How To DJ » andy touchfingers http://howto-dj.com/blog Learn To DJ with How To DJ Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:05:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 DJing in Key Video Tutorial 4 of 5 http://howto-dj.com/blog/djing-in-key-video-tutorial-4-of-5/ http://howto-dj.com/blog/djing-in-key-video-tutorial-4-of-5/#comments Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:35:27 +0000 How To DJ http://howto-dj.com/blog/?p=192 Creating the perfectly keyed DJ mix:

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Andy Touchfingers mixes his fully keyed,fully prepared dj mix. As you will see in this video, each of the tracks go together well and the sounds complement each other musically.

You may also learn how to expose and hide different elements of each track if you watch and listen closely.

Andy also explains that the second track has some strange drops that might not make the two tracks a perfect match (although they were perfectly matched MUSICALLY).

For the next track in the mix, andy goes through the circle of fifths chart to help determine what is the next track that would be in the best key to continue the mix. After you figure out how to do it once, you can plan out the rest of your DJ set by the keys of each track!

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]]> http://howto-dj.com/blog/djing-in-key-video-tutorial-4-of-5/feed/ 0 The Key Mix : Djing & Key Matching Video Tutorial 2 of 5 http://howto-dj.com/blog/the-key-mix-djing-key-matching-video-tutorial-2-of-5/ http://howto-dj.com/blog/the-key-mix-djing-key-matching-video-tutorial-2-of-5/#comments Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:15:38 +0000 How To DJ http://howto-dj.com/blog/?p=186 Click here to view the embedded video.

Thanks to Andy Touch Fingers from www.learnhowtodj.com for this video.

Transcription:
In the second video of our 5-part video series, Andy demonstrates how to listen for the melody, hum the key / tonal center. He shows how to match the key of a track by comparing the tonal center with a note played on a computer piano (for reference). Andy also recommends writing down every track in your playlist down so that you know which key they are all in … so your entire set is planned appropriately.
The second part of this video is an explanation that a track can have more than one tonal center, and how to find the best key for tracks like that.

Andy demonstrates that using the bassline is the best thing to listen for as a starting point in finding a key.

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