Drum and bass DJ Tutorial Start with Two Tunes!

0:00 First of all the demonstration, then the explanation

Alright guys, first of all the demonstration, then the explanation. We've got a couple of D&B tunes here on the right-hand side, back to the jungle, left-hand side, track entitled Cold Wave, the original mix. I will put info in the description. Here we go! Okay, again for the established DJ, that's very easy. But for someone who is a newbie, it looks a little bit technical. But actually it isn't. It is relatively simple. So first of all what I've done is I've got two tracks. One has got a nice sort of floaty beginning which is back to the jungle. Have a listen.

There's no beat there at all. It's just the melody.

But listen, that's it. There is no beat. On the other hand, if we go to the left-hand side... Have a listen. This is Cold Wave.

2:05 Let's have a listen to the beginning of Cold Wave

I'm just going to set a hot cue there. Let's have a listen to the beginning of Cold Wave.

Okay, so very quickly as well. D&B is probably the most formatted genre of dance music out there. I would pretty much guarantee that practically every single track is in phrases of 16 bars. So it's very good to do... Very easy to do the likes of double drops and all synchronized two tracks. So if you start the two tracks at the beginning of a phrase, then they should work in tandem. So what I'm doing is to begin with, I was just using the up faders. Then I switched to the crossfade. So what I'm trying to do is get the two tracks to talk to each other. You know, nip over to the one, back to the other. Nip over to the other one and back and so on and so on. But at the same time, I'm trying to remember where the drops come in.

3:06 Let's say we're starting off our drum and bass set

Now again, because they are both phrased correctly... Soon as you bring the crossfade over, let's say, and you miss the drop on the one side... The drop of course will come in on the other if you bring the crossfade over there and so on. So really, this kind of move isn't that difficult, again, if you know what you're doing. But why would you do something like this? Well, let's say for example... Let's say we're starting off our drum and bass set. Listen. There you go. You play the first track. You try to impress the management. You're trying to impress someone with your mix tape. And it's the beginning of a tune. On the other hand... Okay, spun it back there a little bit. But as I've said many, many times, when you're doing a mix and you want to impress someone...

Just use your initiative. Try not to start off with just the one track and then twiddle your thumbs for about two minutes before you decide to bring the next one in. Kick them between the ghoulies, alright? Get them right in the centre. Just give them a load of S-H-I-T from the word go. And start playing two tracks. You are going to get people's attention, okay? Practice and enjoy. Nice one.

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