Hey guys, I'm kinda new into djing and I feel like I'm stuck right now.
I used to mix in ableton and I've switch to traktor 5 months ago. I just
bought an S4 with a F1 to practice but I feel like I'm not progressing since 1-2 weeks.
What I do;
Mix in key
Phrase (I use beat to cue function)
Beatgrid (Every damn single track, I also put cues everywhere)
Eq well.
In fact, I am the 128 BPM master. I can do flawless mix and get everything clutch.
I also use the sync a lot and the phase meter, I can't really beatmatch by hear for now.
The problem is that I am from a small city with 1-2 clubs and people here and not big fan of the
EDM scene. You can mix a couple of the top 10 beatport here and here but people really do like pop, hiphop and
even sometimes trap. When I was studying in toronto, djs would play only 128-140 stuff the entire night and the dancefloor was running the entire night.
I find it very difficult to mix different bpm stuff together. I overuse the freeze/delay fx but thats it. When I listen to local djs here, the transitions are most of the time meh and people don't really notice. Most of them are from vinyl so they just do the scratch thing and switch very quickly. They also use a lot of segways.
So if you guys could help me I would appreciate. Also, I would take any books/dvd recommendation.
Thanks!
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