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@TJ Why don't we start with what YOU think of the mixes? Where/what are the parts you think are fucking awful/bad/whatever? What do you think the strong points (if any) are?
GOD DAMN CAN I EVER GET SOME "CONSTRUCTIVE" CRITICISM AROUND HERE?! IM ONLY 17 AND JUST STARTED!
Criticisms:
:26 :34 - horrible places to stutter, it sounds like your CD is skipping
1:00 - Started next song at wrong place, songs not beat matched
1:08 - complete train wreck, work on clean transition rather than trying to cover up mistake with a loop
1:15- 1:24 - you lost all of your energy from starting the previous mix in wrong place
1:24 - using the effect actually lost MORE energy
1:42 - a this stutter was a little better
1:51 - your filter sweeps are off beat, it literally sounds like you are just discovering the FX buttons\knobs
2:00 - I’m enjoying this part, coincidently you’re not touching anything at the moment
2:30 - did you just try to scratch....don’t do that again
2:34 - why was there a random backspin...you don’t backspin INTO a song you backspin OUT of a song
2:36 - you just started ANOTHER song off beat, more so you did it randomly in the middle of the previous songs buildup
2:46 - did you just restart the song you brought in...don’t bring a new song in until you’re ready, you your headphones and know your music to bring it in confidently
2:50 - nice build up
3:20 - not exactly sure what just happened there, sounded kind of cool though, don’t know if that was you or the song, I think you just hit a cue point
3:25 - your cue juggle was at least on beat, maybe there’s hope for you yet
3:50 - nice fader work, could be sharper but wasn’t as obnoxious as a lot of the other stuff you’re doing
4:05 - random snare drum there from where I guess you made an attempt to mix in the next track...stop half assing your mix ins
4:08 - nice loop roll buildup\nice use of fog with a buildup
4:17 - ...wow you fucked up your previous setup nicely, you had a great buildup which should lead in a drop of some more higher energy music but instead you switched genres\bpms and lost ALL of your energy....this is a punishable crime in some countries, you didn’t even bring in the next track with any style, you could have at least echoed out of the buildup and it would have seemed like you weren’t wandering around lost thru your set
4:22 - you just jesus posed after a fuck up while sitting....I’ve seen it all now, either have energy or look bored pick one and stick with it
4:58 - WTF DID YOU JUST DO!!!! One second I’m listening to E40 the next an audio apocalypse is happening
5:05 - you didn’t even TRY to mix that, it was midverse and you randomly changed not only the song but the genre, never never never do that. LEAN MUSIC THEORY, learn how songs are set up, verse chorus verse chorus. learn where the appropriate place is to mix in and out of songs, if you’re only going to play 9 words of a song you obviously don’t like it so don’t play the damn thing, also why is there a random rap track in the middle of your EDM set, it would have been ok if you let it play but you didn’t even have enough confidence in it to let it ride
5:08 - are you paying attn. to your levels because your clipping here (that or it’s a horrible copy of the song)
5:20 - ...give me a sec your camera man’s trying to give me a seizure with your stage lights
5:40 - I’m really hoping this is the part of the show where you disappear when the smoke clears. Props on using your stage FX
5:49 - nope your back...fuck
5:56 - you are seriously overusing your filter sweeps, you’re playing a song that relies on its bass so why are you taking out the bass, I realize this CAN add to the mix but not when you do it every song
6:06 - what just happened, was that part of the song or are you playing someone else’s mix, it went from bass heavy to trancy song really cleanly, I was going to give you props for the mix being clean (still really out of place and still lost all your energy) but then I noticed you playing with the platter ....what’s going on here
7:00 - there you go again trying to bring in the next song at the wrong place, then getting scared and pulling it back out, seriously let the music do what it needs to do you keep getting to the meet of the song and either ruining the energy build or the catchy part of the song by driving your next song into it. Let’s hear a damn track let it play. The into is the part of the track NOOONE wants to hear yet that’s all your playing
7:15 - you just slam mixed out of the middle of the vocal BEFORE the drop..the best part of that particular song
7:20 - another unexpected left turn on your musical journey, your set has NO sense of consistence, stick with a genre for a couple of songs, your all over the place
7:58 - that effect worked nicely at that point (I’m assuming it was you and not the song), it was also at least kind of on beat
8:00 - stop trying to use FX to cover up for the fact that you don’t know what you’re doing, that previous effect sounded good but instead of using it to accentuate the song you looped it and freight trained the next song into it, and once again not even at the correct place
8:10 - nice cut outs
8:19 - dude...WHAT THE FUCK, you had a pretty little trancy build up then your shoe horning in a rap song
8:21 - these songs are OBVIOUSLY different keys, tempos, genres, your train wrecking and it sounds horrible, do you have ANY sense of rhythm
8:30 - at least you slammed it on beat, you didn’t bring it in in the right place, it set a totally different mood but at least you realized that trying to hold that mix sounded like shit and you gave up on it
8:51 - another train wreck caused by bringing in a song with a different BPM at the wrong part of the song at least this time they had the same color
^ There’s your critique of where you’re at now, you’re not a lost cause but here’s what you need to fix\work on:
1) Learn basic music theory, THIS IS YOUR BIGGEST AND MOST IMPORTANT PROBLEM: learn what a downbeat is, learn to find and cue up the downbeat, learn to drop the downbeat of one song on the downbeat of another. Learn basic song structure, learn how songs are formatted so you can know where it is appropriate to bring in the next track. Always drop the next track on the 1, drop one on the one. Rap songs are verse chorus verse chorus, don’t mix out mid verse wait until you get to the end of a segment and bring in the appropriate next segment.
2) Learn what BPMs are, learn how to properly match BPMs, learn what songs do and don’t mix. a 128 house track is never going to mix well into a 70 bpm rap track, mix tracks that are at the same BPM, get them into a rhythm
3) learn your actual music, you mixed out either ON the buildup or before the meat of the song every time, no one wants to hear intros they want the meat of the song so find out what these parts are and PLAY them.
4) Learn the "colors" of tracks, you sound lost going through all those genres so quick, not only are they different BPMs so don’t mix well anyways but they have different feels to them, your mix sounded like you were throwing spaghetti at the wall and just seeing what sticks, play a few songs from a genre in a row see how the crowd reacts then switch when the mood is right
5) Chill on the FX and SWEEPS, we get it you have a dj program, FX are like seasoning on a steak just a tad here and there to enhance the flavor, your FX nob is not what people are there for, use it sparingly, sometimes less is more.
6) Watch your levels, as a DJ a lot of your job is making sure everything is equalized properly.
7) Get an idea of where you want to go with your mix, get two or three songs that you think would sound good in your head ahead of yourself, so you have a roadmap on where you want to go
8) THE FRIST thing you need to focus on is basic transitions, get two songs that are around the same BPM and practice beat matching, then once you get that down practice bringing them in and out, on beat cleanly, that doesn’t mean just randomly slamming, learn to switch the bass and blend the tracks.
9) For the love of everything that is holy no more jesus poses until you at least have a basic grasp on what’s going on
10) get up out the chair you look bored, it looks like you’re writing a research paper.
11) Don’t be scared to let a track play, choose music people like and let them hear it, just because your djing doesn’t mean you have to be doing something every two seconds, relax and enjoy a track
