Party Vibe

Ohh that’s nice. What style of music would you call this?

Yeah I was thinking chill out, but then it notched up a beat, so probably progressive is right. Still only half way through. The first quarter was bliss for me, bang on what I like (also love drum and bass so it’s kinda varied haha). Not so big on on trancey trance (if that makes sense), but trance with a little pump to it what might make you wake up from said trance, goes down well. 🙂

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I used to be a vinyl nazi, but now day’s I’ve chilled out, even to the point of considering getting digi mixing software my self, purely for ease of use and the fact that I can’t afford to buy vinyl like I used to when I had no other out goings (with none coming in from buying).

Music gets released now days way faster then ten years ago, so you have to adapt to the times I feel. Some of the best new D+B DJ’s I’ve seen, I’ve noticed that they don’t touch the pitch controls on there CDJ’s ONCE! It looks like they have already spent the time to get every tune on there home made CD’s to a certain BPM, what tbf, isn’t a bad idea at all. Some people would say it was cheating, even I would of a few years ago, but with the complexity of dance these days, you need some hands free to do other stuff like play with effects etc.

I edited your post to include a direct link, Dr B. Hope you don’t mind.

As for the great beatmatching debate, I’ve really changed my opinion in the last year or so. I used to think that if you didn’t beatmatch you weren’t a proper DJ and had no place calling yourself such. I guess it’s because I learnt to mix when there was no other option but to master beatmatching and this was the way it was for years, so when things like CD decks and BPM counters and new blood came along, who made use of the new tech, it seemed like they’d skipped out a big chunk of the learning. Even more so when laptop dj’ing came around with advanced sync technology, or with pre planned ableton sets.

Now it’s moved on so much that I don’t really think beatmatching is so important. If I was out in a club I don’t think “wow that dj can beatmatch so quickly and so precise with no aided technology, I’m buzzing!!” I’m more interested in what things sound like, how tunes blend together, the journey that you get taken on and having tunes manipulated to sound different. Technology that takes away the need to beatmatch allows dj’s to concentrate more on the sound rather than concerning themselves with making sure the turntables are spinning at the same speed and making constant adjustments to maintain it.

That said, I still beatmatch most of the time with the Traktor DVS system and tend not to use the sync feature unless trying to do something really creative. It’s just how I learnt so I guess I’ll always be like that. Besides, with all my old vinyl that I’ve ripped it seems that it’s impossible to get an exact beat grid on a large proportion of the tracks and some are WAY out. As GL said, the fluctuation in BPM in some of the older vinyl is really apparent now and it’s no wonder some tunes are a pain in the arse to mix.

Joined! 🙂