DJ Tutorial,How to structure your mix

www.djtutor.com/counting
Take your mix from a good mix to a pro mix.
in this tutorial we look at counting the bars /phrases in the toons.
By counting the b/ ph at the beginning and end of each toon can help you with the structure of your mix and take it to the next level.
right cdj, Andre Harris " is it music" vocal mix.
left cdj, junior Jack (stupidisco) " Dare me"

[@jasystems]

Dude, What a great and easy way to count bars. I always heard about counting 32/64 beats, but the term is actually bars. Then there's phrases... this makes all the sense in the world! Thanks again ! Jose A. Miami, Florida - USA

[@goonervillegonad3662]

I always brought it in after every 64 bars. Worked it out for myself as a kid. I understood structure of songs as a young child. If you have to be taught it, you don't feel it, and youll always mix like a robot regardless.

[@goonervillegonad3662]

Tilen P. You want some?

[@ElDaumo]

Goonerville Gonad bs

[@goonervillegonad3662]

karottenkoenig Keep practicing mate. You might get there.

[@goonervillegonad3662]

Oh ffs, please. Two decks are not a fucking musical instrument by any stretch of the imagination. Behave lad.Another bod with no rhythm chimes in!

[@heathgolden1035]

Goonerville Gonad

[@JuttMC]

This was absolutely amazing mate. Massive props.

[@a3s3s3s]

i watched this video a couple of months ago, and i had no idea what he was talking about..but im watching it right now and i completly understand everything. Thats wat Practise n Njoy-ing gets you!

Started practising for a month when i've just bought my axis 4s and my vmx 200...you're the best teacher...thanks for inspiring me! ;) Cheers from Hungary!

[@G10R6Y0]

You are great DJ.. I think there are few DJs around who want to teach the beginners but they do not think that they too were once like us .... i respect you, you are great ....

[@MrSneppe]

ellaskins, you sir are a hero, because i know some cocky dj's who think everyone's in there for himself, but you help beginning dj's by explaining all kinds of think from how to beatmatch, to how to scratch, ty so much

[@dwilt4rville]

You are fabulous. You explain things so well. I will be following your videos for as long as you put them out. Thank you for being so thorough.

[@gosuyun]

man just wonderful! love your way of explaining and your straight and clear way of thinking and speaking! thanks for the tipps

[@skv0ra]

I noticed that on my own, but through knowing my tracks and intuition. Awesome and clear tutorial on the concept, kudos!

[@spindel2268]

yo bro good work! your post is prob. the most helpful and thought out tutorial I've seen. thanks for all your help trying to make others become a better dj. hopefully we all thank you for your hard work and dedication to the music and teaching others become better Dj's.

[@philly8301]

Jonathan, you said in one of your videos that you do not consider yourself the best dj in the world, But i think that is the complete opposite, because the best dj would have all the creativity and knowledge that you put in your videos, and to top it off the skill to make any party overload with excitement, the knowledge that you gave me by watching your videos made me expand my creativity, knowledge and motivation to become professional,Thank you very much and keep up the good work

[@BoxMonsters]

one of the best tutorials i've seen so far mate, keep up the good work :)

[@sterlingrollins5498]

youre the best teacher for anything dj perhaps in the world. thank you for youre thousands of videos

[@TheMattBourbon]

Great video and great advice thanks man. I going to go work on my pro mix now!

[@JRowland14]

your the definition of passion bro, love your stuff

[@DjCapnWolf]

Man, that sounds so sweet! Awesome! Thanks so much for the tips. Your advice on structure is very sound, and right on. I'll keep on practicing and... enjoying! Cheers, mate!

[@SMDesignNZ]

You are an absolute inspiration to get into this. Thank you very much.

[@triacam]

I'm new to beatmixing. This is the best tutorial i've seen yet. thank-you :)

[@ellaskins]

to kakejelly, like a few people have said 99% of dance is quite well structured so just so long as you bring in the next toon in on time/ bar/phrase you will be fine , but this sort of mix is the kind of thing you would do for a pro cd.

[@connorxduddy]

great skills man, seriously. every video is great!

[@rfcbarry88]

this makes perfect sense :D this is what mixing is all about i loved it when i tried to mix 2 tunes together without structuring it and it was just messy this guy has great knowledge and i respect him cheers john ;)

[@schmatzkeks]

You're doing a great job at creating tutorial-videos! :D And I like how the place you're filming at just looks like your house is FULL of instruments and stuff :D each time another place and other stuff. Great!

[@riddmkidd]

Thank you for posting this! paying attention to phrase lengths is something that few djs seem to focus on. too many times i've been grooving to a track and feeling the phrases and the next song cuts in halfway through a phrase killing the climax of a buildup. keep posting videos!

[@th3juic3isloos3]

Awesome vid, all your videos are good but this is by far the most important one. Every dj no matter what skill level must understand these principals.

[@leewalkerphotog]

first of all thanks for all the tutorials its down to you that i even know how to cue a track the way you explain things is just brilliant every dj should watch these videos because after a while every thing you teach becomes second nature and you dont even have to think about it and ultimatly we all become better djs cheeeers

[@audiodust01]

Great Tutorials man and quite entertaining to watch. Thumbs up!

[@energypy]

I'm trying to be a Dj.. and this guy is really my hero!!!! and the worst part is that I'm not a native english speaker... but I understand the vidio and try to do my best thank you so much!

[@minimalist34]

i think this is a great tutorial for any dj starting out because understanindg the actual structure within in the beats makes a djs mix that much more smooth, took me awhile to get the hang of it, i could beat match perfectly fine but one day it just clicked ever since then its easy to see how tracks link up to a certain point and a nasty drop is imminet!

[@slamdownwarfare]

it seems to be pretty easy! ^^ love all your videos mate

[@DVIOUSD1]

jonathan you tell it how it is ...love ya vids man.....helped me loads dude safe bro

[@GCH1993]

mate your videos are brilliant!

[@Tubbergen]

Thanks for the tutorial. It helped me a lot. I´ll practice!

[@mastermayday]

Thanks for the vid! I gave it a shot and came up with a decent mix. Cheers man!

[@Johnmad86]

very articulate! I like it said simple and understandable like you tell it. Nice work!

[@digby3573]

You are on the ball dude, thanks.

[@digital-alchemist]

Great advice. Well done tut

[@twrea]

Outstanding, totally on point!!

[@traxonwax]

This is the part of being self tought that I ever got. But I'm learning. Great Video!

[@IOWPCV]

Great video j. !

[@rob8302]

hi thanks for all your videos they are a big help

[@DKF22]

OMFG AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!! I always tried doing this but could never figure it out how to line them properly

[@bcd303]

i think this is the best vid you have done!.

[@Edo87]

Great teaching, best tutorial i have found

[@brettland]

very good stuff J. thanks.

[@dev2down]

Omg you are one off the best Technical Advisor ever, and your trick its simple, go back to the roots off the logic of music and practice and enjoy till your fullfill your own satisfaction great work almost finish to see all your vids and its to much !!!

[@momeio]

absolute legened. cheers mate.

[@Biggithor1]

Dude thank you for the tutorial videos!

[@Yamakoto120]

Incredible !

[@24NeoLeo]

That is one of the best tutorials ever! Every sentence you said was just spot on and gave me all the facts! Are you a teacher?

[@FiPoSan]

fantastic ellaskins thanks for all your vdos

[@tigreoo7]

AWESOMEEEEEEEEE MAN .. YOU R THE BEST..

[@ruimana81]

Very Importante this video,

[@richardp1233]

Great Tutorial! subscribed :D

[@TheLow008]

Mad vids!!! Just curious, I wanna start mixin and need to now what its gunna set me back for a beginners kit kinda thing. Can someone help me out on what I need without breaking the budget?

[@masaharu10k]

fantastic fantastic!!

[@sasmihaly]

i know it's an old video but, great help for the beginners! Thank You!!

[@Ulyssestnt]

Man this is actually very good advice,where were you when I abandoned DJ'ing to go join the military?

[@djfrostbyte7389]

Thank you so much!!!

[@djdamage514]

i don't need help with my mixes.. but you're entertaining to watch nonetheless.. i appreciate the passion you put into what you do.. keep it up

[@g000we]

Very good. :). It sounded professional to me!

[@PineappleCrusher21]

Does anyone have a link to ellas' live set? Be it audio or video (extra points for a soundcloud), I would love to listen to him do a full set as I'm sure it's amazing. These tutorials are amazing. Keep em coming!

[@bigBthejambo]

what a legend, cheers

[@djajnky]

thnx a lot for this this will deffintly help in plyng.....thnx

[@MrSteel801]

excellent video

[@FectoReviews]

So J, how can we take this advise and do this on the fly? What you construct in your bedroom, may not be what the crowd wants to hear, so how do you apply this in a live improv situation so you can be 100% free behind the decks playing to the crowd? I need big help with this.

[@daphunkphenomenoable]

you are the man thumbs up

[@cmsstacker123]

this is what a medium dj should do if he wants to be a dj...a pro dj will do many more than this like a bit of delay and a change of key....But it is really a good and useful tutorial...

[@TheJohncom]

man you are a genius!!

[@gosuyun]

really clear And understandable talking!

[@VaporRize08]

i love you. thank you 4 the vid

[@corruptInt3nt]

Ellaskins is so helpful, he's helped me become a better DJ

[@ellaskins]

to polqiu, time is fine too, 120 bpm so 120 beats in every min, 120/ 4 = 30 , so you could basicaly work out the structure by the timeing. j

[@XDsylwek]

hey man I got my self a dj kit n i was just wondering if you could revire the pmx140 mixer just want do get your point of view on it thanx

[@ccjones1975]

For electro house mixing....when you are playing a tune is it typically smoother to drop the first beat of 4 bars on another tune after or before the break in the song. So like beat on beat? 1rst beat on one tune and first beat on another, after the vocals have gone by on the first track. Im noticing that my mixes are smoother if I wait till all the vocals or breaks have passed by and drop the beat in when not much is going on in the song...Sorry if the question seems confusing.

[@Chrispipa]

Good video. Thank you. x

[@swazigoddess9658]

I like this guy!

[@woolensheep192]

@mihranerniasyan actually if you carry a laptop with traktor or serato then you can take all of your songs with you anywhere and still play on cdjs or a vinyl turntable

[@DjChowdy]

Great Tutorial mate!!,... i'm from Indonesia,..can you give me other Tutorial,.thanks

[@lullo304]

Could you make a tutorial how to mix house songs on a laptop with virtual dj software??

[@HapticOFFICIAL]

You're gonna make me rich which your info dude :D thanks so much i appreciate it

[@this1900]

We're on the next level :)

[@oggmonster175]

You're a cool guy. keep it up :)

[@Fad7365]

Thank you

[@only1clover]

Please Please get back to me on this. I did my first Gig for this girls 18th birthday. Now I had her giving me a list of songs she wanted to be played. Now I did not play all the songs she wanted. Some of the songs I did have and some I didn't have. Now I wanted to play a lot more of the songs she had wrote down just I was so into my mix getting the crowd going I ran out of time. Should I more so focus on her choice of songs? or more so on the crowd and fit some of her songs in?

[@NATALIEKELLY666]

Hay john, i dont understand why you count backwards on the second record....i get the concept of the phrases working together tho... good video......thanks Nat

[@inosdelaquaia]

I'm a drummer and i love the math aproach of music, you told well. Where can i find a "pro" mix from you?

[@djkeyano]

How do you get the lights of the cdj 800 mk2 red????

[@kakejelly]

Hi Johnathan how would i go about doing this during a mix?? Say if i just bought a song and hadn't had time to write everything down?

[@manicbassa]

Whats a god cd setup to buy? I had vinyl but sold my decks. Thanks

[@rosiebelsmith]

How could you do this on the fly though? you'd have to know your tracks ridiculously well to go to a gig and do this on the fly unless you had a preplanned and pre set trackilst before hand, which I don't normally promote. Still, a good lesson to be teaching and a good thing to be remembering as well

[@falzaabi]

thanks cool of you rely

[@neelzo]

i reckon this is the best way to learn, structure your mixes when your practicing... song selection is where your style fits in... EQing, lil bit of effects at the right time, diff creative ways to tranisition your mix, loops, samples thats what makes a good DJ... but that takes PRACTICE :) anyone can be a Dj, just takes alot of commitment, its how much your willing to keep at it, you can only get better everytime

[@FectoReviews]

That's how I do it also. I'll throw my tracks into Virtual DJ and keep watch on the breaks and such, then I'll take note on where to bring in the track. After that I'll fine tune it all on the actual decks and then I'll jot down the position of the pitch after I get it beat matched, so at the show, I'm all set and can focus on the crowd more. :P

[@vratnakishore]

I continued it like that till the next DJ arrived at the club playing around 10-12 tracks. and my friend came to me and said he will teach me in 2 weeks to play completely on my own with out looking for help from other DJ... I provide my friend with music as he is a french one and I'm from India and we favor listening Indian music in the club.. He is a busy scheduled DJ and he can take rest while I learn as the club owners and manager are our friends, they let me play when the club is not full..

[@MrSneppe]

why would this be gay, props to this guy giving starters information and teaching them how to mix

[@AltaRepublic]

@Archon349 hence... "vinyl is used as a midi controler..."

[@serjjturcan]

This is all about, practice practice practice and enjoy.

[@pred0212]

correct me if im confused, but isnt one of the songs in that mix "Make Your Move" by Dave Armstrong?

[@StaffRecordPlayer]

Ill do a breakbeat mix now and structure it for 1-2 days, then Ill mix it hopefully the best way I can.