IznremiX

cause of the title i expected this to be about viagra or something haha :p
grats on the gig!!

pretty cool stuff! i can see automated scratching creating a huge fuss if its ever taken up by one of the big 3 djing softwares :p even as some1 who doesn’t scratch i’m a little iffy about it.

dj izn!! izn is my first name 😀 pronounced like “isn’t” but without the t. i think it serves well as a dj name, although a lot of people who don’t know me personally think that the letters are pronounced individually.
peeps who’ve only listened to my mixes online and come out to my gigs sometimes come up to me saying “hey your dj “eye-zed-en” right?!” which is the only downside of my name :p

not sure if vdj has sample decks, but if it does you could use decks c and d for loading up samples/drumming/etc

maybe even find some cool break beats, put em in decks c and d, and throw em in to spice up your set.

VinnyBlanc, post: 10877 wrote: Thanks for the feedback Oscar, like I said just starting out so any feedback helps. Feel free to shot me a message with some transition tips if you get a chance.

here are some tips for transitioning (I learned these off a vet dj in my area about half a year ago and they’ve worked very well for me).

tracks have phrases (such as intros, verses, outros, etc.) note: phRase is not the same as phase
for a smooth mix you generally want to mix the beginning of one phrase into the beginning of another phrase.

for example:
track A is in its breakdown and you have track B cued up (volume down and cued in your headphones).
When track A hits the first beat of it’s phrase (verse, drop, whatever you wana call it :p), you should try to land the first beat of track B’s phrase (lets just say the intro) on the first beat of the verse of track A. try to beat match at this point trying to keep the phrases lined up. if you get lost then just try to mix in track B later in the verse.

basically the idea is that when the track A finishes it’s verse and goes into it’s break down, track B will finish it’s intro and go into it’s break down. This is the perfect time for a smooth transition!!

side note:
when you’ve beat matched track B, bring the volume up with the top and bottom eqs all the way down. In most tracks theres usually a short break in the verse where there is no kick drum for a beat/bar. During one of these points in track A, turn the bottom eq of track B up and turn the bottom eq of track A down (this is called swapping the basslines).

I know this is a lot of stuff and it sounds sort of confusing, but its a great way to improve your mixing.

Sorry for writing you a novel haha and give me a shout if you have any questions 😀

if your going to be playing a wide age group and its more of a mobile type gig, be ready for some requests.

as far as house goes, play something with a bit of oldschool flavour and funk in it. i find that everyone is a sucker for that kind of stuff regardless of age just cause its so damn danceable :p

i think stuff like “i want your soul” by armand van helden and “you take me higher” by rogerseventytwo are guarenteed to get everyone jamming 😀