Always Be Creative in a DJ Mix Club April 2019

0:00 There weren't really that many sorts of genres

During the war, many, many years ago, actually back in the day, sort of around about the early 70s, you had rock, you had disco, and you had reggae, and you had rock, disco. There weren't really that many sorts of genres. Now, you've got funk, reggae, techno, trance, electro, pop, disco, funk, drum and bass, dubstep, trap.

There were so many! Right, these tunes, what I'm going to do is go through some of them and let's work out what genre they are. By all means, say I'm not saying the right genre, but I think I am. This one here is Bright Beats, have a listen to it. OK, this one here is track number 1 taken from disc number 1 from the club releases from TVPool 2019. A track entitled...

It's entitled...

It's those tiny little things that fly around everywhere with a big smile on their face going buzz. Be Happy! Huh, OK.

Now, what I like about this tune is it's got... It's got an old school kind of rave feel to it, sort of from the late 80s, early 90s. Now, again, as time moves on, you know, people are trying to find that new sound. Now, if you can find that new sound, you can overnight become a multi-millionaire because you'll be the person who found the new sound and everyone will copy you. On the other hand, what a lot of producers or DJs are doing... is they are taking... It's a little bit like being a chef in a kitchen and making up a curry. You don't just go and open a pot of curry and stick it in a pan. No, you don't. What you do is you will get some salt, some pepper, some garlic, some spice. You'll get some ginger, some lemon, and you will make the curry.

2:34 Will be track number 1 from

So that's what's happening now. A lot of producers are getting a little bit of this, a bit of that, chucking it together. And making something that isn't really unique, but it's got little flavours of different eras of tracks. Which this has... Okay. Now, the next one will be track number 1 from disc number 2 which is a similar kind of feel. Let's just go towards the end. Okay, so what I'm going to do... over this one, over a loop. Now, I'm not using Rekordbox, it's just a loop. So maybe out slightly, which it is. Okay, this one here. Track number 1 from disc number 2 which is entitled Get Me High. Now the club releases again are a little bit more in your face. A little bit more like... Not like the dance releases because the dance, like I've said before,

5:24 Let's find something else

They're very handbaggy, very cheesy. Female vocals, hands in the air. You know, sort of bottle of champagne and a pina colada in the other hand. Whereas these are a little bit more like, you know, tin of special brew. And a bottle of vodka. Yeah! I don't recommend that actually. Because you'd spill it and get drunk and be sick everywhere. Okay, let's find something else. Let's get out of that. I'm just going to find something now that will mix in harmonically. What I'm going to do here now is just chuck something in. Literally chuck it in. Okay, now that was and wasn't a mix. It was in time, in phrase and in key. But we're looking at completely different genres here. This is train number 5 from disc number 1.

Progresso. It's spelled P-R-O-G-R-E-S-S-O. The main mix. And again, this shows the eclectic sort of selection that you'll get from CD4. A mishmash of all kinds of genres. But what they do with the new releases is they take certain styles and bung them onto a twin CD. So, when you get them you can have a good old mix with the two CDs from that particular month. Alternatively, if you've got a whole bunch of them you could just go and get the club releases and do a banging set. Right, this one reminds me of sort of almost like mid-90s where they tried to do it was the start of big room, hands in the air kind of tune. Right, let's find something from disc number 2. Again, very random this. You can see no waveform up there

So this is the first time I'm sort of having a mess around with these.

Just trying to find things that mix harmonically now as well.

7:44 Rekordbox software, find track, loop

But I'm going to wait towards the end of this track because there's going to be a definite difference in vibe and energy. So let's go to... What I was trying to do is find another track on the second CD that worked smoothly and harmonically but it was very difficult to find one. So this one here is track number 8 This is a track entitled The Feeling This is Jared Marston And also, when I formed that loop I think it definitely was off there a little bit. But again I think proof's in the pudding here I'm not using the Rekordbox software Now if you do have the Pioneer kit You can of course just use CDs or regular MP3s But if you're going to use those You're in the hands of the gods Because when you form a loop You've got to be snap bang in time

On the other hand If you use the Rekordbox software The software will recognise that you're maybe slightly too early or too late for the loop And so long as you have set the settings correctly It will snap it in time for you So this one here is track number 8 from disc number 2 Let's find something from disc number 1 OK, let's have a look See what we've got here Ah! There we go So what we've got now Is we've got a nice rolling kind of bassline On track number 6 Disc 1 Which is Sweet 19 The vocal mix We're going to go towards the end of this

Let's have a look

We don't want to go that far back

Important To have Even though I'm by myself now Talking to a lens I'm having fun No, I ain't gonna stop dancing Until you set me free Oh man Kicking this one This is the shit man

OK Straight away Track number 2 We've got an uplift This is Eventual Groove The Spirit Chaser Remix Bring this in now Practically anywhere Because it's going to give it a nice lift Have a listen Next break Instead of going Up your headphones And trying to Sort it out

Be wasting your time And see Do what I did Which is just Bring it out quicker OK track 10 Disc number 2 Drop it in But I'll go back to that one

16:15 Keep vibe, bassline hold

Do much more of a smoother mix Because Too much of a change With this track Because I like the vibe Of that one You know this one here Underground This one's a little bit more Like uplifting And vibrant I want to try and keep That sort of vibe So let's see What we can find On disc 1 That will keep the vibe From track 10 On disc number 2 OK And by the way What you're hearing is You've got to be It's You gotta be strong You gotta be brighter It's that one God I can sing Actually nice bassline Oh hold on a minute That was good bassline there Actually Hold on Back second OK just The Hold on OK this might work Let's just try this now

18:09 Mean, love, cdpool

You've got to get into everything You know If you tell me that Oh I love music I'm a DJ I love the house Would you like Old school disco No I don't like Shit Well you don't really like music You should like Everything Yeah I mean Gigs I get asked to play Tamamo Town Northern Soul Reggae Rock Techno Trance Disco Funk I love a lot of it It's fun It's exciting I like it But I don't like Listenly See what I mean I don't know Anyway Whatever The club releases For April 2019 There you go Alright If you want any info on CDPool Check out the link in the description It is cdpool.co.uk No cdpool.com Sorry Peggy Park It's based in the United Kingdom If you are a I mean How many years have I been saying that Anyway It's based in the UK If you want to get any more info

Then By all means Contact the company And Get in touch And Check out the company You do have to be A DJ Working DJ To Get Some of The tracks And also You've got to be In and around Europe If you're Anywhere around America Then of course You have your own pools And lakes And rivers And stuff Like it Alright Thank you very much Practice and enjoy See ya

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