During Lockdown I've been practising mixing House Music and found some great tips by a guy called Phil Harris. If you search for him on YouTube you'll find him but I can't recommend him highly enough as his videos are straight to the point and makes things sound so easy.
I'm hoping to become a House DJ one day and turn it into a career. I know someone quite well and has made a huge success of herself, shes done mixes for radios like Select FM and has done exciting gigs including a groove cruise around the Carribean. Her name is Lizzie Curious if you want to look her up.
Anyway, here's my profile with 4 House Mixes I've recorded.
Is there's any other Charlton fans on here who are into DJing and have recorded any mixes you'd like to share?
I'm also hoping to learn Ableton which I understand most DJ's use. For those who are not familiar with Ableton, it's an advanced music creation software. Once I'm familiar with the software I'll start creating my own songs....I'm hoping to do a Charlton related track eventually
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Few pals of mine have had the same idea in lockdown, but have gone down either the techno or disco route.
I'll get you on soundcloud when I get home. I'm https://soundcloud.com/dave-bond
@SexyDave listened to the snippets, definitely a couple of trancey vibes in there! Good luck with the remix release, be interested to hear who it's for.
@DiscoCAFC all the best with the mixing career!
With the risk of sounding ancient I would advise to start with vinyl, it’s all very digital now but to learn the craft it’s the best way to start.
i started off back in the early days of rave with hardcore & have gone through most genres of dance & hip hop from gabba to d&b ,house , trance etc but really got into turntablism about 10 years ago & now play all of it together with a background of breakbeat & old skool hip hop after getting fed up of the pigeon holing of styles & genres.
whilst it’s not house I would recommend having a look at (look & listen) to DJ Yoda , Jaguar skills , and even jazzy Jeff (yep that one!) they are real craftsman and show just what you can do with sound & all the equipment available, the old DMC world mixing championship & the more recent red bull freestyle championships on YouTube are essential viewing to see how a DJ should be working , too many DJs (also a great act!) just got in a rut of seamlessly blending one track into the other & became very stale , I’d use as prime examples radio ones old dance line up of Pete tong , judge jules( caught playing pre recorded usb set at live gig) ,Danny Rampling (legend at one point I know) etc but I think you should be able to hear the mixing and a well executed blatant bashing of the fader beats a mellow blend where you weren’t even aware the track had changed every time .
Scratching is a lost art in house & can add an extra level ,with modern technology you can live sample & manipulate sounds like never before & you can live remix tracks and bring people’s favourites to them in ways they’ve never heard & put a smile on there face with your new take & they will be amazed to know you were doing it with the original.
i could go on & on about it as it’s my life passion (alongside the obvious cafc) & if you wana know anything music or equipment give me a shout .
Like anything you do I’d say do it properly and start with the basics & really learn the craft ,read “last night a DJ saved my life “ as a starting point ,as there’s so much more to it than people think , be original & try different things together outside your comfort zone , there are no two tracks that can’t be mixed together & sound good.
have fun with it & if it bites ya it will consume your life!, I’ll have a listen on sound cloud when the mrs has gone to bed.
COYR
Played on a few pirate stations back in the day and was pretty good at setting up equipment by the time i was 18 ,was always having to rush out at night getting calls that the DTI were on to us lol but i always found a new roof to set up.
know what u mean with things turning violent & it put me off going out to drum & bass nights , I used to b Kent bound but loved it at the lazerdrome in rye lane Peckham & labyrinth dalston lane hackney but it all got so moody so I found myself more at techno & house nights because of the vibe rather than the music, old hardcore is coming back now & it’s great I’m almost back in fashion!
I was in a shoe shop today, think it was Office, and they were playing a breakbeat song with a sample from an old 1996 tune i knew. I was a fool and asked the girl at the counter whats this thats playing. No idea she said and that was that
Also did many gigs with Lizzie Curious (referring to the original poster haha)
All I would say is find your sound...dont just play the 10 biggest house sounds of the month from Traxsource or whatever, everyone does that.
I’ve always lent towards the more soulful vocal funky stuff which has served me well as promoters know what they are getting from me and they can leave the peak time stuff to the others.
Happy to help with any questions etc you may have and good luck with it....best feeling in the world having the dance floor in the palm of your hand!
I absolutely love a good beat boxer.
ur not Michael Winslow are you (police academy)
Treat your ears and listen to his show on Friday evenings
https://www.academy-of-sound.co.uk/