DJ Help with Phrase Mixing House Tunes

0:00 In time, same BPM or BPMs

Alright, we're going to do a bit of a phrase mix here. Now, first of all, very important, there are three top do's when you're forming some kind of a mix and I will say this again and again and again until it's drilled into your head. The first one, the numero uno, first priority is in key, second one is in time, same BPM or BPMs that match, half time, double time. The third one, of course, is in phrase. So the key mixing is vital because that will keep the vibe of the mix. Second one, BPM, same BPM or half time or double time. That makes sure you don't have what's known as a bit of a train wreck. And the third one, which is what I'm going to go over now, is to make sure it's in phrase so you don't have melodies over melodies, vocals over vocals, bass line over bass line and so on.

Two tracks on the right hand side, Big Boy Pants, the original mix. On the left hand side, Endless Luminosity, the original mix. There will be information on these two tracks in the description. Let's have a listen towards the end of Big Boy Pants.

So let's set a cue point there. So that, by the sounds of it, is the beginning of the next phrase or a new phrase. Now, if you're not familiar with phrase mixing, what you need to do is have a listen to your tracks.

And what I want you to do is... Maybe find a point in one of your favourite tracks where there's a definite change. For example, the beginning of the break, the end of the break, the beginning of the chorus, the end of the chorus and then start counting as follows. One, one, two, three, two, one, two, three, three, and so on. What you should find is you'll get to an eight. You'll get to sometimes a twelve, but more than likely it will be an eight, sixteen, twenty four or thirty two. And you'll hear another change. Now that is the phrase in use. And you'll find that in your track, there is no defined definite. Every phrase is eight, eight, eight, eight and eight or sixteen and sixteen. It depends on the track and also on the overall time of the track.

So if you have a lot of your songs that are three and a half minutes, they will be the radio versions. And your phrasing, you will find will be more like two bars and four bars when you go over four and five minutes. So your phrasing is more likely to be eights, sixteens, twenty fours. So from here...

2:32 That change there two three four

Like a big boy pants on! One, one, two, three, two, one, two, three, three, one, two, three, four, one, two, five, one, two, six, one, two, seven, eight, nine, one, two, three, ten. 11 1 2 3 12 13 14 15 16 one one two three see change three five another change there okay so let's go to that change there two three four one two three five one two three six one two three seven one two three eight one two nine still got the melody in the background 11 12 13 14 15 16. there melody finishes okay 16 bars from this point here and that's sort of like meandering melody finishes in the background let's have a listen to the beginning of endless luminosity one one two three two three four five six seven eight eleven twelve 13

4:46 Start endless, luminosity counted

14 15 16 17 no listen okay so there you go we've got that little kind of melody in the background so all right again i'm going to give you two seconds to work out exactly what i'm going to do sorted it good right so all we're going to do is from this point here i'm going to start endless luminosity that's it so if i've counted correctly i'm going to start endless luminosity that's it so if i've counted correct quickly as soon as the melody finishes there the melody will take over on the other side it's that simple seriously it is actually that bloody simple here we go maybe take the bass out a bit on the track that's coming in just going to filter out big boy pants all right any info on the tracks don't forget check out the description

Practice and enjoy thank you very much i'll just play a little bit more of this guy here

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