DJ Mixing Tutorial and New Releases CD Pool January Global & Underground

0:01 We're going to kick off with track number one from the global

Alright ladies and gentlemen, kids are in bed and it's time for a new releases for you from CDPool. In this video we're going to try two genres, one being the global releases, the other one being the underground. We're going to kick off with track number one from the global. Volume up. Thank you very much. Right, what I try and do with these particular tutorials or these demonstrations is not only play the tunes but give you an idea of maybe... In this video, we're going to be mixing different genres. People are always asking me, how do you mix this genre into that, that into this, this into that and so on. Techno into house, house into soul, soul into R&B, hip hop into drum and bass, dubstep into classical, the mind boggles. It's about being creative, it's about listening to the music, finding the right time to bring the next track in, just go for it.

Alright, so what have we got here? We've got something that's quite easy, laid back, chilled out, the volume's low, kids are in bed. And what are we going to do here? First of all, let's have a listen to a bit more of the track. It's slightly more uplifting. I'm just going to try and bear that one in mind. Let's just take those off there. Something like that. This one here, by the way, is track number one from Disc 1 as well, The Underground Releases. Alright, that was about as random as you get. On my word of honour, I didn't think, oh, I'm going to do that before I started this video. It's like, that's what I felt should happen and that's what I did. That wasn't even a mix, well it was sort of a mix, it was in time, but it was just that I'm almost thrown in. Try to keep the flow of the music going as well. This one here is Georgian City featuring M-Neck, Ready For Your Love.

2:47 Very nice sort of deep vibe to this

Very nice sort of deep vibe to this. It's almost on the verge of being garage, but I admit, I have to admit, it does have that very nice rusty underground feel. Okay, so let's find another track here. You notice as well, I'm not using headphones. I could use headphones if I wanted to, but what I do find as well is when you don't use headphones, you're more attuned to listening to everything instead of concentrating on one sound. Think about it. Also as well... I'd like to introduce you to these. These are the M100s from Vmoda. Now, I've done a couple of reviews on these and I'd like to share an experience I had with you a few nights ago. Not that one because that's really rude and it's private, but this one about the headphones. I had them on and I was listening to a track whilst another track was playing and...

All of a sudden I took them off because I actually thought I was listening to what was playing but I was actually listening to what I was listening to through here. So the actual cancellation or the amount of cancellation is fantastic. What you're getting is only the sound from the headphones and you get very little, any sound from outside. Of course that's dependent on how loud the headphones are and how loud or quiet the music playing is. From the main PA or your booth is as well. Alright, so this one here is track 1 from disc number 1. Just going to keep that in mind and... See again we can... Oh dear, we can do something quite similar here as well. Hold on. Into this side of... Right. So I've got a cue point. Right, so let's go back. Right, what I'm going to do, I'm just going to pause that there and if we go to track 2, hit some echo and...

4:54 I'm just going to sort of give some random kind of echo here

I'm just going to sort of give some random kind of echo here. No, hold on. A little bit more of a change there, but again, there's no beatmatching involved there. It's just from one track to the other. Now, hopefully it'll start to make you think that mixing isn't all just matching beats. Mixing is virtually any way you want it to be. If you listen to a lot of radio DJs, they don't continually beatmatch. They'll just match tracks together, try and keep the flow, the vibe. This one here, track number two from disc number one. Don't forget these are the global releases on this deck over here and the underground releases from CDPool. I'll put all the information in the description. Right, got my monitor up there which is quite cool. Don't really need it. Just to make sure as well that it's not going down. Blurry. It's alright. My god, there's an ugly bugger up there. Not this one there either. Okay, right.

7:22 Half volume on there and let's see what happens

Pause that one and let's have a listen through. Yeah, track three. Okay, we'll mix this one in I think. Where it comes in with that sort of like almost background melody. There. Okay, so we've got our cue points there. And I haven't beatmatched this yet so it might be off slightly. So what I'll do, I'll lower the bass here and I'm going to have half volume on here. Half volume on there and let's see what happens. And I'm not looking at the BPM, there's no bloody point. Okay, now again, what I did here, I didn't just start beginning and end, beginning and end. What I'm trying to do is choose points in the track. Try and find areas in the middle of the track, not at the end or the beginning where I can bring the next track in. This one here is track number three from the underground releases from disc one.

What I'm going to do now is take out disc one from the global and put disc two in. Now, I try and be as precise as possible because still, after eight, five, six years, people are still going, what track? If you listen to what track I'm explaining it is, then when you go to the website, cdpool.com, you'll be able to, ah, Jonathan said disc two, track three. That's the one I'm playing. Sorry. Okay. Right, let's just remember that it's quite sort of like a bouncy, but it's a bit more of a deep, grimy kind... Well, no, it's not really grimy. A deep kind of vibe. Let's find something that'll go in... Here, no. No. Maybe. Just have a listen again. That might do, but I don't want to... I'm going to try and keep some form of continuity. No. Shut up. This is track five. Nope.

9:57 No, track six is track seven

No, track six is track seven. Maybe, okay. Yeah, I reckon we'll go with that. Track seven. Maybe not. But we'll have a listen. Okay, we're going to try them from that point. Let's see what happens. Slightly higher this one. Bring it in. Almost like you're out, in. Nah, it wasn't as good as the last mixes but then again, this is also showing you the experimentation. It's a good way of thinking. Is it or isn't it? You know, it's either is, isn't. There's never like really a maybe when you're mixing music. It's either is or isn't. There's never like, ooh, it might do it because music either works together or it doesn't. Really important. This one here is track seven from disc number two. We'll take our underground disc number one and we'll put in underground disc number two. I do actually like...

12:45 Bear in mind, track 10 from disc number 2

Mixing together really soulful stuff with a bit of twisted sort of techno-y style feel. So what you get, you get that really good soulful vibe and then you can then mix in something like really twisted beats. So it's almost, it's a bit like having a really spicy hot curry with loads of sugar. It like whacks you on your tongue but it's got a nice smooth sort of sweet flavour to it. Make me hungry that. Okay, let's just do a random thing. I'm going to do that. Close my eyes. And we're on track 10, okay? Have a listen. Bear in mind, track 10 from disc number 2. Cafe bar music. Yvette's dad, Jeff Brooks, would love this. He classes it as music for lifts. Okay? Yeah. Have a listen. High pass filter. There you go. This one here is track number 1 from disc...

Number two from the underground releases, and just to let you know what it is, this one here is DJ Fresh versus Jay Frey featuring Miss Dynamite. Dibby Dibby Sound, the Codec remix. It's quite a good tune actually. Here we go. Like it, like it. Top, top tune. Okay, let's have a look. So let's remember that sort of vibe and feel. No, definitely not. No.

15:03 You need to keep that vibe going

See, this would go with it. Now, again, it's all well and good mixing the tracks perfectly, musically, but then how about that vibe? You need to keep that vibe going. There's no point in having some grungy track and mixing it perfectly, musically perfectly, melodically perfectly, whatever, but changing the vibe. But of course you can always do that if you need the vibe changed in the room. It's just, it's mind-boggling. This is where the connection is so important between you and the crowd. There's no point going into a nightclub with your set, playing your set, and thinking, what on friggin' heck aren't they dancing? It's because it's your set. It's not their set. You have to play to them as much as them appreciating what you're playing, and they'll push that vibe back to you, which in turn makes you feel better and want to go further.

In fact, try this. Don't do a set. Just go in there with a blank piece of paper and start playing some tunes and you may find your set will be better because you're buzzing from the atmosphere that's being created by you and them, not buzzing from a set that you've done 50 times and you're absolutely bored shitless of. So, let's play this one again. Let's go back to the... Oh, we don't go back. We'll go... Give me a break.

Okay, finish off here with track number one from disc number two. Again, don't forget practice and enjoy and have fun. Playing music, being a DJ is about having fun first. You, the DJ, having fun first. If you don't have fun, no one else will. Alright, practice and enjoy. Thank you very much for watching.

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