20/10/2023
Working on my website, an entire revamp, and have been putting together video content for it. I put this together because it's important to know that not all DJs are created equally. Back in August I spent 3.5 hours mixing in the garage to be prepped and knowledgable about the music I had never used before. To put that in perspective I started practicing my mixing in 2015.... Imagine the amount of time I have spent doing this. It is a craft....
https://youtu.be/HMFut5KOTxc?si=1V1IBIk3lm6L0WaW
Here is the video description from YouTube:
"I started mixing in 2015 as I was late to the DJ game at 30 years old. Though fortunate to start with digital music tracks and not carrying vinyl the skill has required constant practice and attention. It wasn't until 2019, yes 4 years later, that you could see a dramatic change in my abilities. This is thanks to a couple of DJs in my life that wanted to teach me and understood the craftsmanship behind being a DJ and wanting to pass that along.
There are different ways to mix in songs with filters, effects, and the EQ's alone. As the years go on you develop a style that is yours and yours alone. For me I do a ton of weddings and have found that both the young and the "old" can appreciate riding the EQs to blend two songs together rather than dropping on the one, echo out, or anything else a DJ does.
This is not to say that I don't do those things... because a mix needs variety or it gets really boring to listen to. REALLY boring. A go-to outside of the EQ are echo-outs and the low pass filter.
As I have tried to hone my skills over the years it has been the past 6 months or so (as of October 2023) that focusing on the blends has become a thing. Recognizing your mids and lows... meshing different keys (which you're technically not supposed to do but it can be done well with the EQs) and so on.
Mixing is a journey and if you want the kind of dance floor that can be fun and exciting - a fade in and fade out from all the other DJs in Maine just won't cut it."
I started mixing in 2015 as I was late to the DJ game at 30 years old. Though fortunate to start with digital music tracks and not carrying vinyl the skill h...