DJ Take Time Choosing the Track for the Perfect Mix Set Underground CD Pool December 2017

0:00 You know, what am I trying to explain?

Alright, what we're going to do in this tutorial is find something that has similar elements to the track that's playing. Now I've got a bunch of tunes from Underground City Pool December 2017 and what I'm about to do is try and find, now I've already found it, but I'm going to go through a bunch of tunes to see if the elements of another track seem to work with the elements of this track playing. So, what are we on about elements? You know, what am I trying to explain? What am I trying to say? Well, let's have a listen to this track. Okay, this is entitled Rollercoaster. This is the original mix. Now first of all, it's quite deep. It's got a bouncy kind of vibe to the drum pattern. It's not all the way through, it's just... It's there for like half a bar and then stops for half a bar. There, bassline's there all the time. So we can hear that bassline rolling. Alright, so let's have a listen to... Now in fact, what I will do is I'm going to go through a bunch of tunes here and we're going to mix in different tracks in...

2:54 Example and something that you should try

To RollerCoaster and let's find the one that suits, let's say, or gives us a better transition. Now this video isn't about making sure that the tracks are in time and in phrase and in key. It's more in depth. It's about choosing the right track that fits the mix. What we're looking for here is, we're looking for a track that complements the one that's playing. So not just in key and in time and in phrase. It's almost as though they were made for each other. You know, like two bits of bread and some nice honey in the middle. Alright, so let's go back and just wait for the next beginning of a bar. In fact, I tell you what, I think the best thing to do as well, and this is a good... Example and something that you should try. Find a point in the track that's playing, set a cue point, and then go through the other tracks and mix in the other tracks at the same point in the track that's playing. So you will get a better idea of which one works because if you try different places in the track that's playing,

4:40 It's pretty good, a nice kind of build

The benefit of the doubt because track one, for example, may have not worked very well at the beginning of the track you're playing, but it may have worked really well halfway through. And the opposite may apply for track three or four, but if you start from the same position on the track that's playing, then everyone's got the same chance of being the best track. Now, hopefully that makes perfect sense. Okay, that's where I'm going to start it from. So, I'm just going to go back a little bit, I'll set a couple of hot cues just to give me a little bit of a counting, so let's start that again. Okay, I'm bringing in Act Out Sexuality, it's called. What you can do in a comment as well... It's perhaps, let me know which one you think was the best. It's pretty good, a nice kind of build. There was a definite change to the mix. Good sort of transition and we had a nice, slow but secure build. Boom, straight in. Alright, let's go back to the same track again and I'm going to choose another track now. So, this is a really good way as well of...

Getting a set together. Now, the time taken here doing something like this is well spent because it means you're choosing your tracks. You're not only choosing your tracks, you're choosing the right time to bring in the tracks. You're not only choosing the right tracks at the right time, but you're also making sure that the vibe and energy of the tracks that you're using for that smooth transition work really well. Well, so let's go back again. Here we go. The bass up on the left hand side. Just a bit of echo there. Okay, another nice kind of vibe. Now there, the energy for me seemed to sort of stay the same. This track's got that similar kind of feel. If you're not familiar with the feel of a track,

8:36 You may beg to differ, but I personally think that mix was the best

The best thing to do is when you're forming the transition, close your eyes. Alright? You lose one sense but you'll gain more of that internal kind of energy of feeling the mix instead of like watching and looking. Okay so I'm going to choose one more. I was going to play track four but straight away I knew it wouldn't work. This is Acid Monkey. Coming in. Okay, now you may beg to differ, but I personally think that mix was the best. Listen to the bassline on this track. It sort of complements the other track, alright? So again, this tutorial is all about track selection. Track vibe selection. Okay, I hope that's been a help. Check out the link to see the full description, practice and enjoy. Thank you.

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