Making a mix more exciting

Music Discovery & Curation Mixes
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Making a mix more exciting

Hello,

I am new to dj’ing and i got beatmatching down pretty well…however my mixes just sound as such, songs linked together. I was wondering what do the people on DJ Techtools do to make their mixes more exciting

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with what setup are you spinning?

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get better music

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a very akward one:
Vestax typhoon (Don’t have a lot of money, unfortunately)
M-audio axiom 25 for sampling and such
Stanton Da scratch

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and traktor i guess?

well, just try some effects, some looping, some vocals over another beat. get creative!

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Im sorry i forgot to add what software.

VIRTUAL DJ pro

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Throw some one-shot samples and get creative with mashups.

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I feel bad for asking this, but i rather ask and learn, look like a fool for 5 second then hold my djing back. But, When you say mashups you mean the tracks i am using?

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yeah, mashup the tracks you got. i dont know what kind of genre you’re spinning, but i sometimes just put a know electro vocal (eg justices dance) over another beat and start mashing (and messing) up these vocals..

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Awesome. I assume you also mean that i should grab some acapellas and sample from there…

and i forgot i got a korg kp3

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post one of your mixes and the community can jump on board and give you some tips and suggestions mate. welcome to the forums by the way :wink:

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Thank you for welcoming me. I will work on something right now

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I’ll second that

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I haven’t even mentioned what type of music mix

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Do live mashups, use creative elements (white noise, rock music, samples), and use the new Delay trick on the blog using your KP3.

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but if you’re boring yourself with your own mixes, that might be a good starting point.