When do I drop?

[geoantada]

After a few months of bedroom DJ practice, I've found myself, what I feel, is mildly competent in continued, balanced mixing. I can intermingle tracks with some degree of skill. What I can't do is drop. I have yet to find myself dropping through mixing. I'll place in a song that has a drop after a while simply because I know that it's common to have a drop, but not because I feel like I should naturally.

Question: When do you drop? How do you accomplish it through mixing and not just by playing a song with a killer drop?

[SirReal]

I drop before mixing as I feel I mix better that way.

[guiltyblade]

are you asking when to drop a track or when a track has a massive build up to a big drop?

[Topps]

I drop before mixing as I feel I mix better that way.

or are you talking about drugs like this guy

[geoantada]

I'm asking about improvising a drop through mixing.

A build, then drop, then a stronger beat when it kicks back in, but accomplishing such a thing live, not as a part of a preexisting track.

I understand that it's not a set formula or a simple "This is how you..." tutorial. I'm merely asking when others feel they should drop. Maybe I meant to ask "When do you drop?"

[Topps]

I honestly don't know what you are asking

[DigitalDevil]

I usually drop after I shop or in between stopping and rolling.

[smiTTTen]

I honestly don't know what you are asking

I read it a few times and am also completely clueless....

[SirReal]

or are you talking about drugs like this guy

Come on Topps, I was talking about dropping a track, obviously, as you can't mix without at least 2 tracks playing.

[photojojo]

I think he's talking about creating a buildup in a track using FX.