Daytes

thankyou so much!

Hey man thanks so so much for the feedback! Thing is my deep house collection is really limited at the moment and I thought i'd just go and use 5 of my favourite (out of like 20) and see what happens. I completely understand your points on buildup and gradual tension etc, but as you can probally see im a bit (alot) of a rookie with mixing especially in the deep house department. anyway thanks again so much for the positive pointers really helps me out! Daytes

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Hey guys, got a brand new minimix for you all, first time mixing deep house so go easy on me Ive received suggestions of making these mixes longer and I will surely work on that in the future, i just had the idea to pump out 3 very short mixes for people to check out my amateur skills and get some feedback. Anyway, please go and check out my deep house mix on soundcloud and share it if you like, every little bit helps https://soundcloud.com/daytes/daytes-deep-house-minimix-vol-3

Hey Mitch sorry to bother you again but I've had a change of heart and decided to change my name to 'Daytes' I know i know i know im sorry but i am definitely sure of this sorry for changing my mind but I would love if you could change my forum username from: ThreeSixtyFive to 'Daytes' Thanks!

thanks man! sorry late reply

Awesome! thanks man!!

Hey guys, thought id make another mix today, im obviously still learning but i really enjoy these sort of oldschool beats. again id really appreciate some constructive criticism and some support on soundcloud here it is: https://soundcloud.com/daytes/daytes-electro-classics-minimix-vol-2

Hey lads, Thought I'd have a bash at recording a little minimix today, first track on Soundcloud and its got over 30 plays! (Good for me!) Really appreciate any conctructive criticism and feedback, after all that's what beginners need right? Here it is: https://soundcloud.com/daytes/daytes-melbourne-bounce-minimix-vol-1 And happy Easter!

Cheers mate

Hey guys, which Sub-Genre section would include Melbourne Bounce? I'm a little confused by the genre list and I'd like to post my first Minimix on here, it consists mainly of Melbourne Bounce tracks Melbourne Bounce examples: Will Sparks - Ah Yeah! Chemical Energy - Joel Fletcher Swing - Joel Fletcher ft. Flea Thanks again.

Awesome! Thanks heaps Mitch

Hey guys, is there anyway possible to change my username? Armchairs is my gaming alias and I had nothing else when I created this profile. Since my last name is Callander, people at school call me 365. GET IT? Callander > Calendar > 365?? Anyway, I've decided I want to go as ThreeSixtyFive for all sorts of EDM producing and DJing in the future. So, if there is no built-in feature to change my username, can an Admin change my Username from: Armchairs to "ThreeSixtyFive" Thanks

What do you mean by "live mix"? Most softwares should allow you to record mixing on the go. I hope you're not talking about like, recording the whole mix through a mic. If you're not, then I'm pretty dense for thinking that bahahha. Well yeah, most people do that but Soundcloud only allows users for like 2 hours of uploads which honestly sucks. Also, they're extremely worried about copyright laws so they could remove your mix. I believe mixcloud is the better way to go. I think they're not to worried about copyright laws (the whole website is just DJ mixes) also you can set up like a little list of the tracks you played. Hey man, thanks for the advice, but with the SB's I honestly have no idea how to beatmatch manually. I mean I know sync is 'cheating' but how do you learn to do it yourself in the firstplace? Note: I mainly mix Generic & Big Room House, Melbourne Bounce, and I'm really getting into deep house atm. (Oliver Heldens, Tchami) Thanks again mate I was always pretty good at beatmatching and mixing songs without the use of a the BPM counter on my decks from the very start. I watched a bit of YT tutorials and mostly taught myself how to mix. I know it's a bit tough to learn like this for others. If you're interested , I made a (pretty embarrassing) tutorial on how to beatmatch. I took everything I did when I beatmatch and divided it into steps so it was easy for beginners to understand. It was honestly the most awkward video ever. The reception I got was mostly positive, though. The good comments were from both beginners and people who already know how to mix telling me that it was an awesome way to look at beatmatching. There was like one actual constructive comment and the rest were idiots who are like "HURR DURR, WHO NEEDS 2 LRN HW 2 DJ W/O SYNC BUTTON?!". I could post it later if you're interested. Hey man, thanks for replying. I think I'll try my luck with SoundCloud for the moment. If it does get taken down is there really any harm? Anyway, I watched your tutorial and it was actually very easy to understand, and I think I've done something like it when I was bored once (Sliding the fader to halfway and hitting the cued beat in time with the main song) I'll definitely try manual beatmatching tomorrow after school, should get some sleep now. Thanks guys!

Holy shit when was this?

I just started listening to edm on youtube and got inspired as hell by some big artists and dj's I thought, if those guys can control thousands of people with music, why can't I control 50 with my own? Dude! That's such a great attitude. One of the biggest piece's of advice when it came to hosting parties I've received, that I haven't been able to put in practice as of yet was this: Never aim to have such a huge party to begin with, if you can aim to please 50people and nail it, that's better than aiming to please hundreds to thousands and disappointing them all. Thanks man, yeah my first paid party ($150 for 5 hours, I brought 2 15" speakers and a whole light setup) was quite a disaster, I borrowed a 15" off a mate from school and the woofer in it blew, nothing was playing for about 20 minutes but it was alot of fun and I learned alot.

Hey man, thanks for the advice, but with the SB's I honestly have no idea how to beatmatch manually. I mean I know sync is 'cheating' but how do you learn to do it yourself in the firstplace? Note: I mainly mix Generic & Big Room House, Melbourne Bounce, and I'm really getting into deep house atm. (Oliver Heldens, Tchami) Thanks again mate

Thankyou so so so much guys I can't believe how much support there is already on this post. The big problem is that I literally can't afford to buy the multitude of tracks that I own. I've collected about 230 songs that I would mix live, or about 18.5 hours solid playback. Usually I divide the playback by 3 to account for mixing etc, so I'm fine for a 5 hour party. However I just can't think how much money I would bust on the music alone, I need a new laptop, new speakers, maybe some headphones and I'd like to upgrade to some CDJ's pretty soon. Of course it's all unprofessional at the moment, except for djing at peoples parties from my school. Yet again, thanks heaps for the help with the BPM on Serato. I also have another question: I'm thinking of recording a live minimix (4-5 songs) on my decks and uploading this to soundcloud, where I can share it on facebook and social networks etc. Firstly, is that what people usually do? Recording an actual live mix on their decks and uploading to SoundCloud? Secondly, will I be flagged for pirating or copyright on SC, even though theyre mixed/remixed? Thanks again guys

I just started listening to edm on youtube and got inspired as hell by some big artists and dj's I thought, if those guys can control thousands of people with music, why can't I control 50 with my own?

First off, some backround info; WARNING: I do not *buy* any music, I don't know if that is frowned upon or not but I simply cannot afford to bust out $2.50 on every song from beatport. So I'm sorry. Last year I started listening to edm of all sorts (prog, dutch, melb, trap etc) and got really inspired to play in front of my friends and generally other kids around my age. So I started collecting music from a site called YouTube2Mp3. I got $350 for my 15th birthday and went to JB-HI-FI with my brother and purchased the (new?) DDJ-SB's by Pioneer. I came home and tried them out, using the 128 kbp/s songs I got from YouTube hahaha, was pretty shit. Anyway, I've had them for about 2 months now and the reason above was relevant is because even though I stopped using that website and used proper torrents and websites etc, some of the bpm is really messed up? On Serato DJ Intro (this came with the DDJ-SB'S) it loads up the bpm in the corner for each track, and for about half of my illegally downloaded songs it shows a blank bpm? None at all, I can't sync or beatmatch anything, and if you click it with your cursor it just generates a random bpm? ie. 164.95 (click again) 196.14 (click again) 126.69 Could someone help me with this? Does this mean this track is completely useless or is there a program I can find the proper bpm. The quality is FINE (I do not download if it is less than 320 kbp/s, and I always check with a MP3 Tagger software afer) and it plays fine, it was just a serious problem at my first and only gig a week ago. Thanks for reading and please be patient, I am very new to this constructive criticism is extremely appreciated. Armchairs.

Hey guys, I'm a 15 y/o beginner "dj" from nsw. I have a few questions and queries about the art I'm delving in, so I thought why not join a forum? Anyway, my name's John, pleasure to join you all here on ADJF