Again, just some things for DJs to think about when doing mixes.

As I said, it's not enough to beat match. A Monkey can learn how to do that. It's about making it sound intiresting to your audience

[DJAbstract951]

I care about your personal mixes. I want to see you "show off". JK.

How you doing Brian? Seriously, you should make a mix. It would be cool to see what you put together. Maybe something that you do at gigs.

Peace. Take care.

[sainifabulous]

you spelled "interesting" wrong

[briansredd]

Sorry about that.  Never could spell

[stefanmplayer]

man this ''remix'' is really cool it sounded great.

(hope i can be that good one day)

[kartooned2]

where did you get that poster in the background

[stunner1313]

haha i love it "more inTIREsting"

[Tableturn]

Agreed. Vinyl has it's limitations, but for someone like me who's a purist, I prefer to stick to the hands-on approach. Then again, I'm poor and would probably buy CDJs if I had the money!

[amrjr007]

Vinyl has no limitations..the limitations is in your head. Keep in mind what a DJ does..play to a live audience..granted I am not a mobile DJ..BUT..making loops and all other tricks I can do with vinyl...just need to be fast and good in order to do it.

Now once again all the technology in the world cannot beat the human brain and it's ability to create with vinyl.

Tell me something you can not do on vinyl ? Anyone?

[Tableturn]

Erm, hot cues on a CDJ? Fitting all your tunes into a small, CD-sized case, and not hurting your back in the process of travelling to and from gigs? Completely remove the possibility of the needle skipping? Or a fan getting hyped and bumping the tables?

There are alot of things you can't do with vinyl. But, like many other DJs out there, I choose to rock the black plastic, for one reason or another.

[awoodcoc]

I think cd's and dvd's have actually helped the art of in one aspect and that is with mixing and orchestrating beats that are much more complex. Vinyl has too many limitations when it comes to orchestrating your own beats and composing songs of your own. Being able to fully manipulate the sounds that are produced on an album I believe is a result of the new technology available. I appreciate the art of djing with vinyl but I believe technology has propeled the art into new directions.

[amrjr007]

good intentions Brian and your job here is indeed a hard one..but a real good example of why the true "art" of djing has gone out of the window...cd's have really ruined the art...hands on vinyl is the only way to really understand what is required

[briansredd]

I hear people say this a lot. I started with Vinyl before most of these people were even born. Did it give me an advantage? Yeah. Am I a purist? No. 

The only people who care what the mix is done on, in most cases (not all, but most) are other DJs.

[amrjr007]

As to technology advancing things..well I was mixing music videos into the mix starting in 1984. The argument is pretty simple Brian, people do care about the mix is done, maybe not at mobile gigs..most are into the drinking than the music per se, but you do some stupid shit in a top NYC club...that is the last time you will be there.

[briansredd]

HA! You would be very suprised to hear what most of thoes top NYC DJs are using to make the mixes they make.

[amrjr007]

Most dj's in clubs here in NYC are working for free or next to nothing..as far as named dj theymostly use cdj's, and do nothing special because they feel they don't have to really...to each his own.

I still do my thing my way and that is why my radio ratings are the way they are..people do notice the difference.

BTW...I am a macaw person too...peace out

[ClearDynamik]

thanks, helped me a lot

[djnikmix]

hey bri that piece of kit would be great for doing mobile stuff why dont you put it in your rack instead of the denon gear

[briansredd]

It'll be along with me for back-up when I do my "Spring Re-Build" for the wedding season. Right now, I'm not using any 19" racked gear exept my Crown XTi amps. The Denon stuff that was in my mobile is now installed in Evolve

[djnikmix]

hey thanks for replying man i apriciate it thanks djnik

[mgband]

Hmm.... looping on the fly while a track is playing through speakers without fixing the end of the loop is risky. ESPECIALLY if you are only doing 4 bars. The chance of it being slightly off and you having to constantly correct for dropped/added time is much too great.

But you are right, mixing outro to intro does not cut it sometimes. Mixing melody to melody, or melody over melody, or melody over break, OR sometimes intro over vocal break is much better.

[briansredd]

I agree. I did it in this video strictly for demonstration purposes. I wasn't trying to suggest that people get brave and start looping on the fly like that

[mgband]

Ahh, fair enough. It was a great video though. This is one of those things that makes complete sense, but for some reason, it sort of flies under the radar. It could be that in the days of digital mixing and beat counters, people are more concerned with technically perfect beat matching, and they forget to be creative and interesting.

[CDJSnede]

* You actually don't remix, you are making a bootleg. :)

[briansredd]

hmm nah, a "Bootleg" is an unofficial (usually illegal) recording that one sells. We're just mixing here.

[DjTribalGreen]

Hey, that's great advices you're giving there. It's always good to know even for the good dj's.

[Maxsdiscos]

Well Said Brian!

Music is only Music when there is Melody.

[mgband]

That is not true, Richard D. James would also disagree with you.

[mistertakahashi]

that was really nice way of doing it

[twrea]

great vid

[silvialain]

Great video , and awesome tip for the beginner.

[djchrisepa]

great video/tip brian! I will keep this in mind for my next club gig!

[djm1nd]

booty luv, some kinda rush = LOVE sweet mix man

[DJJimmyT99]

Very good video. I liked the video. Sweet little mix you had goin on there. I need to try and do a video response to this. I have some good advice and ideas on mixing! Be sure to look out for that!

[StevenJSousa]

Hey bri can you do a video on the same thing with 2 old school hip hop songs? plzzzzz.........

Thanks.

SJS

[DJJimmyT99]

I will try to do a video response to this and maybe do a video for you steven! I luv mixing old school!

[StevenJSousa]

Thanks dude if you do one just let me know old school is the shit :)

SJS.

[jasperibe]

Thanks for the video, good to see the return of the mixing tutorials...

BTW that SDJ2 looks like a nice piece of hardware that you could just bring with you anywhere and setup and practice mixing...can't wait to give it a whirl.

:-)

[laoninja123]

Ohhh i love it when you get a mix justttt right feels so good.

[jasperibe]

what's a better feeling??? Getting that mix right or hearing the crowd cheer when they recognized that song you just brought into the mix???

[DjTribalGreen]

I thing great mixes is the bare bone that actualy make your crowds go crazy on their favorite song. If your mixes arent fit and good, after their song as played, they'll eventualy leave the dance floor which is not what you want imo.

[laoninja123]

Yeah i need to practice more. I get lucky most of the times but when you hit that crescendo and build up the rise to the climax its the best felling ever.

[DjTribalGreen]

If you have the ear, you'll eventually know it when you're in for a good mix. Matching tempos ain't all about it. Remember when you started to mix for fun? Keep it fun and you'll do great mixes.

[nemesis8722]

that's brian! great vid!

[sainifabulous]

i just bought the same road ready rack case behind you

[cybermessiah]

the truth comes out of your mouth brian!

[directsound]

Good job thanks!!!! see ya Monday at MBLV call me when you get a chance

:-)

DJ Mikey Mike

[traxonwax]

The idea was spot on. Most of the people who are into just the beats are them frigging "E-TARDS" as we call em up here. For the rest of us, we need lots of variety or it just becomes sonic wallpaper.

Great video!

[jondavis1234]

It's spelled ''interesting'', Brian.

[djmarkcotter]

awesome, i never looked at beat mixing from that point of view before,, not just match the beats, but make it interesting! nice

[DawidWarsaw]

I agree Brian! Your adwice is accurate! :)

Thats why I don't think, that 80s pop & rock classics, that people demands is worse, than house music! - Because those classics can be less boring, than house music.

Long introduction also can be boring.

I see what moves the croud and I would tell you, that even unmixed music, not beatmatched at all, can put everybody in the groove, so I would say, that selection of music is important and also changes made by dj is important.

[StaffRecordPlayer]

Nice one

In my opinion the problem is, that looping a beat with anotehr song, is often not really recognized by people aswell ... maybe coz they dont even know those songs / the rmx

What makes a mix quiete interesting for me, is to get one song with a nice melody, and another song with a strong bassbeat, and then matchem and switch just sometimes between them, with the xfade. So you can make your own kind of "breakbeat" remix :)

There many ways I guess, just have fun

[traxonwax]

Agree...

What I like to do is if I know the outtro is coming, I'll bring in that beat over the last part of the chorus and drop the bass on the first one gently and what should happen from the audiences prospective is this instant transition from one melody to the next one.

I hope I explained that right. lol

[jasperibe]

makin that breakbeat is a great skill...done well it sounds wicked..done badly...double-beat city.....

[theillestboYee]

Sick...

[Zman87gt]

2,2,3,4,3,2,3,4,4,2,3,4 that brought me back to Middle/High School Band. Great Vid Brian! Thanks for the idea's. Helps me out alot since I'm a beginner with the mixing end of things.

[KorbinianLooser]

Thanks vor this video! now i know for what 12" tracks are supposed to :D

PS: i got some questions on this player: is it a good player for beginners? and would you play a whole gig with it? would also be great, if you would do a video about it! thx

[djfrankis]

great info!

[chrisawaite]

great vid

[mcmookie]

Brian,

Great video the Spencer & Hill remix of Booty Luv has been my fav. for a while now.

Getting creative with loops can be fun, like you said it just needs a little thought. For instance the other week in the city I'd heard a friend of mine mix from Flo Rida's Low into Sir Mix A Lot's Baby Got Back...but he took the opening synth hook of Baby Got Back and looped that portion but used it to mix, the crowd was very receptive taking a new track and mixing into something older it was cool.

[icdedsquids]

That cd player looks awesome, that mix was bananas 2!

[partiesonthego]

great video bri great stuff i learned alot from it

[DonUzaki]

Nice vid, I think I'll try that out right now. Thanks!

[DjKiba]

Planning and practice leads to expansion

Harmonic mixing is always cool but it requires some music theory knowledge

[DjTribalGreen]

Music theory knowledge. Every one of us should have it. I'm working hardly to each day to know more and more.