3 Easy DJ Transition Techniques To Mix ANY Genre!!

Mixing between two different genre's is a daunting task for DJ's, the difference in BPM's and energy can mean a simple beat match is often impossible. So how do you navigate between these genres?
In this video we break down three simple methods to allow DJ's of any ability to play open format!
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[@Crossfader]

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[@TheWade0416]

Ever consider (Christmas is almost here) a lesson on mixing a holiday music set?

[@majik1135]

What dj app is that on the phone in option 3

[@davemackinder6518]

@Ante Silovic a

[@PatiasPlays]

What do you recommend if I dont have Echo? I use Traktor Pro 3.5 and Traktor Kontrol S2Mk3

[@armaanlisa2574]

I need some Dj lessons

[@djdzkmusic]

Daniel Radcliffe teaches DJing

[@traikieuhp]

DJ Potter

[@take5transfat]

ur a DJ harry

[@alexb6139]

@@take5transfat I´m a what?

[@frvray2]

Harry Potter and the Chemistry of Sync

[@alexb6139]

Francis Ray V. Harry Potter and the chamber of house

[@FilmFreeze]

Transition 3 was def my favorite. The slowdown of the loop going into the intro of "How We Do" was so freaking cool

[@DJCrisisUK]

😂

[@PhoenixRealOne]

I read this comment before i reached 11:50 and was wondering why you liked it so much...stopped wondering at 11:58 😂 really nice stuff 👌

[@angeld7689]

Looping is a Savior for sure. I just never thought about using it like this👌 awesome idea

[@tariqjh]

That’s house beat is not the intro for how we do tho

[@launchpadmcquack98]

This guy looks like the perfect blend of Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy.

[@lediskjokey]

you mean the perfect "transition"

[@Trailer__Swift]

Post pandemic he be looking like present day Tom Felton...🥴

[@Unboxreviewwithpeter]

I watched about 20+ videos from a lot of channels for my beginner djing found it difficult. But this guy make it really simple to understand and repeat. Bravo man. Thank you so much.

[@scentfabs]

As a super beginner Dj, transition #1 blew my mind and 2 and 3 just pumped me up and got me even more excited to learn to DJ. Love Crossfader videos; everything is explained extremely well and eases up the anxiety of learning how to do this. Thank you!🙏 💕 #WeAreCrossfader #WeAreCrossfader #WeAreCrossfader

[@MrJmhess77]

You and me both!

[@djlovehaiti0196]

I would like to have one but I don't have the money to complete it, can help me please

[@djkevinbanger]

That last transition gave me goosebumps

[@MrSuperdrydrums]

Transition 3 is my favourite as it's the most natural for the listener and requires a bit more skill from the dj haha

[@777hiesler]

Wheres a video of you djing

[@dustintravis8791]

@SShaw6174 "Later on if you make mistakes people are more forgiving." - "You're welcome, sincerely Alcohol"

[@DJActionVasquez]

I use all three, but even though my favorite is the third one, I use the echo out more than any other technique. It's quick; it's easy and it gets the job done.

[@persiah7779]

Never knew about the tempo adjust on my RX....I always knew there had to be an easier way to adjust tempo down to a decimal point. Thank you!

[@HiFiInsider]

wish I had tutorials like this in the 90s when I started djing.

[@roan4454]

🤣🤣🤣

[@peterowbottom1110]

me too

[@alexteague3424]

We did... they were called "raves"

[@takt5]

Or echo out

[@yasminpena1388]

I absolutely love your videos, so patient and easy to understand. You have helped me a lot!

[@markgiddings8382]

#WeAreCrossfader . Love your clarity & explanation Jamie - Transition 3 is preferred choice...... & the one I'm now working on that's slowly coming to fruition . Thank you for your expert guidance and highly professional tuition !

[@broadwayLamb78]

Great video, thanks for the clear demonstrations. I just started learning DJing a couple days ago and I'm having a blast learning/practicing transition 2. Looking forward to trying out transition 3 once I get the hang of number 2.

[@avenuemaputo491]

Thanks alot Jamie - I have been practicing tip 3 and its just AMAZING - definitely a new GREAT skill! Cheers

[@krishnamahabir3333]

Fantastic tutorial for beginners. This is exactly what I needed. Thank you Crossfader. Very much appreciated. Subscribed.

[@djdaiz]

Always quality tutorials & mixes from crossfader 🔥🔥

[@kileym6976]

Learned transition 3 today! Thankyou the tutorial

[@Bullyboytattoo]

man i am happy i found the crossfader channel. your vids are all so helpful.

[@vrdnyn]

This video just made sense man. You're making this so straightforward for us. Much love !!

[@joedharma]

The first one was very useful for me. I didn't realise you had to pull the faders down for the echo to activate on these controllers. Definitely useful to know when I get my DDJ-1000! Thanks Crossfader!

[@KoenPiron]

Really like transition #2, definitely going to try that one in one of my mixes 😊 thanks for sharing this tip 🙏

[@TomMoran-mk4ss]

Loved both 2 and 3. Thanks !

[@jordanmili8332]

Brilliant thanks! Number 3 was my favourite 🔥

[@ls4life544]

Mixing tech 3 is my favorite. Seem to be more intricate but engaging the crowd.

[@clasyboy]

The 3 was prefect 👊👊👊

[@petervaniersel5091]

Love your transition lessons, especially number 3

[@Loud_And_Clear_My_Dear]

3rd transition is best! Love it!

[@mattmendes6087]

#WeAreCrossfader 1: Transition 1 is my favourite as it is so simple yet so effective. The other two transitions are really good too.

[@kaizerdragon3458]

#WeAreCrossfader So I have two favorites, transition 1 & transition #3. I actually took your beginner's course a couple of weeks ago and I have been using transition 3 quite a lot and it's my absolute favorite! I can create some amazing mixes to any genre 💕💕

[@yannickbenoit2237]

All awesome! Loved 3!

[@EatSleepDroneRepeat]

Absolutely number 3!!! You're making me and to pull my gear out right now and practice!

[@keithlee4963]

#WeAreCrossfader I’m going to have to go with 2 for it’s simplicity and it’s ability for a beginner DJ to switch genres easily (with some practice of course). I think learning the third transition is the most beneficial because it teaches so many skills at once i.e. tempo adjust, looping, and just learning your music. Thanks for using different controllers in this tutorial as well #WeAreCrossfader

[@marctatchell3951]

#wearecrossfader I enjoyed the the 3rd one the best I’ve just started the Rekordbox beginner course so once I’m comfortable mixing I’ll be trying these transitions for sure!

[@mzmccoy2065]

I like transitions two and three! Thanks for sharing this with us!

[@chuuska1972]

Great vid! Really needed this! Thanks...

[@85teemu]

Third was my favourite

[@etiennegroulx410]

#WeAreCrossfader My favourite was # 2 in terms of real-world use, and repeatability. # 3 is the most impressive but I wouldn’t want to do it more than once in a set. Great video, thanks!

[@sykromsmile6303]

Excellent DJ training.....I can use the 2 and 3 technics......Thanks so much....

[@iainstewart2102]

just excellent. your advice is the best out there

[@djrapid2688]

I like all 3 transitions but # I've been trying but not master it as yet. I also would like to see you do some transitions with dancehall and soca genres.

[@conchimelgosa2850]

All 3 are good, but my favourite is the second one. Keep like that, I have the Channel as one of my favourites.👏👏👏 I hope to be Lucky by the first time in my life.😉 Cheers from Spain.✋

[@alexc9497]

Thank you for the teaching . All sound good , but 3 is my favorite

[@user-gi3xj8nz3s]

I honestly think you guys put out some great 👍 Dj tips that help us newbies. I really like this video and the transition can’t wait to try out the 3 one ☝️ when I get home from work. Keep up the good work

[@michaelzepeda5506]

#wearecrossfader #1 transition is useful for quick cuts or mix from cue points #2 is good for open format djs as it utilizes echo location and fade away #3 is my preferred transition that is evenly balanced with tempo range control and 4 beat loops but a bit more complex to learn. Great tutorial and very insightful about bpm, tempo ranges, fader control, counting bars and transitions. 💯

[@michaelzepeda5506]

I typically use 1 & 3

[@djranx5519]

My favourite transition is mix 3. As the track playing slows down gets the crowd wondering, "whats he gonna play now?". Dope mix. Big shout-out to all the 'Crossfader' massive!

[@londalecarter3482]

Thank you! This really really helped!

[@alejandrocruz3068]

Man I really like your videos you really help us to improve our skills. The 3th method is the best. Thanks a lot!

[@fernandolorente5303]

#WeAreCrossfader my favorite transition is the 3rd one, u make some space for the next song and then u mix them 😍👌🏻

[@ginomangre4484]

i just got a ddj-400 and started practising everyday since this weekend. i used number 3 without knowing this is a thing done by dj's :0

[@walterfowler7557]

Thanks Jamie - Very informative. Transitions 1 & 2 I get... #3 will take some practice. I appreciate the guidance. All the best

[@juliemaw3354]

Great tips thank you , I liked the 3rd transition.

[@christ2664]

#wearecrossfader ..transition 3 is sooo good. im gonna use like crazy holy..i can totaly imagine a crowd going "WoW" when the melody slows and repeats

[@christ2664]

@Ryan Toth lol jokes on you ... I did at the club recently last Saturdayand some girl sucked my dick that night!! Lol jk..nah..but someone gave me a tip

[@shivendrasingh2862]

@@christ2664 well as a Dj you feel more confident about your skills if you did that but in reality, he's right, the crowd doesn't care. So yea it could be a personal learning experience that you can apply in your future sets to improve yourself as a DJ and you should care less what other people think of you cause they have no idea what are you trying to do.

[@jesusnaputi8868]

Great Tips! Thank You. I did enjoy all three, however, I appreciated the third transition best of all. Obviously it was/is the most difficult transition to master. But I can't be a great DJ if I just do the easy stuff!

[@fire34084]

Very easy to follow. Thanks!

[@AntonioCampbell]

Awesome techniques. I was looking for a video like this

[@DavidAneru90]

wish I had this video 7 years ago... just learned on my own

[@scottlevers6139]

#WeAreCrossfader Transition 3 This also works well the other way around, slow to fast. Also looping the intro beat on the incoming track and using sync to speed up/slow down while crossing the EQs over and releasing the loop to finish works well too. Great videos and ideas guys, thank you for what you do.

[@kwesiquick6894]

Dont touch sync.

[@scottlevers6139]

@@kwesiquick6894 why not? It's a tool available so why not use it for some transitions?

[@eduardojose8172]

Great techniques! Thanks man!

[@djnuahs4515]

Great video Jamie, transition 3 was awesome 🔥

[@ajaykala5783]

#WeAreCrossfader The 2nd transition is my favorite.

[@jchills4158]

Transition 3 👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽

[@valeriederbaudrenghien]

Great tutorial, you're a very good teacher. Thank you!

[@nicolefermor]

thank you so much for this video. just starting out but this makes it so much more approachable. ready to work on my ddj-200

[@mati_mc]

#WeAreCrossfader The echo out (#2) is my get-out-of-jail card, but if I can find a way, it's much better to get creative and use tone play, word plays, or at least sync them up like in #3.

[@killastrong]

I didn't like transition 1 because of needing to use a break in the music to go to the next song. I liked transition 2 a lot because I think the echo transition is a lot easier to use. Transition 3 was the coolest, but it would definitely take me some practice to get the loop, tempo, and song synced perfectly. I think the two songs you chose for that one would be a bit difficult for me because of the off-beat start of song 2. It had to be started on the 4 which would be kind of a weird count.

[@kiligsfm6200]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge

[@stevestewart2547]

love transition 3---im gonna work on this! thanks

[@Ghedion92]

#WeAreCrosfader Transition 1 is crucial for open format DJs!

[@CHRISDJS72]

Ghedion92 I agree, it kinda reminds me of when I had my first set of belt drives and a huge miss Mach of records, this was basically the only way I could do any mixing without it sounding like pots and pans

[@djmadwax]

Man I remember going every friday night at a club in Austin Texas to watch a DJ spin on technics 1200s trying to watch and learn.. 26 years later y’all got it in ten minutes on KZbin lol

[@rofenjava3162]

these are great, thank you for sharing! keep up the good work

[@Jorge-xy8do]

Wow thank you!! I’m going to try this!

[@SAMEEDEE56]

app at 13:21 *ON THE PHONE

[@DJERYMIX]

Would love a video on how to post a mixtape on KZbin without copyright issues 🥴

[@mikeoxlongdnb]

talk over it as much as you can and don't let it play solo more than like 10 seconds

[@djsonofibiza]

@@mikeoxlongdnb intresting mix tape thats gone be 😂🤣😂🤣

[@djsonofibiza]

there is a list on you tube were u can check if your song has copyright google it

[@DJERYMIX]

Dj Son Of Ibiza ok im gonna try that.

[@PunkzaMusic]

To post a mix all you have To do is put the artist, album, and title of each song. You can get all of those if you use recordbox by just going into the information of each song.

[@mojavisanz597]

#WeAreCrossfader Transition number 3. Great video like always guys! 👍🏼

[@vmth4101]

I love the last one transition, thank very much Jamie Hartley by you tutorials, do you are alway increible. -#WeAreCrossfader--!-

[@DJDEKU]

#wearecrossfader: 3 I really like number 3 cause the transition makes the song hit. Have to try this now.

[@ericthompson7387]

He also picked the cheapest smallest fader to do it on lol

[@bassoskat]

The first one seems like stopping and starting, there’s nothing then a huge difference in tempi out of nowhere, feels strange to my ears.

[@djrob_heath1399]

#wearecrossfader transition number 2. Great way to keep a set fresh and interesting! Awesome tutorial as always J 🔥

[@13cabritos]

Technique number 3 is awesome, thanks for the turorials 🔝

[@rudyowl8524]

The third worked perfecto

[@nicholaschicarielli4365]

What version of "How we do" is this? The intro is obviously different in the original version. Please help!

[@igoralencar5133]

Nicholas Chicarielli up

[@kraddoomsters]

Did you find it?

[@manasnair8063]

#WeAreCrossfader Transition no 1 😍 Really appreciate your hard work on intermediate course. This course focuses on basics which is the ultimate secret of pro djing . I wish i could also afford your advance course !

[@eclipsemusic13cadomusic2]

#WeAreCrossfader transition #3 is my favorite !!! I really love that one

[@edharkness]

I think you were late on all of them and screwed with the phrasing too much. I wouldn't have 4 counted a break on the 1st and just dropped it flush, on the second I would have set the echo effect to actually echo at the bpm of the incoming track and mix into the echo, then dropped the third transition in 8 beats earlier.

[@edharkness]

@@hoi5162 Right, I mean, why even try to advance yourself at all. If you read my comment and thought about it I think you will find it was quite constructive. You should give what I said a try and see if you think it sounds better before chiming in with your wonderfully toxic advice.

[@edharkness]

@@hoi5162 Whatever floats your boat champ. Have fun out there.

[@mondoantonio8730]

If you ask me your toxic

[@mondoantonio8730]

But no one is -.-

[@mondoantonio8730]

Not you him haaa

[@justseven3487]

I'd like to see you mix some break beat into dnb or italo disco to some techno shit. This EDM mixing is like playing tetris on level 1.

[@ayberkszr]

great techniques. well done!!

[@aileenreid5805]

Thank you. I am starting out and have to work with lots of different genres of music in each set. Really great to get examples of this and simple demo of the 'how to'.

[@danaoshana]

#3 is the best. 1,2 sounds like you have your iphone plugged in at a party and ur just switching the track, doesn’t sound natural

[@ofcdjmota6753]

danaoshana was saying the same lol like playlist on Spotify even tho the first two techniques were in a good controller and the last one was in a toy one 😂🥴

[@mikewright7964]

[comment so you get a higher chance of getting in related videos]

[@mohammednasser1090]

Thank you man for all the work and love you put in your videos. Im proud of you. Thank you very much you saved my party, i had the fear so i looked for some tips, the 3 one blowed my mind, i knew that all o had to do is to pick a track just on its 🔑key, but you gave me the key to freedom. I enjoyed every second of you explaining everything so it can be easy to catch. Made my life. Love and peace✌😘🌎💖🍃

[@0dq0]

Thank you. Very good presentation

[@highflyerballer7496]

all these transitions kill all the momentum and energy

[@jackparry249]

#WeAreCrossfader Technique No.3 is definitely a favourite for me. Creating suspense with the loop and then just dropping the next 🔥

[@gregoryscrydloff9024]

Very useful transitions, thank you!

[@aaronf.186]

That last technique was 🔥 Appreciate the tutorial my man

[@andrewkigen]

Thanks for the tips!

[@Chris_drumpin]

Thank you so much. That really helped

[@infelicitas]

this is like the only video I've found that makes it super easy to understand, transitions have been the hardest thing for me

[@danitaba2378]

love you jamie hartley and Thank you very much for training and helping us