Drum and bass Phrase Mixing DJ Lesson BY Ellaskins the DJ Tutor.

0:00 Two tracks we're using is Mermaid Scar and Your Time

Alright guys, two tunes here from Hospital Records, from the Hospitality LP from 2000, or Hospitality 2016. Check out the links in the description to more info on the album and also the website as well, Hospital Records. Alright guys, two tracks we're using is Mermaid Scar and Your Time. And this video is about bringing the tracks in at the right time. Now, what I've done is I've set some cue points on, where are we now? On Your Time. Have a listen. Right at the beginning. This here is the second one, is where we start getting a bass line. A bit more of a drum pattern there as well. And the third one, where we get a melody. So have a listen. Now, we've got like a nice sort of seductive melody in the background and then we have that melody appear. It's around about sort of 16 bars in but I haven't been exact here.

1:53 Your Time by itself

Now also what I've done on, where are we now? On Mermaid Scar is I've set one cue point towards the end of the track. So that's my cue point there. Let's go back a little bit and have a listen. And I want you to listen to the change. There. Okay, now that is a definite change in phrasing. So what we've got, we're going from one phrase to the other. Don't forget as well with music you don't have a phrase and there's a little bit of a gap then all of a sudden a new phrase. As soon as one phrase finishes, the other one will start. So that's the point where I want to mix in Your Time. So I'm gonna do it three times. The first time with the first hot cue, second with the second, third with the third. And the objective here is to make sure we have a drop out on one and a drop in on the other track.

3:53 I'll try my third cue point now

So I'll put my headphones on and all you'll see me doing is pressing down here because that's my cue point on the Mermaid Scar. Pressing down here which is my first cue point on Your Time but I won't bring Your Time in straight away into the mix so here we go. Together. Your Time by itself. Mermaid Scar by itself. Together. That's where your Mermaid Scar drops out. Okay, let's try the second hot cue now. I'm now, the second hot cue is further into Your Time. Transitions, it's all about really the timing and making sure when you bring one track into the other It's not only in beat, in key, it's also in phrase. See we've still got a bit of a gap here. Listen. Finishes. 2, 3, 4 1, 2, 3 4 1, bang. Now that's what I want.

I want the drop to come in on Your Time exactly at the same point as the track Mermaid Scar finishes where we have the beat just seems to fade away which is if I just go to the track there. Bang. There. Okay so that's where I want the drop to take place. So I'll try my third cue point now. And it was exactly where that melody started. So now, exact phrasing. Perfect phrasing, perfect timing. Here we go. Alright I hope that's been a help. Don't forget to check out Hospitality 2016 the album and also check out Hospital Records. Don't forget as well if you want any lessons I do Skype lessons one-to-one and also you can book me to go and play at your nightclub anywhere around the world to practice and enjoy. Thank you.

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