Great Way to Make a DJ Mix and Remember What You Did Club November 2020

0:00 Great way of making a mix

Alright guys, now I'm about to show you a great way of making a mix. So simple, so easy, you'll be thinking, why didn't I think of that before? Now I'm going to be using Club Series November 2020 from CDPool and you can go as in-depth with this idea as you want. And I will explain how far you can go in-depth, but I'm going to give you a basic way of making a mix and constructing it in a way that you won't forget what tracks next, and so on. So, without further ado-doos, let me just put the camera there. I'm going to open the curtain in a bit, I just want you to look at this piece of paper here first. So I have 1 and 2 at the top, and I have a line down the middle, and then I have 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.

On this side. So these are my track numbers, so I'm going to, this is track 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and so on. But then CD2, I'm going to be playing track 1, and then the second track will be track 7 from CD1. The third track will be track 5 from CD2. The fourth track is track 12 from CD1. 9 from 2. And 5 from 1. There you go, I've also put in here, which I thought was a good idea, after drop, after 1, 2, 3, 4, or sorry, drop 5 in, after the, in that track it says 1, 2, 3, 4. So just an idea anyway. So, but before I continue, what we can do is this, we can take it to another level. So, what you could do, or what I could have done on that piece of paper, is instead of just writing yeah, track 1 then 7, then 5, then 12, then 9, then 5 and so on.

2:39 I'm not going to go as far down the rabbit hole there

What I could have done is thought, well why don't I write down the actual time where the transition will take place? So for example track number 7, I could say, write down on my piece of paper that track 7 at 4 minutes and 22, I bring in track, the next track, track 5, but I bring in track 5 at 3 minutes 28. So I've got an exact time on both tracks where to start. Where to bring the next one in, and also the track that's playing where to bring the next one in. So not only do I know what time scale the track that's playing I have got to bring the next one in, I also know whereabouts inside the next track I bring that one in to the one that's playing. Does that make sense? I hope so. Right, so I'm not going to go as far down the rabbit hole there.

With this mix, but just to give you an idea. So track 1 from disc number 2, so let's go to that now and here we go. Okay, so this one here, let's have a look, is Walk on Water. Don't forget November 2020, these are the club series and you can get more info of these. I'll put a link in the description of the video. Let me just get that a bit, can I get that brighter? That's got better, hold on. There we go! That's better. Alright, so my next track now, I need track number 7. So again because this is a tutorial and a demonstration I'm going to sort of skip this forward a bit so you get an idea of the track. Get in phrase. Track 7 is Milk Bar, tracking title How G. Face out a bit. Okay, so we're coming into track 7.

My next track now, and you hit the 1-2-3-4 My next track on CD number 2 is track number 5, so let's go to track number 5. 126 BPM, 128 BPM. I'm just going to drop this one in. I'm going to wait for the next 1-2-3-4, that's what I wrote down and then drop this next one in. We'll get a 1-2-3-4 soon. Nice remix of a bit of a classic tune from back in the day.

5:50 This is a little bit faster, it might just increase the vibe

Now also by just doing a drop, I'm not mixing them together. That means that I can mix different BPM. So this is a little bit faster, it might just increase the vibe. 1-2-3-4 There, okay boom straight in. Okay so track number 5, disc number 2. Again like I said, hold on track number 5. It is The Instruction extended mix. Okay, so now my next track now is track number 4. It's a 12 take from disc number 1. So let's get to 12. Okay so what I've done here, I've gone inside the track. So I've gone to sort of, I think it's the second or third phrase. So let's skip this forward a bit.

6:52 Now is track number 9 from

This is the first break. I'll just wait so you can hear the drop and then what I'm going to do is go then to the next break and give it a try. I'll start this one at the second drop.

Here we go. Next one now is track number 9 from disc 1. Think again what I'll do here.

I'm going to skip this forward a bit. Let's have a listen, I just want to listen after the break. Now here what I'm going to do is I'm going to wait towards maybe the end of the track. Let's have a listen for that baseline.

Yeah, okay. Now I'm not really happy about that one. That definitely wasn't as good as the others but c'est la vie. Okay, finish off with track number 5 on disc number 1. Like in the baseline with this one definitely. Okay so this one here, track number 9 is a track entitled Habits, Stay High. Jon Sua and Felix Samuel. Alright, so I like the last mix because well this one I'm going to do now because what I'm going to do with track number 9 is speed it up quite a bit because, hold on let me just

Yeah, let me speed up track 5. Okay, what I want to do here is I want to not only uplift the tempo but that will in turn lift up the energy that will bring in the next track quite nicely because it's a bit of sort of garage two-step.

11:13 You've left the mix on a happy vibe

Too bad, harmonically it was spot on but maybe I could have waited a little bit longer drawn that track out and again you know what I've done here is I've done a really quick example of if you take a little bit more time you know you can put a really really really good set together. You know we've gone through a bit of deep house we've gone through a bit of like really good clubby stuff into this really nice uplifting tune. So, you know in a way if this was a mix you're playing to your mates what have you done? You've left the mix on a happy vibe. You can't go wrong. Alright so don't forget you can get more info if you follow the link to cdpool.com and if you're interested in downloading their tracks there is, I still believe

A two months 50% off. Again terms and conditions apply so it's not for everything and again practice and enjoy it very quickly as well. I still give the private tuition one-to-one lessons we go via Skype or Google Hangouts or Facebook and I believe still I'm the only DJ on the web that gives personal one-to-one lessons bearing in mind as well that they are strictly confidential. I don't pass any information on it's just me and you a bunch of tunes we have a laugh and we get down to it. So once again thank you for watching if you are interested in the lessons my email is in the description practice and enjoy thank you.

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