New to "DJing" - would like some advice

[DJAdeSands]

Online gaming brings out the inner dickhead tho.. that I can vouch for!! LOL

[MalcolmDeXXX]

Hi all. I have tried to embed the mix but it doesn't seem to work. Anyway, here it is. I hope it's OK.

[L8Night]

play music you love and not what the new "in" sound is ..get good at it ...love it ..enjoy it

[DJAdeSands]

Hi all. I have tried to embed the mix but it doesn't seem to work. Anyway, here it is. I hope it's OK.

This should work...
http://www.mixcloud.com/MalcolmDeXXX...ech-house-mix/

[MalcolmDeXXX]

Thanks.

Listening back to it now...a few mistakes due to me not really knowing the tracks all too well at this point (just bought most of the ones I played in this set last weekend)

Would appreciate any feedback. Maybe I should put the timestamps up so people can see the mixes.

Joke is, I was messing around at some bits with my friend saying "I am gonna try and mix w/o headphones." Turns out those mixes were better than the ones I did w/ headphones :S

[Helmuth]

Thanks.

Listening back to it now...a few mistakes due to me not really knowing the tracks all too well at this point (just bought most of the ones I played in this set last weekend)

Would appreciate any feedback. Maybe I should put the timestamps up so people can see the mixes.

Joke is, I was messing around at some bits with my friend saying "I am gonna try and mix w/o headphones." Turns out those mixes were better than the ones I did w/ headphones :S

My two cents worth..

-learn to mix well in your headphones, you would be surprised how many people over-rely on monitors. when you play on a balcony and the nearest speaker is facing the opposite direction and ten metres below you will be grateful.
-count beats / phases til its second nature. You have cue markers, but not much use when you have just got a track downloaded and really want to play it. at the end of the day, although tracks sound different they are formulaic. the drop is generally at the same place (-ish).
-focus on producing once you have your djing at a decent standard, lots of producers making a decent living who are pretty pony at mixing.
-ableton is good for doing edits which are a good way to get your name out there as writing a track from scratch is actually quite hard, but logic is cheaper and better IMO for pure production.
-learn to warm-up. it's a lost art and often peeps start going pedal to metal which is not cool.
-dig deep with your music. with modern dj technology and the internet technology it's getting hard to differentiate yourself.
-mix over the bits made for mixing (see phrasing).

[MalcolmDeXXX]

Thanks Helmuth, much appreciated. Anyone else listen to the mix and have any advice?

[Kwal]

Thanks Helmuth, much appreciated. Anyone else listen to the mix and have any advice?

I was busy yesterday but will have time today at work to listen. I'll let you know how it goes

[DJAdeSands]

Malcolm, went to listen to it there, didn't get far into it yesterday, and according to Mixcloud, the content is no longer there mate.

[Kwal]

Wow yeah it is gone I was just about to listen to it