ADHD Mixing, Your Opinion?
How do you guys feel about djs who only play a song for 30 seconds to one minute max before cutting to another song? Personally, I don’t enjoy it at all, but I feel like many listeners do enjoy it, and consider a guy who doesn’t do it as no good. I like to enjoy large chunks of the song before moving to another, and would rather make a smooth transition to allow the listener to get lost in the music.
It depends. I used to do “quick mix” sections at gigs where for a short time I’d deliberately blast through a bunch of songs and it usually went down well. There are mixes I like where the DJ has packed in tons of tunes and doesn’t play much of each track. But I wouldn’t want to hear a DJ just doing that and I wouldn’t want every mix to be like that either. If that’s all a DJ is doing every single time then I’d get fed up with it very quickly. For the most part, tunes need to be allowed to breathe.
This guy is the worst! Only plays each song for like 3 seconds..
I agree completely there are layers in songs that set the mood and so on that you cant get to if your not giving them time to play.
I do this too - it’s VERY effective when done well. It’s the same as everything else in the DJ sphere. Overdo it, or do it for too long, or suffer from poor programming/selection, and it’s gonna sound crap.
Did I mention how much fun it is??? 
Yeah man, it’s great when it works! Like you drop a recognisable part of a track and people get hyped, then you quickly switch to another one and so on and it’s like bam, bam, bam - hitting them in the face with a flurry of great songs, haha. But like you say, you can overdo and fatigue a crowd. Just a few minutes is all you need of that really. Even 2 minutes can be enough if you do it right.
Absolutely - I like to give the quick mix a theme, or something that ties all the tracks together. Dropping 4 or 5 tunes from the same artist, or label, etc…
Always save the biggest tune for last!
Back to serious.
When you guys do this “rapid fire” stuff, do you slowly mix between the tracks or just slam it?
Dude, you’re totally missing the point. DJ Earworm is a mashup DJ who’s created some of the best mashups ever IMO. With your above posted track, he’s just taking a piss with the horrible state of pop music today. Go listen to some of his classic mashups, the guy’s pretty freakin brilliant.
I know dude, I’m just trying to bring some humour to the threads!
Sorrryyyy for not being 100% serious 
No hate!
No hate at all bro, I’ve just seen some pretty naive posts on here as of late and wasn’t sure you were getting the joke. 
Sorry if I didn’t pick up on your sarcasm.
I hate that kind of speed mixing 
I mix hip-hop, so I would just slam it or scratch it in. What makes this particular style work to a large degree, is the crowd not knowing what’s coming next as there’s no long blend and no/minimal teasing of the next tune. When they realise what you’re doing, that’s what they enjoy about it.
I like when thought and planning is apparent–especially when everything is in key. I dislike when it’s just crossfading from song to song and the whole rhythm is thrown off. If I’m listening to a mix like that, I’ll stop within 10 seconds. If it’s at a bar, I leave. I almost never hear it at a club.
Nice when people can act like gentlemen on the internet nowadays. Have a fine day sir!
Agreed. It has to be done with some finesse.
Also depends on the type of music your playing.
But to much of it will get annoying.
The reason I ask is because I’m playing a party Friday night with a few other djs, who typically play top40 and just slam from one track to another after thirty seconds. I could tolerate it for a few minutes, but one of them will do this for an entire hour… Meanwhile I’m opening the party with an hour of funky nu-disco with smooth transitions. LOL
I think it can be done very tastefully, especially when you blur the lines of the tracks, like ‘oh is this actually a new song?’
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^ Love that set!