DJ Mix Two Become One in a Set

0:00 This video really is about inspiring you into doing a mashup

Alright guys, this video really is about inspiring you into doing a mashup. Now, when you do a mashup, what you want to try and stay clear of is starting two tracks at the same time and letting them play all the way through from start to finish, unless they have the same phrasing structure. In other words, the track on the right hand side from the beginning has 8 bars, 8 bars, 8 bars and so on. And the one on the left or the other track has 8 bars. And also, they have the bridge at the same point because you may have a bridge that starts, I don't know, 128 bars in on the right and the bridge starts, I don't know, 325 and a half quarter bars, you know what I mean, in. So, they may not work like that.

Now, again, with modern day technology, even with the very simplest of controllers, you have cue points. Right, left hand side Axle F, right hand side Animals. You get the general idea there.

1:10 You and think you're making

And you get the general idea there. Okay, so again, something like this, what I would recommend is you have a practice at home before you do something like this live in a gig or at a gig. Because if you cock it up... It's just going to sound not very good and it defeats the object of saying to the crowd, look what I can do. Instead, they'll look at you and think you're making a pratty yourselves. So let's just go back a little bit.

2:24 Sort of a roundabout here

Okay, so you get the general idea there. Let's just skip this forward. So we'll go to sort of a roundabout here and then I'm just going to pause it there and then there's another cue point I got on Axle F.

Again, this was from the 80s. It's a nice kind of electronic sort of tune from the late 80s that can be mixed in with a lot of tracks. The reason I like it, it's quite minimal. There's no vocals and it's a good track, like a filler, especially with a relatively modern day tune. Okay, Animals isn't that modern anymore, but it doesn't matter. It brings more spice. More spice to the two tracks if you put them together correctly.

Let's just go forward a bit. There. Just taking the bass down on Animals.

Okay, so I hope you get the general idea. Now again, very quickly, if you're going to do a mashup like this, make sure you know what you're doing prior to bringing it into the set. Again, make sure you know your cue points. The BPM. And also, watch out for those bridges because if a bridge comes in one track and you mix in part of the other track over the bridge, the keys may clash a little bit. Bear that in mind. Finish off with practice and enjoy. Thank you very much.

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