Thank you for calling me a shaker master 😂 ❤

The art of mixing is addictive.

Everything is easy until you try to do it professionally.

This one was so fun. Do more of these DJ quirks and tricks. Wish you ran the tunes longer. 🙌🏻

The only thing that annoys me about John is that every single video he’s like “and due to covid” but part from that he’s a solid guy

some truth, I enjoyed

For DJing you need 2 Things. 1. Basic Skills: like Beatmatching (playing Songs together so the beats don't clash) and Phrasing (Know which parts of a Song match and how long they are) Modern Players can automate Beatmatching by using Sync (BPM will be matched and Quantize will put the Beats on top of each other) and can help you finding the Phrases by showing the wave-form, colors and time indicators 2. Song selection this is Key (you need to give the crowd what they want) Sure you can play the Top100 Charts but most of the time they don't really match perfectly. Everything else is the icing on the cake. If you master both normal people would not notice (and don't care about) any mistakes in transitions.

15 years dam man! Respect!

TL;DW - yes. You basically press play, look for the next song, find the match BPM (usually automagically if you're using software and not vinyl), then you find the best place to transition to next song, then you make the transition. Not really making music.

here is also the thing some dj dont even have songs uploaded so some of these demos are played live and there are live edit versions of certains songs that doesnt even exist in the album

Man i just want to buy you more keyboard stands.

Q: Pushing play , they say, people can be Triggered.. A: Yes, yeh , na.

Been spinning vinyl since 90, mixing music and jams to this day, had look around production as it started to enter the sphere back in the day, but still DJd while dabbling around production, then probably last 5 years been solid experimental producing, homing the tools ears etc, yall know the jazz...

Yes

I think this is short selling DJ's a little bit. Dj'ing can be pretty simple in some cases but not as easy as you've just made out. - The tracks need to be prepared beforehand and this can be easy (if you want to just cue in build ups and outros) but can be a bit more difficult if you need to chop and change the structure of the track for a particular blend. Waiting till the intro and outro to do every mix will be seriosuly boring for the audience (and you). - You also need to know how to mix while changing tempos. Its not a good idea to have an entire set stuck in the same BPM. - If you want to sound even semi professional, you will also need to learn how to mix in key. Music is art and is open to interoperation. So you can mix how you like. However there is simply no way you're going to blend a song in 12B (E Major) to 6B (B flat major) and have it sound nice without seriously messing with the EQ's and FX . - Song selection is also massively important. You need to keep a flow and the audience entertained. This will vary depending who the target audience is. - I also think its almost wrong to compare big 'DJ's' to club DJs because the big 'DJ's' are actually producers and the live set is just so the crowd can experience that connection with their music. These are normally well planned and orchestrated sets (sometimes it is just pressing play) but thats just because lighting, fireworks etc needs to be timed with the music.

Many skills now like DJing & music production are being integrated with AI which makes the whole process easier than before, this in a way degrades the art and the new generation are more and more using these tools and we are forgetting about the origins of the true art form where you practise for hours and hours. Put this together with the fact that we are all connected now thru Internet makes everything we do relative to someone else so now the is no such thing as being the best in your area as u can always compare yourself to others. The old school DJs will appreciate the art and perhaps the club goers who remember the good old days where the DJ would load up a vinyl on the decks.

People don't really care about real DJs because there are guys out there that just have a laptop computer playing one song to the next like Spotify. As a mobile DJ they are getting big dollars for this. Now you do have to have a understanding of different styles of music and know how to read that crowd. If you understand that you will be successful in this business. I started in 1983 and have seen it changed dramatically. Next up is AI

You are 100% wrong in that it’s “not possible” to play a set with lighting & fireworks not synced. Everyone at Tomorrowland uses ShowKontrol to read CDJ info at FOH. This allows the VJ’s, LD’s & SFX to see which track is coming up next, and to load their cue’s or sync the visuals to a deck with SMPTE. This really shows your lack of understanding on how things really work. Yes, there are some who do play a fully scripted set. But it IS possible to play a set from start to end with no indication how it’s going to go and for crew at FOH to play in sync to music. You’re talking about production crew who have done this for years. As easy as it is for you to beat match a song, they can press a button to launch fireworks on the beat. It’s not *that* difficult to play lights or visuals in time to music, and with tools like ShowKontrol available, it’s even easier and automatic than ever before

Can I use pre mixed tracks while djing?

I think that the scratch part is really treaky and involves a lot of skill and repetitions, Aside from that I think that mixing using EQ's which may sound simple can also require a lot of skills if you want to mix it so good, so people that doesnt know the records wouldn't even notice the transition. And I personally think that the best way to do it is with EQ's, or making a transition to the rest part of the song

As you pointed out, anyone can learn the technical skills in a few hours. And yes, the majority of Dj's just press play and then pretend to adjust things throughout the songs by randomly touching knobs and buttons on the mixer.

Nice!!!!

Skrillex has already settled this matter. He already ansvered that question. He said DJs just press play. I know this is disheartening to many of you who think DJs are doing a whole lot out there onstage, but DJs just press play.

how long are the sets usually if you get a club gig?

I am sure that man just have their sets pre-recorded on a thumb drive and just go through the motions.

your 15min up and running on the technical side is totally misleading and is far from enough in landing a gig

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Ich bin gerade neben einer Bar durchspaziert... da lief ein Lied von dir. 😊

Naissss

Hey Jon, wahrscheinlich wurdest du das schon oft gefragt, aber kannst du vielleicht auch mal n Video auf deutsch machen? Ich mein, ich glaub, es hat dich noch nie jemand ein Wort deutsch reden hören. So kannst du doch aber viel besser deine Persönlichkeit zeigen. Es fühlt sich einfach die ganze Zeit so komisch an, dich englisch reden zu hören, weißt du? Nur ein einziges Video für deine treuen „DACH“-Zuschauer. Wäre es nicht mal an der Zeit?

TLDW: no