mixing tracks with no non-lyrical starts

[mattus123]

Hey guys ive found a couple of great songs which i want to put into my mixes, except they dont have an instrumental start, instead it jumps straight into lyrics

im wondering how you guys would go about mixing these sort of songs into ur sets

ive created a loop somewhere in the middle of the song where there is an instrumental section, and then when it is playing on its own, i start the track from the beginning

is that how you guys would go about doing it?

[eggssell]

if you check my recent mix i had just that.

for one i tried a cut and it sounded crap (transition 5).

for the next one i just hot dropped it over an instrumental part of the outgoing song (transition 6), which sounded better except i was about half a beat off.

[mattus123]

hot dropping might be the way to go

cause the way i did it, it kinda sounded a bit sloppy

ill try ur way

thanks

[Jaz]

i usually grab a loop or use the in loop sampler to drop lyrical hints into the outro of a song

eg, doing mobile gigs, at the moment you get asked for "Like a G6" heaps, so grab the lyrics "Getting slizard" & "like a G6" n try n sneek them into the outro while dropping the lows n fading the volume before your start the next song

just an idea

[mattus123]

that might be worth a try actually

do u recon like a 2 beat loop type of thing?

i was thinking maybe trying to drop out the lows and highs, only leaving the mids, and create a sort of accapella type thing

would that work?

[lloydc]

what song/s?

depending on what they are, I'd be looking at getting some hot cue action going.

[mattus123]

im putting the songs into a playlist now and then ill gonna try both methods

i will let u guys know which one works best

cheers for advice

[JonnyB]

i usually grab a loop or use the in loop sampler to drop lyrical hints into the outro of a song

eg, doing mobile gigs, at the moment you get asked for "Like a G6" heaps, so grab the lyrics "Getting slizard" & "like a G6" n try n sneek them into the outro while dropping the lows n fading the volume before your start the next song

just an idea

see what your supposed to do when that happens is say

'everytime someone listens to G6, a young african kid dies'

god i hate that track

you could try scratching it in? or put the pitch control to Wide and slow the track all the way down till its not playing and just start the new one. e.g id slow a track all the way down the drop hide n seek afrojack remix with the vocals at the start

[lloydc]

i usually grab a loop or use the in loop sampler to drop lyrical hints into the outro of a song

eg, doing mobile gigs, at the moment you get asked for "Like a G6" heaps, so grab the lyrics "Getting slizard" & "like a G6" n try n sneek them into the outro while dropping the lows n fading the volume before your start the next song

just an idea

see what your supposed to do when that happens is say

'everytime someone listens to G6, a young african kid dies'

god i hate that track

you could try scratching it in? or put the pitch control to Wide and slow the track all the way down till its not playing and just start the new one. e.g id slow a track all the way down the drop hide n seek afrojack remix with the vocals at the start

happen to know where i can obtain that particular remix? i always thought it was 'whatcha say' afrojack remix and could never find it... or at least a decent quality version

EDIT: found it

[Jaz]

i usually grab a loop or use the in loop sampler to drop lyrical hints into the outro of a song

eg, doing mobile gigs, at the moment you get asked for "Like a G6" heaps, so grab the lyrics "Getting slizard" & "like a G6" n try n sneek them into the outro while dropping the lows n fading the volume before your start the next song

just an idea

see what your supposed to do when that happens is say

'everytime someone listens to G6, a young african kid dies'

god i hate that track

you could try scratching it in? or put the pitch control to Wide and slow the track all the way down till its not playing and just start the new one. e.g id slow a track all the way down the drop hide n seek afrojack remix with the vocals at the start

Word, i fucking hate it 2, but i just used it as an example cause i get asked to play it every 20 minutes at party's

[JonnyB]

i usually grab a loop or use the in loop sampler to drop lyrical hints into the outro of a song

eg, doing mobile gigs, at the moment you get asked for "Like a G6" heaps, so grab the lyrics "Getting slizard" & "like a G6" n try n sneek them into the outro while dropping the lows n fading the volume before your start the next song

just an idea

see what your supposed to do when that happens is say

'everytime someone listens to G6, a young african kid dies'

god i hate that track

you could try scratching it in? or put the pitch control to Wide and slow the track all the way down till its not playing and just start the new one. e.g id slow a track all the way down the drop hide n seek afrojack remix with the vocals at the start

Word, i fucking hate it 2, but i just used it as an example cause i get asked to play it every 20 minutes at party's

yeha man being a mobile dj i can only imagine the stuff you get asked to play, does your head in sometimes i guess?

another way to do this is to practise before hand, fast forward to the beat get it going at the same tempo, dont touch the pitch after that, go back to the start and cue it acordingly, as hard as it may seem, singing is sung in time with the beat, so youll be able to tell if its going out or not, youll notice certain emphasis's in the sung word will land on certain beats(if you count in your head)

[Jaz]

yeh some shit is ridiculous, just simply say "nah dont have it"

yeh get that technique down pat n it will sound wicked, but stuff it up n it will destroy ears

[mattus123]

ive tried doing that

and kinda make a bit of a mash up type of thing?

wen i do that, i normally kill the lows on the incomming track, so u only hear vocals.. is that kinda wat u meant?

[eggssell]

hi mattus, not quite a mash up but yes a transition where the vocal is over the top of the outgoing song. i wouldnt kill all bass maybe just down to 20%.

as i said i needed to do it in my last mix. go to 9.35, and you will see at 9.46 which has lyrics from go drops in. of course you need to drop it perfectly which i didnt quite.

then i leave the outgoing go for one more phrase, before quickly dropping itout while turning the incoming track bass to 100

Mixxx2010-11-28 B Grade (Bmore Booty Bass) by eggssell

[mattus123]

yea thats exactly what ive been doing

i suppose mash up is the wrong term...but yea...

thanks for uploading the mix though, i enjoyed it

+REP