-DJ HELP WITH PHRASE MIXING HOUSE TUNES.

All right, I'm going to do a bit of a phrase mix here. Now, first of all, very important, there are three top do's when you're forming some kind of a mix, and I will say this again and again and again until it's drilled into your head. The first one, the numero uno, first priority is in key, second one is in time, same BPM or BPMs that match, half time, double time. The third one, of course, is in phrase. So the key mixing is vital because that will keep the vibe of the mix. Second one, BPM, same BPM or half time or double time. That makes sure you don't have what's known as a bit of a train wreck. And the third one, which is what I'm going to go over now, is to make sure it's in phrase. So you don't have melodies over melodies, vocals over vocals, bass line over bass line, and so on. Two tracks on the right hand side, Big Boy Pants, the original mix. On the left hand side, Endless Luminosity, the original mix. There will be information on these two tracks in the description. Let's have a listen towards the end of Big Boy Pants. So let's set a cue point there. So that, by the sounds of it, is the beginning of the next phrase or a new phrase. Now if you're not familiar with phrase mixing, what you need to do is have a listen to your tracks, and what I want you to do is maybe find a point in one of your favourite tracks where there's a definite change. For example, the beginning of the break, the end of the break, the beginning of the chorus, the end of the chorus, and then start counting as follows. 1, 1, 2, 3, 2, 1, 2, 3, 3, and so on. What you should find is you'll get to an 8, you'll get to sometimes a 12, but more than likely it will be an 8, 16, 24, or 32, and you'll hear another change. Now that is the phrase in your track. There is no defined definite. Every phrase is 8, 8, 8, 8, and 8, or 16, and 16. It depends, A, on the track, and B, also on the overall time of the track. So if you have a lot of your songs that are three and a half minutes, they will be the radio versions, and your phrasing, you will find, will be more like two bars and four bars. When you go over four and five minutes, then the phrasing is more likely to be 8s, 16s, 24s. So from here... Like a big boy panther! 1, 1, 2, 3, 2, 1, 2, 3, 3, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 5, 1, 2, 3, 6, 1, 2, 3, 7, 1, 2, 3, 8, 1, 2, 3, 9, 1, 2, 3, 10, 1, 2, 3, 11, 1, 2, 3, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 1, 1, 2, 3, change, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, another change there. Okay, so let's go to that change there. 1, 1, 2, 3, 2, 1, 2, 3, 3, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 5, 1, 2, 3, 6, 1, 2, 3, 7, 1, 2, 3, 8, 1, 2, 3, 9, still got the melody in the background, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16. There, melody finishes. Okay, 16 bars from this point here, and that sort of like very meandering melody finishes in the background. Let's have a listen to the beginning of Endless Luminosity. 1, 1, 2, 3, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, no, listen. Okay, so there you go, we've got that little kind of melody in the background. Alright, again, I'm going to give you two seconds to work out exactly what I'm going to do. Sorted it? Good. Right, so all we're going to do is from this point here, I'm going to start Endless Luminosity. That's it. So, if I've counted correctly, as soon as the melody finishes there, the melody will take over on the other side. It's that simple. Seriously, it is actually that bloody simple. Here we go. Maybe take the bass out a bit on the tracks coming in. I'm just going to filter out Big Boy Pants. There you go. Alright, any info on the tracks, don't forget to check out the description, practice and enjoy. Thank you very much. I'll just play you a little bit more of this guy here.