Intermediate DJ Lesson End the Set in a Major Key

0:01 You've near enough completed your set

Right guys, you've near enough completed your set. You've got about 10-15 minutes left. The next DJ is starting to tap their foot, not to the music, but they just want to get on the decks. What do you do? How do you finish off? One good way is to finish your set off in a major key. It, I guarantee you, will uplift the vibe. Also at the same time, keep the tracks mellow. Now again, it's very dependent on the sort of set you're playing the venue. There is a lot more to it. You can't start keeping it mellow if you're playing a banging techno set or some dark sort of basement where you're... dropping some serious drum and bass or dubstep, but this is another technique. So two tracks are in a major key and we've got quite a bit of vocals over this one as well.

1:26 Major keys are more uplifting

Now what I've tried to do here is the melodies work really well. So we're overlapping the melodies, but at the same time we're keeping... This is what it's about, this video. It's about keeping the vibe here high. So maybe during the course of your set, the vibe's chugging along quite nicely. What you do want to do is you want people to remember what you've done and you want them to smile after your set. And they will smile if you finish in a major fashion. Major keys. Major keys are more uplifting. Minor keys, a bit more deep. Major, uplifting, a lot more vibe. So this is the beginning of the track. At this point here is where I'm going to start mixing the other tracks. Or thereabouts. Hold on, I'll just go back a bit.

2:32 I used the filter, but I went to low pass

Okay, we're going to try that a different way now. I'm not going to edit this video. I wasn't happy. I used the filter, but I went to low pass. I think it would sound better if I moved it to high pass and we'll try pretty much the same mix, but this time we'll do the high pass. Okay, so...

Yeah, that's better. Because, if anything, if you're going to put the low pass filter in it's going to drop. It's going to dip the sound. You want to keep the sound high. If anything, you want to make it more vibrant. So, high pass filter, high and there you go. Keeping the vibe really high. Tunes like this never fail towards the end of a set. They're in the major key and they just make the crowd smile. Practice and enjoy. Thank you.

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