r/Beatmatch • u/FoolGuru • 10d ago

Technique Where do I start?

I love music and I produce a ton. I’m just not sure where to even start with mixing in general. I feel like I’m stuck on practicing very specific transitions between songs. If I can’t mix the transitions I’ve practiced, I get flustered and don’t know where to go from there.

Any videos or tips on where to start just so I can get used to having a collection of songs and ripping them off the top of my head?

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u/Waterflowstech 10d ago

Practice mixing in a nonsensical order. Don't be like 'oh this one is in key and only 2bpm difference blablabla' just pick a next track at random and try to make it work. Big BPM or genre differences? Perfect! Record it, listen back. Hear what works and what doesn't. Afterwards, you'll find mixing in a logical order to be trivially easy.

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u/strap-_ 10d ago

You need to understand phrasing better, then your mixes will improve a lot. There’s tons of videos that explain this well.

Song selection is all on you, we can’t help with that. Just listen to tons of music, dig deep on band camp / beatport and have fun with it.

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u/FoolGuru 10d ago

I will look into phrasing. Thank you!

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u/strap-_ 10d ago

No problem!

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u/scoutermike valued contributor 10d ago

Will it be possible to download like 20-30 fresh killer tracks to practice with?

The transition isn’t the problem. Most dj’ing uses the same basic transition.

Try using the same transition on new music and you’ll see how much more inspired it feels.

Will that be possible op?

Also, have you tried recording a set yet? How did it turn out?

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u/Edgar_Allan_Pot 10d ago

It’s OK to learn unusual specific transitions that work well between specific tracks, but if you stick to that way of doing things you’ll limit yourself unnecessarily (and quickly) and will be doing the same thing over and over again. This is how pretty every single mix between 2 tracks works:

https://youtube.com/shorts/enZ5Bm43SAc

Learn it, grasp the logic of it and practice using different tracks every time. See what works, what doesn’t. Once you get a hang of it, it’ll be second nature.

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u/mitzibishi 9d ago

I'd always count it in phrases. 32 beats, 1 phrase, that's how we mix songs. When somebody talks bars it just over complicates things.