DJ Tips - Mixing Records (A Sneaky Trick)

Often, DJs rehearse their sets before a gig and figure out the mix points and turntable speed for each record they are going to play (yea yea yea.. I know it aint the cool way to do it, but who hasn't every now and then?).

If they don't have all that much time to learn everything, sometimes they'll note down their playlist and record speeds on a cheatsheet and take it to the gig with them.

The problem here is that they look an unprofessional douche bag scrambling around looking at a piece of paper every 3 minutes.

Here's a simple lil trick for DJs who need to preform a set they have barely rehearsed and NOT look like a plank.

To perform this cunning stunt you will need:

A: Small Post-It notes
B: A black felt tip pen
C: Some rekkids!


Remembering the running order of the records you are going to play is easy - just put them in the record box in the same order you're going to play em.

When you have the speed of a record figured out for that perfect seamless mix, note down the turntable speed on a post-it and stick it to the centre label of the record (along with any other little pointers like mix points etc).

Boo-ya. Now when you're at the gig, you just look like a dude taking out records and mixing them like it aint no thang.

Simple, but effective.