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A long story about long breakdowns?

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  • June 28, 2012 at 5:14 am #1006834
    Fressure
    Member

    Start setting up Cue’s man you could have probably skipped majority of that

    June 28, 2012 at 6:39 am #1006837
    Terry_42
    Keymaster

    Bad breakdown? 1,2,3,4 hit cuepoint after the break… done, thank you.
    Preparing your music is key and programming your set, not just walk up and play from the top of your head. Guess you had to learn it the hard way.

    June 28, 2012 at 7:05 am #1006841
    piper
    Member

    I’ve done that before just took the same song and droped it in when I felt the break was long enough, don’t really set que points even though I know I should. Or tease them with a break with the next song.

    June 30, 2012 at 11:27 am #1006955
    Phil Morse
    Keymaster

    Good question. Getting the lighting guy onside can help, also dropping the volume at the start of the breakdown and reintroducing elements as you enter it, using loop roll to build tension, having a beat on the other deck you can drop in momentarily to ad energy (or drop underneath the breakdown to keep people dancing through it), “leading” the crowd by getting them clapping along, and as the posters day above, if all else fails have a cue-point set up where the break drops that you can jump to in order to shorten the length of the break.

    July 1, 2012 at 11:28 am #1006991
    2SHAE!
    Participant

    “drugs, rock and roll, bad ass, vegas hoes, late night, booty calls, shiny disco balls” repeat…works every time lol

    July 1, 2012 at 11:15 pm #1007011
    Tony Youll
    Member

    I’d say just stick to the cue’s and loops. Maybe even have this long breakdown playing in the background of the previous song. That way you can blend into this breakdown without it seeming too long.

    July 3, 2012 at 3:27 pm #1007106
    Hee Won Jung
    Participant

    Using Cue points are good in a lot of situations, but with songs like this…the build up is what also makes the song have that great OOOPH when the drop hits and it really subtracts from the song when you cut out the long breakdown.

    This is where actual “Mixing” comes in handy, or as we have come to know it as “mash-up”. Instead of bringing a song in at the traditional outtro mark around 1-1:30, bring the song in @ the 2:30 or even 3 minute mark instead and let the long breakdown be mixed into the song you are currently playing. As the build gets more intense just get ready to transition and swap your bassline with the new track…add an effect or two and your off to the races…

    July 9, 2012 at 10:13 pm #1007419
    ReggaeDelgado
    Member

    I would definitely get those cue points in order. And although I don’t really play that genre, I do like to drop an acapella during a breakdown (get the key right though!) and allow that to provide interest as the breakdown builds or I mix in the next tune/beat.

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