The key to freestyle DJ'ing

[@Dekkie61]

Oh man, I remember when we got digital music, CDJ's and CD burners. Me and my buddy burned our entire combined DJ library (twice the fat UDG CD folder full, one for each of us) WITH CD STICKERS with logo's on 'm, color coded :-). Then Mixmeister came out, which could analyse tracks and write the BPM to the ID1tag, and we redid our entire library CD project and arranged all the songs on BPM. That was such a gamechanger, especially because we mixed all types of music together, from funk, to hiphop to disco to electro to techno (and many weird things in between), and now we suddenly knew which songs would easily fit together. Man we were so proud of our CD folders :-). They actually gave us DJ superpowers for a little while.

[@chosenonebeats]

DJ TLM is 100% right with this. Have your tracks analyzed & cue points set up & a good folder structure for genre, era's etc and you should not need to dj from a track list. If I dj from a list I feel like a robot, play song 1, then song 2, etc.. boooooring LOL.

[@SpaceTunes]

Get high. Feel the flow!!

[@QuinnTube2]

I play drums as well. I have been drumming for 2 years and DJing for a year and a half. I've wanted to do both for as long as I remember. I didn't understand what a DJ did until I started drumming. It was a win-win!

[@ShaqTown]

I agree with this video 100% and i do exactly everything you explain! I actually do worst when trying to prepare and master one set compared to free styling. Great Video

[@djTLMtv]

Shaq Town Thanks

[@Philbrazil]

DJ ShaqTown same here! Lol I try an prepare setlists but...I get bored. Freestyle is great!

[@mother-fng-bonswa3612]

when you start djing i also advice to a beginner to start forestalling and stick with it. If you don't its a headache cause once you have to go b2b or do a spontaneous set somewere your screwed. Preparing sets is good for the learning curve or podcasts, online studio stream set.

[@TyroArtsBe]

dude i'm from belgium just started out as a dj i'm already a dj in a pub for every Saturday. I'm also a frea style dj, i don't use cue points but i know the structure. And i just roll with it ;). i also play the drums so yea your right it's easy for drummers. we have a feeling for the rhythm. i'm 17 btw ;)

[@Jtapia031]

I do exactly what djTlMtv does. It takes the pressure, anxiety and most of all stress of me which allows a clear mind pick the next song and do my job properly.

[@rbiznezz2]

1000% agree. I think I've done the same thing you described virtually identically since I started.

[@luiseduardo3268]

I'm a your fan man, I'm 14 years old and I started being dj at parties at 13 years old and mixing at 12 years old. You motivate me to keep on going. If you ever want to sell something hit me up. Thanks alot for the videos, keep on doing what you are doing.

[@ReetzMcGeetz]

Love this! I just started DJ'ing a month ago and really like your videos. I know music, it is my life and I freestyle as well. Dont know how I could any other way with some preparations. I did my first gig last weekend at a Hip Hop club ( I convinced them) and let me tell you, I was on fire! I experimented to see what worked early on before it got busy lol that was cool. I dropped the ball once on a track bc someone was requesting and I was trying to be accommodating. What a rush! I got calls to DJ there once or twice a week and at a few other spots and I did this on a whim and really wish I started doing this when I was 15. Your videos and your attitude really boosted my confidence. Thank you!

[@Spark972]

25 years I'm doing this. Same background, same story. The preparation for me also include tags, years, keys and personnal comments. The more data I have on a song the more wiser are my choices. The BPM sorting can also be a trap, beware, I see some guys always playing the same track in the same order because the BPM are following.

[@dj-peterofficial2753]

Been doing this since 1985 and I also started when there were no genres you played. Of course there were genres, but not that you kept to one through the night. It was based on what's popular and that included everything from soul/disco to synth/rock/pop. Electronic music was still developing and as a DJ, I followed the evolution and as of today I do a lot of different styles. Sometimes I keep to one genre and other times I mix several or many genres and that has kept me going and I still think it's the best job in the world. I recognize myself in everything you're saying and I love watching your videos. For me, the key to freestyle, beside knowing you're music and doing the preparations, is to know how to actually do a lot of different transitions. I don't scratch, so I've had to learn other ways to play/mix low beat genres. Playing a lot of party tracks with sing-a-long parts, I learned how to drop it on the one, and also to use vocal drop-ins. That, with some beat matching, also works fine with Hip-hop/RnB/Reggaeton. I'm more of a long transitions house DJ, but knowing different mixing techniques let's me play just about anything I want. I love exploring new styles and every time, I get a little bit further as a DJ. So, be open minded and listen to other DJs playing. Good music can be found in any genre. Listen, learn and practise.

[@djTLMtv]

+dj-peterofficial I totally agree! 💯

[@wadepaget503]

Love the videos ... I love the freestyling but I'm struggling with my transitions while doing it. Love to see more of the mix tutorial getting into some transition options for moving BPMs up/down and cross genre.

[@djTLMtv]

Wade Paget I will be making those. Hopefully soon

[@mac8050]

DJ TLM TV Hi TLM do you plan to still be making those videos?

[@Foutothedjo]

We need it!!!!

[@DJ_VBZ]

Great vid TLM. I do what you said at the end. Having groups of well fitting tracks together in folders helps me the most.

[@djcovee4864]

Dude I love your videos thanks for taking the time to make them much appreciated.

[@djTLMtv]

My pleasure!👊🏾

[@elreythaking]

yes... never really use prepared sets.. when I do wedding and other private events I just ask what genre of music are they expected. .. it's usually 3 to 4 different ones... but as the night progresses i might get into all kinds of genres. it's all about reading the crowd and going with the flow.... WHAT UP "XL"... THATS MY BOI RIGHT THUR!

[@MrCluelessme]

first off let me say blessings to you from here in the Caribbean I am a freestyle DJ, for the past 25 plus years, and i use the channel to prep my lessons,put thing it into words thank you.

[@djTLMtv]

Thanks!

[@seanmagda2976]

Aruba?

[@MrCluelessme]

Trinidad and Tobago also St. Vincent

[@presidentforlife1732]

djTLMtv Has anyone ever told you, that you look like Vin Diesel?

[@mrpep1976]

I got back into mixing after about 25 years and it’s been a couple of years now that I’ve been playing at home. My progress feels slow , I can get off a couple or few good mixes but then it’s not long before I mess one up bad. I was strictly mixing house music at first and it went well now I’m getting into looping and mixing hip hop and r&b and it just sounds bad sometimes. I do mainly freestyle and this may be part of my problem. I’m going to completely restructure my folders with music I know and thencreate smart folders and set cue points. I think I’m just overloaded with music and kind of lost at times. Good video, kind of made me think of what and where I’m at and where I need to be. I’m a big fan of your videos, keep sharing the knowledge brother.

[@jayroc3581]

I remember in the past when I come across this situation and I have a lot at times. I start brainstorming and ideas of a few songs come to mind but I hesitate and after 30 minutes or so I say "what the heck", play one of the songs in my mind and then, BAM!!!! The crowd finally react. Smh.

[@BoonE909]

Thanks for your help & Knowledge serato 👍

[@djdubbs313]

Back in the eighties they had a machine that reads bpm from vinyl. And I wondered why they needed to know bpm..and just like you I was organizing in Vdj and it dawned on me also..great videos..

[@lockedoutofaccount]

here's a great guide line that I've used before and that's know the theme and have a structure around it with a bunch of songs then pick and choose

[@JarrettSpinks]

I always do freestyle. Sometimes a mess up can be a great creation

[@josephfilipow]

Couldn't agree more!

[@5zilard]

I love how you see the things from both sides, and give different advices to the people so they can coose what they want. That makes you a very good tutor I think. I'm dj-ing since 5-6 years but I haven't do it in any club yet, just at house-parties and home. I've tried also preparing my set (the tracklist) and doing it freestyle. When I played a prepared set, it was just not entertaining for me, and even the transitions seemed not that good what I thought. Then I decided that I'll just do it from my head and play what I want at the moment. Now I'm very happy with it, and even when I've mixed before the actual track with an another and it have sounded great, I try to search something else and see if it works. However, I'm missing the cue-points on my equipment, sometimes it will be very good to have some points where I can quickly jump to. It's not impossible to make a jump in the song to a point (I have CD-players, two CDJ 800 and one CDJ-100s), but with the cue-points and some practice, I could make it in a more creative way i think. I have not heard that it is called freestyle mixing, just thought that it is the good decision for me, the way I like it, I think everyone should try both preparing and that freestyle mixing. (Btw sorry I dont know how bad/not so bad my english is)

[@joematrix71]

I been DJ'ing since 1988 and I didnt learn about bpm til serato, I just knew what songs were fast or slow,, I have a folder with the new top 40 mixed with some old songs of course with separate genres folders...

[@12xx12100]

I am doing it the way you do it: Before the party or whatever i make a new playlist where i throw in some new shit or whishes i got before the party and then i'm doing everything from scratch, maybe prepare the times when which kind of music is gonna be played, but not more. Sometimes i don't even play one of those chosen tracks.

[@loversoul90]

Me too,I always do worst when trying to prepare and Main set but always fail but when after 2012 I start to think about freestyle Dj and it show in this video that I were correct THAnk and great reminding video Peace Yo~

[@DjKamikazee]

Yea I started out with records back in 1989 and I knew what was fast, mid or slow. Never had played with a tracklist and I never knew what the bpm of the songs. I always do freestyle djing because you have anticipate what the crowd want to here. I will have a crate of songs that I will play but I will go into my other crates if necessary. Like you mention I also have my songs arranged by bpm so that its quicker to mix.

[@akashakkiy]

thank you for these awesome knowledge 'dj tlm' i m heartly thankful for sharing all these knowledge to us ,,,, 80% of situation can take place in djing ,,,you already share all the bad situation that can take place while performing in front of gigs ,,,i m preparing for 1st live djing of life and all of the videos are helping me and i m feeling like i m getting dj lesson for free and because of you i m ready to buy my 1st controller and i m buying it tomorrow (pioneer ddj-sx2) because it fits my budget and also its 1st controller of my life i want to thank you thousands of times for these precious knowledge you shared thank you!! thank you thank you thank you thank you sorry for my bad english

[@MrGonzo4000]

I love mixed crowds ...it's good practice

[@MrAnthony408]

nice…on monday nights are my freestyle nights…i dj a dive bar on monday nights and that crowd is a mixture of genres. I will often change genre in mid set to accomodate everyone. Usually, when i arrive, i will continue the genre that is playing on their jukebox...

[@djcrashrubber298]

Another option is to build your tracklist as you go. A trap I kept running into was I play two-hour sets at a virtual club in Second Life. I start with the intention of starting mellow, moving to banging high-energy trance, to energetic deep melodic trance, sometimes to psychedelic trance, to uplifting trance, or something like that, it varies each time. But I never get to put all that in because I might get carried away picking high energy trance tracks, or deep melodic trance tracks or whatever. Other times, I'm like, "What in the world do I want to play?" And I only have so much time to pick a song before the current track plays out. It never happened much for me, but I hate to be in that situation where I have to pick something quick and I don't know what to pick, and I might pick just the wrong song, or pick something that doesn't go over well. My solution is to build a track list as I go. Say I'm in the middle of a set. I decide, okay, I want to play deep trance for another 20 minutes, then finish with about 3 uplifting trance tracks. During my free time between transitions, when I'm not playing with the flange effect at high points like build-ups, I start adding tracks that I know go together or previewing tracks to find one, adding up how much time each track is in my head, and adding and removing songs from there. But I'm also flexible enough that I might think, "Ooh, this song has a nice summer feel. I know what would go great with this," So I find that song and either put it on my side list or load it on the inactive deck, which may mean removing another song from the side list. If I get a request, which I haven't really had one yet interestingly enough, or think of a song that I just gotta play but it's early to play it, I'll just put it at the bottom of the side list in order as I receive them or think of them. I might not necessarily play them in that order, but once I get to the point I can play it and I start picking other songs to go with it, I move them in the order I want to play them. That's debatable if that's really freestyle or not, but I say if you're flexible it's close enoug to freestyle. That's one way to go about getting used to freestyle.

[@fmbighair]

I’m a drummer turned dj too! I waved hear you drum!!

[@alshayib100]

I've been watching your channel the last couple days, I do really appreciat sharing your talant and time with us, I am just starting on DJing and your channel has a good impact on my knowlege

[@brz1302]

HEY DJ TLM LIKE WHAT U SAID ABOUT WHEN U USE TO DJ U FEEL THE MUSIC AND KNOW YOUR BEATS , I USE TO WONDER WHAT THE BPM WAS ABOUT TOO. I USE TO DJ WITHOUT KNOWING ABOUT BPM, I THINK BACK IN THE DAY IT WAS MORE FUN AND CHALLENGING TO DJ BECAUSE U REALLY HAD TO WORK , LIKE U SAID ITS AN ART UNDERSTANDING THE MUSIC HOW TO PLAY WHEN TO PLAY IT AND KEEPING THE CROWD SAME TIME. BIG UP ON THIS VIDEO.

[@Industrialfriend0]

Very nice topic and explanation TLM, I wonder if you will ever do videos where you pull the vinyls out and let us know which have been your favorite tracks ever or tracks where you did special turntablelism with.

[@Koudude75]

salute from kobe Japan. really like your video.

[@joeolivarez6987]

Thanks for video

[@DDuda98]

Beautifully explained, I wish there was a video like this around when I started out. I'm sure this helped a lot of people, keep it up!

[@derekstevens8293]

Respect

[@instepdj]

Class act TLM! Keep 'em spinnin'

[@djTLMtv]

instepdj Thanks for the support

[@shacaloc84]

It's funny you mentioned you were a drummer. I was a musician before I became a DJ. I played drums and guitars. The Only way I learn how to DJ was to freestyle. I never had a mentor, I had no one that paid attention to me when I ask for help. All I did was practice on my controller till I became better at beat-matching then went straight from controller to two turntables and the S9 mixer then learn how to scratch. I could play a song in my head and find five different songs that will match the same BPM same, mood, and same structure

[@integrity2719]

Covered everything very well. Good stuff bro!

[@djTLMtv]

Jose Alvarez Thanks!

[@Kingelow1]

Always on point thanks djTLMtv for the knowledge !

[@DJpLiCk]

online i freestyle in house i have a general playlist, songs i think would fit the night but still randomly threw the night

[@nielsvk8581]

Thanks man for this clear video! It answerd my question very good

[@djimprov315]

Thank you for sharing the knowledge. This video was very helpful because this is the situation that i am facing. I have an event coming up and the promoters want me to do is "Rock The Joint". The crowd will be ages 25-55. I'm thinking Old School, Urban R&B, Hip Hop, Grown & Sexy. I'm all over the place any thought from you guys. This event will be in the southern USA. Georgia to be exact.

[@2CelebrateMusic]

love your videos... always great explaination of the issue👌

[@djdrewthomas]

I guess I'm a freestyle DJ. I said I'm an "open format", but what you described is what I do. :) lol Another great video! Thanks for what you do!

[@TheKermitClein]

i love the idea to mix both styles, i think that gives you a safty feeling and freedom at the same time, i will try it out ! ;]

[@djbrucewayne7777]

Well Said

[@Rein6teins]

I like 50-50 - I do freestyle, but while freestyling I find things that work great together, so I use those another time. a lot of times I want to go to these "perfect" mixes, but then I have this voice in my head "if you will play this list, I will kick you in the nuts", so I freestyle again. It's cool to have a few 20 minute "perfect" mixes, they are great when the crowd is hyped and you can mix like 20 songs in 20 minutes, so the crowd is hyped even more, but sometimes it feels like cheating. I think when you play at the club, there are 3 groups you play for - the crowd, the staff and yourself. Sometimes you have to sacrifice one to please another one, for example, freestyling is good if you're a resident DJ at some place, so the staff doesn't see the patterns. Sometimes you play a track that you hate, but you know it will work in this crowd.

[@djTLMtv]

+Kapteinis Reinis I know what you mean. Sometimes you can do a transition between two tracks and it just sounds so good that you use it again during other gigs

[@Rein6teins]

I have this hilarious live mashup between Leftside - Ganja and Laid Back - Baker Man, Trap with 80s disco. Have fun ;)

[@Rein6teins]

The hardest thing to find, in my opinion, are transition tracks (128bpm to 70bpm). I probably have 4 ways to go from house to reggae, but I'm searching for more. Something like Daft Punk - Around the World (122bpm house) mixed with Mato - Around the World (122 reggae, but double down, and then go to any reggae track easy. Do you have any tips on this kind of mixing between genres?

[@RiddyOnline]

at the end of the day, as long as the BPM is similar..try to transition from the current genre you're in, into a popular track of the next genre...that's what I try to do. A common genre transition that I do is house -> soca -> afrobeat....all are similar tempos but totally different genres of music.

[@DjTrixxx-official]

id never play a prepared set list,always select a various amount of tunes,and id select each tune judging by the crowd what i think would suit at the time.

[@djmoodrabbit]

Hi from Turkey It must be good to see that you have fans from all around the world :) I am not a turntablist but we have exactly the same djying style. (i am trying to be a turntablist with your videos after 36 years old :) ) I always say that dj do not make music, it is the people who are there to listen dj. dj's job is reading their souls. If you are playing in a big place its always ok, more people more fun. But when there is about 100- 200 people you have to understand what most of the crowd wants. If you can make %60 of them go crazy rest will join them. What do i do to catch their music type: I inspect Their clothes Dance styles Reactions to the diffrent type of songs that i play( i call those "bate songs") Even their drinks. One more trick to earn people is playing songs that they can sing loudly. That connects dj and the crowd. Shared my knowladge :) Thanks for all your sharings... peace

[@jonathongalvan40]

When you got a make a playlist of track that you go by it take me off my game. So I like the freestyle DJ way better

[@SLIMKUTT]

Funny, you said that you use BPMs today with DVS...I still use vinyl but have BPM-stickers on them since 2001/2002...thought it was a good idea, and damn it was !^^ Like your vids, man ! Thumbs up !!! =)

[@didierdjhallmannvernabel387]

good instruction ….it's a long time i fallow you and it's all time a pleasure………..

[@jettsettaswagg3400]

Awesome! back drop TLM. do you ever just, out of the blue grab some vinyl and do a (set) in your studio for ol' times. I always find myself doing that, and my (set) always come out different as opposed to using a DVS. Thank you, great video as always.

[@djTLMtv]

Pete Moreno It's been a while since I last did that, but that is a lot of fun!

[@marvinw803]

Awesome video and words of wisdom. The question I have is concerning transitions. I have a bad habit of getting stuck into a certain tempo and find it hard to jump from a say 95 bpm to say 110bpm. Which is very crucial when you know there has been a shift of the energy in the room. Please, any advice would be greatly appreciated. BTW, I use Traktor Pro 2

[@justanotherdankmemer]

Slip mode is key for me to freestyle dj

[@hadiselyles5462]

why slip mode

[@martinsturtz7938]

Great INFORMATION, thanks for the tips!!!! Hoping that possibly you seen my "Q", about using Transition correctly... hope to hear from you soon!! Oh an I did get the Audio from "Break ya neck @ the Sugarfactoury" KILLER!!! Thanx for everything!!

[@ElkinMarenco]

Hey Dj TLM great video What do you think about prepared mashups and the use of ableton live. Keep cool

[@leonidbier]

Hi TLM, Voordat ik mijn vraag hier drop. Fantastische clips iedere keer weer. Veel geleerd van je serato clips ! Vooral die van "are you to old to dj "hahaha. "67 hier, tja veel draaien vroeger, krijg je kids en dan gaat je tijd ergens anders naartoe. Nou de hobby ben ik weer aan het oppakken. Nu mijn vraag, als je de set opneemt met een audio interface ( audacity) en je neemt ook op via een camera. Hoe loopt/krijg je het geheel synchroon ? Alvast bedankt en keep on doing what you r doing !!!!

[@Sirch100precent]

👍👍

[@hasmicksandhu3057]

He Dj TLM Long time viewer first time commenter, I would love to know how to mix with 4 channels. I've seen a few videos on KZbin but I'm still not clear. Would love to get your input.

[@DJKEYS-br1xh]

MOST VETS DID IT THAT WAY....AND STILL DO TODAY..FREE STYL DJING

[@ellamentjj]

Greetings. I know nothing about dj-ing and turntables and controllers. But I have done parties on my Ipad because I'm known as the man with the music because my ipod has 10,000+ songs on it. I hook it up to my Bluetooth speakers and we're rocking. I absolutely know what to play and what not to play. And I am never wrong. I bought a Pioneer ddj-sb2 and this thing looks as foreign to me as eating with chopsticks. Here is my question, is it going to take hours on hours to learn how to use this? Preparing tracks and all that is just not something I'm going to do, so I'm 100% freestyle. Did I take the wrong direction and should just stick to Ipad djay?

[@mrgrind74]

PEACE!

[@irritablysavvy]

Sets are for showcases and fast time slots. DJs should be able to play off the crowd. It's a crucial skill. This is pretty silly.

[@jonathongalvan40]

Freestyle DJ work for me. Beacuse it's like your day its give your more freedom and your can read the crow and hit them what different stuff

[@johncollins6068]

now I know am a freestyle dj

[@freshousfresh5956]

TLM a little off topic, but have you considered going on the show "Crate Diggers"?

[@djtakinitback9717]

Or going on the show "Master of The Mix"

[@djTLMtv]

freshous fresh That would be up to them to have me on that show. Love Crate Diggers! But that would be a long travel for them though ;)

[@djTLMtv]

DJ Takin' It Back Maybe in the future I would. I haven't seen anything after the first season though

[@djtakinitback9717]

Its been three season already. Could be that it may only broadcast in the states now.

[@MRtrax1000]

I am wondering, I am a starting DJ still practicing in the house, and I maybe want to start playing live in the future, but now I found sometimes I have some like spare times, where I dont have anything to do basicly, But what to do at those moments where you have the next song ready, and you have nothing to do becouse if you do nothing It looks unprofesional, right? Greetings from the Netherlands :D

[@1ruffrican]

Do you do only beats per Folder or also by key? I also have a off question. On a DJ controller, I have a ns7. How much looseness should the platters be? I took them off to clean and I don't think they are adjusted correctly.

[@smilenow36]

Hey DJTLM I was wondering your own option besides an Apple laptop what is a good laptop for DJing that can work we'll with Serato, Traktor, or Virtual Dj....Something that will not be slow and max price range is 0$-500$

[@macboogieland2897]

i seriously dont understand how people can plan the entire set:S you never know how the crowd's feeling that night..you plan one thing, the crowd is on another vibe, youre fucked!

[@Jroman-ux4qf]

macboogieland have crates for different sub ganeras get everything g that you possibly know that really makes the radios or Spotify check billboards its usual hip hop pop rnb and edm then try to mix then together at first 10 songs each maybe in what order you want play some hip hop if there playing along then stay with hip hop if they are not then move to another ganera that they do

[@DJCayne]

macboogieland some djs that are a part of large lineups do sometimes.

[@MrYitsuboy]

Do you prepare acapella's too add into ur songs?

[@mickjdee]

who owns all those vinyls? haha

[@djnefarious5956]

It's funny when you go to party when your friend is the dj .and everyone knows what's next.

[@lee099000]

TLM! I gotta question for u. now I just a little new to the whole DJ scene, but I haven't done parties or such yet. I still got a lot to work for. but my question is do I need to know more about computers to do the dj aspect side? I mean this day and age everyone knows how to use computers, but I'm talking about in depth wise. thank you so much and I love ur videos!

[@EvilJohnny81]

+taco salad (gangsta_tip) Not really. I've been spinning for about 10 years now. I started with 2 Stanton T80's and a basic 2 channel mixer. I used records starting out. Beat matching and all that. Then I got my computer and started using Serato Scratch live. So I learned the basics without the computer first, then once I got it, that came easy. Lots of DJ's I've seen know how to use the computer, but don't know how to NOT use the computer. If that makes sense. Don't get me wrong, there is no issue with using and or learning both. I just figured, I had to know where I came from to know where I was going.

[@lee099000]

True I understand :) Learning the old school way must be the better way! I never really had a lot of practice on virtual DJ 8 or one of those DJ apps on my phone but I am learning how to finger drum on the MPC! Well, I don't happen to own 1 but I have drum pads 24 on my android to practice. It may look easy when other finger drummers perform but it's kinda hard. Even when I building speed from time to time

[@EvilJohnny81]

You gotta start somewhere right? I'm 34 and I started out writing when I was 14. Then I got in to production making beats when I was 17. I didn't want to have to depend on people to make beats for me. Then once I got settled in a house of my own, I bought my first set of decks. I already had a insight of music from production, so DJ'ing came to me a little easier. I am not knocking anybody for how the learn. Respect to you Bro!!

[@lee099000]

Thanks man ur an inperation!

[@DJJ5Official]

so would having over 300 000 songs in every genre and flipping through them all over the place be freestyle ? no loop points or anything all on the fly....

[@lionfangx]

I was actually planning on being a freestyle DJ, but is it good to switch genres of music in one mix though?

[@djTLMtv]

Janis Dumins You should feel free to do whatever you want. If it works all depends on the crowd you're playing for (and the type of event). In most of my sets I will play Hip Hop, R&B and some Dancehall, but at some events it will be Hip Hop, R&B, DanceHall, 2Step, Trap, Electro, Latin or whatever I think I can throw at the crowd.

[@vernellmyart247]

question on serato first off I'm a traktor man , I have a Hard drive with about 1.5 TB of music for what ever reason serato crashes when I try to scan into serato any tips on getting my intire drive into the program

[@DJPHDonline]

which version of serato are you trying to use.... Serato Scratch has limits.... Serato DJ is working fine for me, i have about the same amount of music.... you can import in pieces... import... close... do it again til yer finished... how much ram do you have? MUST have 8 gb or better to deal with a library of that size... i7 processor.... i5s give issues... mac or pc?

[@4x4Productionz]

so do u wanna send me dat ddj-sb or nahh

[@djTLMtv]

4x4Productionz I don't have the SB. Only had it here for the review

[@4x4Productionz]

djTLMtv:(

[@BaitUC]

Come on now tlm use your turntables we want that... You ve done talking, beatmaking, is time for some turntablism dont you think? Keep up your huge project :)

[@djTLMtv]

What exactly do you mean? :) What kind of video do you want to see?

[@BaitUC]

djTLMtv more scratch tutorials or generally turntablism tutorials... continue the sratch tutorial series..

[@djilyaz]

Freestyle is a genre, you mean open format.

[@djTLMtv]

No, I don’t mean open format. I mean freestyle. When I say freestyle I mean playing without restrictions (of a playlist), improvising as you read the crowd’s reaction. Open format is more about being able to play any genre in your set.

[@mrgrind74]

PEACE!