I've just done my first 'proper' mix after a few months of practicing and what-not.
I've had some criticism saying some parts are bad, and I agree with them, but then some people say that it's not a 'mix' because I'm just changing from song to song...
Now here's the problem, do people want an hour long mix which is basically a mash-up with two decks playing the whole time?! I thought the art of djing was to keep it simple and let it flow, with some mash-ups and effects thrown in here and there?
I'm just a bit upset that I've tried so hard but seemingly failed... I obviously aim to have a mix that's full of 'mash-ups' but it would have to be so scripted that it wouldn't really feel right?
When you play gigs at clubs etc do you prepare your mix beforehand, sort out your cue points, what you're going to press where and when? Or do you prepare a playlist of around 100 songs or something and just mix in what feels right? This is what I don't understand, if you're 'freestyling' how the hell can you do a good enough mix? You won't know what songs go together, how long their breakdowns are etc will you?
Thanks...
I wasn't going to post the mix for fear of being slaughtered but here it is;
I guess I should write my own kinda 'review' on it...
The intro is good, I like it, the problem was transitioning OUT of 'The Tempest', it was basically impossible, so I just waited until it ended and played 'I'm not Alone'. It sounds awful, I know, but for some reason I wanted to keep The Tempest as the intro song...
The next two transitions are equally awful and too abrupt.
When 'Follow The Light' transitions into 'Remember' I think it works very well, then I had another problem as 'Remember' is at a weird bpm, something like 177.69 so it was hard to mix anything into it, 'Come Back' works okay, I don't think it's amazing but it's not bad.
'Come Back' > 'Hurt Less' I really really like, they drop at the same time and go together well.
I'm not going to talk about every transition, but basically my problem throughout was choosing songs that don't mix together very well and kinda 'forcing' them on eachother.
I like the part at the end (Just Be> Beautiful Lies> Need to feel loved).
I guess I should also ask, am I good enough to play in a small club? I think I am, but I'd have to prepare the mix beforehand...
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