This is a question about DJing. I know many people here are not DJs but I figure some of you are, so maybe you can help. I live in a medium sized town in the Southern USA so quality house and techno parties are not common. I want to start DJing to bring good music to people around here.
A lot of the tracks I've been liking, on the deep/melodic side of things, are really long, like the 6-8 minute range. Most of them have a song structure like:
intro | main 1 | breakdown 1 | main 2 | breakdown 2 | main 3 | outro
When I practice mixing, I mostly play whole songs and mix intro's over outro's. It's pretty easy to get a good mix because the songs are stripped down during the intro and outro. The melodic elements are more sparse, and I can use the DJ mixer to cut the bass of one track so they don't clash.
However, the result is a mix where each song goes for a long time. I'm worried that the dancers will get bored.
It seems much harder to mix anywhere else though! If I mix song 2 over song 1's breakdown, it will ruin the tension/release that the producer worked so hard to create. If I mix over a "main" part of song 1, there is a greater chance of midrange melody clash because song 1 will have big chords, vocals, etc. instead of the sparser melodies in the intro/outro.
Are these songs designed to be played through and only blended at the intro and outro? Should I try harder to blend successfully in the main part between the two breakdowns? Or ???
I am planning to study DJ mixes I like, but that will be a long process of finding all the songs and figuring out where they were mixed. Hoping some veterans can weigh in.
A lot of the tracks I've been liking, on the deep/melodic side of things, are really long, like the 6-8 minute range. Most of them have a song structure like:
intro | main 1 | breakdown 1 | main 2 | breakdown 2 | main 3 | outro
When I practice mixing, I mostly play whole songs and mix intro's over outro's. It's pretty easy to get a good mix because the songs are stripped down during the intro and outro. The melodic elements are more sparse, and I can use the DJ mixer to cut the bass of one track so they don't clash.
However, the result is a mix where each song goes for a long time. I'm worried that the dancers will get bored.
It seems much harder to mix anywhere else though! If I mix song 2 over song 1's breakdown, it will ruin the tension/release that the producer worked so hard to create. If I mix over a "main" part of song 1, there is a greater chance of midrange melody clash because song 1 will have big chords, vocals, etc. instead of the sparser melodies in the intro/outro.
Are these songs designed to be played through and only blended at the intro and outro? Should I try harder to blend successfully in the main part between the two breakdowns? Or ???
I am planning to study DJ mixes I like, but that will be a long process of finding all the songs and figuring out where they were mixed. Hoping some veterans can weigh in.
DJing - how do you mix long tracks? Whole song, or blend in/out in the middle?
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