Gig advice please!

Gig advice please!
Posted on: 23.09.2012 by Glynda Scerra
I have a gig for about 50-75 13-year-olds.I have been getting music from the top 40's but not sure how to mix that stuff (well). I mainly mix house/electro... are there techniques similar to mixing electro and house that I can use in music for this gig? ALso where can I find some more stuff that 13-year-olds will like (while keeping the parents happy *no dubstep or at least no heavy dubstep*) Also what about mashups and I need to keep the music clean, no explicits.

Here are some samples of my mixing.

Dirty Dutch Mixing
http://soundcloud.com/will-arvin/weekend-mix-with-dirty-dutch

House Mixing
http://soundcloud.com/will-arvin/house-exploration

Electro/Progressive Mixing
http://soundcloud.com/will-arvin/weekend-mix-1


THANKS FOR THE HELP!
Glynda Scerra
29.09.2012
Originally Posted by djkevind
http://digitaldjpool.com/ Only $11 per month.
Cool thanks
Layne Koop
26.09.2012
Originally Posted by Pow3rs
I have a gig for about 50-75 13-year-olds.I have been getting music from the top 40's but not sure how to mix that stuff (well). I mainly mix house/electro... are there techniques similar to mixing electro and house that I can use in music for this gig? ALso where can I find some more stuff that 13-year-olds will like (while keeping the parents happy *no dubstep or at least no heavy dubstep*) Also what about mashups and I need to keep the music clean, no explicits.
First, be warned that the musical taste of pre-teens & teenagers has the shelf life of a banana....so anything you buy now will get you a roomful of rolling eyes in 6 months.

http://radio.disney.go.com/

Radio Disney has a Top 30 playlist that will give you some idea of music that is still current enough not to get an eye roll from the kids. Most (all?) of this music will drill a hole in your head....it is all heavily engineered pop music with a drum machine - so it is dirt simple to mix.

Mashups will be OK to "sprinkle" into the mix...but the kids will know the original versions and IME prefer that to any remix or mashups.
Glynda Scerra
26.09.2012
Originally Posted by djkevind
I believe you need to join a digital record pool they have a lot of clean mashups of popular songs. It will cost you like around $20 for a month's subscription but you can cancel after you get what you need for the party before the month is up.
What exactly do you mean/ where can I find these? Links please
Thanks for the help!
Glynda Scerra
23.09.2012
I have a gig for about 50-75 13-year-olds.I have been getting music from the top 40's but not sure how to mix that stuff (well). I mainly mix house/electro... are there techniques similar to mixing electro and house that I can use in music for this gig? ALso where can I find some more stuff that 13-year-olds will like (while keeping the parents happy *no dubstep or at least no heavy dubstep*) Also what about mashups and I need to keep the music clean, no explicits.

Here are some samples of my mixing.

Dirty Dutch Mixing
http://soundcloud.com/will-arvin/weekend-mix-with-dirty-dutch

House Mixing
http://soundcloud.com/will-arvin/house-exploration

Electro/Progressive Mixing
http://soundcloud.com/will-arvin/weekend-mix-1


THANKS FOR THE HELP!
Glynda Scerra
29.09.2012
Originally Posted by djkevind
http://digitaldjpool.com/ Only $11 per month.
Cool thanks
Layne Koop
26.09.2012
Originally Posted by Pow3rs
I have a gig for about 50-75 13-year-olds.I have been getting music from the top 40's but not sure how to mix that stuff (well). I mainly mix house/electro... are there techniques similar to mixing electro and house that I can use in music for this gig? ALso where can I find some more stuff that 13-year-olds will like (while keeping the parents happy *no dubstep or at least no heavy dubstep*) Also what about mashups and I need to keep the music clean, no explicits.
First, be warned that the musical taste of pre-teens & teenagers has the shelf life of a banana....so anything you buy now will get you a roomful of rolling eyes in 6 months.

http://radio.disney.go.com/

Radio Disney has a Top 30 playlist that will give you some idea of music that is still current enough not to get an eye roll from the kids. Most (all?) of this music will drill a hole in your head....it is all heavily engineered pop music with a drum machine - so it is dirt simple to mix.

Mashups will be OK to "sprinkle" into the mix...but the kids will know the original versions and IME prefer that to any remix or mashups.
Preston Wootton
26.09.2012
http://digitaldjpool.com/ Only $11 per month.
Glynda Scerra
26.09.2012
Originally Posted by djkevind
I believe you need to join a digital record pool they have a lot of clean mashups of popular songs. It will cost you like around $20 for a month's subscription but you can cancel after you get what you need for the party before the month is up.
What exactly do you mean/ where can I find these? Links please
Thanks for the help!
Preston Wootton
26.09.2012
I believe you need to join a digital record pool they have a lot of clean mashups of popular songs. It will cost you like around $20 for a month's subscription but you can cancel after you get what you need for the party before the month is up.
Laquita Shorty
24.09.2012
stuff like this lol . . .

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