How to DJ Mix, Concentrate, Compile Better Transitions and Pick Tracks on the FLY

0:00 Something to you that has many

So we all get anxious, depressed, bored, just generally pissed off. But in this video I'm going to explain something to you that has many meanings and well hopefully it will just make you stop and think even for a second. And that second actually is really important because the second when you're thinking is the second that matters the most. I will explain. What is pissing me off at the moment, annoying me immensely and it's been happening slowly over the past few years is for example I've got some kids, they go to school, they come home for holidays, Christmas, you know, the usual. But let's imagine school term, the summer term finishes and now the holidays are there. So they've got seven weeks off.

Well what's happening now is the shops are selling stuff you know for kids for when they go back to school. Because if you look at a lot of shops especially in well the UK maybe around the world you'll see shops saying back to school. But the poor kids have only just left school. We don't want to know, be told that they're going back. We would like to in our minds just enjoy even though it is a nightmare because you've got to keep them entertained. We'd like to enjoy the holidays not have to think or be told guess what you're going to take them back to school. Now also what is happening now? More and more. And it is very very important. Very annoying, really annoying is that we are having a soon practically as kids say go back to school.

We're told about Halloween and then even while we're being told about Halloween we've been told about Christmas because a lot of shops now not only will have an aisle with Halloween stuff they'll actually have an aisle with Christmas stuff for sale. Now this didn't happen in the past. And I'm not talking about the 40s or 50s. Talking really about the 70s and 80s, maybe even 90s. This didn't happen. So what is going on? Is it marketing? Are they? And this is all relevant. Trust me this is all relevant. Are they trying to just make you buy things and get that into your mind? Which of course they are. But what I think is slightly deeper is they're making you not think about the now.

2:48 Remember I said earlier on about that second that's happening now, gon

The second. Remember I said earlier on about that second that's happening now, gone and again. They're trying to make you think about the future all the time because they don't want you to think about the now. And this is relevant to DJing. Trust me. So when your kids go back to school and maybe you don't have kids which is highly likely just look in the shops and you'll see stuff like this. And you'll see stuff being advertised way in advance of when that holiday is. Exactly the same with Easter. We have Christmas over and then guess what? They start putting eggs out for sale. It's ridiculous because what they're doing is they're trying to, this is what I feel, they're trying to make you not think about the now.

Think about the future like I said earlier on. They don't want you to concentrate on where you are right now. They want your mind to be thinking about what's going to be happening in the future. So for example, let's say something that hopefully we've all had the experience of going on holiday. You know four more sleeps, three, two, one more sleep and we're going on holiday. Well the trouble is if you have that sort of attitude the holidays gone and you think what happened? We've all done it haven't we? We've all been on holiday and thought it's happened. It's finished because we're so wrapped up in wanting it to happen. We're not enjoying the second that we have in the now. Now you may suffer from depression, you may suffer from anxiety.

4:46 Depression, anxiety is past and present

If you suffer from depression it's very possible because your mind is in the past. You're worried or concerned about the past. What did you do? If you're suffering about, you have anxiety, it's very likely because you're worried about the future. So, you know, depression. Depression, anxiety is past and present. Just think about it but do you ever actually think about the now? Do you ever consider and think about the minute, the second as I said earlier that you are now in as you're watching this video whether it be after I upload it a year to ten years from now or even as soon as it's uploaded you're watching it. Think about the position you're in right now because that's the only thing that matters.

The now. Now how does this relate to DJing? How on earth does this relate to DJing? Well, when you are behind those decks and you're playing to people, I do it. I'm sure a lot of other people, a lot of DJs do it but you're always concerned. You're like what should I play next? What should I play? So what you're having, you're having anxiety. You've got, you're anxious about what you're going to play. You can overcome that and just say do you know what, let's enjoy the now. Then the anxiety hopefully and it does take practice disappears. The depression shouldn't be there and then you're in the now. You are in the one place that you're actually in and that's the only thing that matters. So by definition if you think about it you will enjoy yourself more.

You'll have more fun and you will actually probably do a better set because you're thinking about where you are right now, not thinking about oh what track am I going to play? Oh my God! How long have I got left? Because we all do that. Oh I've got an hour left. That's such a shame because you're just wanting your life to disappear and go away. It may only be an hour, one hour but then as soon as you packed up, oh I can't wait to get home. Oh right, go to bed now. Oh wake up in the morning. Oh I can't wait to get that cup of coffee. Oh it's going to be 11 o'clock, I can go out. You're always thinking about that. You're always thinking about the future. Stop that, concentrate on the now because that's all that matters and there are some

People out there who do really well because they think about the now. Their mind, their whole aura is based on where they are in that precise second of thought. So when you're gigging don't think about the future. Forget the past. It's happened. Don't change that. The only thing you can work with is the now. Practice and enjoy. Thank you.

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