Showing posts with label Beginners. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Beginners. Show all posts

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Beat matching tutorial for beginners

What is the beat-matching?

And 'the art of mixing two songs together seamlessly, speeding up or slowing down one of the songs reflect their rhythm.

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Basically, you need to be heard, if you set the pace is faster or slower than the situation. To do this, you need skills that are in one ear and a lot of time to practice.

Beat matching tutorial for beginners

A good DJ knows how to beat the game, and I'm going to share with you 7 steps to get started.

Step1:

You must find a way to listen to a song in the headphones, while another song is playing on the main sound system.

Step 2:

To play a song even if the audio system.

Step 3:

Find a different song in the headphones, you lose the game with a game. (This is a DJ mixer, without listening to the keyword for the title.)

Step 4:

Find the first beat of the song that will mix and keep it accurate. If youCDJ turntable or access to only the top of the disk or CDJ essentially break the track where the rhythm begins.

Step 5:

Listen to the beat play through the main speakers. Wait until the stroke of a cycle to get the first. (Music in 4 / 4 timing is normally constructed in all respects from the words of cycles 4 and 8. 4 beats in a bar and four bar segments, leading to build and changes in the music.) If you are the music to strike the first blow with a feelingCrash or whatever, that's right, if you want to play They beat mixing (the headphones only)

Step 6:

Immediately after the publication of your grip on the plate or CDJ, one must listen carefully to the headset with one ear, if you played faster or slower than those already seen when mixed. When you speak slowly and then adjust the slider, and maybe a little push to get him up to a more rapid absorption. If it is fasterA record then you turn the cursor on the turntable or CDJ under it with the same speed. It should also touch on the side of the turntable or CDJ, it is faster slowly.

Step 7:

Once the beats perfectly aligned (or close anyway), move the cross fader DJ mixer to the center by cutting down on beat mixing signed in (do not want to continue to lower of the two tracks at the same time) Then, when it seems the right time switchNetherlands slow or fast, and the transition to the next track on the first beat of the first round.

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Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Beat-Matching Tutorial For Beginners

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What is Beat-matching?

It is the art of mixing two musical compositions together seamlessly by speeding up or slowing down one of the songs to align their rhythms.

Basically, you need to be able to hear whether the beat you are adjusting is faster or slower. In order to do this you need skill which comes from an ear for tempo and lots of practice.

A good DJ knows how to beat-match, and I'm going to share with you 7 steps to getting started.

Step 1:

You need to have a way to listen to one track in the headphones while another track is playing on the main sound system.

Step 2:

Play a track though the sound system.

Step 3:

Find another track in your headphones you want to beat-match with the one playing. (This is done on a DJ mixer by turning on the Cue for the track you want to listen to.)

Step 4:

Find the first beat of the track you are going to mix in, and hold it right there. If you're using turntables or CDJs you can just grab on to the top of the record or CDJ to essentially pause the track where the beat begins.

Step 5:

Listen to the beat playing through the main speakers. Wait for it to get to the first beat of a cycle. (Music in 4/4 timing usually is all built around cycles of 4 and 8 counts. ie. 4 beats in a bar, and 4 bars segments that lead to builds and changes in the music.) When you feel the music hit on the first beat with a crash or whatever, that is right when you want to play the beat you are mixing in. (in your headphones only)

Step 6:

Immediately after releasing your hold on the record or CDJ, you must listen closely in your headphones with one ear to detect whether the beat you are mixing in is going slower or faster than the one already playing. If it's going slower then adjust the pitch slider, and maybe even give it a little push to help it catch up to record A faster. If it's going faster than record A then turn down the pitch slider on the turntable or CDJ accordingly to make it the same speed. You may even want to touch the side of the turntable plate or CDJ to slow it down faster.

Step 7:

Once you have the beats aligned perfectly (or close to anyway), move the cross fader on the DJ mixer to the center with the bass cut on the beat you are mixing in. (you don't want the basses of both tracks going at the same time) Then when it seems like the right moment switch the basses either slowly or fast and the switch over to the next track on the first beat of first cycle.

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Monday, August 16, 2010

Essential Country Music Listening For Beginners


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If you are just starting out listening to Country Music, you may not know where to start, or who to listen to, choose the wrong artist and risk being put off country forever. And with the diverse genre that is Country Music, it's best to start with the best. So here's a list of some essential c. music to aid a smooth initiation into the country genre. Enjoy.

Hank Williams

Start with a bit of traditional. Country how you would expect it to be - Hank Williams: Hank is considered to be the backbone of country and the pioneer of Honky-tonk a subgenre of country. Hank was born Hiram King in 1923 and tragically died in 1953 at just 29. He recorded greats such as "Your Cheatin' Heart," and "Hey Good Looking," he had 11 number 1 hits and his influence on this genre was widespread and is still felt even today.

Johnny Cash

Johnny Cash was a well known and well loved country music artist, his work is frequently seen to be very commercial in comparison to some other singers and he managed to live a long and lucrative career. His work has spanned many other genres, perhaps with some controversy for those who prefer 'pure country', but with success in rock and roll, blues and even gospel, he truly must be considered a multi-talented artist. There is a great sense of grief and redemption in his songs and with hits such as "I Walk the Line" and "Ring of Fire" under his belt, Johnny Cash is likely to never be forgotten.

Dolly Parton

Love her or hate her, Dolly should be listened to, if only to decide where you stand on the love/hate border, she is after all one of the most successful female Country artist of all time. With 25 number one hits and she wrote "I will always love you," which was covered by Whitney Houston," With the success she has managed and the songs she has written, Dolly Parton will always be remembered, for better or for worse.

The Carter Family

The Carter Family were early pioneers and the first proper Country vocal group; they recorded in the late 1920's up until the late 1950's. Much of their music has been covered by other Country and non Country artists, and they wrote the well known "Keeping on the Sunny Side," for their influence on the world of Country they will always be remembered, and are essential listening for those who are complete beginners this.

Once traditional Country Music, such as these listed here, have been explored, then modern is likely to tempt you. The world of modern C. Music is wide and varied, with sub genres leading off into the pop world, so it can take some time to find what you like, don't be put off however by one or two artists that you don't like or find annoying, because just like in any genre of music, there are many more artists to explore.

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Thursday, August 12, 2010

A Beginners Guitar Lesson - It's Not About the Guitar


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I guess I began my life long love affair with the guitar in much the same way as many others; as a child at the age of five I could always be found lying as close as I could to the speaker of our radiogram.

Music always had a hypnotic effect on me, I'd be laying in the floor with my head on a pillow rocking my head from side to side in time with the music, I could feel the vibrations the music made through the floor.

Whenever I heard live music I was drawn to the sound; a group of bagpipe players playing at a local festival had me in their spell... the rhythm of the drums and the melodies the pipers played intrigued me; totally unaware of my surroundings I remember following this group through the streets and it was only when they stopped playing did I realize my situation... I as lost!

My parents who were busy watching the procession hadn't noticed me drifting off with the pipers... of course they knew if they followed the music they would eventually find me, luckily they did... it's pretty scary to be four years old, lost, wearing your PJ's with only a teddy bear under your arm to help you with
directions for home.

At the age of seven I started making my own guitars, the designs were copied from pictures I had seen in magazines to be honest I had know idea what the big deal was about guitars they just seemed cool to make. A great deal of love and care was showered on my two creations however they were frustrating to play mostly because the strings (made out of fishing line) kept breaking.

Six years passed before the music bug finally hit me full force; it was the day before my thirteenth birthday, we were on my way to school and my mum asked me what I wanted for my birthday at the exact moment she asked me we drove past a block of flats where a guy was sitting on the front stairs playing a guitar.

It was like rediscovering an old love... " a guitar" I blurted out and that was it! My mum agreed on one condition, that I take guitar lessons, I wasn't at all keen on taking lessons but I figured she would soon forget about the lessons and by that time I'd have the guitar.

The very next day (a Saturday) I was busy sleeping in when I was awoken by the familiar strains of Happy Birthday and the rustling of a cardboard box shaped like a strange type of triangle, my instincts told me this was probably my guitar. Slowly and carefully I opened the box as if it contained rare and precious jewels... indeed it contained a treasure more precious than gold for me.

My first real guitar, it just totally blew me away... strumming across the open strings with the guitar still in the cardboard box I was mesmerized listening to the beautiful sound of the guitar.

As if that wasn't enough mum then preceded to let me in on the next big surprise, she had organized lessons starting that day a 1.00pm, I heart sank... gee I didn't think things would have moved so quickly... that day I started lessons with a wonderful inspiring teacher, I simply could not have got off to a better
start.

Looking back over forty years of guitar playing and the series of events that have taken place in my life since I began my musical journey I'd like to share with you some of my discoveries.

* Discovery #1: I though there was something magical inside the guitar, like as if there was a secret code that would unlock the music... the secret is... there isn't; the music is inside of YOU all you have to do is work out a way to get the music out.

* Discovery #2: Initially I was infatuated with the guitar, later I discovered my true love was the MUSIC... like everyone else when I started I didn't have any technique, consequently anyone who could play intrigued me, as my technique developed my interest turned to "what was being played" rather than how it was being played.

* Discovery #3: I discovered that the REAL musicians played music because they loved the music, they played and treated the music with respect and that in turn brought them the respect of other musicians and discerning listeners.

* Discovery #4: That it's possible to play the guitar and never play music, that a large number of people take up the instrument because it's popular, it's cool, it's a way of getting noticed... an ego thing, at the first sign of hard work, discipline or commitment and they drop the guitar and move on to the next "latest" thing.

* Discovery #5: Everything thing you need is already in the song, each song has a 'soul' the composers of the song have given you a gift, treat the music with care don't trample over it with a pile of modes and sweep picking... that's not music and it doesn't have anything to do with the song; it's just showing off!

* bonus discovery #6: I've noticed that guitar players fit into three categories:

(1) Guitar owners - only need enough funds to qualify

(2) Guitar players - intoxicated with the instrument and addicted to equipment; usually don know what they are playing but can often play very well - they need the instrument in their hands to communicate because the don't understand or speak the language of music.

(3) Musicians who play guitar as their chosen instrument - they understand the language of music, they can read and write and can discuss music of all styles, classical, jazz, rock without the instrument in their hands.

I have indeed been very fortunate to be able to have the opportunity to play music and I never take that for granted I hope you have as much fun and enjoyment playing your guitar.

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