Im doing my first little friend gig on halloween right…
I got a pretty rad set that Im going to do, I got it all planned out and practiced.
Only thing is, Even sometimes I mess up during my practice section.
Is it bad that I have an exact one and only point where I throw in my next track???
Because every once in a while, I will throw it in one beat after or forget that I don’t have the same bpm before I start the next track.
I don’t plan everything, I plan about 10-15 minutes so I have something to get comfy with and then completely improvised from there. not sure if that was helpful or not.
dude the most important thing about mixing is feeling the music, I don’t think “ok so that was the break down now i’ll wait 16 bars and drop my next track.” you just feel it the only tool I rely on is the waveform up top so I know how far of the track i’ve got left.
No, seriously. If you listen to your music (and practice) often enough, you know what bits come where, and what effects/transitions suit that part of the song. At the end of the day, it’s what sounds good.
Use what the others have posted as a start, it’s a good way to start to learn to phrase, but as you get better, you’ll find that things just start to come naturally - you’ll be “feeling it”!
Just try to match phases, the rest should come naturally!
I’m always listening for an element of the song that is doing something that is going to release on the one beat. Maybe it is a synth line that is rising in pitch and building, maybe it is the drums, maybe the producer gave me a give me with a pause. I think “feeling it” comes down to learning to listen to these things. When it is difficult to tell where this spot is, when practicing put a marker on it, let the two tracks play on top of each other and see if you are right, if wrong rewind move the mark and do it again.
