Good and Bad DJ Drop Mix Demo Dance August 2020

0:00 And a demonstration on drop mixing

All right, so in this video we're going to talk about and a demonstration on drop mixing. Now the thing is with drop mixing is if you make a mistake it sounds terrible and I've done it many times when I've dropped another track and I thought shouldn't have done that. Trouble is once you've done it, it is very difficult practically impossible to go back to the first one because then or you imagine you're playing track 1 you drop in track 2, track 2 you're thinking It didn't work, so you go back to track one. Well, if you then go back to track one, you've not only made a mistake by going to track two, you've then made another mistake by going back to the first track because it will then sound bad again. So you're better off just sticking with track two, waving your hands and thinking, I made a mistake. So what is it about the drop? And what can be a great drop?

An average one or just something that's plain crap? Well, first of all an average one is when you're let's say going from the same key. So really all you're doing is you're passing the buck on, the vibe and energy from one track onto the other one without changing the energy, without changing the feel. Two completely different tracks and you're just going from one to the other. Alternatively, you can sort of lower the energy by I've got some tunes here from CDpool and I'm going to give you a demo first of what I would class as a good drop where you're enlightening the energy, you're just increasing that vibe. And then we'll just have a listen to some of the other tracks. Okay, so I'm just going to put the camera there. And yep, look at that. Alex Party, what a good tune. That is back in the day classic track there.

2:26 Here is how, again it's not

I've set a cue point. Now also what I'm going to demonstrate here is how, again it's not as simple as this, there is a little bit more to it but I'm going to try and make it as simple as possible, is I'm going to put the tracks at the original speeds so we'll put that at 0-0. Again I could just press the tempo reset but I just want to do it old school style and do the same with the others so it's 0-0. 120, 122. So in a way, this one's slightly faster anyway. Now that in itself can enhance the overall dropness because when you're going from a slow track to a fast one, you are automatically increasing the energy. But of course you can't mix a fast track into a slow one. They have to be the same BPM or double or half time.

Of course, you can increase the speed while you're doing the mix. And again, you can do that if you've got master and sync on. The other way of doing it is just to mix as in a drop mix, which I'm about to do now. So when you do a drop mix, you're literally stopping one track and as soon as that track stops, you're starting the next one. So there's no actual mix. It's a little bit like that. That's a mix. My hands are the mix, so my arm is track one. The mix is track two. My other arm is track three. You should know about that. So let's play real for me. Okay, so we can hear this one's quite mellow, quite deep. So what I'm going to do, I'm going to go to the break. Again, I'm trying to read between the lines because there wasn't much of a build-up to that drop. I don't think bringing the drop in

5:04 Let's do an experiment here and you'll see what I mean

Here on this track would work because it's a little bit like silence, bang, there you go. The analogy here, it's a little bit like having two rooms and being in one room where you're by yourself opening the door to a massive party. What you want is you want to be in one room where you can feel the energy build and build and build until you open the door and boom, the party starts. So if I'd have tried it there, I honestly don't think it would have worked. But actually let's try it. So let's do a demonstration. Let's do an experiment here and you'll see what I mean. So here's the break. And then we'll try it further on in the track. Okay this one here is Northern Lights. You see to me that was too much. If you wanted to wake someone up, that would definitely wake them up. But we don't really want to wake them up. We just want them to go yes, yes, yes, yes. Boom!

Tissue papers. Right, so. Alright, I felt that was a lot better. There. Okay, so this is Northern Lights, the extended mix. What's happened here with this track? It's a little bit more euphoric as well. So, you know, I'm sort of picturing the crowd, you know, dancing along to Real For Me and then just a bit more of an uplift here now with Northern Lights. Right, let's try something else.

7:15 I'm just trying to match the melodies

Okay, sort of a harmonic mix there where I'm not really thinking about timing or BPM. I'm just trying to match the melodies. This one here is Take Care Of You, Jack Jones remix. And again with the dance series it's all about fluffy, vocally kind of uplifting dance music which is exactly what it's about. Check out the link in the description to CDPool and also if you are a DJ in and around Europe And you're thinking of taking part for the first time, when you subscribe for the first time, you do get 50% off your first two months downloads. Terms and conditions apply, it's not for everything but the best thing to do, go to the website, ask questions and they'll give you the answers. So I'm going to add a bit of echo on this one here, skip it forward a little bit so you get an idea of the track because again these videos really...

9:02 A lot of them are about just explaining what's on the new releases

A lot of them are about just explaining what's on the new releases. Again, a couple of tips and tricks in here as well. What I'm going to do with this track now, I'm going to add a bit of an echo, echo it out, and then bring the next one in. Again, I'm not doing any form of beatmatch or phrase mix. This one here is a track entitled I Want To Know, Joe Goddard remix. Skip it forward a bit. Speed this one up a little bit. That was a phrase mix. Use the loop, now I'm not using the rekordbox software so I had to be very careful about that loop because it was slightly out so I'm always adjusting it. And again, I've reiterated this many times, if you want a perfect loop and you're using Pioneer kit, or for that matter if you're using any kit, if you use the designated software, theoretically the loop you make should be in time if you're in quantized mode. Let's do another drop mix.

Alright, I'm going to slowly speed this one up. A drop mix-ish, that one. Okay, we'll finish off with this track, it's entitled This Way. This is actually the first time I've listened to these tunes as well. This is the extended mix. What you just heard there was Blame It On Me. Again, there is a link in the description to take you to CDPool. Thanks for watching, practice and enjoy. Thank you.

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