DJ Lets Do a Mix and Not Think About the Key

0:00 I'm not thinking about the harmonic transition

Alright, in this video we've got a whole bunch of new releases from CDPool Urban Style January 2018. Now I'm not going to form or try to form any, well I won't say try to, I'm going to play track 1 from disc 1, track 1 from disc 2, 2 from disc 1, 2 from disc 2, 3 from disc 1, 3 from disc 2, in that order. So I'm not thinking about the harmonic transition. Now very quickly, if I was going to concentrate on the harmonic transition, it's not track 1, track 2, only form a harmonic transition. What's happening is it's the middle track that's the important part, that's the harmony. Again, if you think about it, if you're doing an 8 or a 16 bar transition, track 1 find certain key, track 2 find certain key.

But if those two keys don't work, then you've got to do something else. If those two keys don't match in the middle, that is the important bit. So really when you're forming a mix, you're actually making a third track in the middle. Now that is the jelly inside your sandwich. If it's a tasty jelly, people are going to enjoy the sandwich. If you put dog food in there, some people might enjoy it, but most people will not. Track 1, disc 1, all night, here we go. Okay, let's have a think. First transition.

Let's do a roll, so, okay yeah, so we've got to roll there.

Okay, so let's have a think. Let's do the filter, so I'm going to skip this one forward so you get an idea of the track. We're going to disc track number 2, disc 1. This one here is I Know You Majestic. It's a remix of Craig David featuring Bastille.

2:07 It's going to track 3, track 2

Okay, right let's put this forward.

We're going to track 2.

Okay, that was slowing the track down. Okay, it's going to track 3, track 2. Disc 2 is Jaded Pancake Dirty Radio Mix. Okay, let's put this forward a bit.

Let's have a look.

Vinyl break, let's get a vinyl break.

You can hear that?

And the vinyl break then was actually on the mixer, not on the turntable. Okay, let's go to Echo now.

Okay, this is track 3, disc number 1, Hallelujah Diamond Platinums.

3:35 Track 3 is Calamine, Track Into Our Body, the Control S remix

Okay, track 3 is Calamine, Track Into Our Body, the Control S remix. Track 3, disc number 2. Okay, we'll do one more. I'm going to use the sweep function. Skip it forward a bit. Okay, what I try to do as well is with that sort of transition, as soon as I brought the next track in, I brought the last track straight out. So again, if you do, let's imagine you have got to form some kind of transition. Let's say if the tracks are not harmonically matched or you think they are not harmonically matched, then what you have to do is make sure that there is no mix. In other words, track 1, track 2, and they just fit together. They do not overlap. The last thing you want to do is let them overlap because that's when you get that nasty kind of clashing sounds

And noises and jangly bits which is what you don't want, alright? So again, a bit of a demonstration here on... You know, I'm not saying how to or how not to form transitions. What I'm saying is I've just taken track 1 from CD1, track 1 from CD2. So, you know, I haven't thought about what track to bring in and I have just played the tracks as they were on the CDs and try to make some... Try and disguise, let's say, the transitions, alright? Hope that's been a help. Check out the link in the description to cdpool.com Practice and enjoy. Muchas gracias. Thank you. Danke schön. Tusen Dank. Jochen Rauhren. Thank you very much. Cheers.

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