Djs and how they mix...

**subsonic** · 01-12-2003, 01:30 PM

ok i do get what your saying top jocks on top doller should be able to perform week in week out not just live off there big fat reps,
not meaning to sound perdantic but i wouldnt like to higher a top joke
to just put record after record not putting a vibe to it not enjoying what they do not givin you what you paid for :cry:

**Voorheez** · 01-12-2003, 04:49 PM

I think that you can break it down to two different kinds of bad dj:

1) A Technically poor dj

2) A dj who doesn't put full effort into it

**DJCraig Ryan** · 01-12-2003, 07:41 PM

Obviously Beat-matching and Fading has a lot to do with it but personally the main factots of a good DJ to me depends on 'Tune selection and Structuring the set'

Take M-Zone for example, we all know he isnt the best at beatmatching or keeping the mixes tight but this doesnt really matter. His tune selection and structuring is so good it compensates the beatmaching a hell of a lot!
Take his tunes, we all know he has a very good collection of all styles of Underground Hard Trance. He has all the classics and all the tunes we sometimes cant get our hands on. Basically he knows when and what to drop. Most importantly, his structuring is probably his strongest strength.
We all know M Zone likes to mix early into his tracks, this for me, does all the damage. This is what keeps dancefloor full. His High-energy mixing keeps the dancefloor full. Hes mixing so quick the crowd cant pause for breath. 1 Bassline has broke, and before you know it the next Bassline is in and the crowd are Jumping again. When the break comes in before you know it the next tune is fading in. Always keeping the floor full because they simply cant come off.

As for most of the German DJ's, we all know to, these for technical ability are not the best. As Hakka said, EQing not the best. Heavy-Shifting on the Bass etc but still it doesnt really go against them because there tune-selection is so spot on, they simply know what to drop and this is irreplicable.

**Carl** · 01-12-2003, 08:05 PM

a good dj should be able to play in a dark forest on a set of belt drives in the freezing cold :lol:

**Carl** · 01-12-2003, 08:07 PM

should be able to play well even

**Tiddlypeep** · 07-12-2003, 03:41 PM

Originally Posted by Carl

should be able to play well even

even when naked?

**Carl** · 08-12-2003, 12:51 AM

yep! wearing nothing but a scarf :lol:

**lukekendall** · 09-12-2003, 09:24 AM

Originally Posted by DJCraig Ryan

Obviously Beat-matching and Fading has a lot to do with it but personally the main factots of a good DJ to me depends on 'Tune selection and Structuring the set'

Take M-Zone for example, we all know he isnt the best at beatmatching or keeping the mixes tight but this doesnt really matter. His tune selection and structuring is so good it compensates the beatmaching a hell of a lot!
Take his tunes, we all know he has a very good collection of all styles of Underground Hard Trance. He has all the classics and all the tunes we sometimes cant get our hands on. Basically he knows when and what to drop. Most importantly, his structuring is probably his strongest strength.
We all know M Zone likes to mix early into his tracks, this for me, does all the damage. This is what keeps dancefloor full. His High-energy mixing keeps the dancefloor full. Hes mixing so quick the crowd cant pause for breath. 1 Bassline has broke, and before you know it the next Bassline is in and the crowd are Jumping again. When the break comes in before you know it the next tune is fading in. Always keeping the floor full because they simply cant come off.

As for most of the German DJ's, we all know to, these for technical ability are not the best. As Hakka said, EQing not the best. Heavy-Shifting on the Bass etc but still it doesnt really go against them because there tune-selection is so spot on, they simply know what to drop and this is irreplicable.

i dont like the way M-zone mixes!!

for me the way he mixes is too quick

i think it spoils some of the tracks he plays! when i reconise a tune hes playing and its about to build up to the best bit of the track and im really ready to let lose on the dancefloor!!! .....he mixes it out!!

dont get me wrong M-zone is a wicked dj and some of his tunes he gets hold of are wicked!!! i just hate they way he mixes like this

**karl54** · 10-12-2003, 10:32 PM

hay this is a good topic...

before i got my decks and started mixing, i would only think a set was crap if i didnt like the tunes.....

but once i got my decks and started mixing, id be in a club and listening to a set and if mix went worng id think "god that was crap". and this was only because i knew how it was supposed to sound.

If i didnt no anything about mixing, i wouldnt have gve a fuk.

i found that when i went out i was listening to the music & the mix and started to scrutinise the mixes, but if i didnt have a clue about mixing i would never have done this...

Basicaly what im saying is,

Your average NON Dj'ing cluber wouldnt know about dodgy mixing, all they care about are the tunes.

A Cluber who HAS got decks and mixes themselfs, would know when the mix is fuking up and would judge a "good set" or a "bad set" on the mixing.

I think this is wrong, which is why i try and just concentrate on the tunes when i go out to a club & not the mixing.....

do u know what i meen?

**Voorheez** · 11-12-2003, 04:50 PM

I think that it depends on how wrong we're talking that a mix goes - if it goes grand national style then the crowd will notice. If it's a complete train wreck the crowd usually cheer, so they deifinitely notice. If it just goes out a little or the mix is badly placed, then a layman crowd won't notice, but I think it still sort of affects the energy of a set.

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