Hey everyone,
I am new on here, so hello! Before I go into my current issue, a little about my history.
My name is Jo and I am 26, moved to London last month.
I got my first decks when I was 19, loved them to bits. Played on them every night and got a few gigs out of it. When I started Uni at 21, I moved on to CDJ's as buying vinyl was hard being a student. I had quite a steady flow of gigs, but that kind of fizzled out which I wasn't too bothered about.
I went traveling, came back last November and since then I have kind of been dabbling a bit in Traktor. I really enjoy using this and the doors it opens for you, although I do have a few concerns.
I am started to really get back into my Dj'ing now, wanting to take it seriously again and hopefully start playing out. I have been playing quite a bit of Tech house lately but feel that I am just mixing in and out but I am not even doing that, Traktor is! Before when I have done fidget mixes, I have loved using the 4 decks, samples, looping etc but feel with Tech house if you start using the effects, loops etc this can be too much for the genre.
So I was planning a new mix yesterday and just felt like I was cheating a bit as I wasn't doing as much effects. I felt like I should have been using CDJ's, as then at least I am beat matching.
I was wondering if someone could give me some pointers of what I can learn to do with Traktor that will make me stand out, how I can make my sets exceptional but without overkill, any advice really on Traktor that will help get my confidence back in using it within specific genres.
I have a Xone2D and xsessionpro that I use with it.
Many Thanks in advance and sorry it is such a long first post!
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