Just Have Fun and Experiment with a DJ Mix Global April 2019 CD Pool

0:00 We've got some new releases from CDPool Global April 2019

Right, so we've got some new releases from CDPool Global April 2019. Now this track here is track one from disc number one. So before we play any more of any of the tracks, what I want you to think about in this video is the tracks I'm playing, what do they sound like? Right, of course, that. Could be anything. But let's imagine you've got a DJ who all of a sudden gets up in the morning and he or she decides to design a new track, to build and make a completely new track. Whether they're using Ableton, Fruity Loops, Cubase or anything. So he or she will bring in samples, will bring in beats, will bring in basslines and melodies and make a song. But there are many ways of doing that. But there are two in particular. One...

Let's imagine my right hand is to bring in samples from old tracks. Little bits of this, that and the other, maybe a sample of a vocal from an old track, a sample of a bassline from an old track, a sample even of a drum pattern from an old track, and make a new song. Now there's nothing wrong with that because they have designed and made a new track. On the other hand, my left hand here... What I need to do now here is I need to make a completely new song. So I will design and make my own samples, my own drum beats and this can be done. You could all of a sudden get a tin can, hit the tin can, sample that sound and that could be your snare. You could hit a mirror and that could be... The treble, that could be the hi-hat. You could stamp your foot, change the parameter of that sound and that could become your beat. So all of a sudden you are completely making a new song and you could sing in it or you could get someone else to sing. So on the right hand you're making a new track but you're using samples. On the left hand you're making a new song that is completely new. Now, alright, why am I talking about this?

2:38 For example, you could have a folder disco style folder

Well, if we listen to track one now on disc one, we've got elements of other songs here. So I'm getting the feel of Chic Le Freak. Ah, chic. That's how it makes me feel. So when I listen to that track, I could do many things. I've mentioned and talked about folders in the past. But how about this for an idea? When you listen to a song or songs, for example, song. Oh God. When you listen to songs, maybe open up folders based on the sounds of that track. For example, you could have a folder disco style folder. So the tracks are slightly disco orientated in the samples and the sounds. Maybe you've got another folder that could be... 80s new wave sounds because a lot of that is coming in now like Purple Disco Machine, the DJ, very disco-y but also we've got that slight 80s new image kind of sound to it and then once you've got those folders full of those tracks that are of a similar ilk and sound then of course when you put a mix together

You're going to get a mix that seems to work. All the tracks work together, but of course then you've got to make sure they're in key and so on. So listen to this. This is track one, disc one. Just that guitar riff. That's chic, isn't it? That is it. Okay, this is track one, disc number one on the left. Now again, what I'm doing here as well is... I'm trying to stay clear of the beginning and end mix. Now, there's nothing wrong in that. For example, if you're doing a seven-hour set and you're going to be playing three minutes of each track, you're pretty much going to be frugged. I'm not allowed to say the F. Well, I do sometimes, but not now. You're going to be knackered because every track roughly, let's say you're playing a radio track, three and a half minutes, that's roughly 20 tracks per...

5:18 Comes in, say in two minutes

So why don't you after this video try and form some kind of mix? Where you play the first track, second one comes in, say in two minutes. And then you play the second track, leave it play till the end and then bring the third track in. Let the third track play, let it play for four or five bars, eight bars, and then bring the next one in. Four or five. Eight, 16 bars, you know what I mean? So you're not just doing beginning, end, beginning, end. You're doing beginning, middle, middle, end, end, middle, middle, middle, middle, beginning, beginning, end. Yeah, right. So over here... I've gone in, this is track number 11 from disc number 2, a track entitled Going Back, the original mix, and I've cued it up here. There. So that's where I've cued it up, so I'm just going to do a hot cue there. So this is the beginning of the track itself. Alright, there's nothing wrong with me starting there, have a listen. I'm just fixing the break. Okay, you get the idea.

7:39 A track here entitled Going Back

A track here entitled Going Back. And as well, if you've got the new releases from CDPool, by all means follow this. Use the same tracks. Alternatively, if you're a lot more sensible, you'll use different tracks. Okay, let's find something else in disc number one. Don't forget there is a link in the description to cdpool.com. Coming in now with this track, track six, beat three, disc one. Okay, what I'm going to do is I'm going to bring that back to the break. I'll be honest with you again, that sort of worked. It wasn't exactly amazing but again, experiment here and trust me this is the first time I'm listening to these tracks.

9:55 Flash there was vocal

Ah, right, okay, here we go. Let's try it here. And here. Flash there was vocal. If I spent a bit more time with the overall transition and finding the correct place, it may have been a lot better but there you go. See if you can start experimenting more with places Where to bring tracks in, in different places, then even if you have two songs that work perfectly together, it's not about a beginning and end mix. For example, track A on the right may go well with track B on the left, but track A on the right may work far better if you bring it in at the correct place with the other track. It's about finding that... Great moment. It's just sealing them together. You know, for example, if you look at my hands, let's say the beginning of my left hand is the middle of the left-hand track and my fingers is the beginning of the right-hand track. Well, of course, I don't want to start them both at the beginning unless I'm doing a mashup. It may be great to start them here, start here or even start right at the end. One finishes, one comes in.

12:41 Choosing the right place can make or break the mix

Choosing the right place can make or break the mix. Okay, let's find something else. This one here, by the way, is track number six from disc number two. Okay, we've got a bit of a lift here, so I'm going to go towards the end of this track, see what it sounds like. Inside, yeah, I'm not using rekordbox either. Sounds like this. Tick, tick, tick, tick. Got isolator on my EQ. That's complete cut. Okay, track number 11 from disc number one, Digital Funk. Connection. We'll find one more on the right-hand side. Praising there. I personally, I didn't like that mix at all. I didn't like that. Didn't really work. You see, this is it. Sometimes you think, let's put those two tracks together and you think... Nah. I actually personally didn't like that last mix. And again, as you know with my videos, I don't really like to edit them. I could have quite happily edited that one out, but no, solid.

Let's leave that one in. Okay, not saying the track's bad, it's just that transition, I wasn't happy with that at all. But anyway, we're listening to Words Never Work and this is track number 8 from disc number 1. And again, having a mix is about fun, it's experimenting and it's about you being unique. Try not to follow other people exactly what they do. Try and take little bits. So if you imagine you've got a pool of 10 DJs, don't just be like one of them. Try and be like all 10 but make it yourself, alright? Don't forget the link in the description to CDPool and this is the global April 2019 releases. Thank you very much. Practice and enjoy.

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