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Learn Intros and Outros
Most dance songs will have an intro in which the music is going but the vocals are not at the beginning of the song, and a corresponding outro at the end. Mixing usually means blending one song’s intro with the outro of another. Knowing when an outro starts and an intro begins is critical to live-beat-mixing. But again, this is why it is important to know your music, not all songs have intros and outros.
Cue up the second song. Have your second song ready to go as your first one is winding down. Use one hand on the turntable or CD player’s pitch to adjust speed (if your BPMs don’t match) and put the other on the crossfader, so that the first song’s volume decreases as the second song’s volume increases.
For DJs that want to learn how to scratch
The decks can be used to find your place in a song when they’re queued up, or they can be used as pseudo-records to get your scratch on. There are baby scratches and scribble scratches and drags and scratches that work at different pitch levels. Get them all down before you head out there!
Certain songs and certain places in certain songs are prime for scratching, while others are terrible. Knowing when to scratch is like comedic timing: you’ll know it when it’s right and when it’s just wrong.
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