How to Mix out of Key DJ Pro Light and Sound Frankfurt 2019

0:00 How can I play music and not have to worry about mixing in key?

I get this all the time. How can I play music and not have to worry about mixing in key? Or not have to worry about the key? What do I do? How can I sort of play two tracks that don't seem to sound right together? Well, you sort of can in many ways, but you've always got to be careful. What do I mean? Let's imagine you've got someone playing the piano and you've got someone playing the guitar. They're both playing the same track, but they're playing different notes. One is playing high, the other one's playing low. But not only is one playing high and the other one low, the notes don't seem to work well together. It's almost as though it just sounds awful. That's what you don't want. So if you are going to form a mix that's not in key, you need to make sure that the two tracks aren't overlapping because it's going to sound horrendous.

Or will it? A little bit and a lot. What do you mean a little bit and a lot? Well, if you're playing minimal techno, for example, then and you've just got that rolling kind of bass line or that. And you bring in something else that's out of key. It's not going to sound as bad as if you've got this full on piano anthem tune into another full on piano anthem tune and both pianos start to play in time in phrase, but not in key. Oh, it's going to sound horrendous. So I'm going to show you in this video how you can sort of get away with mixing out of key. Got some tunes here from the dance releases from CD Paul. March 2019. So I'm going to start off here with track number one from disc number one, which is Junior J featuring John Gibson and Therese. It's called Save a Little. So I'm just going to press play and let's move the camera down there so you can see. There you go. Right.

2:13 I'll skip this forward

So I'll skip this forward.

All right. There are many ways of doing this. This is sort of one of them. Now what I've got, I've got this tune playing on the left hand side. We're on channel two. What I'm going to do, I'm going to wait till sort of the end of a phrase. A bit more of an echo than that. That's better. Now, can you hear that echo? It's a lot better than what it was earlier. It's fuller. Turn that off. Track in. All I did, I waited for the end of a phrase on this track and the beginning of a new phrase on this one here. This one here is a track entitled Together the Extended Mix. Don't forget, all of these tracks I'm playing will be on the releases. So check out in the description. There's a link to CD Paul dot com. And don't forget, go to dance March 2019. Okay, let's find something on disc number one.

4:51 One, two, three, four

It's actually sometimes more difficult to find stuff that's out of key than in key. All right, okay, this is a good one. A good example. Okay, this is sort of a good example because also this is a different style of music as well. Now I've still got my microphone plugged in here. One two, one two, one two. Right, I've got my microphone in. Okay. One. Two, three, four. One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. Ladies and gentlemen, I hope you're having a really good time there. Don't forget we're open till 1am this evening so keep it locked and make some moves on the dance floor. Okay, so what happened there? Now that was what we call a talk over where we're trying to talk in between. I'll let that carry on playing.

We're talking in between the two tracks. This one by the way is doing it. The Freaky Jack extended mix. Now a talk over is what happens quite a bit on radio. Now have you noticed when for example a radio station will play one track directly after the other with nothing in the middle of those two tracks? Practically every single time, so long as it's a good radio station, those two tracks will be harmonically matched. On the other hand if you have a little jingle or an advert or something in between the two tracks, then that is there to almost push them apart, to stop you from having the vibe of one and change the vibe for the other. So by the action of the DJ talking or the advert or something happening in the middle means that you're no longer in tune with the tune of the first one

And wanting to have a flow of energy and tunage with the second one. Makes sense? I hope so. Alright, so let's do... something not different again but let's use maybe the effect or an effect. Right, okay so let's put the camera right back down there again. Okay, let's find another one on disc number two. I've just got the bass line here. Now let's go to the break.

Okay, so look at that one playing.

7:56 There my transition was a spin back

Okay, so there my transition was a spin back. Okay, so that's another way. Even though that's sort of an effect, it's a way of you completely trying to get the listener from the sound of one track by adding an effect and then bringing the next one in. Okay, so this one here is track four from disc number two. Gucci Rock. I believe it's Gucci possibly Rock and Roll. Let's have a look. Right, disc number two. This is track number four. Where are we now? Let's have a look. Track number four. Yeah, Gucci Rock and Roll... Roller! Okay. Okay, so Gucci Rock and Roller the Freejack remix. Okay, let's form another kind of transition.

On the other side.

I need to find a correct tune as well for this, it's ideal.

9:28 Let's go towards the end, sorry

No, I'm going to wait actually. Let's go towards the end, sorry. Yeah, much better. I will explain.

Okay, so now I'm waiting for track eleven from disc number one. I'll tell you what that is. It's a track entitled I'm So Tired, the Danny Dove remix.

Okay, so... That mix. What was that about? Alright, so what I did the first time I did it, I thought straight away, no, no, I need to do it the second time and that was the second time. This is about when you form a mix beginning and end. Now, when you form a mix known as the beginning and end mix, hopefully it's of course in time, in phrase and key. But during the end of a track where elements of the track start to disappear, for example, the melody, the vocals, the bass line and you're just left with the beat. It's a lot better or it's a lot easier to mix that in with another track that's maybe harmonically not matched if the beginning of that track has got just a beat as well. Because you're less likely to hear a clash of sounds

That aren't in tune with each other. So, in other words, the ending track you've got melody, bass line, vocals and then maybe you've just got bass line and beat or melody, bass line, vocals and beat and then maybe later on you've got beat, bass line and melody and then later on you've got beat and bass line and then you just end up with the beat at the end of the track. And for example here if we listen to this I'm So Tired Even though we've got we've got a little bit coming in. It's mainly just the beat. So if you think about it, if you've got a track that's just got a beat at the beginning and then the beat and bass line then the beat, bass line and melody then the beat, bass line, melody and vocals and the beat, bass line, melody and vocals

And washing up liquid right but you've got that it's less likely for you to hear a clash of keys. I hope that helps alright? Now this is important what are you doing because you never know in fact stop scratching your testicles

What happens if you're a girl? Stop scratching his testicle and I'll carry on whatever it's fun isn't it just so long as no one is looking. Right So What are you doing in between the 2nd and the 5th of April 2019 If you're not doing anything and you are in a position to go to Germany, to Frankfurt I highly recommend you go to Pro Light & Sound because it is anything and everything to do with the music industry it's audio it's visual it's DJing it's kit it's not just guitars and amplifiers and decks and mixers it's everything from a miniscule small speaker to a full on outside line array rig that probably costs hundreds and thousands of euros maybe you're into lighting maybe you're into decal maybe you're just into tech maybe you would like

To find the latest app for your phone well more than likely you'll be looking for something that sort of product is going to be there it's Pro Light & Sound Frankfurt Frankfurt Music Messe from the 2nd to the 5th of April 2019 now I am going to be there with Matt Cantor a very good friend of mine and I will be on the Laser World booth there we'll be DJing there we'll be playing a few tunes there will also be the Laser World party which is always the best party at Pro Light & Sound it's going to be happening we need to see you there come along live stream play a part be inspired and have some fun so I will see you hopefully at Pro Light & Sound April from the 2nd to the 5th 2019 big up to Silky practice and enjoy thank you very much Frankfurt

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