The BY Far Most Simplest Way to DJ Mix House Tunes January 2021

0:00 Now with DJ mixing is probably

Sometimes, ladies and gentlemen, the most simplest thing is the easiest thing to do. So what I'm about to show you now with DJ mixing is probably the easiest way how to mix music. I've got to be very careful about saying the word music because I'm not going to be mixing music, I'm just going to be mixing tracks. Alright, first of all this one here is track 1 from disc number 1. This is Change. These are the house releases which is DJ Rain and Martin Bader. Okay, so what I'll do, I'll just speed it forward a little bit. This collection of music is very soulful, R&B orientated, but it's house. It's four to the floor. One, two, three, four, you know? Very loudly. Always be careful of your hearing. I'll show you what I mean about the transitions. All I'll do here, I'll probably just wait for the next phrase, which could take a while, so I'm going to put it forward a bit. So all I did, I just pressed play on the one, started the next track off. I didn't even think about what keys are in. I just started it. Now, you can't get away with doing these sorts of transitions with all styles.

2:27 You've started it, let's say, halfway through the track you're bringin

Like pop music for example. Because very often with a popular song, three and a half minutes, it starts with a melody and you've always got to be careful of those clashes of melodies. See I don't think these would work because the melodies sort of maybe clash if I put them together. But if you just start a track on the beat with a beat then it's less likely to sound off. You've started it, let's say, halfway through the track you're bringing in. Halfway through the track you're playing because there are more melodies going on there so you will have a definite clash of those sounds. This one here is track 1 which is You Got The Love. Alright, so I'm going to prove a point here now. I'm now going to just...

Press that button there. Forward, back, forward. I have no idea what track I'm on. I'm on track 8. Let's do the same thing with track 8. The crazy thing is this will work actually. It's in key. But it starts off with a nothing and a clap. I'm going to talk a little bit about this as well actually. Sometimes these demos, tutorials go on a tangent. So listen. I did say it didn't start on the 1. Let's start it again, listen. Now, right, a lot of people think, hold on a minute, where's the 1 in this track? Where is it? I mean like, that first sound is almost like this airy kind of nothingness. But then it starts with that hand clap. So if you listen to the structure of music, house music, it's 1, 2, 3, 4. But quite often, on the 2 and the 4, you get the hand clap.

4:45 We do the same thing again, get to there which is track three, okay

Which, if you look at a set of drums, it's the snare. One, two, three, four. So bass drum, snare, bass drum, snare. All that's happened here, listen. Bass drum, yeah sorry. Bass drum, snare, bass drum, snare, bass drum, snare, bass drum, snare, bass drum, snare, bass drum, snare. So I'll just carry on letting it play. Track number eight here from disc number one which is They On Me. The DJ Tutor is a great example of how you can get the best out of your music. It's important because you're keeping that rhythm, you're keeping a definite sort of structure of your bars and of course your phrases if you want to. You don't have to really mix in phrase but it's definitely advisable to mix, bring the next track in on the one. I'll show you that now by, it's not really imperative that you bring it in on the phrase. So we do the same thing again, get to there which is track three, okay. Track 12, yeah.

6:56 Track number nine, okay

Okay, which is qui bonito. Forward a bit. What did I do? I didn't touch the pitch, I didn't touch anything. I just made sure I listened that the first beat was on the one and then just pressed play. We can tell this is a lot faster. A little bit. It's 126, that's 125. Track number three, which is Love Control. Let's do this one more time. Again, I'm not looking at it going forward, back, forward. I have no idea. Track number nine, okay. Okay, I know this is on the one. Just uplifting. Listen. Straight into the next track. But I made sure it was on the one. Alright, now this is like the roughest of roughest ways that you can mix. But if you just want to play some tunes and you just want to keep that...

The DJ Tutor, the DJ Tutor, the DJ Tutor Tunes with the same vibe, it's going to start sounding better. If I start bringing it in the right place, right time, right tunes and also phrase mix it and make sure it's in key, it sounds even better again so you're building up and up and up all the time. This one here is track number nine, Secret Place. And that's from disc number two. Don't forget there is a link in the description to CDPool. I'm also still giving the one-to-one lessons. We can go through Facebook, private video call. Google Hangouts, Skype as well. So it's you and me, private lessons. I've taught all manner of ages, people, creeds, colours, anything, and the lessons are strictly confidential. There is no personal information given away at all. It's me and you on the decks having fun. Yeah, that's a talkover. Practice and enjoy, thank you.

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