Best DJ Lesson Ever Part 5 and Tutorial

0:00 This is the best DJ lesson in the world ever, part five

All right, ladies and gentlemen, this is the best DJ lesson in the world ever, part five. Part one, two and three was just me discussing about stuff that affects us all around the world. Part four was the same as part one, two and three, but I added a tutorial as well. I'm going to do exactly the same with this one, part five. Tutorial to begin with, then I'm going to just explain a few things. So after the tutorial, you can stop watching if you want to. You'll know when the tutorial finishes because I'll do something really silly. And then we'll continue with the discussion. The tune I'm using is by Mr. Kenny Hectic, it's a track entitled I Don't Know. And in this tutorial, I'm going to show you how you can make an effect without using any effects at all.

I'll show you. Right, I'm using the same track on two players. I have set the master tempo, or sorry, the tempo reset. So I've set that. And so wherever I put the pitch, the tracks will stay at the same speed. Now again, we have to think in advance. You could be in the mix. So for example, I will explain how you can use this technique even if you're in the middle of the mix. So you're not just turning up and saying, here we go, I'm going to play Mr. Kenny Hectic. Goodbye! And that's it. You don't really want to do that because that would be like really boring. And they'd pay you lots of money for playing one track. Some DJs actually have that done, but they're very... Well, let's just stop there.

1:34 Let's imagine you've got a track on that side

OK, so let's imagine you've got a track on that side. You're playing that and then you bring in your other track. Of course, you'll have to beat match it. Fair enough. A couple of things you can do at this point. You can then get exactly the same track on the other side. Make sure it's exactly the same BPM. And away you go. Alternatively, which is probably the best thing to do, is slowly increase or decrease the speed so it's... is at zero, zero, zero. In other words, it's at the correct speed that track should have been when it was produced. And then you can, of course, press tempo reset, which means both of the tracks will be at the same time. Now, of course, think about it. You've got to think logically. You have played a track.

You've mixed in the track. You're going to do what I'm about to explain to you. So the track that you've just mixed in may be four or eight bars or 16 bars in. Now, even there, there's two things you could do or quite a few things. One is you could double tap the cue, which brings it right back to the beginning. While you double tap the cue, you press play on the other one, which means both play as they should from the beginning. Alternatively, what you can do is you can just get the same track ready on the first deck. Remember, the first deck was the track that was playing. The second deck is the one you're going to mix in. The third one is the same track. Because track two, I know what I'm saying and it is logical.

Just follow. What you can do is you can set a cue point, let's say 16 bars in. So you're cued up on this track here, 16 bars in. So as soon as this one gets to that point, press play and bang, they're working together. You may have to check on your headphones to make sure they're exactly the same time at exactly the same time and you will be able to work that out. This is probably... This is a slightly intermediate DJ lesson as well in brackets, but you'll be able to hear that by them phasing. Okay, so please take all that on board. It's maybe a lot of information, but it does make very good sense. So let's just have a listen to what it sounds like two tracks playing at the same time or yeah, two tracks. Sorry, sorry.

The same track playing at the same time.

There, we've got that phasing sound haven't we? Okay. Now we just got the one. They're both still playing at exactly the same position. What I'm going to do now is I'm gonna move this one like that. That's all, now have a listen. Little bit more. We've got an echo. No, we've actually made an echo using the same track. No effects, but we've got an echo. Listen, take the treble away from this one. Bass, treble away. Just the mid, but emphasis on the mid.

4:46 Got full kill, just the bass

Take the mid away. Got full kill, just the bass. So I've added an echo, but I haven't added the echo. But let's have a listen to see what it sounds like if I actually add an echo as well. So we're on, we're using channel two. I'm going to tap in time with channel one even though channel two is slightly off, don't think it matters. Let's go three quarters, bring the volume down, engage the echo. Let's fade over. Let's have a listen. So we've got an echo, but then we've added an echo on the echo. Half. Now again, there are so many different ways of doing this. Imagine a painting and you using red and green. You've got two colours, red and green. But you could, and let's say you've got a kilo of red and a kilo of green.

6:55 Talking about grams, that's the tutorial over and done with

You could add one tiny gram of green to two grams of red. Mix those. And you will have another colour. You could then add three grams of the red to one gram of the green and so on. You'll get different tones, different textures, textures, different feels to the colours. This is pretty much the same. We've got two colours, which, well actually we've got one colour, but we've got two tracks. But we're just adding different elements of an effect to get a new effect, to get a new colour, to get a new feel to the track. Talking about grams, that's the tutorial over and done with. So you can slide off now if you want to. Talking about grams, here's something for you to think about. Drugs. OK, cocaine, cannabis, magic mushrooms, the whole lot.

A lot of them are illegal. Now I'm... This video is not about saying that you should go out and just get them. What this video is about is about you thinking about them. Now, a mushroom grows on the ground in fields yet it's illegal. Strange that, isn't it? So how can something that just grows naturally and has grown naturally for tens of thousands of years... be illegal? I'm trying to work that one out, actually. Now... I'm a firm believer that there are certain drugs out there that open parts of your mind, your brain to make you happy. To make you feel exhilarated and joyous. Now... Why is it that some of those drugs are illegal? I don't want you to think the drugs are illegal because they're bad for you. I want you to think that possibly the drugs are illegal

Because they open up parts of your brain that make you feel happy. Therefore... They possibly are illegal because the powers that be out there don't want you to be happy. Does that make any sense? This is video number five. Practice and enjoy. Thank you.

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