DJ Phrase Mixing Lesson CD Pool Global November 2016 New Releases

0:00 Another demonstration stroke tutorial on phrase mixing

Alright guys, another demonstration stroke tutorial on phrase mixing. Also we're looking at the new releases from CDPool Global November 2016. These tracks are more your sort of garagey style house, quite minimal, lots of bass lines, very soulful. This one here, no exception, this is Martin Sharp, a track entitled Disco Cat, the Nick Hook remix. This is taken from disc number 1, track number 6. We are going to do a bit of phrase mixing here. So let's imagine now, look we've got, there we go, we've got the two CD cases for CDPool 1 and 2 for Global November 2016. Let's imagine these are phrases in the track. So we've got 8 bars here and 8 bars here. I'm going to put them there. Now let's imagine we're going to bring in another track and the other track we're bringing in has let's say

For argument's sake, got phrasing of 8 bars. So if we start the next track halfway through a phrase of the first track, then of course the second track is going to finish its phrase halfway through the next phrase and so on. So we end up getting something that looks like that. Now if you are partially sighted, I have four CD cases and they are overlapping. They're not on top of each other. So the only way of getting a good phrase mix is to make sure that when you start your next track, you start the mix in time with the beginning of the phrase of the track that's playing. So we get something like that and if we were to have lots of CDs, it doesn't matter how many we've got to the right or left, if they are the same size, same phrase size, they will be perfect.

3:57 One, two, three, three

Perfectly aligned. So what we need to do now is we need to find the end of the track. So I'm going to go towards the end of the track. I've already set a hot cue there. Now that is the point where we have a beginning and end of phrase. I'll just rewind it slightly. How do we find a phrase? How do we know the beginning and end of a phrase? Now sometimes like that, it will be a subtle change. A subtle change in the track. Have a listen again. There. Sometimes it will be more obvious. So for example, beginning of a break. There. One, one, two, three, two. One, two, three, three. One, two, three, four. One, two, three, five. One, two, three, six. One, two, three, seven. One, two, three, eight. One, two, three, nine.

One, two, three, ten. One, two, three, eleven. Twelve. Thirteen. Fourteen. Fifteen. Sixteen. Seventeen. Okay, now alright I got to seventeen but what you will find with phrasing in most styles of dance music is you have groups of fours, eights, sixteens, thirty-twos, even sometimes twenty-fours. That is how phrasing will work in practically every single dance track. Alright, track number five, disc number two, full intention. All I see... Oh, all I see is you. It's the original mix.

One, one, two, three, two. One, two, three, three. One, two, three, four. One, two, three, five. One, two, three, six. One, two, three, seven. One, two, three, eight. One, two, three. There we go, we've had an eight. Three, one, two, four. One, two, three, five. One, two, three, six. One, two... Sorry, you said eight, one, two. Sorry I was out by one, I beg your pardon there. I was out by one bar. Sorry that was my fault with counting. I'm not going to edit this video because you know what? We all make mistakes. So let's go back to our cue point here towards the end of the track.

So I'm going to wind that back a little bit, give me a little bit of a counting and I have got my track ready, track number five, disc number two ready.

On the other side, let's press play on track six, disc number one.

5:44 Number five, disc number two

Number five, disc number two. This guy has been around since the dinosaurs... Mr Steve Silk Hurley and he's collaborated once again with C.C. Pedersen, a track here entitled He Loves Me Too. Really good tune here. This one is track number three from disc number one. Okay, let's go towards the end of this track. Six coming in, disc two. Okay, this epitomises really the global releases. Very, very good soulful dance music. If you want any more information on the global releases for November 2016 and for that matter, any of the releases from CDPool, check out the link in the description. It will take you to cdpool.com. Practice and enjoy. And a big shout-out to the CDPool Massive. Nice one, thank you.

Practice and enjoy, thank you.

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