ADHD Mixing, Your Opinion?
ADHD Mixing, Your Opinion? Posted on: 16.10.2012 by Sally Walkowiak How do you guys feel about djs who only play a song for 30 seconds to one minute max before cutting to another song? Personally, I don't enjoy it at all, but I feel like many listeners do enjoy it, and consider a guy who doesn't do it as no good. I like to enjoy large chunks of the song before moving to another, and would rather make a smooth transition to allow the listener to get lost in the music. | |
| Lina Rawie 16.10.2012 |
Originally Posted by ToOntown
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| Tessie Spice 16.10.2012 |
Originally Posted by SirReal
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| Lina Rawie 16.10.2012 |
Originally Posted by MisterSwisster
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| Danae Dumler 17.10.2012 | ^same here. Especially with house music - I've heard this with hip hop and pop and it can work out ok with skilled DJs and clever blends, but with house music I can't imagine getting down to quickmixing unless it's all pop song remixes. And even then I won't like it much. The only times I've really seen it work well is when the DJ is playing mostly pop songs and works up to the point slowly, then gets the dancefloor going crazy with one hit after another for a few minutes, and then returns to regular mixing. But when all a DJ does is quickmix I tune out or want to leave. In the days when everything was vinyl there was something impressive skill-wise about a DJ who could go through 200 records in an hour but even then I didn't like it much. Doing it in the age of the sync button however is hardly impressive and generally just annoying. |
| Erich Vallabhaneni 18.10.2012 | ^ thats how i feel. I like long smooth mixes most of the time, letting the music breathe and take its course. |
| Freida Leash 17.10.2012 | There were a ton of chicago djs that played house that would do this and I was never really impressed and thought it mostly left me feeling disconnected from the music on the dance floor. If a song is only worth 30 seconds, it probably doesn't belong in the crate. |
| Ming Devis 17.10.2012 | ^ Love that set! |
| Tashia Cela 16.10.2012 | I believe it can be done very tastefully, especially when you blur the lines of the tracks, like 'oh is this actually a new song?' see: |
| Sally Walkowiak 16.10.2012 | The reason I ask is because I'm playing a party Friday evening with a few other djs, who typically play top40 and just slam from one track to another after thirty seconds. I could tolerate it for a few minutes, but one of them will do this for an entire hour.... Meanwhile I'm opening the party with an hour of funky nu-disco with smooth transitions. LOL |
| Rita Debar 16.10.2012 | Also depends on the type of music your playing. But to much of it will get annoying. |
| Lina Rawie 16.10.2012 |
Originally Posted by ToOntown
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| Tessie Spice 16.10.2012 |
Originally Posted by SirReal
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| Shonda Soulier 16.10.2012 | I like when thought and planning is apparent--especially when everything is in key. I dislike when it's just crossfading from song to song and the whole rhythm is thrown off. If I'm listening to a mix like that, I'll stop within 10 seconds. If it's at a bar, I leave. I almost never hear it at a club. |
| Lina Rawie 16.10.2012 |
Originally Posted by MisterSwisster
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| Isa Erik 16.10.2012 | I hate that kind of speed mixing |
| Antonetta Wikel 16.10.2012 | No hate at all bro, I've just seen some pretty naive posts on here as of late and wasn't sure you were getting the joke. Sorry if I didn't pick up on your sarcasm. |
| Tessie Spice 16.10.2012 |
Originally Posted by SirReal
Sorrryyyy for not being 100% serious No hate! |
| Antonetta Wikel 16.10.2012 |
Originally Posted by MisterSwisster
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| Tessie Spice 16.10.2012 | Back to serious. When you guys do this "rapid fire" stuff, do you slowly mix between the tracks or just slam it? |
| Brunilda Kora 16.10.2012 | Absolutely - I like to give the quick mix a theme, or something that ties all the tracks together. Dropping 4 or 5 tunes from the same artist, or label, etc... Always save the biggest tune for last! |
| Lina Rawie 16.10.2012 | Yeah man, it's great when it works! Like you drop a recognisable part of a track and people get hyped, then you quickly switch to another one and so on and it's like bam, bam, bam - hitting them in the face with a flurry of great songs, haha. But like you say, you can overdo and fatigue a crowd. Just a few minutes is all you need of that really. Even 2 minutes can be enough if you do it right. |
| Brunilda Kora 16.10.2012 |
Originally Posted by DJSigma
Did I mention how much fun it is??? |
| Nestor Epper 16.10.2012 |
Originally Posted by DJSigma
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| Tessie Spice 16.10.2012 |
This guy is the worst! Only plays each song for like 3 seconds.. |
| Lina Rawie 16.10.2012 | It depends. I used to do "quick mix" sections at gigs where for a short time I'd deliberately blast through a bunch of songs and it usually went down well. There are mixes I like where the DJ has packed in tons of tunes and doesn't play much of each track. But I wouldn't want to hear a DJ just doing that and I wouldn't want every mix to be like that either. If that's all a DJ is doing every single time then I'd get fed up with it very quickly. For the most part, tunes need to be allowed to breathe. |
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