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jeer · Post by **jeer** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 12:06 pm

Practice loads at. Just allllll the time.
If you have friends who mix aswell, get em over or go over to theirs. I find this is one of the best ways too learn new tricks and stuff with your mixing.
I find beat matching best to learn by yourself at home, just spend hours and hours and hours on it!

legend4ry · Post by **legend4ry** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 12:14 pm

Pretty much - its to make sure everything is in time really more than anything. Just practice loads - get the feel for the vinyl as well, I am no big DJ - I still 'ave a bit of trouble with this not using decks I am used too.

Also get a a couple tunes you know go well - or even buy a vinyl you know your mate has and ask to borrow his and mix in and out of the same tune - its the easiest way to get to know counting and it'll teach you about learning the tune to be able to mix it well - although a lot of dubstep has a simliar bar structure so I guess you'll just have to get timing and counting right.

pk- · Post by **pk-** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 12:24 pm

you could just not bother learning and call yourself a 'selecta'

jeer · Post by **jeer** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 2:09 pm

I was gonna suggest that, but I actually hate house music aha
It's good for learning how to beatmatch though I suppose seeing as it's four to the floor

djelements · Post by **djelements** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 2:16 pm

pk- wrote:you could just not bother learning and call yourself a 'selecta'

Sounds good to me.

[b]racket · Post by **[b]racket** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 3:35 pm

Beatmatching is a piece of piss - like riding a bike, once you get it you never forget...

Beatmatching does not make one a dj though...

spooKs · Post by **spooKs** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 5:04 pm

DJing

Shift Recordings · Post by **Shift Recordings** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 6:52 pm

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lol

I wouldn't bother wasting money on tunes you arent wanting to play-you are going to have to learn how to count 140 bpm in your head if you want to spin dubstep.

You Tub tutorials are your friend, man. Is how I have learned almost every piece of software and picked up COUNTLESS tips by just browsing ye olde You Tube for useful videos!

I was "self taught" beatmatching and I swear I was just wasting time until I was 16 because I didnt have any friends that knew shit, and this was before youtube-this was dial-up days haha.

Cheers, hope that helps

Beatmatching, and phrasing. Cannot stress this enough...

sines · Post by **sines** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 8:36 pm

_Shift_ wrote:/\

Beatmatching, and phasing. Cannot stress this enough...

this

Pistonsbeneath · Post by **Pistonsbeneath** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 10:00 pm

pk- wrote:you could just not bother learning and call yourself a 'selecta'

lyke da bug

[b]racket · Post by **[b]racket** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 11:05 pm

Righteous wrote:What does make a DJ then son?

I can't tell you much really..

the fact that you are asking people on the internets tells me that you're heading in the wrong direction

good luck though...

beerz · Post by **beerz** » Sat Dec 27, 2008 1:25 am

have about 10 andy c sets on the go at the same time on 10 different ipods and listen to them all day long.....its the secret

paolo · Post by **paolo** » Sat Dec 27, 2008 12:42 pm

I got myself my first pair of decks recently and I also picked up this - http://www.amazon.co.uk/How-DJ-properly ... 034&sr=8-1. It's dead useful

sonar · Post by **sonar** » Sat Dec 27, 2008 1:21 pm

if you can pick up something like skreamizm volume 1. rotten and glamma i think it is have nice simple beats with really clear drum hits.

makes it alot easier to learn beatmatching than some mad wonky tune.

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