Practicing

[Schalenberg]

It used to every day for at least 1 hour for the past 20 years but I never viewed it as practice, more as having fun doing what I love. These days I spend more time trying to redevelop a mental health ward and fighting off the belly. Less time to play sadly.

I see in your signature you have a Xone S2. How's that mixer?

[D-Kem]

It's lush mate. Rotary rack mounted, great sound quality, built in limiter, dedicated sub out etc etc. I love it.

[Schalenberg]

It's lush mate. Rotary rack mounted, great sound quality, built in limiter, dedicated sub out etc etc. I love it.

Nice! I would love to give one a go some day.

[Stewe]

I practice while giving my new mappings a test run

[Schalenberg]

I practice while giving my new mappings a test run

2 birds with 1 stone. I like it.

[willisnz]

I mix once or twice a week for an hour or two at a time. That is when I can find the time, which is difficult with a job, wife, 2 kids and a dog.

[031999]

It's lush mate. Rotary rack mounted, great sound quality, built in limiter, dedicated sub out etc etc. I love it.

Quick question, what is that alarm plug on the back?? I see it, I'm just not sure what it does...

[b1sh0p]

I've never called it practicing either. I've always just called it mixing. I only get a few hours a week these days. I work late and my apartment is pretty hollow. I get about 1 night a week and Saturday afternoon. My girlfriend absolutely hates my music, so that doesn't help. I get it though. It's hard to find anybody that actually likes dnb. I usually just spend the time to learn new tunes and how they work with other tunes. Just shit like the key and 48 or 64 bar intro or 16 or 32 bar breakdown. Make mental notes of tunes that drop at funky times and figure out where vocals are in the tune. I don't even view mixing as "dj'ing." It's more about interacting with the music that moves me.

[keithace]

How often/long do you practice your craft? Personally, I play until I make a shitty transition and hate myself for it. I usually come back for more an hour later.

I will stop a shitty transition...sort out a better track...start the previous track just before the mix...

[AllDay]

If I played a housey genre or something nice an easy with just drum intro's Id probably not practice much lol. But as I mix glitch hop and ghetto funk most times songs need to just work!

So i find myself devoting a couple hours a week. I find that mixing is more song choice then anything. So I spend a lot of time digging for that right sound I want. I feel that there will always be a song, to mix in a song. even if you dont think so.