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Are you a mobile dj, do weddings? how 2 bring a slow toon in

Lesson Intermediate Stage 4: Mixing & Transitions November 2008

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Alright folks, Jonathan here. Have you seen this? That's well cool. Right, back to business. Someone sent me an email and they said, right, how about this for a scenario? You're doing a mobile disco, you're doing a wedding and you've got loads of people on the dance floor. All of a sudden the people start to disappear and you decide you want to play a slow track directly after... A fast track, how do you do it? There are many ways of doing it but this is what I would do. If I looked at the floor and I thought dear me there's loads of people leaving and yes it was time to play a slow track, I would stop the music altogether, talk on the microphone, introduce the track and also maybe dedicate it to some people and then for one or two seconds have no sound at all.

And then bring the track in. So you've got a gap, as opposed to fast booming track and then just straight into a slow track. To me that wouldn't work. So, that's all you've got to do. Sometimes at points like that it is a good idea to stop the music only for a split second, one or two seconds let's say, to let people all of a sudden get used to the fact that the actual music style is going to completely change. That's what I would do. What would you do? Practice and enjoy. Thank you.

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