DJ Mixing Lesson with Some Deep Tunes Underground April 2017 CD Pool

0:00 Underground Style City Pool April 2017

Alright guys, Underground Style City Pool April 2017. Now first of all, very important, what I do like about the Underground releases is they're pretty much timeless. Not all but a lot of the tunes you can't pigeonhole. Most tracks you hear today, especially pop songs that I personally think most of them are a load of absolute fodder, you can pigeonhole. You can pretty much say, yeah that was around about 2010 or you know, that kind of sound was the mid-90s. Or I remember that drum pattern from the late 80s. Or that synth from the mid-80s, Madonna styling. But tracks, or not all of them, like I said some of them, perhaps even most of them, from the Underground releases, you can't really pigeonhole. You can't really say it's from a certain era.

So what I do like immensely, is you could put together a set from the Underground series and you could be putting a set together from say, the series 10 years ago. And people would be coming up to you going, I love these tunes man, where'd you buy them from? And it's like, well they're all 10 years old, okay? This one here, High Contrast, track 1, disc 1, Dehydrated Funk EQ. Loving it.

Very funky. Okay, again, all different kinds of styles here. Now the bass line I heard, this is track 1 from disc number 2, What You Want. As soon as I heard that bass line, I was listening, listen.

1:58 Yeah, okay, fair enough

Alright, yeah, okay, fair enough. But you see, sometimes that's how you form a good mix, because you're listening to a track and the objective is to get a very good mix. To listen to the track and think, what else does it sound like? How is the bass line constructed? What's the melody like? Does the melody remind you of something else? If it does, go dig it out, put them together. Do they mix harmonically? Do they work well? If they do, splice them together, see what you come up with. If they don't, then bin that sucker and find something else, okay? So, track 1, disc number 2. This one, Pitchgram releases, it's not only bending, twisty sounds, you do get that kind of natural deep vibe, but the deep vibe you would expect to get on some of the tunes is more kind of experimental.

Isn't your happy clappy deep vibe that you have with some of the Garage tunes from other CDs. These are like, you know, they're just a little bit more... They're just a little bit more... They're just a little bit more... Oh, how can I put it? Um... Intelligent. Unlike me.

4:21 Oh dear, no volume

Jay Zink, All I Want. All I Want. Oh, that was actually funny.

Oh dear, no volume. Okay, there you go. Bit of a drop there going into track number nine from disc number one. You just heard track five from disc number two. It doesn't really mix or anything like that but I've got to put this on because it's rather fat. This is track number six, Pete Graham and Donkey... Donkey Punch.

Like it. What's he playing up, Rob? Go towards the end. Track number ten, a track entitled Dance With You.

7:26 This is very, very twisty bendy

Yeah, let's put this one on. I like this one. Track number ten. This is very, very twisty bendy. Yes.

This is crayon. Make you stomp. Okay, finish off with this one. Thank you very much for watching and listening. There will be info on the releases in the description. Practice and enjoy. Nice one. Why practice and enjoy? Why practice and enjoy? Well, it's about practicing and practicing and practicing and enjoying while you're practicing when you do it right, when you get it right, you get loads of joy and happiness. When you get it wrong, you get a bit pissed off but you should enjoy every single step of the way because when you get it wrong once, hopefully next time you won't get it wrong. You may get it wrong ten times but the more you practice the less chance you have at getting it wrong until eventually you'll get it right. There's the enjoyment.

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