Day Time Radio Style DJ Mixing Transitions CD Pool Dance December 2018

0:00 Let's do some of those radio transitions

Right then, let's do some of those radio transitions. Now these are not club transitions that are exactly at the same BPM. These are radio transitions. The tracks will be at their original BPM. What we're going to do is mix them harmonically. Hopefully in time, also somehow in phrase. But the sort of transition where we're concentrating more on the music and a blend of the sounds instead of, let's say, putting the beats together. Now if you listen to radio versions roughly four and a half minutes, three and a half minutes long thereabouts, more like three and a half minutes really, and if you listen to sort of radio presenters, if they play one track then bring another track straight in after the first track.

And they don't talk in the middle, then very often, pretty much every single time unless they make a mistake, there will be some form of harmonic match between the two tracks. So that's what I'm going to do for you now. We've got a bunch of tunes here from CDPool from the dance releases from December 2018. Of course check out the link to CDPool in the description. This one here is the track entitled Sounds Good To Me, the Paul Wulford mix. Next one, Perfect To Me, back and forth remix. Now again, I didn't bring that in on the one because I didn't want to cut out that little bit of vocals so I waited for like a second or so and then brought the next track in. Perfect To Me was brought in right at the beginning so let's go to another track. Oh sorry, I beg your pardon, Perfect To Me...

2:28 Track & Title Make Love Extended

I'm sorry, I apologise. It was not brought in at the beginning. I brought it in at the beginning of the first break. So if we go there, so... There's where I brought it in. If we go back a little bit, have a listen. Sorry, I do apologise. This is where I brought it in. Two, and... There. There. That's where I brought it in. Alright, let's have a look at Track & Title Make Love Extended Mix. No, I'm not going to bring that with me. Let's try something else. Yeah. Okay, let's spin this one forward a bit. I could have probably brought it in there, but again, really close to that. A definite change in phrase, but then the vocals are very close together. Try here. Now again, to me and then bring the track in. What I didn't want to do is damage those vocals. Okay, this one here.

4:32 Polaroid, the Zach Samuel remix

Polaroid, the Zach Samuel remix. Okay, let's get a little mix. Woman Like Me, this is the Wide Boys remix. It's coming up next. I'll tell you what, what we'll do as well, I'm going to pause that. Let's have a listen to what I'm listening to. Okay, so this is what potentially I'd be listening to on my headphones. You see again, the one in a track. Isn't always an obvious boom. That, believe it or not, I'm pretty sure is actually the one. Let's go back a little bit. Two, yeah. One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. Okay, so let's leave it there. Let's go towards the end of this. I'm not sure if this could be the best transition. They'll match harmonically, but we're going to have a definite change in vibe. Here we go. Now what I'm finding with these transitions is again I'm having to wait for the definite end of the phrase and then...

Bring the next one in. So we haven't got this kind of 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4 from one track to the other. There's almost like a little gap in there as well. Okay, let's finish off with Robin, the track entitled Missing You, the Wes remix. Okay again, let's pause that. Now you're about to listen to what I would be listening to on headphones.

7:19 Two, three, four, one, two, two

Now let's just check, I'm pretty sure, but let's check, make sure that's the one in a phrase. So 1, 2, 3, 4, 2, 3, 4. It is, okay, so let's carry on here. See again, with tracks like this where there's loads of vocals, it's not difficult, but you've got to be a little bit more precise when you bring the next track in so you don't mess the vocals up. There, now that worked. End of, that worked. That was bang on the one, let's do that one again. Okay, let's go back. Okay, back again. Again, not using the pitch. Two, three, four, one, two, two. There, straight in. Okay, transitions like this, these are radio sort of transitions when there's no break, there's no sort of advert. Or the DJ starts waffling on about how brilliant they are. Okay, so there we go. Don't forget, check out the link in the description to cdpool.com. Finishing off with Robin, Missing You. I'll just spin it forward a little bit. Again, the dance releases, more commercial poppy but still have that sort of dancey stroke club vibe. A lot more vocals, hands in the air, a lot more melodic as well.

Link in the description again to CDPool. Don't forget, check out Dance December 2018 and you'll be able to hear the tracks I'm using in this video as well as all of the others on the compilation. Practice and enjoy. Thank you.

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