Mixing and Technique
How to Use Loops and Hot Cues to Extend a Track
Every DJ eventually hits the same wall. A track the floor loves runs out too soon, an intro is too short to mix into cleanly,...
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Blending, reading a room, and building a set that actually holds together.
Mixing and Technique
Every DJ eventually hits the same wall. A track the floor loves runs out too soon, an intro is too short to mix into cleanly,...
Mixing and Technique
New DJs spend their first months obsessed with beatmatching, lining up the tempo and the downbeats so two tracks run in time.
Mixing and Technique
Ask a newer DJ what makes a transition feel smooth, and the answer almost always centers on tempo: matching the bpm precisely,...
Mixing and Technique
The most important part of a gig happens before you press play.
Mixing and Technique
I used to arrive at every gig with a fully planned setlist, track by track, and abandon it within the first fifteen minutes...
Mixing and Technique
Every transition a DJ makes mid-set is a small bet, that the next track will hold the floor rather than clear it, made with...