Screw it.. get about 20 songs like that, and play the rest of the night your way... slowly convert the club. =)

briguy is not kidding. slowly get them "on your page"

i mean.. i say that because you don't wanna be a clone DJ... you wanna have your own style right?

TRUST ME, you dont know want to be one of those funkymix DJs. That stuff makes me want to throw up. If you want to be top 40 and play funkymix type songs go look at all the funkymix cds and download/buy the REAL versions of those songs. That allows you to spin top40ish music without the stupid funkymix stuff.

i used to play alot of funkymixes when i first started dj'ing

*insert red face*

don't worry, i quickly learned it was cheating!!

heck, i even made remixes with a funkymix style haha... check my site.

it seems like every asian dj in my city has every funkymix ever made, they all have them and thats all they play.

Im not saying every single one does, but alot do.

I have some, i like to play the olders ones with the chorus in front so i can mix out before the verse so i can get the crowd to chant the hook then get out of the song.

maybe its just me but i hate the hi hats of funkymixes more then anything

How is it cheating?

i dont think its cheating but it gets HELLA repetitive. In KC on the radio they have a live broadcast where this HERB mixes funky mixes back to back from the intro to outro for like 3 hours. It's fucking annoying. Worse mixes I've ever heard.

A few funkymixes are cool.... but a whole night of it can get boring... they all have the same drum beat they add....

A friend turned me on to a new online pool that is just starting out - www.idjpool.net. I haven't joined just yet but ask Dave the pool director to send you a list of some of the stuff he has up. He does have some remix services up now and some of the House remix stuff. It is based in Chicago so a lot of those guy do House remixes of popular Urban stuff and he gets it first because he is cool with all the Chicago remixers plus the Major labels.

His website is being put together for a launch soon, working mainly via email and FTP but check it out.

www.idjpool.com

PS, He also does Urban like all the other pools plus some Dance stuff too.

Funkymix the series itself IS annoying because it seems that the remixers are too busy showing of their scratching skills (or lack of in somce cases) rather than the remix itself, but other series make some decent remakes in terms of heavier beat, better mix and remaster etc, so I'll play those over a regular cut anyday. As far as the 8 bar if that's what some people refer to as "cheating" how is it any different than having and endless loop at the click of a mouse on Serato complete with cue points? Bottom line is I've had people come up and ask me "where'd you get that mix of [insert track here] from? It hits so much harder than my CD" so sometimes that little extra on the track is appreciated. And if it's one where it's got an 8 bar drum build up, then 8 bar instrumentation etc, and you're mixing that over the end counterpart of another song it take more mixing skill to run the mix for those 16-24 bars than it does 2 bars of any random "original mix" Hip Hop track. They're no different than an extended mix, which we used to get on 12" back in the early Hip Hop days anyway..or any different from an EDM cat running his special extended of a track he digs rather than the original.

As I said, I'm not really a fan of the Funkymix series, a lot of times it is the same cornball beat with a little scratch intro with phrases that have nothing to do with the song itself, so I'm with you there, but some of the other services do compliment the original tracks nicely.

I use both 12" records and Extended records (Funkymix, lethal, etc...)In fact my serato usually has all of them. Dirty, Clean, Inst, (32) beat intro. To me it just depends on the track. There are some records that I love to let the Inst. version play and the crowd keeps dancing and eats it up. Other tracks can be dance floor killers if you don't get right into the song. So depending on the venue, the song, and the flow of the night I choose between 12" and Extended.

Is it cheating? I don't think so. You still have to know what to play and when to do it. I do agree though that adding flavor with some 12" records does make the whole set complete and sounds better.

I like to balance my play about 50/50 (Half 12" and half extendeds to keep the energy going) When I practice i use all 12" and enjoy cutting in and out. In the club about 50/50

Please do not become yet another Funkymix consumer! I beg of you! Use your ear to find what you think is hot and don't cop out with that GARBAGE!

LOL what station? Ive heard some shit like that here as well.

what's wrong with "asian" djs?

FMs serve their purposes. Using them doesn't mean you are any less of a DJ. Do whatever you need to do to please the crowd and make the club money.

When you achieve name recognition and tour, then you can play whatever you want.

If you want to be a purist, then unplug the laptop and break out the vinyl.

There is nothing wrong with asian dj's and i didnt say there was, i just said alot of the asian cats i have played with in dallas use a ton of funkymixes, more so then the original versions of the song. Trust me come to dallas one weekend and go to a few asian parties mostly funkiymixes

There are a ton of great asian dj's, many of them are influences on me, babu, shortkut, rholi rho, q, etc

<somebody get the popcorn!!!>

Here you go blisk...You want extra butter this time?

a lot of white people (as well as people of other nationalities) play those songs also, including many other nationalities who are from texas...you might be better off not referring to asian dj's from texas exclusively in a negative manner unless you are trying to get attention.

...especially if you live in texas...unless you're just a total badass of course.

thanks... can you toss me a beer?

well i am a badass, lol

i didnt say there was anything negative about anyone playing funkymixes, i never said it was cheating or it was a bad thing. its just something i noticed since alot of asian dj's in dallas are friends of mine and i have dj'd with alot of them that i dont know too well.

Yea.. Asian djs in dallas seem to love funkymixes... I didn't use too many of them with vinyl, used a lot with cds, still have them on my hard drive since I still use them from time to time....

Funkymixes just make it easier when you're at a boring gig that you just wanna get through... plus all the samples at the beginning seem to get people hyped up...

But A LOT of asian djs here have them...

X-mix to me sounds a little better... but still the same company... all the strictly hits series were good... like lethal weapons and there was a local series here in dallas called g-cuts that was pretty good...

Whats a funky mix?? Lol sorry im nub, when i get home from work i will you tube it :)

Oh..and wicked mix wasn't too bad either..

its a company that does music edits but adding a 32 beat intro and some chants or scratches, then the actual song. they also add loud hi hats to every track too

Funky mix is a remix service...

Funkymixes are the worst... cause of the scratches and added stuff. Lethal Weapon I believe only has extended intros. So does Xmix if I'm not mistaken. There are all kinds of compilations out there that were originally designed for DJ's who couldn't afford buying all kinds of music on vinyl. Instead, a record contained 10+ heaters. These were/are typically bootlegs.

Aaaaanyway, nothing wrong with them if that's what you want to use, but man.... if that's all you use, I feel sorry for you.

I've been to a place in lttle rock where the dj played funkymixes from beginning to end...

I've been to a place in lttle rock where the dj played funkymixes from beginning to end...

yeah i remember that dude, he thought he was rockin it. a certain famous dj was with us and clowing that dude hard haha, not for playing funkymix, for waiting till the last 32 beats to mix the next song in. those things are like 5-6 mins long too.

i think that dude produces some edits for ultimix nvs.

Haha... like the dude in dallas that did the usher edit?... dj gruve I think... with his "trademark crab scratch"...haha

oh yeah, i never understood the trademark crab thing.

Dont worry dude. Every club owner/promoter that doesn't want a thug crowd says they want you to play Top 40. Just dont play too much dirty south like Soulja Boy or Ay Bay Bay. If the owner knew more about music he'd spefically tell you to play ie pop, reggae, bmore house. He's pretty much saying dont play thug music. Just play shit to keep the ladies on the dancefloor.

do yourself a favor and start marking track marks on your tracks and get real familar with the loop tools in SSL. Be creative and do your homework/research thoroughly. GO Rock it my friend, rock it indeed.

oops....for real. I AM asian and funkymix's are kinda wack cause there's scratching in it. I used to consider dj's that used funkymix records ALL THE TIME were like "microwave" dj's back then.

djmarvel - I was actually just busting your balls about the whole "asian" thing. I sorta understand...but, i just get annoyed anytime race is thrown in when it really doesn't seem neccessary.

its cool, those same dallas asian djs drive honda's too lol jk

yeah the dude who started this thread, you may want to try promo only, the urban series gives you acapellas and instrumentals too

I guess q-bert got it from him

I don't think Funkymix has hit the Uk yet... =/