Do you think pro DJs go back to the start if they fluff up a mix at the end? Do you think singers do the vocal track for a song all in one take? Editing is a skill you need to know.)
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Once you know how to do this, you’re past this one. Anyway, the good news is that there is a really simple way of editing a bad mix out of an otherwise good tape, using free software like Audacity. “I’m tired of fluffing a mix up right at the end” – It always seems to be the end of a mix when you mess up, doesn’t it? Maybe it’s a momentary lack of concentration after an hour of bossing it, or the excitement at getting something done you’re proud of.That way you’ll soon forget you’re recording, and your best work will flow out Treat mixtape recording sessions as just practice sessions, by religiously recording every time you turn your controller on, as an unbreakable rule. “I get nervous when I hit record” – Here’s something TV producers know: No matter how nervous people are on camera, they forget the camera is there in the end – without fail.There’s time for experimenting elsewhere… Use old mixes you know well, and play to your strengths. Treat it as showing what you know up to this point, not pushing boundaries. You’d play it safe, do the mixes you know, save the tricks and experiments for another time – right? So this is how you “prepare” for a mix.
Imagine the purpose is simply not to mess up – nothing more. “I haven’t got time to prepare / practise” – Once you realise that a mixtape is just a sort of “best of” what you’re doing regularly right now, the pressure eases.Basically, as long as your recording is not distorted, everything else is fixable And anyway, there are ways and means to correct errors in finished mixes. Also, imperfections show people you’re doing something! It’s not about machine-perfect tedium. Striving for “perfect” is the biggest paralyser of the lot. The point is you should do your best, and get it done, so you can then prepare to do it again, and again. If everything truly did have to be perfect, nothing would ever get done, anywhere. “It has to be perfect!” – Perfection is the enemy of doing.We’re publishing them today so that if you’ve ever trotted one of these excuses out to justify your own inaction, you’ll at least know you’re not alone… and hopefully our words of encouragement can help you to finally hit “record” and do the right thing, You know you want to… Top five excuses DJs use to avoid making mixtapes…
While making our new Pro Mixtape Formula course, we spoke to hundreds of DJs in our community… and one of the key questions we asked was “what’s stopping you from getting started on your mixtape?”
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