DJ Advise. Making a mix for a comp? Impress from the Word go

0:01 There are two in mind at the moment

Alright guys, demonstration straight tutorial time and this demonstration is mainly for people who are going to be entering competition, mix competitions. There are two in mind at the moment. We're looking, well at the moment we're now in September 2011. Well there are two competitions taking place in the NEC in Birmingham 1st, 2nd and 3rd of October. One is through a company called Gemini, the other one is Pioneer and I will put links underneath here. And you still have time to enter the Pioneer competition for one lucky person to play on the Pioneer stand. Alright, so what's this particular video all about? Right, very simple. You need to impress, you need to inspire, you need to make the judges go, oh my god, what on earth is going on from the first second?

Right, again it's so simple. If you've got let's say an hour to do a mix or two hours or three hours then you can slowly... ...slowly build your mix. When you have maybe 1, 2, 3 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes, you've only got that time to impress. So the last thing you want to do is spend half an hour choosing your second track. Alright, that's rather difficult with 10 minutes but you know what I mean, don't you? How many DJs will press play and then they'll just sit there and go... ...and then maybe two minutes later bring another tune in? No. You need to impress. Also... ...I have a continual competition going online which is called the 10-minute mix as well. I'll put a link down there so go and check that out.

1:45 From the word go, this is my tip

So how do you impress? How do you show the judges that you're the one who should win the competition? From the word go, this is my tip. Start off with two tracks in the mix. Not one and then bring another one in. Just go in with two. Now first of all, this track here, have a listen. Yes.

You need to know that they're in key or the keys work but also more importantly as well, just as important, they have to match timing. So this guy here, I mean yeah, this particular tutorial could be very simple. It could be just, well you know what, when you're doing a mix press play on both of them and let it go. I need to explain. Right so, this one here.

2:30 ...whether it be for the Pioneer competition to play

So in other words, when you're doing your mix, your 10-minute mix whether it be for the 10-minute mix competition which is underneath there... ...whether it be for the Pioneer competition to play... ...at the BPM on the Pioneer stand or whether it is for the Gemini competition, try and inspire from the word go. Now I think, I'm pretty sure at the Gemini competition you go there and you do your mix there. Quote me if I'm wrong but if that's the case then follow these tips and you never know, the judges may actually go, I like this guy or girl because they're going straight in at the deep end as opposed to press play and just, I don't know, do your nails or something. So here we go. Tracks playing. Now don't just sit there and go, oh I'm going to do a trance playing.

I did it better. Use your imagination and go for it. So it is the 7th of September 2011, practice and enjoy. Thank you.

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