DJ Tips?

[doonedave]

different environments can be a fuckery

main reason i mix in headphones

[Johoosh]

It sometimes seems like equing is what many djs do to look busy when they have some free time.

I'm guilty of doing that.

Don't think there's much wrong with doing EQ adjustments as the tunes going along. The tune's are going to sound different in each venue/system so you might as well try and adjust.

I know what you mean tho the guys who are twiddling non-stop for the whole set.

[AxeD]

I often listen to mixes and think about how other DJ's do blends, e.g. try to figure out small EQ changes, play close attention when a new tune comes in, count bars etc.

Roiler Boom massive, when is the next one

[soulkids]

going back home end of month, so we'll probably be doing one or two sessions. got loads of new tunes.
i just realised that ustream took down all of our old recordings.
babylon

[Johnlenham]

anyone can DJ, just like people can drive cars.

some better than others.

End of thread.

Its not really about Djing but improving mixing in general, I mean there is a reason people like oneman get booked and Im not for example right ?
Same way yeah anyone can drive but can you drive in a F1 car? I can ride a BMX arguably better than anyone else on the forum, but if you picked up a bike and wanted to learn and I said
"oh just roll around everyday with no idea what you are doing and watch a few BMX videos and youll have it down in a fortnight" you be abit
It does not really help in understanding the mechanics of it, well at least to me.

I mean the EQs must matter to a degree, if they didnt you wouldnt need em but for a long time I didnt shut the bass on the second tune off but put it at like 60%, prio to that I didnt even understand what the EQs did at all, prio to that I didnt even understand how songs that could sound fast would be BPM slow and so on (we are talking 5 years ago at this point)
This knowledge when you come from having none does not fall out of the sky if you dont have people around you that can teach and explain, if you get me

[gwa]

he gets booked because at the start of his career he was with the right people at the right time

honestly you'll reach a point with DJn (well you might) where you're pulling of a mix that is just as fluid as those you aspire to.

there's literary no secrets of making yourself a better DJ than just practising..

[gwa]

know your songs, know your mixer, keep it tight

that's literally all there is to it. you control the output, so if you wanna knock a mid or hi down, then do it! if it sounds good to you then that's the point. you are the DJ.

[gwa]

there is showboating of course and i could tell you some things i do to creat energy when transitioning, but you probably already know them all already.

[cyclopian]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZ_exjCaoY0

[Johoosh]

^haha

No joke tho everytime ive seen Goth Trad he EQs like he's controlling some sort of stealth bomber

[RKM]

this was helpful, tried mixing everything to first kick tonight ignoring intros, repeating ones that fucked up, went fucking sick pretty much everything syncing, need eq to really get the difference

don't know why i spent so long trying to mix everything by the first drop

edit: i am actually still totally fucked if it's not an emphasised snare on the third, something like kode9 bad or clicky pev tunes are nightmares

[cyclopian]

Just keep at it, you'll get better in no time. It helps to dance while you mix, or at least get some sort of time keeping movement going, even if its just tapping your foot.

Sounds cheesy but just have fun with it, best way to get good at anything really. Try not to stress and over think the act of mixing too much.

[Jizz]

good shout on practising with peverelist tunes though, they are challenging

[soulkids]

dance till the police comes

[ultraspatial]

that's one of his easier tunes to mix imo

[Riddles]

that's one of his easier tunes to mix imo

much easier than roll with the punches. I've had that record for 5 years and can't mix that for shit.

[RKM]

i swear that tune speeds up and slows down in the space of a bar

it's legit cursed

[jrkhnds]

that's one of his easier tunes to mix imo

much easier than roll with the punches. I've had that record for 5 years and can't mix that for shit.

I gave up on it the day I heard Pev try and fail miserably aswell.

[ultraspatial]

try one blood one source >>> roll with the punches

[Riddles]

think i might only have the remix of that....cant remember. Tbf the Distance remix is fucking quality.