# Styles of music encouraging certain mixing styles?

**URL:** <https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/styles-of-music-encouraging-certain-mixing-styles/40257>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [April 3, 2012, 5:40pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/styles-of-music-encouraging-certain-mixing-styles/40257 "2012-04-03T17:40:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bassline\_Brine](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/bassline_brine/32/15043_2.png) [@Bassline\_Brine](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/Bassline_Brine)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 9:36pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/styles-of-music-encouraging-certain-mixing-styles/40257/21 "2012-04-04T21:36:45Z")

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It’s to get stuck in a certain mindset for certain genre’s. It’s when people break those molds when it becomes creative and interesting, and unique.

Too much haterade up in this thread. Really guys, everyone has a style, some styles work better off the cuff for certain stuff. Something I like to think about is the mentality / mindset of the audience going for different shows. If you’re playing a DnB show, you’re probably going to have a very different crowd than a Electro/Dubstep show. And the mixing styles will reflect that. People getting into EDM are used to short rock songs, and have the attention span of a rabid shrew. As people become more cultured, they tend to start really enjoying the longer transitions more. But it takes time.

It’s a reflection of what the audience wants. Or, it should be.

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**Author:** ![Zaniac](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/zaniac/32/13907_2.png) [@Zaniac](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/Zaniac)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 11:39pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/styles-of-music-encouraging-certain-mixing-styles/40257/22 "2012-04-04T23:39:25Z")

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**Author:** ![Rukks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b5e925/32.png) [@Rukks](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/Rukks)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 4:10am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/styles-of-music-encouraging-certain-mixing-styles/40257/23 "2012-04-05T04:10:17Z")

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I’m just gonna throw this out there, but as someone else stated, being well rounded musically in terms of genres is really what makes me say wow to a dj’s performance.

I like to hear unique transitions that you don’t think should work but they do…weather its a drop on a one or an intro looped for 16 bars, if I recognize two songs and they sound well together I am generally impressed.

Another note, I’m assuming that many of us can’t play minimal for a 3 hour set at a local club, if you can then I am extremely jealous of your situation and the acceptance of your audience…so I feel like ‘learning’ mixing ‘styles’ for different genres is a great starting point. By styles I don’t mean one technique of mixing or the equipment they mix on.

I believe my point answers the OPs question without answering how I mix or stereotyping a dj that plays a certain genre of music.

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