Mixed for the first time tonight

raiden, post: 39578, member: 9935 wrote: Ok so I was being showed by my mate how the serato SL1 works and how to use the decks etc. I know I shouldn’t expect to much from myself after one go but I had trouble mixing the 2 tunes he said I should try out which where house. My question is next time I have a go should I play my own music? Only when I did my research a bit on mixing I read that you should think 3 or more songs a head plus I’m thinking if its music I know and love it mite make mixing easier for me? What do you think? My wife the super star dj says I need to start off with D n B but I don’t have much in my collection or know many tunes anyway.

House is probably one of the easier genres to learn to mix with. All the tracks are generally created to a rigid beat grid and many of the tracks are in generally the same bmp range. D&B is difficult to start out with as the tempo is faster and having the mix off even slightly is easily apparent with all the drums going on.

Learning to mix with music you love is definitely the best idea as you won’t get so tired of the tracks while working out how to mix them together well.