Dear fellow-80's lovers.
Next month I'm giving a 80's disco at out local youth centre. I already figured out that mixing tracks (with 2 cdplayers and a mixer) isn't that easy. The 80's are THAT varia that I can't figure out how/what/which/... I have to mix records.
Do you have any DJ tips for me??? :confused:
Thanks a lot!!
Maarten de Vries,
The Netherlands :p

If you wanna beat-mix (continously), then you will need CD-players with pitch and some sort of beat-counter. If you don't have equipment like that, then I would recommend the good old play and fade, where you fade out each song before crossfading to the next.

A little tip regarding lots of 80's stuff is that dance mixes by the same mixer/producer usually has the same bpm. Like any mixes produced by Stock/Aitken/Waterman runs within 1-2 bpm of each other. Makes them easy to beat-mix into each other.

I'm sure Daffy has more pointers for you. :)

Another tip from me:

Listen to the records which are likely to be played a few days before the event. Check out for noticable parts like breaks, pure vocal parts or instrumental sections w/o beats. When the tempo don´t change or the beats style won´t differ too much, these are good parts to fade or to cut the next track in.

If you don´t want to rely on a manual beat counter, check out Mixmeister 3, a program which allows you to mix tracks w/o much ado. The beat counter is quite good and reliable, but you need those tracks on your hard drive.

That´s all...I hope your party will be a success!