DJ Mixing Lesson & Global New Releases from CD Pool October 2015

0:00 We've got some more new releases here from CDPool

Alright guys, we've got some more new releases here from CDPool. This is the Global Releases October 2015 Track 1, Disc 1. Oh! Sorry. This is Todd Terry. Now, always Todd... Well, Todd Terry's been around for like since The Dinosaurs and he has produced some eargasmic house music beyond comprehension. This guy knows his thing. What he's done here, he's given us like that old school sort of underground flavour. He's still got his vibe in it. You still know it's Todd Terry. But what he's done, he's brought together his style with that deep and dark sort of bassline from the mid-90s. Brought it up to the modern day style and it's just the bomb. This one here is track number 1 from disc number 1.

2:48 No, that'd be interesting

Find something else on here. I'm just going to lower that down. Put master tempo on. Yeah. East Church, adding a loop there. Filtering it out as well. Track 1 from disc number 2. South Royston 4 featuring Afey. Track entitled Gravity. Got a cuppa. Chilled out Monday morning here playing some tunes. I mean, what more could you ask for? There is that as well. That's illegal. That'd be rather interesting. No, that'd be interesting. That's definitely illegal. That'll get me shot. Just about cope with that. Everything else is boring really, isn't it? Okay, track one, disc number two. Don't forget to check out the link in the description to CDpool.com where you get more stunning tracks like these global releases, sort of soulful, garagey style, mellow, chilled out, bit of vocals, lots of wavy sort of bits in the middle. Oh, it's a chop! A mix doesn't have

You have to be a mix all the time. Sometimes a mix can just be a chop from one to the other. Just try and make sure you've got some sort of flow in the vibe, feel of the music itself. And if you have got that, it pretty much works every single time. You could also use a chop, let's say, if one track is a completely different BPM to the other. For example, you may have a track that's 140 BPM and you want to mix in something that's 110 BPM. Those two BPMs will not mix. Sorry it won't happen. You'll get that noise called a train wreck, where it's a bit like on a train track, do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do, like that. Actually, it's even worse than that, because at least a train track has got some form of start and stop, because the track is a certain distance apart and the gaps are a certain distance, so you do. So I hope you follow me there. But this one here is track number four from disc number one, The Boss, Roy Davis Jr.

4:57 Swag it forward a little bit

Swag it forward a little bit. Again, these videos are about giving you a little insight into the CDs, okay? And me as well. This is pretty good. Put that down. I'm going to put this on anyway. Now, like I said, Todd Terry, I mean, the guy's an absolute frigging genius. You see what he's done here, he's given us something that is very soulful. It's got two parts to it. One is it's got that throbbing kind of beat, the bass line, or the beat should I say to begin with. But then the other part is it's got this sort of mellow vibe. It's almost as though, it's a bit like having a caged animal but wrapping it in ribbon. You know, the ribbons, the soft bit, the caged animal, it's just that chunky bit in the middle. You see? It's just that chugging vibe. Absolutely beautiful. Todd Terry, if ever I meet you, you're going to buy me a drink mate. Yes you are.

You are. See what I mean? Wonderful, absolutely wonderful. Todd Terry and Stuart O'Jelly leaving me again. Okay, I'm going to have to bring this one in. I don't really want to mix these two because I'm not sure they work anyway. No. But this one here is track number five. It's entitled Don't Be. I think there's more to it. Hold on because the reader doesn't give everything. Don't be. No, just don't be. Yeah.

7:08 Again, we've got a similar track in what I would call style

Again, we've got a similar track in what I would call style. That hard hitting beat but at the same time a very nice mellow subtle sort of flavour to the melody. So it's very well produced this one. Very minimal but really well produced. The production is the most important part. It's that mastering. Mastering and production is the most important part in your track. You could have a wonderful track But if it's not mastered correctly and the production isn't right, it won't sound good. Sometimes it's great to have a track, you make the track but then chuck it over to someone else and let them master it, let them produce it because what they'll do, they've got a new pair of ears, they can hear things that you can't hear, they can pinpoint parts that need to be lowered or heightened that you can't hear and more often than not, it's not a case that they'll do a better job than you

9:45 Track 3, disc number 2, Gemini Love, the extended mix

They will help that track immensely. This one here, wonderful. I mean look at it. You see this is it. Some tracks they don't need much. They speak for themselves. It's a few little elements and you've got a bounty full of soul. Love it. Love it. Wonderful. This is more like a lounge garage. You know you're walking into a lounge, into a bar. This is what I would want to hear prior to going out somewhere. Track 3, disc number 2, Gemini Love, the extended mix. Congratulations, October 25th. Go and check them out. Check out the clickable link in the description. It's right down there. It's also known as lickable clink. Practice and enjoy. I do. See ya.

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