DJ Talk - Sunday 27th February from 08:30am SLT
Bassment, ES Downtown
Lead Topic - Phrasing by electroRogue
Join us this Sunday for our first DJ Talk.
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The following images will be referenced in the session and a summary of the main discussion points will be posted here shortly afterwards.
If you would like to host next month's DJ Talk at Electro Space, please get in touch.
[UPDATE]
Talking Points from this month's DJ Talk
Things to Consider
Song Phrase - What's happening when
Energy levels - Mood and emotion it is reaching
Listener fatigue - How long has a level been maintained
Song story - The character of elements, the journey
Dance ability - Smoothness, excitement
Avoid
Bass over Bass
Melody over melody
Lyrics over lyrics
High energy over low energy
Low energy into low energy
Using the same tricks every mix
Aim for
Bass end, bass in
Drops hitting together, high energy with high energy
Breaks hitting together, low energy with low energy
Low energy into high energy
High energy into high energy (Moderation)
Varied mixing techniques
Tools
DJ warnings - 4 / 4 - 8 - 16 - 32 - 64
Jumping - moving instantly to a different part of a song, cue points or skipping
Looping - repeating parts of a song
EQ - changing the elements and current journey
Track Volume - changing the elements and current journey
FX - changing the elements and current journey
Results
Extend song parts
Shorten song parts / phrase
New breaks / low energy parts
A new twist on a song already known
A new story
Good mixing
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