How To Prepare A DJ Set - 5 Ideas For Your Next Mix or Routine 

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Tip #6: listen to other DJ sets -AND- DECONSTRUCT THEM. How did that DJ just do that sweet thing that made you go “whoa!”? Figure it out... Alternatively, you can find tons of videos where a DJ does a routine or mix and breaks it down. Go get the same pieces of music and work at learning how s/he did it. Then apply the new skills to your own favorite music. BTW - nice video Jamie! And thanks for the free training bits on the web!

Excellent video. I’ve been thinking about how to celebrate Black History Month here in the states and the idea is during the struggle for civil rights activists woke up everyday with unexpected challenges and yet through resilience and creativity they were able to achieve massive gains. For the entire month of February I wake up, I head to my Denon Prime 4+ and I pick 7-10 tracks from Beatport to mix regardless of genre and I try to find creative ways to make something work. It’s been a transformative experience especially to find that there are often beats and sub beats and rhythms that work within rhythms and there are times when I have to speed tracks up and slow others down. Sometimes I have to use FXs and even some back spins. In the end I know it’s making me a stronger and more confident DJ. And I felt that.

I would like to add this point if you're preparing for a club/party set. Search for music using your favourite platform. Once you find a track you like, take out your phone and find the stopwatch application. Press start on the first beat of the bar and then press stop just before the next bar begins. Divide 60 by this number and then times that by 4, the result is the track's BPM. This mean's that when you create a playlist of tracks you may want to play, you can order the tracks by tempo. I then find that you can listen to this playlist a few times before you begin mixing and get a good idea of how the tracks and set can naturally flow.

1) listen a lot of music to see which ones could be set together 2) stay aware of the eq of the music : if one has a good bass line and another goof vocals (or other high sounds) maybe you can mix them together 3) check the key of each song (the dj software can show you this), it will tell you where to go next in your set as a starting point 4) try to take one particular performance feature of the controler (the slicer, then the sampler, etc), and train, experiment only on this one until you use it to its full potential 5) cross different styles (hip hop to house, etc) ; train to transition between two styles ; use different remixes of one song to do transition 6) just mix ! Spend hours and hours mixing, enjoying what you do. It's the best way to get inspired

Have a couple of long islands drinks b4 the gig and read the crowd. ( that's how Avicii did it ) 🥃

Best way to prepare your next set is to pick your first track, then go with the flow! It doesn’t need too much thinking you just need to be free and vibe with the energy around you 💯

You won't believe how on time this is.. Have an important set tomorrow

I started mixing a couple of months ago and I've been mostly just mixing without a care in the world. I have no hurry to learn and like this I feel like I'm learning in an "organic" way. I always get new ideas without trying!

Hi Jamie, i am a 3rd Sargent from Brazylian Army, and i can't thank you enough for all the learning that your videos provided to me. Im playing Progressive and Full On Psytrance for about one year and i already played in 6 parties in the town im currently living on. You Helped me alot, i love you and your crew remixes and i just hope i can make one of your courses shortly. God Bless you mate, wish we could hang and blast some party =D Keep up the great work!

Man your short 5 point video was wonderful. It helped give some extra fire to my spark. You are legit amazing at inspiring growth and new ideas. Wishing you the best!

Last one - favorite! 👍🏼👍🏼

Great ideas. This is a great example of how our future DJS are looking outside the box to create some new and fresh mixes!!

This might be corny but in the season of thanks, I’m so thankful for you man and people like you giving away free powerful knowledge like this to help and allow people to be great so again, thank you Jamie!

Thanks Jaime i learn a lot from your service , as a dj I'm so glad

Hey Jamie, thanks for the videos you do because i am a new dj and you have actually taught me everything I know

Thanks so much for this. Finding different remixes of the same track is such a good idea

And just be yourself!!!

Best explanation yet...thank you!

Play mega enthusiastic best tracks, no matter what genre, super practice!! YOU are the one getting people excited always, winners!

Complementing the EQ'S as you've explained in the beginning really is a useful way to look at it 3:15. Awesome

I was feeling super stuck, thank you for this video!

You summarized and explained well what a dj should really do, you are a good friend, nobody had explained it to me as well as you and thank you very much SEÑOR DJ

Thanks Dj Radcliffe!

Tip #4 is good if you are an open form DJ. If you are not, you can still use the same concept he is talking about. I am a House DJ. My genre has different subgenres so I can go build a set with soulful house, deep house, disco house, afro house, and Latin house. I have done it on my radio shows and it works. As long as you keep that flow and love your choices.

resumiste y bien explicado lo que realmente debe hacer un dj sos bueno amigo , nadie me lo habia explicado tan bien como usted y que me llegara muchas gracias SEÑOR DJ

Bro, you are amazing. These are golden tips right here. Practice and know your music before you try and experiment. 🙏🏾

Every time I stumble upon some kind of problem, you've got a video covering it. Keep going man

your clarity and advice is the best

Crossfader is the best

5th and 2nd are the most important ... It's really easy to go on...... Thanks bro......

James Hardley just gave me the best DJ advice I could get

I keep telling myself these tips, but its much more motivating hearing from you. Thanks for sharing!

I really love the suggestion of fitting songs from different genres into your mix by finding suitable remixes. I have been doing it for a while and it is the best fun, also everyone thinks you mix it at the moment when in reality you just play it🤭🤭🤣

Super clear and straightforward, thanks man

Some solid advice here. Really appreciate a channel giving advices other then how to mix for bingers 🙏🏼👏🏼

Feel reignited. I needed this... Thank you, Salute!

What I'd o may help you Spend some time when you download your music to make good play list then listen them in to shuffle and get some songs out of there as a base and on the set just use them if you cannot find what to play

Thank You CROSSFADER 🤝

This video has certainly given me food for thought, great tips and advice keep up the good videos

Appreciate this one, specially number 5... Thanks!!!

Love the idea of sandwhich the diff music

Superb approach. Thanks.

Very good ideas explained in a comprehensive way, thanks crossfader!

All good info. Been djin 25 years. Besides organizing crates cues loops flips and editing grids, I don't have a routine. Every crowd is different. I feed off the crowd for 5 hours. Basically just freestyling every track

You are excellent in your explanations and cover questions that I think about but don’t know how to ask and you do it very well. I just subscribed. Thank you!

Thanks for that bro, been playing with my new decks for a while not sure if I was actually making progress when really I guess I was. Cheers for that.

Nice video. It definitely helps DJ's of this generation. Me however I grew up with vinyl and didn't have these videos at my disposal,but now I watch them anyway just to learn something I might have missed.

I am learning and enjoying your tutoring.well done.

Very clever and generous tips. Thanks

I’m a begginer Dj, and I would like to ask you if you can make a tutorial of how to organize my library of rekorbox on a usb. The reason is to simplify and be able to use less usb’s and syncronize my music better. Thank you very much.

Nice tips!

that was exactly the question I was looking an answer for. thanks a lot!

thanks for this video and the tips. i really really enjoy the mixing and mashup potential of djing and controllers, but feel anxious when feel i am supposed to play certain types of music or be a certain kind of dj. your approach is definitely what i was looking for !

Keep making such videos brother... Got some valuable tips

Nice one Jamie, Always the best tips.

So helpful! Thank you Jamie:)

Thanks for the tips Bro. GOOD STUFF

Thank you! Just getting started and this was very helpful!

Nice tips! Enjoyed this video, a good reminder to thinks we should do before each set... thx

Thanks for putting together this one... really learnt new things.

Man you're always on point, thanks a lot!!

thank you man!

Awesome stuff 👌 Thanks for sharing !

Thanks for the tips!!!

This was great for me to re-invigorate...starting to feel a bit stagnant and this helped out a lot. There are a lot of things on that 1000srt that I'm not using and i should be! Appreciate ya!

#5 mix...mix...mix... working out & polishing the muscle memory ;)

Enormously helpful!!!

I enjoy every video!!!! I already do many of the tip! For example mixing 2 same songs but to different remixes. Thats awesome and what I just found out yesterday with my new controller ddj sb3 is: if the music ure plaing right now is soo good and u have a mix incoming which is amazing, so ure in a huge flow and get better!!! Thats my opinion. Jami, stay freh. Ure fucking nice

Thanks for this video i needed a few ideas for a house party soon

totally bro, thanks for the videos!

Awesome stuff as always.. do keep it up bro

I really needed a resource and these videos have all been so helpful. Thank you.

good tips , like the way he broke it down. cheers bro

DJ K DREAM HERE this was the first video i watched at end of june this year waiting ddj 400 NOW IN SEPTEMBER I WAS JUST HIRED FOR regular weddings i, now on prime 4 using serato and sc5000m

Great Video mate!

Actually useful

My source of wow: DJ Jazzy Jeff's Boiler Room 58:40 of Superstition x Don't Stop the Music

MIXING BETWEEN GENRES FOR ME

I love your videos and I'm learning so much

back in the days I just picked one new track from all of my favourite producers. It was easy when the sound was exactly what I liked and the songs were fitting. Nowadays they release a different kind of stuff and some have quit so it has become a bit more random.

Thanks

He loves a good ol chewtorial

pretty solid advice

Nice video bud. Points well explained 👍. Any chance of another live dj set some time soon 👌

Love this video. It's really helpful

Great video again!

Thank you for your video it was well explained very professional and of great help

Super helpful, thanks!!

Great video Man!

This is amazing thank you!!

Always informative :)

Mixing in key still like total different language to me, I usually better mixing with bpms and use all 4 techniques. Great tips thank u.

Very interesting lesson

Top work Jamie !!

Thanks 6from Brasil

great help! thanks!!

Awesome info!

Great tips 👍🏽

Thank you my man