Going from one genre of music to another , tute 4 the DJ.

0:00 Of course it's about the music and that's what matters

Right folks, Jonathan here. Still get a whole bunch of emails from people asking me how on earth do you mix different styles, different genres of music together? Well of course it's about the music and that's what matters. Now first of all let's talk about a club. You walk into a house club. You would expect to hear house music. You'd be really pissed off if all of a sudden I suppose you turned up the house set. Some guys or some ladies playing this wicked house set for about an hour, and then all of a sudden they play some hip-hop. You know, you'd probably look at them and think, what the hell's going on? But, just perhaps, if they'd just thrown that hip-hop track in at the right time, at the right place, where it sounds perfect, they may get away with it. But then again, they've got to be very good.

And then, maybe they'll go back into house music. But if all of a sudden they went from hip-hop to soul to R&B to techno to trance and then back to house, you'd think, what the hell's going on? Because you expect to hear just house music on a house night. Now, with a mobile disco. Alright, mobile disco, weddings, bar mitzvahs, 18th, 21st, funerals, someone's just crashed the car, let's have a party. You never know. People would expect, if they haven't asked, Specifically to hear one style of music. They will expect to hear all styles of music. For example, the amount of weddings I've done and we have had age groups from the age of zero to dead. And I'm serious, you've got mothers with babies in their arms suckling at their titties and then you've got kids running about all over the place as though they've just drunk about seven...

1:43 Tins of blinking Red Bull

Tins of blinking Red Bull. And then you've got like mums and dads who are just pissed because they're quite happy the kids are running about everywhere and they can just relax and enjoy themselves. And then you've got the old age pensioners who are like, oh turn it down! And they just about fall off dead. So you've got a wide variety of people there. So you have to please them all. The only way of pleasing them all is, the cat's jumping about all over the place, is to play all kinds of music. A mixture. The only way to keep the continuity And the flow, where the actual music in the evening is concerned, is to try and keep the music a flowing sort of progression of the music. So in other words, we're on about key and we're on about the tone and the feel of the music. If it's all over the place, it's going to sound terrible. Alright, it could work to a certain degree if you stop a track, talk, hello, how are you, and then start again. But of course the trouble is then you've got a full dance floor and all of a sudden...

You stop the music and they're standing there like lemons. Unless you can actually keep them there, it's going to be hard work. So, the idea is to keep the flow of the music. So yes, like I said earlier, you could stop the music, you could talk on the microphone and start another track. That's okay. But the ideal way of keeping the floor happy when you're playing different genres and styles of music... Ellaskins, The DJ Tutor. Totally different. We've got Rapper's Delight Sugarhill Gang, we've got the Notorious B.I.G., and we've got Black Sabbath. Yes, I mean it. Right, have a listen. It's a bit of fun. And this will show you a sort of an idea. I mean, this isn't necessarily three tracks I'd play in Let's... Well, it probably is three tracks in a wedding. Why not? Play these, everyone knows them, and they could probably get down and do some boogieing. Tell me what you think. Here we go. Might give you an idea. This is the Underworld.

4:56 I was messing around a little bit, but it'll give you a general idea

Doing a mobile gig, the last thing you want to do is just stand there. You've got to move, because if you move, the crowd will get the vibe from you and they'll do it as well. Mess! I was messing around a little bit, but it'll give you a general idea. It's all about having some fun. And even if you just only play house or techno, why don't you as well experiment? It could maybe help you practice and enjoy.

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