Finding and getting music
Finding and getting music Posted on: 30.12.2012 by Ambrose Delasalas for all you Dj's, where do you find new music to play for sets and mixed. also, how can you tell a song will be good to mix with. im new to mixing and can never tell what would go well together and im kind of lost. | |
| Michell Wehrmeyer 01.01.2013 |
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| Matt Kane 31.12.2012 |
Originally Posted by MoeHawk
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| Michell Wehrmeyer 01.01.2013 |
Originally Posted by Ed Paris
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| Matt Kane 31.12.2012 |
Originally Posted by MoeHawk
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| Michell Wehrmeyer 01.01.2013 |
Originally Posted by Ed Paris
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| Matt Kane 31.12.2012 |
Originally Posted by MoeHawk
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| Michell Wehrmeyer 01.01.2013 |
Originally Posted by Ed Paris
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| Joselyn Supina 01.01.2013 |
Originally Posted by MoeHawk
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| Cole Maroto 31.12.2012 | it seems like most people on here are taking what moehawk said out of context. he didn't say anyone needs keying software to dj. go back and read the first 5 posts: dfinch recommended looking into keying software. op asked how can you see what key something in traktor is, and moehawk answered his question without using quotes. so there was a given in the front of his response that basically read like this.
Originally Posted by MoeHawk
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| Celine Surico 31.12.2012 |
Originally Posted by MoeHawk
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| Matt Kane 31.12.2012 |
Originally Posted by MoeHawk
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| Alyce Southey 08.01.2013 | sorry i wasnt saying he HAS TO HAVE a program. he asked how could he tell in traktor what the key was, and you'd need a program to figure it and input it, or do it manually yourself. |
| Lasandra Fontano 08.01.2013 | yup http://community .djranking s.com/showthread.php?t=65801 |
| Lasandra Fontano 08.01.2013 | wasn't there a thread posted about finding music like 2 days ago? |
| Korey Ehman 08.01.2013 | If your on beatport, search for your favorite producers and labels and add them to your follow list. If you then use the my beatport menu on the left it will show you any new releases they make available. I also listen to alot of podcasts and mixes that I get alot of inspiration from. |
| Michell Wehrmeyer 01.01.2013 |
Originally Posted by Ed Paris
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| Joselyn Supina 01.01.2013 |
Originally Posted by MoeHawk
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| Cole Maroto 31.12.2012 | it seems like most people on here are taking what moehawk said out of context. he didn't say anyone needs keying software to dj. go back and read the first 5 posts: dfinch recommended looking into keying software. op asked how can you see what key something in traktor is, and moehawk answered his question without using quotes. so there was a given in the front of his response that basically read like this.
Originally Posted by MoeHawk
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| Geri Jarra 31.12.2012 | Yeah the key is nice info to have.. but doesn't mean it should be used religiously, or at all. Especially for a beginner its going to limit their creativity before they even know how to be creative. Best thing to do is use your ears, they don't lie |
| Leeanna Ayla 31.12.2012 | You certainly don't NEED a program to key your tracks. That said I run everything I buy through MIK. I also ignore that key quite often because I want to play a song that happens to be 2A after song that's 9B. They key is to develop at least a little knowledge about your music library, phrasing and mixing techniques. |
| Celine Surico 31.12.2012 |
Originally Posted by MoeHawk
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| Matt Kane 31.12.2012 |
Originally Posted by MoeHawk
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| Pasty Vancor 31.12.2012 | Also most songs on beatport.com already have the key tags written in so you dont need to run RE3 on them. But If I were you I would learn to mix by following you're ears instead of looking at the key. This is because sometimes the key changes in some genres of tracks like electro-house but it depends on the genre really. |
| Margie Pavell 31.12.2012 |
Originally Posted by MoeHawk
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| Margie Pavell 31.12.2012 |
Originally Posted by dfinch805
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| Margie Pavell 31.12.2012 |
Originally Posted by Griff112
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| Freida Leash 31.12.2012 | I say start building a collection of tunes you like, learning to dig is kind of the fun of djing, the constant discovery. Sometimes I will find a producer from internet radio and start checking out stuff they made and if the site has similar artists or other people bought dig thru those too, with in an hour my ADD has taken it to a whole new level of lost on a tangent and I'm finding stuff I never would have by not keep listening to tunes. |
| Alyce Southey 30.12.2012 | as said you need a program like Mixed in Key, Rapid Evolution, etc etc. Some are pay some are free. i know RE had a free beta i used for awhile that was decent. didnt write it into camelot like MIK does. http://www.djranking s.com/2009/11/0...are-smackdown/ read into this. everything else is just practice. throw a track on, play it and while listening cue another track and listen and see how they mix. BPM matching helps when new as well. mixing in deck B intro while deck A is on a braekdown is a easy way to start learning to mix as well. |
| Ambrose Delasalas 30.12.2012 | how can you tell what key something is in on traktor? |
| Cole Maroto 30.12.2012 | You can find music anywhere on the web: beatport, itunes, bandcamp, soundcloud, etc. As far as knowing what works you need to practice, practice, practice and use your ears. Watch some YouTube tutorials or check out sites like dubspot. Also spend a lot of time listening to music and other djs sets that sound good to you and try to understand what they are doing. |
| Michell Wehrmeyer 30.12.2012 | I find and download new stuff from DJcity (record pool). As far as knowing what is good to mix, just experimenting. Also if you use a program for mixing in key, that can help determine what works well together. |
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