DJ Mixing Lesson on Chopping a Track in for a New Flavor to a Mix

0:00 In this video it's called The Jump

Alright ladies and gentlemen, in this video it's called The Jump. What we're going to do is we're going to do a mix but I'm going to, I suppose, add tiny hints of the next track. It's not a beatmix even though it will hopefully be in time. It's more sort of adding a tiny bit of this track here into the first track and then a bit more and a bit more and a bit more. So the idea is it's almost as though we're slowly bringing in the track. We want to tease the crowd. Not only do we want to tease the crowd, we want to give them something slightly different. Now every time you do a transition it has to be different. Try not to just do beginning and end, beginning and end. Try and not only communicate with the crowd but not only tease them but give them something.

1:06 It's almost da-da-da, 1, 2, 3, 4

Give them something new and exciting. Okay, so I will put the names of the tracks in the description. Let's have a listen to this one here first. Here we go. So we're coming towards the end of the track and what I've done is I set a cue point halfway through this track. So not only now am I not playing the beginning of the track, I'm starting the next track halfway through. Okay, I'll pause that. So what do I do with that track? Let's have a listen to this one here.

Now also, I haven't set that at the count of 1. It's almost da-da-da, 1, 2, 3, 4. So I've set it on the count of 4 so if I wanted to I could add that little bit of drumming before I bring it in. I don't want to do that. Why I've done that is because if I set a cue point at the beginning of the count of 1 it's possible that by moving the crossfade over I might not get that tiny point in. What I want to do is make sure that I get the full sound of that first 1. So if you have a listen, so here we go.

2:15 We're coming to the end of the track

Okay, let's give this a go. Here we go.

We're coming to the end of the track.

Okay, again slightly off but it's a bit of a demonstration. I hope you get the idea. This is about taking you not to the next level but making you different from other DJs. Practice and enjoy, thank you.

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