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This right here is why DJ's actually became a thing. Otherwise you could just let a playlist go and call it a day. DJ's in the late 70's gained prominence because they played the "best part" of the song and blended it in with the next song.

Those atmospheric intros are useful if you’re changing tempos. I’ll loop them so I can fade into it whenever I feel, and it’s not super annoying when the tempos don’t match. It kind of gets people guessing, then you can release the loop and drop the beat. I’m a wedding and hotel bar DJ so I don’t absolutely have to keep it thumping, a little break here and there works for me.

This is correct for the types of songs you're mixing. Genres like progressive House/trance, there's more of a longer and graduated intro to the next song.

I wrote my thesis on how jungle tempos match the patterns of the human heart and mind. The listeners body knows when transitions should happen.

Hence the term "The Drop"! 😁

Being a DJ takes so much skill and people don't realize it

Phil single handily teaching me how to dj in his reels… fr though thank you, I just started 3 days ago after going to beyond and I’m seriously learning so much from these

a small but very important advice, from there is that you can put the atmosphere and people to dance, thanks for this video

Alright Harry Potter, I’m definitely taking notes!

The most important skill for beginners is actually beat matching. Once you learn that, then you could do stuff like this

True , too bad for me I really do enjoy edging the best part.

That's the most important trick not to let the energy down by bringing in the part of music that will pump in more adrenaline on the floor.

Depends. Sometimes the crowd needs 90 seconds to regather. I mix on then lower energy all the time to help me Pace the 3-4 hours ahead of me

Really Great tips as always!!! You are true Teacher from the Heart

Thank you so much!! Helpful tips!!!

He ain’t wrong

The legend the myth the "Phill Harris"!!!!!!

Surely at the same time Tho you cannot play drop after drop recognisable part after recognisable part, it would plateau the excitement and energy?

This is what we call the cue point 👌🏾💯

Thanks for that DJ bro! Been DJing on android

One of THE MOST IMPORTANT Dj skills.. don't play Christina Aguilera!!

Thank you for this tip!!!😊

Excellent 🥰✨🤔

I gotcha you amazing bro

Nice dude love ❤️ it I love music this is awesome to help me learn how to Dj 😊😊❤

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Hi Phil, I usually like to play trance music and a lot of it has extensive intros and outros, which are designed for those long, drawn out mixes. With that style of music, is it better to mix from drop to drop while not playing much intro/buildup/outro? I've seen it done both ways.

So you would just set a hot cue on that part of the track correct?

That is very important thing Phil!!

Ive done gigs where its been a country wedding and if youve heard the song save a horse ride a cowboy by big n rich, you'll notice the first part of the song is just them going "dun da da dun da da dun dad da da da duuunn duunnn" so i alwas skip to the hook. Its called the hook for a reason, it's the part of the song that hooks you into the song

I wait till the track ends to a drop point and match the eq - this is more skill to do then do a shortcut after a bass drop

Genuine thanks for the tips.

awesome track hahahahaha😂😂😂😂😂

It would be nice and maybe easier if the lyrics would show up on a software on ur laptop according to the next song your playing, making recognition a lot easier for beginners

Great advice!

Now yes, however when that track was big everyone knew that intro and playing from the beginning in a busy club was met with massive cheers and weirdly that boring intro added to the hype of the genre change.

High quality KZfaq DJ

From DJ stand point 1000% correct from a dancer stand point as soon as I hear that first Dirtttty I'm on it.

I love you my friend.

In my late 50s, son bought me a dj hercules inpulse 300 mk 2 deck for my birthday. Never done any DJ'ing and no idea where to start. I dont want to let him down but want to surprise him by doing a DJ session in our garden. I have a old headphones, laptop, ipad but no speakers Any hints tips where to start ?

Thank you very mugh

Ooooo good note!

Love it

Bro that was so helpful

How do we program and edit the music and do we have to get permission to use other artists bits and pieces of their songs?

Thank you sir

So true

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Learning how to beat match would be the first thing to learn.

Mmmm.. I disagree. Sometimes it’s better to have those breaks. They often have some ambiance and it’s just about lining it up with the other track so you get that good mesh… but as far as finding good cue points, that’s always fresh

Thank you!

Well this is kind of misleading. If you bring songs in at the most high energrtic part of every track, the crowd will get bored. Because the slow part as you mention it, is sort of the buildup to the hype

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new decks yum

“To find these potttssssss”

Which DJ set is the best for beginners?

Drum n bass could never lol

My problem is that I don't hit the buttons on my controller hard enough 🤦🏽‍♂️

Ermmm, I think being able to count beats is the most important, if you don't know when to drop a track it's gonna sound horrid

Would you say it would be smart to just clip songs and label them so you know its “tsunami by borgeous - 30 secs in” or something like that ?

Ty

I hope Paris Hilton is watching this 😂🤣

Please share the name of your equipment!!

awkward and weird ??? no sir, its called having respect for art :) intro's can be epic, and if you are a good dj then certain intros are godlike.

Makes sense ty

Thanks bro

This is the kind of music you use ?

I want to learn DJing

Rule 101 is actually learning how to pull off DFA. Got to look like your twisting the knobs and dials whilst it actually does f*** all (the majority of the time)

Christy Agi dirty is an old sing ,how many years is it?

Where do you get your music from? I'm new to the djing world I've been ripping alot of cds I have but it not enough.

Start of that track sounds like he just stood in dog shit

20 in is a preference and not the most energetic or recognizable part of that song, but respect you educating the beginners

What DJ controller is that u r using, Pioneer DJ? I think I might have recognized the two yellow lit buttons below the software monitor. 🤔

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Imagine on sight by Kanye West starting at the beat drop 😮

So lesson number 1 is to learn your music.

Wow

I do disagree that this is a good advice for the whole night.. for parts of it yes sure... But not a rule to live and die by.

Bro please press buttons politely, it hurt 👏

Well how do jump straight to the part, coz you can’t memorize the exact start of these best parts of all songs

Do you u 1on1 teaching? I wanna learn to be a dj

Hi Phil, how can you set the hot cue to keep playing when you take your finger off please ?

Sir how to open dj music podcast channel???

Smart

Made that mistake with Jamican Funk my 1st gig that horn was loud and long and yes I was embarrassed and I wish I had preset the cues

And do you use the cue button ??

im barely beginning with a dj app and i’ve been looking for those parts lol if anybody has tips for me i would appreciate it 🙏🏽

This is kind of like editing

Lots of computer djs no actual skills😂

I learnt how to mix on turntables - all you have to rely on is your ears

This came to me naturally it was just common sense. High iQ of mine kicked in

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Which program adds your Camelot keys;

disagree. Bringing a track in at its most energetic gives you nowhere more "energetic" to go. The example with the abstract intro is just an example why DJ edits come in handy. Dumping each new track on at its high point creates overkill and just tires people out, if not bores people. I'm sure it works fine for some crowds, probably the type that random fights break out in. If it works for you, you do you, but I'd nope out pretty quick.

I think most beginners know this

This is pretty much obvious... every wannabe dj should know that!

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What Dj board is this?