QUOTE(westokan @ May 15 2008, 05:46 PM)
same goes with 'keys', alot of top djs talks about 'key mixing', they dont actually analyse each and every tracks before mixing, with experience u can 'feel' which track suits better with the other.. as i said before, mixing is all about practice..
just my 2 cents worth which will be rounded up to 0 cent supaya jimat dan senang kira hehe
yes some people do analyse keys before they mix. what you have to do is use 'mixed in key' or if you have a good theory in music and have an ear you can know what key suits what other key, i dont doubt it. people can listen to a song just for a while and can tell you that a song is in i.e d-maj and so there are 3 other keys which will suit d-maj which are d-maj itself (obviously) g-maj and a-maj. i have friends which are pro musicians which can tell right away the key of the song the moment they hear it (good music background, thats why i envy them)
you see what this harmonic mixing thing does is to add another parameter on top of bpm to your crate. so for example when you are playing a set, you're in c-minor (track on air) so you can take another song which are f-min or g-min or c-min and depending on the crowd which you will have to read, pick a song based on bpm and keys which are compatible. (of course you can skip the part if you can utilise the djm-800's color effects which does the harmonics for you) and yes i can say that there are alot of djs big names ones whom uses this technique. i cant list them down for you if you want.
Ali 'Dubfire' from Deep Dish
Pete Tong from BBC Radio 1
Hernan Cattaneo
DJ Prince
Kaskade, from Hed Kandi
Kuffdam
Blank & Jones
bla-bla-bla
MixedInKey also reports that DJ Mag has posted results of their Top 100 DJ poll, and nine of the top 20 DJs now use harmonic mixing.
http://www.djmag.com/index.php?op=top_100&story=homein my own opinion. having techniques in mixing accounts up to only 30% of your whole performance but picking the right songs or a good song selection will amount up to 70% of the performance.
i am sure you wouldn't want to hear a fantastic beatmixing dj whom plays rubbish songs aren't you? and most non-dj people dont give a nuts if you have great skills in beatmixing or not, if you realise they care more about the music that is being played. i have heard plenty of djs whom just slam songs in all night long but still get good crowd response. its because the music that dj chosed was good.
a good dj comes prepared into a club with his library sorted out nicely. so yes they do have analyse every track. as a professional dj, people are paying you, so they have some professional ethics in them to be diciplined enough to deliver the best sets you can night after night, so if harmonic mixing improves your sets why not use it?
but the 'feel' you are saying is another consideration you have to look at on top of the ones mentioned earlier. but yes i also do agree that to a certain extend it might be difficult to incorperate harmonics mixing in to live sets mainly because the song you know that is going to rock the house is not key-compatible (this is where the djm-800 comes in handy. somebody sponsor me one!!!
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i also agree that the feel of a song is really important into deciding on what song to play next.
also i will have explain that harmonics will not dictate your song selection but instead it only will serve as a tool to help you decide a compatible song.
but in a studio environment, harmonic mixing is a preference especially when you can preprogramme your mixes.
This post has been edited by procontavia: May 16 2008, 02:13 AM 
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