Hee Won Jung

You can do transitions when ever the heck u want but, it usually a rule of thumb that u do a transition on the 1st beat of a 32…or 64…or 16 sometimes works but usually it is too quick.

Now i dont know my proper terminolgy since…but 1234 is considered a bar i think…and 1234 2234 3234 4234 is considered a Phrase…Most EDM songs are set in 32 bars…or 2 phrases…then it transitions. within its own song…This is the perfect place to do your own transition, at the first beat of a 32 is when you want to swap basslines or highs or whatever depending on the genre of music you play…

Well i guess ill input my 2 cents here regarding finding new music.

As the EDM scene is blowing up there is a stupid amount of garbage EDM thats out there.

My tips for finding new music:

1 – First off you need to have a few artists that you like a lot. Go onto beatport and find which label they are under and look up artists under the same label. Usually Each label has producers that have the same style of music under it.

2 – Once you have those artists that you like…look up who does remixes of their songs…usually the remixer sometimes not as often as #1 will have music in the same genre.

3 – http://www.last.fm is a great site for finding new artists…best thing to do is type in an artist and there will be a page that shows artists that are Highly similar to not very similar to the artist you are viewing.

4 – Blog Sites…there are tons of great blog sites that always post new music. http://www.mymusicisbetterthanyours.com is one that i use very often and always has good music, in a variety of Genres.

5 – Expand your musical Horizions! Start listening to people that you may not necessarily like…sometimes not very often they will produce a song thats just BANGING in the genre that you like. A great example of this is Hirshee…Hirshee used to be a lot of Dubstep and Drumstep but has been producing BANGING electro Tracks.

6 – Soundcloud, Add all your favorite producers…there are often a ton of bootlegs and re-rubs that are release for free on soundcloud for download and often not a lot of these are ever played out in a club.

With the style of music i play i often have what my crew calls “showcase” 4 or 5 songs that go so banging togeather and are able to create that next level of energy. This is also very dependant on the style of music that you spin…HipHop or should i say NON-EDM genres you dont really need to plan ur sets as at most you are only blending around 32 beats if that before you transition into your next song. Most of the time its a slam or a scratch or a loop and u are off into your next track.

With my style of DJing i will often have 2 songs mixing togeather for upwards of 2 minutes of the song…throwing in loops and effects as i please…This you cannot do on the fly, well you can but you need to know your tracks inside and out and upside down. Between Showcases i will pick a song or two that i think fit then move onto my next showcase.

If you are doing Basic Intro to Outro mixing there really is no need to plan your sets as the likelyhood of songs clashing is at a minimal.

Me personally I think with todays day and age DJing is more about creating a unique sound out of what is already been made. Really anyone can pick the top 100 songs on a list and go play then out…But it takes skill to be able to create something new out of something that already is.

…I have over 120 gigs of music over the years and years i have been either DJing or just my private collection…i dont understand how this is relating to DJing…as i probably only keep about 100-150 songs in my main crate of tracks I play out.

I mean really…if you were to play an entire night @ a club…which hardly ever happens these days thats like what 5 hours of playing…at roughly 2 minutes a track thats like what 150 songs max? and 2 minutes if pretty short…

Here is a great article about exactly what we are talking about

http://www.djtechtools.com/2012/03/19/is-planning-a-dj-set-cheating/

Why the Hell would you ever use Studio Monitors for gigs even house parties is such a freaking waste!
Studio monitors are not meant to be played loud…they are meant for clarity, Rocking expensive monitors at a house party is a good way to kill the life of your monitors right quick.

The store price up here for the KRK RP8s is around 280 bucks Each brand new.

For that price you can pick up some low end Active Beringher or Mackie PA monitors for roughly the same price, the difference being the Mackies or Behringers will last for many parties while the Studio Monitors will die out rather quickly.

Is the sound quality as good in the Active PA no…it doesnt really compare…but if you are throwing a house party no one cares how clean or perfect the sound is.

Save the Studio monitors for the Studio and get some PA speakers for House parties

The Only Difference between the Mixtrack and the Mixtrack pro is that the Pro has a built in Soundcard

I Started off on the Mixtrack and loved it alot but i outgrew it very quickly…the good thing is that the resale value on these does not really drop so at most you will lose 50 bucks off what the retail price is.

Well that was my case