What do you consider is "Mixing"

Hee Won Jung, post: 18890, member: 948 wrote: Lol I do not play commercial music I play everything from house, breaks, nu-disco funky house disco house fidget electro/complextro, dubstep, dnb, and when the venue calls for it I will play top40 remixes.

I will post some mixes when I get home.

On a side note see the bottom of my OP? It asked an I wrong here….asking what other pps opinion is. Seriously why r u taking this so personally? Jeebus

So my guess was wrong. It happens.

On a side note: I’m not taking this personally. That’s twice you’ve had a pop at me, though (once for not being on topic, which I am, and once for taking it personally). What I have done is express an opinion different to yours.

I see way too many DJs who consider themselves as “DJs” yet in my opinion really arnt. What i am taking about is DJs who dont really mix. I am only speaking from an EDM (125-175bpm). HipHop/Wedding DJs i can see how this would not relate as often you dont really beat match and just go from song to song as its hard to mix such a varity of tempos (Although Kudos for those of you who can).

It’s not all about beatmatching
I’m a Dj that does alot of diffrent events and venues from wedding and birthdays (18th is the youngest i have done, a 80th next week to do will be the oldest) to stripclubs to bars and late spot’s.
When I can i beat mix if i can’t due to bpm’s i cut i fade i slam it in, all about the timing of how you do it. it as important to read the crowd. no point taking away a song they are danceing to just to change it becasue you are bored with it, no way in hell would i cut out a song half way thru because i’m bored if the crowd is loving it
However if i see the dancefloor thinning then i might to a quick mix or a cut and bring in the next one to keep up the tempo or the energy
I think it all depends on the night your doing and the crowd you have if they like the quick changes of song then they will lap it up but if they don’t then they won’t come back…. or you won’t be asked back

and I find it far more challanging as a DJ to be asked to go from motown to rock to 90’s house to pop/top40 to rock&roll and back in 30mins then just sticking to one genre

I think the misconception alot of people have about Djaying is that it has to done in a special type of way. Also, some believe that you have to be that techno, techy beat masher, super remixer with ubiquitos effects to be called a proper DJ

Djaying is an art ( after you have learnt the scientific side to it), you can play or flow anyhow you want as long as you do not alleniate yourself from your audience.
In the genre i DJ in, intro/outro mixing is not uncommon but even at that, i can tell you that there are blends and there are blends. and no two DJs will sound the same or effect the crowd the same way.

One thing i always tell Djays ( especially aspiring ones) is to never forget how it was when you were on the other side. When you were part of the audience, how did you like your music being played? What pissed you off about the music that was played in the clubs. Which kind of mixes did you enjoy the most? Please note that this does not mean you cannot find your own unique way of doing ya stuff.

MikeFixx, post: 18887, member: 1878 wrote: Can you link to some mixes that you’ve done? Curious to see the style differences. Heard a DJ in Vegas slam pop songs/remixes all night. No greater than 1.5 to 2 minutes of any track and the dancefloor never did build and he actually got booed a few times.

haha,, i definately dn’t want to ever get booed!

Depends on the style, I mix tech house/minimal generally and sometimes long 2-3 minute mixes are perfect, I’m from a more “traditional” background and was brought up with long outro-intro mixing.
I generally don’t like when a DJ is cutting, doing short mixes, throwing effects all over the top of a tune, tends to piss me off in 99% of the cases (James Zabiela is a perfect example, technically brilliant, but annoying as hell to watch)
Look at DJs like Digweed, Burridge, Villalobos, Derrick May etc etc you never hear them mashing tunes up, it’s just a different style. not right or wrong. Certainly not a sign of a bad/boring DJ.

It’s gotta be done right though, on the 32/64 bar, in key etc etc.

I felt inclined to share this.

I was out this weekend in Philly and was out at a completely packed club. The DJ was using SSL/1200s/Pio mixer/
I saw him tweeking a few EQs here and there, but sware he played most of the night in Internal mode. No beatmatching/No mixing ..just slammed from song to song on the “1”

Internally I was so frustrated and couldn’t even enjoy myself until I started to look around at this over capacity club with everyone jamming out and now fully understand how song selection >>>> mixing.

Not that I advocate this style, but it’s not about showing off to the 3 other DJs in the room as much as keeping the other 300 people dancing/drinking.