How to Work out if You Can Do a Long DJ Mix with Two Tracks CD Pool Global July 2019 Preview Video

0:00 CDPool Global July 2019

Have I got some stompers for you. CDPool Global July 2019. Now a true story first of all, last Friday I'm on the way to a gig and I'm driving through Aberystwyth and as usual in Aberystwyth you go down Great Darkay Street and you have to stop in front of slow traffic or people crossing the road or whatever. Well anyway I'm stood there in the van, not me, the van's doing that. Well, it was more of a chuggy, deep sound because it's a diesel and it's not a two-stroke. Anyway, right, I've got this tune from the Global releases pumping out of the van and I swear to God, this says it all. I'm sat there in the van and some guy walks past me on my left and all of a sudden he starts shaking his thing, man, because this is a good tune.

Your housey, sort of soulful house, deep house. Some of them have got a nice hard edge, some have got a little bit more classic-y, laid back, chilled sort of music. But generally what you've got is lots of good quality house stroke soul. Now this one here is by Butt Kruger and it's entitled Feel. Now I'm going to be playing them sort of in alphabetical order but there's something about this tune. It's reminiscent of sort of the mid-90s kind of house era, but it is fat, man. This is fat. It takes a bit of time to get going, but what I do like about that is it's great for mixing into something else or something else mixed into this because you've got quite a nice long introduction. So let me spin it forward a little bit.

2:30 I'm getting all goosebumps now listening to this

Oh, hold on. Right, so straight away we've got, instead of just an element of the track, bang! There it is. It slowly brings in this jazzy kind of piano and then, I mean, you think this part's good but it just gets better and better. There's a melodic, really soulful feel to this tune. I'm loving it man. Listen. It's a monster. Absolute monster. I'm getting all goosebumps now listening to this. This is a monster. Here we go. See, if you broke this down, you'd think it's relatively simple and in a way it is a very simple track. But it's about how it's been put together. The production in this is amazing, so if the producer was here now, I would kiss his or her feet. So long as they wash them first. Loving it! Okay, what else have we got? I've written down numbers here, ones I like. Number 9... That deserves...

To be like up there with the gods. Okay, this one here, De La Groove, it's the original mix. Now don't forget as well, if you're into your sort of garage-y style tunes, but what you don't want to do is surf the web and just spend hours and hours trying to find music that you like, then the releases from CDPool are a very good option. Why? Because they're compiled by professionals who know the job, who know their business. So what they'll do, they'll do the trawling for you. So instead of you spending hours trying to find two tracks, they will spend days compiling these CDs or the downloads. They've been collected by professionals who understand quality music. Make sense? Alright, this one here, again, it's still the same sort of feel but it's sort of a little bit deeper, it's more soulful. And this is the style with the global releases. It's got that kind of four-to-the-floor garagey soulful feel to it. Now we've had Harrison Crump before, that's coming up next. I'll just spin this forward a bit.

5:07 This one here, a track entitled Face It

Okay, this one here, a track entitled Face It. It's the Punk Funk Remix. I think that's how you pronounce it. Punk Funk. Yeah, Punk Funk, which is a P-H. Dyslexic. Now this one again is one of those sort of almost simple tracks, yet there's a lot to it. Something like this is great for in the mix. A track like this is great to add. Over another song or maybe add an acapella to it. Nice sort of wobbly bass line to it. Maybe not the best two tracks to mix in, but it gives you an idea. You see, something is very important about mixing music. Of course, the key is really important. But let's imagine you're playing two tracks and one is a big, full-on, intense, banging, euphoric, hands-in-the-air, big room track, loads of piano, lots going on.

And the other one is a big track, lots going on, full-on, intense. You put those two together... And you overlay them for a long time. It's too much. It's almost like going into the red on both channels. You're just putting too much energy into the room. And in a way, even if the two tracks, the big room tracks are great tracks by themselves, you put them together and you could completely destroy both tracks. You could make them sound crap. On the other hand... If you have a couple of tracks that are very minimal, you know there's something going on but there's not lots of piano and vocals and melody and goodness knows what, then you can put those two tracks together because again what you've got to try and do, you've got to try and have a picture in your mind of a percentage. When you listen to a track there's many things you should think about is the key, the BPM and so on.

8:16 For example, this one here, the feel track

Something else you should start to think about is what sort of percentage has that track got compared to another one? For example, this one here, the feel track. There's something going on, it's still a song, it's a track. But it's not big, it's not full, it's not intense. So this track here, I'd give it a percentage of say 40 to 50% because there's loads of headroom in it. And the same with this one here. You know, we've got very little melody, we've just got like that wobbly bassline which is really taking over the melody. So two tracks like this, if they were definitely harmonically matched, you can put them together because a 50 and a 40 or a 40 A 60 is going to make a 100 or below a 100. You don't want an 80 and a 70. Now I hope you understand what I'm saying, and it's another way of working out a good mix. Now again, you can mix a big room into a big room, but so long as you're overlaying them at the right place, right time, and for not a long period of time. On the other hand, tracks like this...

10:10 A track entitled Higher

You can overlay them for quite a while because the one isn't going to overpower the other. I really do hope that makes sense. I know that was waffling on a little bit but sometimes it's very good to get a point over and make sure you get it instead of just do that. It's like, what? Right, okay. I want to go to track number 11 now because that was rather good as well so let's put that one over here. Now this one here is... A track entitled Higher. Now this one, I'll have to bring them back, can't stop now. Sod off! You see now, earlier on, the last track I played was a sort of 40 to 50. This is more like a 60 to 70 because there's more happening, there's more energy, you know, you've got a bit more vocals, you've got melody, so I hope you know what, I hope you're understanding what I'm trying to...

All right, let's try number 13. That was another good one as well. Now, bearing in mind as well that the numbers I'm giving you do not correspond, I'm pretty sure, with the downloads if you go onto the website. By the way, there is a hyperlink in the description of this video right down there that will take you to CD Paul. I am giving you the numbers based on what I put them down on mp3 and I have them in alphabetical order. So I will of course give you the names, go and check it out on the website. So this one is entitled Give Me Love, Austin's Groove Remix. Now this is a good stomper for a start. It's funny, sometimes you can hear the beginning of a track and you go no or yes. This was a yes.

13:01 Website, you'll be able

Nice bit of piano in the background as well, or keyboards. Nice build. It's like a good mid-set sort of tune. And getting back to my percentage now, I'd give this sort of a 60% to 65% because it's big but it's not full on. Okay, number 15. This one here is a track entitled Love You, it's the original mix. Right, so very laid back and chilled out. Skipping forward a bit, gazing this one. Melody, ample vocals in the background. You know, this is like a 40 to 45 to 50 because there's very little going on here. So we can, when we do a mix with another tune, overlay the two tracks for quite a while if we want to, okay? Right, number 16 and 17 actually were good. Okay, this one here, Took My Love, sorry, Ralph Session. Uplifting vibe here with this tune. He's Filter, playing this video. This one here is Ruge, a track entitled Yearning, and it's the original mix. And don't forget, I'm just giving you a taster of what you should expect.

On the global releases for July 2019. If you go to the website, you'll be able to hear soundbites of the tracks I'm playing and also the other tracks on the compilation. This one here, Room. Sort of happy vibe, but at the same time it's got that sort of crossover appeal as well. It's 125 BPM so it's got a bit of balls to it. Actually, hold on, no, 124-ish, I had it slightly faster. Again, a small tip for you. If you want to give the track you're playing a little bit more energy without the crowd knowing, just speed it up. Listen. At the moment it's at its original speed. I'm now going to... I'll now play it at 130. There. You've just given it more energy. But if you do that, make sure your master tempo is engaged. If you do not engage master tempo, apart from speeding it up, you'll also increase the key as well. Listen. Disengaged. Engage. Alright, so there you go. Some new releases, CD4 Global, July 2019. Don't forget to check out the link in the description right down there and you'll get more info on...

This compilation, as well as all the others, practice and enjoy. Thank you.

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