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Advanced DJ Lesson Mashing up the Hot Cues in House Music to Make a Break Beat

Lesson Advanced Stage 6: Performance Technique November 2024

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All right, ladies and gentlemen, this is really what I would class as an intermediate to advanced DJ lesson. We're going to be using the hot cues. I'm using the Opus Quad, but at the end of the day, you can use pretty much any controller so long as it's got hot cues. So let's check it out. First of all, what I'm going to do, I'm going to hit the hot cues in double time. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. Not on the beat. So if I was going to do it on the beat, it'd be like this. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, like that. I'm going to do 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, double time. So let's just get rid of those.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Now have a listen when we use the hot cues.

Other way. Basically what I did when I hit the hot cues, hit them in double time. And then when I replay them, I hit them in half time and it chops up that beat. To me, sounds pretty damn good. Let's do it again. Other way.

What do you think? Let me know in a comment. Thanks for watching. Practice and enjoy.

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