DJ LESSON ON HOW TO MIX POP RADIO CHART TRACKS 

"It's all about the structure. not beatmatching" That is the most useful line I've heard in regards to mixing pop music. As someone who plays at 18ths mostly, this was incredibly helpful. A lot of pop songs will being their vocals immediately so it was virtually impossible to properly beat match. Thanks heaps for this tutorial!

U saved my tomorrow's gig😂❤️this is amazing

man i was watching you when i was 15 (2008) and i could never afford dj gear....so happy youre still makin videos man - keep it going!!

Thanks for everything you're sharing on RU-vid. I've learned alot from your videos! Cheers from Germany!

Needed to hear that I’m still a real DJ even though I don’t beat match 8-16 bars in between each song. Weddings are so on the fly, and the dance floor is so picky every single gig,, sometimes I’m picking the next song 10 seconds before I play it,, lots of audibles, impossible to blend for 8-16 bars and mess with bpms instantly. BUT you raised the most important part. Count your 1,2,3,4s Again, thanks for the reassurance

Thanks man I have a gig next month where I have to play mixed music and I'm used to only play house and techno 😂

always good info from J no matter what level your at .... using key can also help keep nice transitions between genres .... not just beat matching

Nobody ever talks about mixing in phrases. It's so important! Thanks for mentioning that.

I wish you made this tutorial months back when I had my first gig where I couldn't play mostly electronic music and had to improvise with Top40 stuff...but I figured out those tricks quickly. So thanks for confirming that what I've been doing is correct! Slowly fading in pop songs with other pop songs only works if there's no lyrics in the intro, which is always hard to find, but I found that using a delay/echo combined with a HPF helps you in the case of vocal overlays

Thanks for this tutorial J, really needed these tips to improve my pop mixing. Thanks again! Julian, UK.

you make this look so simple and easy be for sure to be trying this!! (just getting back in the game) 💪

i love your attitude and the way you teach! awesome!

thank you sir this is the kind of stuff i play all the time birthdays and weddings etc

I feel hip-hop & afrobeats are the hardest genres you can ever mix. I would like to see you take on some hiphop tracks. I'll jump start with a list: 1. Lick - Cardi B 2. TTD - Nav 3. Mask Off - Future 4. Bambi - Jidenna 5. Tunnel Vision - Kodak Black And if that doesn't wear you off and you feeling like superman, i'll like to see you take on these afrobeats tracks: 1. Mad Over You - Runtown 2. Daddy Yo - Wizkid 3. Prayer - DMW Ft Davido & Mayorkun 4. Away - Psquare 5. Do like that - Korede Bello Hopefully if you decide to take on this challenge, we all can be able to learn more tricks !

Wow,wow,wow. Amazing, learning a lot.

There's more to transitioning than cueing and cutting, put your own feel into it at the right time. Best advice to beginners is to know your tracks! Know what you're playing, prepare and practice

'Nuff Respect Every time! Recently purchased my first controller and soaking up the lessons from NYC. Keep up the great work

Incredibly helpful!! Thank you! 🙏🏿

this is more one great tutorial, thanks Ellaskins!

This actually helped a lot, I have to make a demo mix to try to get a DJ gig and I needed some help on how to make one.

Excellent tuitor u are a genius thumbz up!!!!!

Good one ....learnt a lot from your teachings

Man. You been my main man go to guy for this shit since 2011. I learned my way around pioneer decks literally 80% because of you. And copped some great songs from your tutorials too. O, I even can hear tweeks in the mix and I know exactly where your going to scroll the tempo match wether clockwise or counter. .... I'll tell you what though. Don't put two vinyls and a mixer in front of me. I'm new age the next generation and can't stand to work out that shit old school

you crack me up very amusing. love your videos

Very helpful, Thank you!

incredibly helpful info esp for mobile small party gigs

Hi Johnathan, please would you mind to tell me between the denon MCX8000 and the pioneer Ddj-rzx despite the price which one is the best?

I don't think anyone at the christening or bar mitzvah will be worried if you miss the beat, bar or phrase! I'm not being negative cos you clearly love music and that's all that matters to me. But Id always say that a bag full of the right music will always deliver more than any mix at this level, in fact at any level. Its always about the tunes ✌️️

THANK YOU FOR EXPLANATION!!!!

Very well video. THX!

Johnathan Lewis 2017 - "What I've got here is another very poppy song, Maroon 5. OMG! You know, never thought I'd be playing something like this in a turorial BUT, music is universal. " LOL!

Thanks a lot for your help!!!!

Thanks dude, i learned allot and had a laugh aswell. Thanks allot

wow your so watchable. Brilliant. trying now to watch all the videos. super pink zebra girl one is very funny.....

thank you very much Jonathan:)

Tomorrow is my first weeding gig love ur tips

very simple mixing...and this is actually a perfect video....for a beginner like ME. Thank you

man ! this is so helpful

I was really interested in figuring out how to transition from house to other genres or just do sets with other music other than house where I can do slower transitions and RU-vid recommends this. I really worry too much about "perfect" transitions.

You are a Jedi, I’m a mere padewan, but I look at your setup and see similarities, it’s about the music not super neat wires, and perfect brand new top of the range equipment, if you can DJ, you can DJ, you can be an ‘all the gear no idea DJ’ or you can be a DJ, I wanna become ‘a DJ’ Thankyou

I have my very first gig on 4th September, a 40th surprise birthday in a social club, so gonna knock out some 90s some Motown and a couple of ska, not my kind of thing, I’m a tech house guy, but got to get out there, I refuse to play wham or ABBA 😁 I’ve been trying to transition using the eq controls but it’s pointless, or at least hit and miss, so I had resolved to sliding one in as I slide one out ( how boring ) but know I can at least attack the 90s dance with your chop 😁😁

would the same principle apply to songs who have no musical intro and start with vocals?? thanks dj gus

thank alot have learned alot but i need mixemergency

You’d be surprised the amount of mixes I hear from pro dj’s when I’m looking for new staff that just can’t get the simple stuff right! Mixing in key is so important yet some pros just can’t wrap their head around it.

Cheers from NZ

how do you get the xdjrx to work with dj software? i used to have serato is it compatible

It's all bout mixing mixed genres, anybody can mix house and I mean anybody

What software on the laptop are you using in order for the controller to work on Ella ? i have the same controller and would like to know what's the best dj software for this controller.

practicamente mezclo dance music, y las que si eran mas pop hizo fue una transicion de selector.

Where is that part of "Time of our lives" without the vocals? Can't find it... Is it another version?

How much bloody gear do you have? Did you ever used any twice? Great tutorials mate.thanks

Is it normal that your mixer goes in red? I try to avoid it but is that needed?

Whats the song that you played after azealia?

thax man

YOU SAVED MY ASS

Great video on where great music goes to die. 😂

im mew to djing im a beginner. i got a numark pro 3 to practice and look at videos. can u do a video series for beginners? like start from the way start to doing better and tell us how to do it step by step and what this does and mean if so please respond to me😊 thank you, you seem like a pro dj thays why im relying on you. thanks again😊

Hi Jonathan, virtualDJ doesn't support Pioneer XDJ-RX... you mentioned in the beginning of the video that you are using Virtual DJ... how? I'm a big fan of VirtualDJ and recently bought XDJ but disappointed that it doesnt support virtualDJ... I'm not a big fan of Rekorbox... Please suggest

+ellaskins For skype tuitions, Can I use my smart phone software while the tution classes are taking place? cause I don't have any DJ hardware.

He blatantly bought a "Now that's what I call music!" Cd from Tesco's 😎

this might be a silly question but how do you know what beat is the 1 ?

I have the same mixer, the same headphones and that same PC stand on the right lmao. are u my twin?

wow turns the unbearable to bearable very nice

I know I'm damn late but that I'm in control Mix doesn't get out of my head. What's the name of it please?

Borrowing this for my event tomm 😂❤🎉

do u have a patreon?

ahhh no im gna have to take up needle work hah

This is so brutal, that i would not recomand to take that as example

the tracks mixed need to be same key right ?

Can I work at the radio

I dj like tech house and techno and I got asked to DJ a birthday party and I have to mix regular top chart songs

Ok but some song dont stop talking how you do to change the song?

is this denon ?

hello dj do you virtual dj? please let me know thanks mate

give me hardcore!!!

How about a video on needle working and flower arranging? Can't say I've ever heard that first song at all

Hey what controller is this ?

"looking up and thinking 'what is this? we don't know it'"... how sad is it to expect someone to only play "the music I know". Shame on everyone like that. Nice video anyways! not my style but it's nice to learn something new

50th

Good mix! Now i try to mix some pop songs. What model u have on video?

its just dropping one for another that's not mixing its house party DJing may as well be on your phone

Learning key isn’t even important at certain times. ESP if it’s not a long mix

Please, don't do that. The VU meters are completely in the red, and the master channel is too low. The channels are clipping and sending a bad signal to the speakers. For mixes, we don't use the channel faders at 80% like this. While one channel is muted, there's no reason to lower a channel that's playing solo. Otherwise, any technique is a technique as long as it keeps the rhythm of the dance floor...

Thanks for the tip! I am 18 y/o and I always play at birthdayparties. But most of the time I mix the intro of one song together with a phrase of another one. Like in this mixtape: www.mixcloud.com/laurens-decraene/l%CE%BBmbicious-mixtape-4-/ I feel like your method is a bit to simpel... no effects (I use filter and echo together), no beatmatching. I only do this when I don't have a good version with a intro. But a good video nevertheless!

100000milion points for azealia banks :D

The bar could just save the money and play the jukebox ffs

Why would you mix modern day pop? it's not even music

sorry but that's not mxing bro. thats just playing tracks one after another and the one u mixed was awefull, cutting off the vocal part. being a club owner i will never book u. My honest opinion.

Why would anyone want to mix pop music!? Pick a real genre and get to work

How much bloody gear do you have? Did you ever used any twice? Great tutorials mate.thanks