Intermediate DJ Lesson on a Way to Re Structure the Drum Patern

0:00 This video really is for sort of slightly intermediate DJs

Right, ladies and gentlemen, this video really is for sort of slightly intermediate DJs. You've been around for a few years and you want to add something extra to your set. Now again, this sort of thing you could do with effects, but what I personally feel is if you're seen to be using the mixer a bit more and when something happens, the people watching can see you actually making that thing happen. It just adds to your show. Now, the track I'm using is by Lenny Fontana and True House Stories, Time To Get Down. So, I've got the same track, both sides, same BPM, etc. I may use the headphones just to make sure they're exactly the same, but in fact what I do, if I just press reset, there you go, so they should theoretically now be perfectly matched anyway.

Right, so you can't do this with every single house track because it's not going to have the same sort of feel. Really, you have to find a track that's got a nice drum pattern after the one. So if we listen, one, two, three, four.

1:11 Start

OK, so what I'm going to do, I'm going to start the second side on the count of three. Now, what you will find is that when you get used to starting the track on the one, it's actually more difficult to start it off time than it is to start it on time. So what I'm going to do, I'm going to start the left hand side and then after three, I'm going to start the other side and then I'll give you a demo and then explain exactly what was going on.

2:26 What I'm actually doing, if you listen to the drum pattern, you've got

OK, so what I'm actually doing, if you listen to the drum pattern, you've got dit-dit-dit-dit-dit-dit. So what I'm doing is I'm taking that dit-dit-dit and then I'm adding the dit-dit-dit from that side. So you've almost got dit-dit-dit-dit-dit-dit-dit-dit and then going back to the first side. So it's almost first side, second side, back to the first side. Now, maybe I didn't do it exactly in phrase here, but if you do it exactly in phrase, what you're achieving is a completely new drum pattern. You're making a completely new drum pattern out of the entire track. So in essence, what you can do is a remix on the fly. Going back to what I said sort of earlier is that instead of just twiddling a couple of knobs

And having no real effect, what you're doing here is you're doing something physical that's physically having an audible effect for the crowd. So let's do that again. So again, I've got my headphones on just to make sure it's in beat. One, two, three, four.

And a little spin back to end it. All right, so there you go. I hope you enjoyed this session. Very simple, very quick, straight to the point. Don't forget. The track was Time To Get Down, Club Drum Dub Mix. Lenny Fontana, True House Stories. There will be info in the description to Karmic Power Records. Thank you for watching. Practice and enjoy.

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