DJ TUTORIAL ON KEEPING YOUR MIX ORGANIC BY ELLASKINS THE DJ TUTOR
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 ก.ย. 2015
- DJ TUTORIAL ON KEEPING YOUR MIX ORGANIC BY ELLASKINS THE DJ TUTOR
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Music by Lenny Fontana of Karmic Power records.
karmic-power-records.com
Carl Tregger " Reason" the Brutal house mix,
Sister House, the original mix
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Nothing in this video is given as legal evidence, it is provided for information purposes only.
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I would like to add: Little sound system = less problem with neighbor/GF/family/etc.
Moreover quality is important to hear the subtle things in your mix.
Great songs and nice mix ! That feeling when you do a perfect organic mix lasting sometimes 3 minutes. So smooth ! That's why i love mixing. I'm in the US for four months and DJ are all about scratching and cut, I miss those really smooth transition.
Thanks Ellaskins for that video.
Great video I agree too many people concentrate on the technical aspects when the dj mixs can be just organic and done in a way that still sounds good, if a little rough around the edges
Amazing PA system man!! U're hearing the reall bass in thereee is hard 2describe.... Thnx 4the info!!
13:10 love the closing remarks
love your videos really interesting as i am practising mixing and producing music and the fact u go between differnt types of music is good becouse i love differnt types and practice with differnt types
keep up thea hard work when we gonna see some more mixes from you.
cheers , me and my friend were arguing bout the same thing couple days ago. the part about the pa speakers. orgasmic lolzzz funny
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Hi mate, been watching your videos religiously over this past year and not only are they helpful, but your mixes are actually excellent. I'd love, and I'm sure I'm not the only one, to hear more of your mixes. Maybe make the video longer, or do a separate video.
I watched a deep house tutorial last month I think, and that mix was amazing. If only you had kept it going...would have been great to hear!
Yes he is a great Dj. His mixes always perfect with his own style. Also the collections are great. So big thumbs up for Elaskin always :)
+BMR Studio thanks
You are welcome :) I follow You from the first ever video what You created. You are in the first 20 real DJ-s group, who start teaching TH-cam visitors. But, You are the only, who keep going with that. Even if You have a real life job, DJ gigs, family, friends etc. I know from My life, is take a lot of work and time to do it. For people, who You don't know. So All Respect to You! Greetings :)
hello Jonathan, had a quick question and would really appreciate it if you got back to me. Very great videos, helped me out a lot and still does, btw. My question is if there's a way of getting the CD pool tracks onto traitor and it's software. I was contemplating signing up for CD pool but I only have a controller for right now, so I wouldn't be able to use the CDs. hope to hear from you and thank you for your time in making these videos. great job! +Ellaskins
bit like my mixing, organic like compost!
I have a question. Is there a general rule of thumb on using what kind of mix for each genre? For example, I found this smooth organic way of mixing very good for house, tech house and and some techno. (Let me know if I'm wrong tho...) What about transitions for other genres like electro, trap, glitch etc etc. THANK YOU for all the funny and informative tutorials!
+Cecilia Miao its about the mood you are in and the feel the song gives you... so in other words, be unique.. go with the flow
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+ellaskins thank you!!
+Cecilia Miao
Ellaskins has it right, you have to feel it. But definitely some genres are better to do an organic transition in this way. But you still can do organic transition on other genre if you are being creative (maybe with loop). To make it more organic i would like to say that the mood of the music, the key, the natural bpm should be close. Because if you mix two songs with the same characteristic it is more likely to go organic.
specer73 Yes this makes sense. Thank you!
+ellaskins
How much are the skype lessons? :)
+Chris Carrie £20 per hour
why he moves the pitcher? he cant rely on the digital bpm info on the screen? or make it same before even the song star?
+xGipas The BPM info is not always correct. Same with beatgrids. It isn't a bad thing to know how to manual beatmatch.
DJTLM put it the best, "lets say your sync button is BROKEN. What do you do?"
What do you do?
+xGipas
He learned to mix without it so he doesn't have to rely on it. Moreover, if you mix old song, the BPM is not constant throughout the track and sometimes the software totally miss thoses changes.
I agree that nowadays a lot of people are djing without really knowing how to sync without any information. But it is really a good feeling when you do it on your own
specer73 Thanks for your advice, however i believe that with the new technologies out there not knowing how to rely on beatmatch isnt gona affect the outcome of the set.
+xGipas most of time, yes. beatmatching is time consuming without a good level.
it can help in three cases:
- bpm is not accurate. it happens with old music or weird music.
- it helps you to learn to beatmatch since you still have to sync if you only use the BPM indicator and not the sync button.
- it helps to have the respect of old school DJ. once the resident DJ gave me his old turntable for my first mix on the club to see if I was able without technology. I was glad to know how to beatmatch at this time.
There's more to it than that. But you won't understand it until you know it. It's all about to be the one in control of the music and everything that's going out to the speakers. To manually do every move is to be in complete control, and when you can do that, you can use any old or new tech to rock the dance floor. Then it's only a question to have access to the music. If you are software/controller dependent, it's like calling yourself a Chef but only being able to use the microwave to warm up something prepared by someone else. If you suddenly were out of frozen food and were to prepare everything from scratch, you could be lucky and get everything right, but you probably would get your title questioned. Giving yourself a title comes with a lot of expectations, as it should, and if you can't live up to them, don't use the title until you can. Then, when you use it, you do it proudly.
So when you start relying on the tech to do parts of your job, it's always a question how far you are prepared to go before you are not even needed in the booth. I've seen so called DJ's using already made hour long mixes, downloaded or made in a studio before hand, I don't know, but for me, this is the guys who are prepared to get in to a DJ booth at any cost, but without putting in any work or investments. And of course they can do it for cheap, ruining it for everyone true to the job. They never last long, but they cause tremendous damage during their 15 minutes...
This is the what the fears and badmouthing really is about when DJ's already established are talking down every little new tech that makes some things easier. And, yes, you will be a better DJ when you can do everything manually because it's also brings understanding and related skills you need to improve yourself over time. Once you're there, you can use whatever tech you want, and people will still respect you. I don't think anyone would think that Carl Cox can't mix anyway he wants to just because he uses software now.
I started using vinyl for 10 years, then CD's for 15 years, and since 2009 I use RB'd USB's for my music. I only play on Nexus's and NXS2's with a lot of bells and whistles, but as a 2 deck DJ, I will never use the sync and rarely the quantize, but I do set the BPM's using the info on the screen. Using RB analyzed music files, for computerized music, it will be correct 99.9999 times out of 100. Still don't trust it, and still prepared to give it a nudge if needed. Playing original funk/disco now and then keeps me sharp.