mixing on the fly

[Luconia]

I rarely use a tracklist but I don't picks random songs either.

well said!

[unclejessie]

i use 4 decks:

one for the song.
another for a beatmatched drum beat to that song.
so then when i filter out the song i still have a legit drum beat going....
then on another deck-i scratch vocals
and on the 4th deck i have the next song ready.

[elio_xh]

I rarely use a tracklist but I don't picks random songs either.

Agree with this 100%. I generally like to have a structure in my head of how my setlist is going to go. Like at what time I want to bring up the energy up, and when I want to have it a little bit more relaxed. And then I just pick songs that fit into that bpm and energy level.

The one thing I might have set in stone is if i'm planning on doing mashups on the fly, I might have a mini tracklist of 5-6 songs over which I'm going to play acapella's over.

[login]

Mixing on the fly for hours is the thing that I enjoy the must, you get to known a lot your music.

[decon]

I browse for new music on blogs, beatport etc. mix my findings on the fly to get to know the tracks. Then I often start making a playlist that I'll be using for mixes that are going up on mixcloud. I'm still just a beginner, so I record myself a lot. If I play live (which isn't often) I use my playlists as pointers if I'm in need

That being said, I often do check out the BPM and key. No reason not to.

[sobi]

The only time I use a set list is if I'm putting together a playlist of new music to listen to on my iphone. Aside from that, all my live mixes (actual gigs and just playing around) are on the fly. If people want to listen to pre-programmed music lists, they can save several hundred dollars and use their iPod that night instead of having to pay me.

[derp]

Always 100% on the fly for me. Any gigs i've ever done i've always had a first song picked out, so that when i get up to the decks i don't sit there for ever trying to figure out what to play first. Then i just feel the music and the energy and play what I think the crowd would like next. The only time I ever actually wrote a setlist down i nearly trainwrecked the whole thing. I wasn't able to get into the mix and really feel the music because i felt like i was reading an outline or something. Music should always be from the heart!

[ToS]

I mix like that all the time, not even having grouped files, paired songs or safety-fallback-mixes.
That's the only way I can roll, but ad-hoc mixing also get me into truble from time to time. Sometime I'd love to have a CD premixed and just not give a fuck.

[no_rex4u]

I mix like that all the time, not even having grouped files, paired songs or safety-fallback-mixes.
That's the only way I can roll, but ad-hoc mixing also get me into truble from time to time. Sometime I'd love to have a CD premixed and just not give a fuck.

sadly i actually know people who have premixes, and yea..... pisses me off

[DjZzeless]

Never.............