How to and why do a mash up in the mix/your set.

0:00 Just done a video which was basically it's like a mashup in the mix

Alright folks, just done a video which was basically it's like a mashup in the mix. Now a couple of people have asked me about this and how do you do it? Well a mashup, there's lots of interpretations of a mashup. A mashup could be the collaboration of two different records put together to make almost like a new record. Also, a mashup could be, let's say, two of the same record where you're editing, you're going from one to the other. Some people call it blending, some people call it a mashup. You know, there is no real, honest, defined way of explaining what it is. But this is what you can do. Let's say you've got your set and it's all working nicely.

2:08 What he will do, he will use three turntables quite often

You start one record, you bring in the next record maybe halfway through or the end. Another song into that. It brings it to a new dimension. People don't expect it, they can't comprehend it. It's all of a sudden there's something else going on and it does sound really good. The one I did was thrown together so marks out of ten I would personally give it about three. Anyway maybe you'd give it less but there you go but there's the idea for you okay. That's what a mashup is all about. It's taking your mix to another dimension. So instead of just getting 10 tunes, playing 1, 2, 3, 4 etc up to 10, get 11 tunes but still only play 10.

So you incorporate one of them in with either number 2, number 3, number 4, number 5, 6, 7 or 8. If you can, do three or four mashups. There's a guy called Carl Cox. Now he is one hell of a big DJ.

What he will do, he will use three turntables quite often. Now then, the reason he can use three turntables is simply this. A lot of the time when he does three turntables, he's mixing techno. Now there is not much going on in techno. Techno is very minimalistic. In other words, there's beat, there's bassline, a tiny bit of melody, but there's very little vocals. So of course, and there's very little melody, so there's very little chance, again, saying that little word again, The DJ Tutor is a great example of how you can create your own set. When the third one is in and playing, he'll take the first one away. Then he'll bring a fourth one in and he'll take the second one away. He'll bring the fifth one in and take the third one away. He's very good at doing that. I admire him, OK? What he's really doing, he's doing like a mash-up, a blend. He's incorporating two songs continually, which is very, very difficult. So initially...

What you want to do is this, just try it. Just try it once during the course of your set. Knock in a mashup, the crowd will love it. Practice and enjoy and thank you for watching.

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