How to DJ with Zero Preparation! - Melodic House and Techno Set

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When you DJ do you set cue points and pre plan your set or do you just load your tracks onto the decks and jam and see what happens? In todays video I jam a 30 minute Melodic House and Techno DJ set without any preparation. This video will help level up your no prep DJ game.

[@ClubReadyDJSchool]

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[@Traku25]

Big thank you Andrew, I had my first performance in front of a crowd this weekend, you helped me a lot. I salute you, your teaching helped me lot!

[@jaemiem]

Broooo. I got my first gig in a few months. Quietly shitting myself! Haha. No matter how prepared I feel I am, I can not shake that feeling!

[@lynescheah2448]

Congrats man!

[@Traku25]

@@jaemiem I understand you perfectly, I had the same thing, just do it, go with the croud. The first song will be full of nerves, but after that, it will be magical and lots of fun. Have a beer or something before 😉

[@Traku25]

@@lynescheah2448 thank you!

[@GrizzlyBitcoin]

I have learned a lot from you man. I love the way you teaching and laughing

[@ClubReadyDJSchool]

I appreciate that

[@КонстантинЛевченко-м5й]

Андрик(так на русском слэнге звучит имя Андрей), ты настолько гениальный преподаватель, что зная английский (с середины на половину., слэнге))) я отлично усваиваю твои уроки и многому на них научился. Big thank you BRO 🤝

[@ClubReadyDJSchool]

I had to enter the text into a translation app but on reading - THANK YOU!!

[@Weencas]

Hey Andrew, would you consider doing a bit of disco house sometime in the future? It’s a bit tricky as there’s always quite a bit of vocals there and intros can be shorter too. Would love to see you jam to some of those tunes. I’m sure you’d crush it, but would be fun to see you go at it

[@ClubReadyDJSchool]

Great idea, give me a few weeks but yes.

[@jcapo1803]

yayyy DDJ-1000 gang rise up!!!

[@petrolheaven67]

Happiest guy on utube

[@Ellipse_is]

Hey ClubReady, huge fan now. You just showed progressive mixing in a way that NOBODY ELSE on the internet does. Thank you so much.

[@mikedeitz4864]

Greetings Andrew.. I'm a new subscriber with zero regrets. The verbal and visual walk thru is exponentially appreciated as well as motivating.I practice on the fly everyday for 45 minutes to an hour..Well most days lol. I'm still sort of new and self taught for the time being.

[@mnh280]

me too! The self taught bit.. not so much the practising :D You took the words right out of my mouth! Was brilliant!

[@nickdeeken]

Andrew, big thanks to your positivity. Everytime I start watching a video of you, I'm smiling :)

[@ClubReadyDJSchool]

Wow, thank you!

[@ReverendHellbilly]

I can't imagine not being preped. Or not having cue point. Your the man. Cheers mate 🥃🍻

[@susiehancorn811]

I'd say the number one piece of advice is know your tunes. In fact I think every dj owes this much to their audience above all else. If you're playing across different genres transitioning can be a real challenge and knowing the structure of every track inside out allows you to pick out potential mixing points in your mind well in advance. No cue points, key matching, waveform or any other prep needed, just select the winners, don't overthink it and bang em out. Have to say also, in my day double drop meant something slightly different. Cheers, Al (Susie's worse half)

[@mistamist]

That double drop comment hahaha gold

[@stephanwoginger1913]

Bob Ross is still going! Great video man!

[@QUINEX1]

Wow what a good tracklist. You have the best DJ tutorials on KZbin.. learned so much from youre videos and set like this!

[@ClubReadyDJSchool]

I appreciate that!

[@per19963]

I didn't like the start that much but after that... god damn, what a set. Amazing dj and work. Congrats!! Incredible you freestyled this this out

[@theaverageguy3884]

26:40 i just love that Tiesto remix ❤

[@Del-Blanco-Diablo]

Yeah I've recently started mixing with tracks I've never listened too in my life and its been fun I've had few complete car wrecks but its too be expected when you're mixing music you've never heard before.

[@UndeadBoogie]

DJs that work out sets are oblivious to what it takes to make a good dj. Reading the crowd and feeling their energy and picking the right song for that exact moment.

[@timclarkmain4561]

I NEVER PREP. I just pick my first song and go; reading the audience. I hate cues. That is what headphones are for; I like the pressure of only 3 minutes to figure things out per transition.

[@vince-1337]

Dude... this mashup Stylo x Fabrication gives me goosebumps ! Insane as always, keep it !

[@rafaelpastoriza8540]

The song at 24:00 is amazing

[@daenbrown830]

not sure how long you've been in the game but this is what djing was pre all the fancy stuff you new your tunes and you could mix them in in multiple places sometimes creating something unique in the moment. this should be the basics of anyone starting out...there seems to be too much formulaic mixing when it should be done with your ears and the feel it.

[@DjayZaJay]

Remember the feeling using DN-2000f and CDJ CDJ-100s does time feels awesome classic, miss the old times. Love your vid helped me a lot with new age technic.

[@dineshkundu4623]

No where I felt like it was not prepared, u are doing a amazing job

[@gregoryhorn]

I love your energy in the videos. At some point I will buy your courses

[@ClubReadyDJSchool]

Thanks Greg that'd be a good decision :)

[@christianheld9720]

Whilst waiting for my gear watching you mix starts to make sense right now. And awesome sauce mix!

[@cvanley]

Yeah bro I've been having this issue, I make mixes for a local radio station every other week and I want to use new stuff every time so I'm downloading stuff in the week days, listening to them few times and then using them. This keeps things fresh and exciting for me but it's definitely gone a bit wrong on numerous occasions. Not that much beatmatching wise just the timings and stuff. Vocal overlaps.. upbeat high energy snares kicking in at full volume a part I really shouldn't have them that loud. Playing intro outro keeps this kinda safe but that will make a boring mix. Just dropping the energy. It's fun still but I've been in trouble few times running out of time, recording them on the day they air and then having these mistakes and canceling recording around 45min in it.. can be demotivating for sure!

[@DJStanSteel]

Genius at work!

[@ClubReadyDJSchool]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@AlienShine]

I love mixing without prep

[@karlojones8507]

Freaking love your attitude, passion, way of explaining, well, simply, all you do! Can't wait to save up some money, I'm dying to get your course!

[@ClubReadyDJSchool]

Thank you, I appreciate this and I'm certain you'd make a good addition to the Tribe!

[@illustrationmaking]

Huge thankyou for this! I’ve hardly touched my gear in the last few months because of covid. Feeling somewhat guilty because I didn’t want to put the effort into cue points when I hadn’t got a clue when the next gig would be. But my love has been the fun of mixing new stuff on the fly, chasing the next record before the current one loses interest, then working out how to make them work together through the eq and Fx/looping. Sometimes multi decking. But the message coming through from other channels was cue up… or fail. This has reinispired me that there is a valid reason to do this and it’s fine! Thank you!

[@stillmonkey_]

Another epic walk-through and your joy from beginning to end is contagious man!

[@ClubReadyDJSchool]

Thank you

[@pumpkin1escobar]

Started mixing like a month ago but I just love mixing and dancing so I basically do everything on the fly but instead of just mixing it, I'm setting the cue points of the next song mid set by looking at the waveform and just kind of shoving one 32ish beats where I think it'll work lol. Good video, this was a good explanation of what I do and how to actually start thinking about it rather than my throwing a dart at the board lol.

[@everdark8399]

Do this with beatjump, and you're good to go

[@CerealTuesday]

Great video Andrew, thanks. There’s no doubt that setting cue points etc properly prepares you for playing live or recording. I do however just jam some tunes without cues and quite often creative DJ skills can develop accidentally.

[@joegadberry3924]

Yes

[@djchangeagent8975]

🙂Approved by Change Agent☺

[@daz1000]

Bloody brilliant as usual. Great vid. Always love the way you lose yourself in it and start your trade mark dance moves . Quality 👍🏼👍🏼

[@jackedkerouac4414]

Liking for future reference. Getting back into it after 8+ years I'm too obsessed with preparation. I'm also constantly making playlists by key lol. Great tutorial though Andrew props my dude

[@ClubReadyDJSchool]

You got this!

[@RJ4987]

Big respect Andrew, the videos are always full of energy and I’ve finally built the confidence to put my stuff out there thanks to you!

[@marcosvelez4148]

I was already curious about DJing without prep work. Excellent! Thank you!

[@just_driven9434]

I just started my journey 2 weeks ago and I've only been doing unprepared. I want to know my tracks and understand music theory and phrasing. I've been jumping between genres and have been all over the place. It sounds terrible a good bit of the time, but then I pull something off and it's super rewarding.

[@ClubReadyDJSchool]

The solution's right in front of your nose: www.clubreadydjschool.com/club-ready-dj-course/

[@7urbo1azer]

This is a great vid, thx for this. I'm a fan of the free flow on the fly style myself.

[@prettymigzu]

Great video as always!! Can you do a video on mixing classic housea and disco with aspect of shifting BPMs, loads of vocals and the tracks having like sax solos etc! Your take on that would be great and interesting!!

[@dcorrigan120]

Andrew ❤️ the EQ work 😎😎✌️✌️

[@DjRealll]

I would love to see you do a video touching on being prepared for gigs by way of expecting the unexpected with equipment. Obviously, majority of clubs use pioneer gear and is most often CDJ2000/2000NXS but on more than one occasion over the last few years, i've turned up to gigs only to find more obscure equipment. Everything from other brand decks to just very old equipment such as CDJ350s and all sorts of random mixers. Making sure they are prepared that the equipment they're playing on (especially if only playing a small bar/pub) may not be the industry standard gear they've been prepping for gigs with.

[@ClubReadyDJSchool]

I'll do my best :)

[@djisizzle]

Really insightful help. This is very helpful if you take a job last minute and for some reason don't have the time to organize your playlist. Thanks for making and uploading this. greatly appreciated.

[@Ruby_Mullz]

I think the trick to mixing unprepared is always having a fail safe. So if you’re struggling to mix out of a song, u can always use an effect to fade into a popular tune. That way u can get the energy back up f the set was getting a bit dead. What I also do is use a playlist I’m familiar with and listen to casually, for example I love dnb so I just listen to my playlist all the time and think of what would mix well, then when I’m on the decks, although I don’t have a plan, I still just know what mixes well and can just naturally flow between tracks.

[@ClubReadyDJSchool]

Well said!

[@mehdibenayed7715]

very nice mate , thanks for sharing your knowledge

[@cameronflynn1176]

Please do a Jungle Mix !!!!!!!!!!!!!! love your videos

[@ClubReadyDJSchool]

Coming soon!

[@Antero88]

Don't normally comment but this is a fantastic video. Learnt a lot! Keep up the good work

[@flintwestforest1476]

can tell you love doing what you do keep it up man , great vid as always

[@ClubReadyDJSchool]

I appreciate that!

[@ChrisConnop]

Time Stamp - Track list - Deck 00:00 Intro Part 1 02:17 Example - Adana Twins - Uncompromising (Original Mix) Left Deck 02:59 Example - Alan Fitzpatrick & Lawrence Hart - Warning Signs (CamelPhat Extended Mix) Right Deck 04:18 Intro Part 2 08:33 Alan Fitzpatrick & Lawrence Hart - Warning Signs (CamelPhat Extended Mix) Right Deck 09:23 Sian Evans - Hide U (Tinlicker Extended Remix) Left Deck 11:40 Fabrication - Hot Foot (Original Mix) Right Deck 16:23 Angelov - Retrida (Original Mix) Left Deck 19:25 Energy 52 - Cafe Del Mar (Tale Of Us Renaissance Remix)(Original Mix) Right Deck 22:18 ARTBAT - Prometheus (Original Mix) Left Deck 25:14 Faithless feat. Nathan Ball & Caleb Femi - I Need Someone (Yotto Extended Remix) Right Deck 27:41 Matador & ARTBAT - Apollo 11 (Original Mix) Left Deck 30:59 Mushroom Cake & BOHO - Mad Honey (Original Mix) Right Deck 33:46 ARTBAT - Upperground (Original Mix) Left Deck 36:18 Fabrication - When Pigs Fly (Original Mix) Right Deck 38:29 Stylo & Space Motion - Player (Original Mix) Left Deck 40:45 Outro

[@jaemiem]

Not all heroes wear capes!

[@chrisdelio]

thanks

[@windsailor]

Thanks!

[@leemurphy2082]

Chris you are a legend mate.

[@brent685]

Man you are really fun to watch. Thanks for what you do. I have two questions. 1) How did you line up that drop replace near the beginning. 2) I don’t know key. Are you mindful of key in these non prep sets? Great work and keep smiling, it helps us all more than you know :)

[@ClubReadyDJSchool]

Haha phrasing is the key and it's not only taught but conditioned so it comes naturally in my courses :)

[@brent685]

@@ClubReadyDJSchool ill be taking your course very soon :)

[@ajayallam5858]

This is something we all need to know for any unplanned event or opportunity 😉

[@silvinodino]

or just recycle a previous set xD

[@mnh280]

I've just come across you for the first time. You are awesome! I resonate with everything that you say, it's like you're in my head haha. Thank you for these videos. Love your passion and understanding of the music. I would love to have lessons with you, :D I have nearly every one of these tracks you played:) It's my genre to play mostly, so it was good to watch your mixing styles, with the same music I play! :) Are you in Australia? Come to Perth please :) haha

[@helly_666]

Quality Tracks and performing, i do it always like this, its the most fun way, thanks for this i really enjoyed this set, i flown away in to space ;) ❤

[@drebin2003]

Another cracking vid Andy top tunes as well👍😄

[@ClubReadyDJSchool]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@GL-152]

Amazing set Andrew. Purchased your course a few weeks ago. If i can be half as good as you then its money well spent. I love your aura. Promotes such positive vibes. Keep up the good work. Best KZbinr out there 😎🎧 🙌🙌

[@ClubReadyDJSchool]

Awesome, thank you!

[@lordcarloshere]

As a bedroom DJ who also does unprepared sets, I never start with the first beat. While you main track is playing you have time to find a drop in the incoming track, set a hot cue, go back 16 bars and set another hot cue. Maybe set some more further out if applicable. 16 bars after a drop on main track, start mixing in new track over 16 bars. Works on most modern house and electro tracks. Can get boring fast if you just do that. But it work and is simple.

[@FernandesRafael1]

I'm a bedroom dj as well lol and yeah pretty much. I'm too lazy to set hot cues and all so always when i'm playing im always on the fly. and if you ask me thats the fun of it. Some ppl try to make it seem like its harder than it is tho.

[@Aidyba81]

Great thoughts and direction. Doing mixes on the fly needs some structural - definitely key your tracks and denote if they are start / mid or Peak. It’s straightforward- but having a dj set as a performance/story is much more rewarding. Ala Sasha San Francisco 💕

[@joegadberry3924]

You meanstart/mid peak as in when in the set you would play that song?

[@Aidyba81]

@@joegadberry3924 yes correct.

[@christaylor7314]

Oh yeah!

[@peppecalvo]

18:31 for thing like this i love the beat jump feature

[@Ruby_Mullz]

Agreed it’s an actual saviour sometimes!

[@de_umigste]

amazing! how did you count or anticipated that the drop of artbat and tale of us will be at the same time?

[@VeteranTreeGroup]

Very cool visual editing mate really enhanced the video for me. As always your enthusiasm is infectious (in a good way!)

[@KnightmareOX]

Phenomenal set as always Andrew. Especially loved that its to my favorite genre right now. You always give me new songs to download lol. When it comes to practicing I do cue point prep first then stream on twitch to practice live but without a planned track list. I find it lets me get to know the songs and organically discover tracks that work well together. When i try something in a mix and find it works really well or find that i should add or move certain cues i take notes right then so that i can make the changes later. Keep being inspiring! Much love professor

[@philipparker5291]

Great job mister! I've learned a lot from your channel and your vibe is genuinely awesome :).

[@philipparker5291]

Gave it a try today: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKeYlI2iasqNfLc Far from perfect, but I prefer spontaneous mixing over meticulous planning! :D

[@denesglavatity2645]

Great content as always Andrew! Could you do one of these with Drum & Bass? Breakdowns tend to be more busy, could be interesting to see proper EQ work there.

[@ClubReadyDJSchool]

Good idea!

[@newmonengineering]

You do some awesome teaching and a great demo here. Do you have any video where you have your headset as what you hear so I can hear what you do when you do something like this?

[@ClubReadyDJSchool]

Not yet!

[@Atem_S.]

that was sweet!!

[@jeroenbaan8129]

Love your videos, really helpful. I see you don't turn the low end eq off of the secondary track, why do you do this and is it a wrong if you do?

[@ClubReadyDJSchool]

I like keeping some warmth in, but do what feels right to you.

[@MattRaeburn93]

Ahhh man love this video. I always try and mix like this because it's so much fun. Jump on whenever and jam. What are you looking for/how do you get the drops to line up. I struggle so much with that! Love the videos, keep them up!

[@DjPrespley]

eq gang!

[@DjPrespley]

the best thing about eq is that you control the intensity

[@_niick12_]

Great video!!

[@robertnickel4238]

Hey great video, could someone please tell me how you get the tracks that are in key with the current track to show up green in the playlist??

[@ClubReadyDJSchool]

I thought I had a video about this but in short: make sure key is selected in settings / analyses and if not select it and re-analyse all your tracks. Then there's a master button you need to select - actually a bit hard to explain here I'm pretty sure I did a video about this you may have to look for it, otherwise it's in my course 100% :) :)

[@cooperwright707]

Is best matching just more fun and authentic or are there other benefits?

[@ClubReadyDJSchool]

it comes in handy when using old gear that don't who BPM decimal points :) also when tracks analyse BPM incorrectly and you have to rely on your ears.

[@flose0244]

does anyone know how I activate the red markers at the beginning of each bar? I cant find them on serato dj pro but i think they are very helpful in terms of visualization the beatmatch

[@robdawg86]

How did you organize the tracks prior to starting the first track? By key (low to high) or by BPM?

[@ClubReadyDJSchool]

By feel :)

[@macijane236]

Hell yeah !

[@MrAhmetsani]

why Artbat is dominating the melodic house janra? :)

[@tomshorten589]

Hi Andrew! The vids are fantastic and I love the energy you bring! Was just wondering if you do any drum and bass mixing?

[@ClubReadyDJSchool]

100% check out my earlier videos, some dope DNB in there!

[@slemaster11]

I only mix without prep.

[@radd91]

Hi! Great video, thanks for that Bro :) I have a question, how did you know how many bars these breaks have on each deck (33:47)?

[@knaaispaaier]

It’s a guess! Looking at the waveform + phrasing allows you to make educated guesses and hopefully it will line up perfectly

[@ClubReadyDJSchool]

Yes Knaai is correct, it's an educated guess by looking at the waveforms

[@FernandesRafael1]

basically how to dj.

[@tonycammie1269]

The kamikaze approach can work sometimes and you can create some amazing sounds... But here's the down side... Trying to replicate the same sound.... I. E I'm all hype kamikaze the bomb... And I'm not remembering where I did the mix or bass swop... If I applied a different fx... Of if the song was played in a different key to match the tack before the bomb part. But I suppose if you having fun you'll keep coming back and trying when things go wrong.

[@ClubReadyDJSchool]

well said!

[@scirocca8053]

❤🎉😊

[@FelipeGusOfficial]

🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@peppecalvo]

wasn't we talk about be free doing practice? probably i misread the survey....

[@BB-pf2cs]

Studio set DJ course set Secure tripod that doesn't bounce, needed 🤣😶😶

[@ClubReadyDJSchool]

You've got this!

[@adambloomer4758]

That Prometheus track by Artbat is terrible. Sorry if that offends anyone. I actually thought Andrew had brought another track over the top by accident.

[@nobbystyles4807]

what does he mean with zero prep????? ive been djing for over 35 years and i dont think ive ever once "prepped" a set. you either know your music and know what to do with it or you dont, simple. this guy is just making videos for teh sake of it. if you look in the description he has a link to a PAID dj course. which i bet is just advice you can get for free anyway. this guy is a charlatan DO NOT give him your money!!!

[@DJXentar]

Hey Andrew, how did you know by 22:06 that this is the exact Point, where you have to start your next song that they run perfect together from timing? Is there a "Bar left till drop" option i dont see or can you count them somehow? i dont get it..Or is it just skill? Big thanks for your time, passion and hard work mate.. Much love from Germany.

[@ClubReadyDJSchool]

I'll do a video about this asap!

[@DJXentar]

@@ClubReadyDJSchool man, that would be awesome! Can i donate you something somehow? Thanks very much for your Help ❤

[@ClubReadyDJSchool]

@@DJXentar If you wanted to donate, may as well buy my course as your question is answered in detail in the course haha: www.clubreadydjschool.com/club-ready-dj-course/

[@DJXentar]

@@ClubReadyDJSchool I will, I'm student and will save my Xmas money for you 😂 see ya

[@trafigekapalalan5554]

@@ClubReadyDJSchool i was scrolling down for same question, do we have a video now😅?