Let me start by saying I very rarely freestyle (mix without any planning), I spend most of my time 'planning' sets (which is stupid, I know).
I decided yesterday to just try and freestyle from a playlist I've made (electro house, house, trance) and I mixed for around 30 minutes with NO hiccups at all, and the mix was amazing, all the songs went together well, unfortunately I didn't record it...
Anyway, today I've added more songs to the playlist, gridded everything and set cue points, I've been on traktor for 2/3 hours now and no matter what I do I can't get 2 tracks sounding good together, what happened?!?!
One thing that really p*sses me off is when you have songs that don't have the conventional 'blocks' which makes it impossible to mix with them unless you know how long the 'blocks' are compared to the 'blocks' in the other song beforehand, this isn't my main problem but it just adds to it if I choose a song that's like this.
I was really happy with myself yesterday as I was able to freestyle very well, with 3 decks, vocals layered etcetc now today I can't put 2 + 2 together, and this is why I have only been 'planning' my sets before now, it takes me so long to find songs that fit well together.
Any advice would be appreciated, I'm just extremely frustrated at the moment.
Thanks
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