Maannn. Ive been dj-ing for a few years. I wish i had seen this video in the beginning of my journey. It would have saved me a lot of time. Everything he says is spot on. Well explained. All you new guys starting out pay attention to this man
Once i learned to count beats, bars and phrases properly I practiced by counting in my head, muting the volume on what ever source of music i had playing and un muting whenever i taught there would be a phrase change. It has worked wonders for me regardless what genre of music I'm playing.
If u are used to listening music everyday for long time your Brain can learn things like timing without Even knowing what the term timing means in music . Its works best if u listen to a lot ( and i mean really lot) tehno or tech house bc of the structure. Timing come naturally to me bc of that (mostly) .its Almost fascinating how the brain can learn paterns without Even you realizing that.
@@plantinpants6218 Definitely. I've been rapping and listening to much music since I was a child and when I started DJing and it came to things like counting and phrasing I was like "well isn't that obvious?", because to me it was. Only later I realized that that isn't really instinctive for most people and your brain just picks up on that, I never learned how to count bars and such, I just felt it with my body and brain
I'm using XDJ-700's which have the BPM counter but I'm gonna cover it with some paper and tape to train my ears. Great explanation of the pitch riding technique, much more clear than others. Gonna put your techniques in to practice tomorrow when I have the time, cheers.
DJ TLM yours is the first tutorial that I've watched that makes sense. Especially your video on Counting the beats. Although this a hobby for me. I play at open deck nights and I want my technical use of the turntables to be more polished. Thanks and get well soon 👌
Its funny your introduction sums up the last 11 months of my development as a DJ. I went for a controller first, loved sync, got bored and learned to beat match by ear. I have also had the pleasure of spinning vinyl and I think saying that the process is more organic when you beat match yourself, is probably the closest you can get to how I now feel about the whole DJ experience. What you said about sync maybe not working and having the ability to fall back on using you ears is the exact reason my (older) DJ friends nagged me that much !!
Just got into dj-ing, like brand new into it haha. I’m incredibly grateful for these lessons, definitely taking my time trying to learn the basics of scratching. I just picked up a pioneer ddj-rev1 controller and serato dj pro.
you become my master in tutorials thanks so much for your time and tips i really follow your tips and all that you can said , blessings and dont stop with this channel . peace out
It's great to see new blood learning these old school tricks of the trade and passing them on to the next generation. Makes this old man feel good about being a DJ back in the day.
HI, I'm 16 and I'm getting into djing. And all of your tip videos helped me learn the basics and was super easy to follow along to. SO THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH!!!
Even though I've been "trying" to mix for a lot of years, all of your info is super informative! You have a really great method for putting out instructions. Thanks. Ted Twis
This was a great tutorial mainly because you never had any derogatory and belittling remarks towards those who cant beatmatch and use the sync button. Subscribing to your channel bro!
Thank you so much for the best video I've found so far on getting more technically skilled with my turntables ~ I wasn't expecting to see SEVERAL different techniques, concisely broken down & presented so clearly! Your dedication to the craft is obvious & contagious! And your no-nonsense delivery is giving me confidence ~ like there's a clear Game Plan now & yeah, I've got this! 👍🙏✌️
Hi guys, I've been extremely busy with different projects, gigs and private life and as a result I was not able to make new video's in the last two weeks. I'm back in the lab right now and the new video's are dropping asap! Thanks for the support and patience. TLM
djTLMtv Nice videos. They are really informative can't wait to get my equipment (being shipped) & practice your valuable lessons. You're of much help. Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa.
As someone that used this and a few other vids to get my beat matching right and now agonizes at being even the tiniest fraction out of perfect sync, thank you EDIT: Especially the part about switching to using the snare, made mixing boom bap sooo much easier
Hey really really thankful to you for this video....i saw a lot of videos on beatmaching but none could help out.....this one really could tell about that "nudge" thing......keep going.....salutes.. 💯
Great job (Y), and yes Dj TLM it is more more more fun, i started with controller and i used to use sync but i practiced on beat-mtaching manually and mix like old school way, and now with your tutorial i learned how to beat-match the second way , thank you sir !
Hi guys, Due to health issues I couldn't finish video's I was working on (NS7-2 review) and I can't record new video's either. I lost my voice over the weekend and that makes it a bit difficult to record stuff ;) I should be fine in a couple of days so stay tuned! For the DJ's who would like to be part of the Saturday Super Session: Join the Saturday Super Session and send me your own video!
+djTLMtv What's up man I have been learning how to beat match by ear because its the best way to do it and I genuinely think using sync isn't great because anyone can do it and its lazy because requires no effort at all
great video. the way i learned was the same way but one things i learned was to keep your hand on the pitch control. i started out on technics sl 2000's and they had the knob pitch and we were play songs that had real drummers on them so you had to keep your hand on the pitch. and it became so much easyer when the 1200;s came out. i still mix the same way today after 36 years of djing. but now iam useing pioneer cdj 900 and doing it the same way. ive seen and heard so many dj's use what i call the i cant mix button to get over.if you cant mix well like you said go home and work on it. because the dj's thats been around for years know the music and we can tell rite from the bat that they are useing the i cant mix button and mostly when they try to mix the old disco or as we here in jersey call it club music.
I have been djing for about 5 years now and going back to the foundations is always a good idea I think. Beatmatching is really as TLM states not only good to know but essential when everything goes wrong (you get stressed out from a crowd that doesn't respond well to your awesome music, the sync button stops to work (yep, that happens) or maybe you forgot to analyze and properly lay out the beatgrids of the songs before the gig and you press the sync button (I have done this mistake live and the new track I tried to mix in just clashed with the one "on air", horrible, just horrible. After that I promised myself not to do that mistake again ;) ). For me, beatmatching is great fun and one of those things that makes my set organic (as TLM says cleverly in the video). The sync button is a great help for me when I either 1) want to to do other things, like using FX to add some sparkle to the mix or 2) panic-mode, and I just need to save the mix haha. //Felix AKA FLX. www.soundcloud.com
Not everyone likes to use computers though. its 2016 and thank God I finally got my plx 1000s in November last year. I'm using serato cuz where i live its impossible to get real vinyl so my closet option is absolute mode but your boy is still learning how to DJ old school. after i load a track i dont look on the laptop screen no more. no bpm watching also. i ditched serato DJ and went for scratch live for more of the old school feel. no disrespect to rane but serato DJ looks like something for kids. anyway some of us still love the old school way.... so much so i wish I'd started djing in the 90s. shout out djTLM
April 2020 ---> 6:10 I am laughing too, bro I know, I call it: "the horses on the concrete". You are very good teacher bro :) I have almost 9 years of DJ experience and you are very good teacher. Perfect explanations for new DJs. Cheers bro :)
Maannn. Ive been dj-ing for a few years. I wish i had seen this video in the beginning of my journey. It would have saved me a lot of time. Everything he says is spot on. Well explained. All you new guys starting out pay attention to this man
Once i learned to count beats, bars and phrases properly I practiced by counting in my head, muting the volume on what ever source of music i had playing and un muting whenever i taught there would be a phrase change. It has worked wonders for me regardless what genre of music I'm playing.
💯
If u are used to listening music everyday for long time your Brain can learn things like timing without Even knowing what the term timing means in music . Its works best if u listen to a lot ( and i mean really lot) tehno or tech house bc of the structure. Timing come naturally to me bc of that (mostly) .its Almost fascinating how the brain can learn paterns without Even you realizing that.
@@plantinpants6218 Definitely. I've been rapping and listening to much music since I was a child and when I started DJing and it came to things like counting and phrasing I was like "well isn't that obvious?", because to me it was. Only later I realized that that isn't really instinctive for most people and your brain just picks up on that, I never learned how to count bars and such, I just felt it with my body and brain
I lost it at "If that sounded good to you......you're not ready for this" 😂😂😂
:) :)
Ryan Fenstermacher lmao 😂
djTLMtv dope stuff
I breathed a sigh of relief to pass the first test. lol jk
@@djTLMtv 🙌🏾🙌🏾
Nice
I love ur channel too
ellaskins I'm a big fan of your channel as much as DJ TLM. You're both great teachers! Keep up the great work guys!
Ellaskins you are awesome as well in a goofy kind of way (good)! ;)
so sweet and simple language in the explanations.You pass the info at the first sight.Great teacher:)***
I'm using XDJ-700's which have the BPM counter but I'm gonna cover it with some paper and tape to train my ears. Great explanation of the pitch riding technique, much more clear than others. Gonna put your techniques in to practice tomorrow when I have the time, cheers.
I'm out here in South Africa showing Love! This Video is helping! Will keep you posted on the progress I'm making!
I am amazed with the clarity of your explanation, many thanks...
So true. Beat matching is fundamental.
Really good explanation!
DJ TLM explains better than my tutor at the DJ School.IF only I knew I would have not paid the school but listened to DJ LTM for free.
Same thing with my dj teacher
Your videos have played a major key in my recent return to DJing !!!!
💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾👊🏾
DJ TLM TV would you be a digital mentor lol 😂 I promise not to blow your emails up 😂😂😂
Cant wait for the next one. You inspire me unlike the other tutorials. Thanks!
DJ TLM yours is the first tutorial that I've watched that makes sense. Especially your video on Counting the beats. Although this a hobby for me. I play at open deck nights and I want my technical use of the turntables to be more polished. Thanks and get well soon 👌
+Sandra Dwyer great to hear Sandra. Understanding how to count music is so important
I just started and everything your say6is making sense to me. With the scratch tutorials and everything thanks man this helps so much.
Its funny your introduction sums up the last 11 months of my development as a DJ. I went for a controller first, loved sync, got bored and learned to beat match by ear. I have also had the pleasure of spinning vinyl and I think saying that the process is more organic when you beat match yourself, is probably the closest you can get to how I now feel about the whole DJ experience. What you said about sync maybe not working and having the ability to fall back on using you ears is the exact reason my (older) DJ friends nagged me that much !!
Just got into dj-ing, like brand new into it haha. I’m incredibly grateful for these lessons, definitely taking my time trying to learn the basics of scratching. I just picked up a pioneer ddj-rev1 controller and serato dj pro.
Really great chat and talk about it. Already thinking its better than plenty other beat matching discussions/tips.
you become my master in tutorials thanks so much for your time and tips i really follow your tips and all that you can said , blessings and dont stop with this channel . peace out
Nice! Thoroughly informative and easy to follow.
Thank you
It's great to see new blood learning these old school tricks of the trade and passing them on to the next generation. Makes this old man feel good about being a DJ back in the day.
THESE VIDEOS ARE CRUCIAL AF. Many thank-you's to you my friend
Beat matching by ear is like learning stick, a little time and practice and it comes as second nature.
Great video and love that pitch slider technique
HI, I'm 16 and I'm getting into djing. And all of your tip videos helped me learn the basics and was super easy to follow along to. SO THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH!!!
Even though I've been "trying" to mix for a lot of years, all of your info is super informative! You have a really great method for putting out instructions. Thanks.
Ted Twis
Thank you for all the time you invest in teaching the new guys.
Excellent teacher, keep up the good work on spreading the dope DJ vibes! 👍🏼
I always had a hard time matching beats at time great blog informative thanks
This was a great tutorial mainly because you never had any derogatory and belittling remarks towards those who cant beatmatch and use the sync button. Subscribing to your channel bro!
Dope tutorial as usual!! Cant wait for the rest of ur mixtape series
Thank you so much for the best video I've found so far on getting more technically skilled with my turntables ~ I wasn't expecting to see SEVERAL different techniques, concisely broken down & presented so clearly! Your dedication to the craft is obvious & contagious!
And your no-nonsense delivery is giving me confidence ~ like there's a clear Game Plan now & yeah, I've got this!
👍🙏✌️
You are an outstanding teacher. Makes me feel confident to learn from.
You are the best dj UA-camr teacher, congratuletions.
I am a drum n bass dj but i definitely gain a lot of knowledge or (brush up) with your vids thank you
Hi guys,
I've been extremely busy with different projects, gigs and private life and as a result I was not able to make new video's in the last two weeks. I'm back in the lab right now and the new video's are dropping asap!
Thanks for the support and patience.
TLM
Very nice video DJ.
Good work!
Great video. Thanks for sharing. Just to add, people do not realize that you still can train wreck using the sync function.
djTLMtv Nice videos. They are really informative can't wait to get my equipment (being shipped) & practice your valuable lessons. You're of much help. Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa.
you are a really great teacher. thank you for this video
As someone that used this and a few other vids to get my beat matching right and now agonizes at being even the tiniest fraction out of perfect sync, thank you
EDIT: Especially the part about switching to using the snare, made mixing boom bap sooo much easier
Thank you for your videos!! I'm trying to start DJing. This is very informative for me.
Thank you information
I just started how to learn to mix, Thanks so much for this video! Gave it thumbs up!
Hey really really thankful to you for this video....i saw a lot of videos on beatmaching but none could help out.....this one really could tell about that "nudge" thing......keep going.....salutes.. 💯
Love the way you explanation
awsome video youre really convincing man and about beat matching with hip hop instrumentals youre definitely right
This is a great video, to be a top dj this step beatmatch by ear is so important.. thanks Dj TLM
the controller shed loads of light on how to mix for me i started with 1210s 16 year ago the controller is a blessing in my eyes
11:45: Nudge N Pitch
16:03 Pitch Riding
Amazing video mate really helpful, clear and well explained, nice one!
Great job (Y), and yes Dj TLM it is more more more fun, i started with controller and i used to use sync but i practiced on beat-mtaching manually and mix like old school way, and now with your tutorial i learned how to beat-match the second way , thank you sir !
I like the lesson ..very nice to practice now..thank you mr. teacher....
Thanks for adding...
Amazing tutorial guy, and with a really good teaching skill...!!!
great tutorial vid realy good work thanks
Great stuff. Keep it up! Thx from germany
The second way is awesome. Thanks a lot
great tutorial very well explained I undertood everything first time
Thanks , once again great info.
Great video man! Very clear and thorough.
Hi guys,
Due to health issues I couldn't finish video's I was working on (NS7-2 review) and I can't record new video's either. I lost my voice over the weekend and that makes it a bit difficult to record stuff ;)
I should be fine in a couple of days so stay tuned!
For the DJ's who would like to be part of the Saturday Super Session: Join the Saturday Super Session and send me your own video!
You sir are fucking awesome
+djTLMtv your a legend man you make mixing look really easy:)
+djTLMtv Hey TLM your an amazing teacher thanks for your advice
+djTLMtv What's up man I have been learning how to beat match by ear because its the best way to do it and I genuinely think using sync isn't great because anyone can do it and its lazy because requires no effort at all
+djTLMtv STAY UP BRUH.. PEACE TO YOU.
Thanks for the great videos. Your knowledge and patience for teaching is helping a lot of people.
great video. the way i learned was the same way but one things i learned was to keep your hand on the pitch control. i started out on technics sl 2000's and they had the knob pitch and we were play songs that had real drummers on them so you had to keep your hand on the pitch. and it became so much easyer when the 1200;s came out. i still mix the same way today after 36 years of djing. but now iam useing pioneer cdj 900 and doing it the same way. ive seen and heard so many dj's use what i call the i cant mix button to get over.if you cant mix well like you said go home and work on it. because the dj's thats been around for years know the music and we can tell rite from the bat that they are useing the i cant mix button and mostly when they try to mix the old disco or as we here in jersey call it club music.
Thank you so much TLM. Your videos are fantastic!!!!
I have been djing for about 5 years now and going back to the foundations is always a good idea I think.
Beatmatching is really as TLM states not only good to know but essential when everything goes wrong (you get stressed out from a crowd that doesn't respond well to your awesome music, the sync button stops to work (yep, that happens) or maybe you forgot to analyze and properly lay out the beatgrids of the songs before the gig and you press the sync button (I have done this mistake live and the new track I tried to mix in just clashed with the one "on air", horrible, just horrible. After that I promised myself not to do that mistake again ;) ). For me, beatmatching is great fun and one of those things that makes my set organic (as TLM says cleverly in the video). The sync button is a great help for me when I either 1) want to to do other things, like using FX to add some sparkle to the mix or 2) panic-mode, and I just need to save the mix haha.
//Felix AKA FLX.
www.soundcloud.com
You always helped for sure. Thanks
This is one of the best tutorials video. Thanks man!
One of the best DJ youtube lessons! Awesome! Thx!
These are great video and a huge help. Thank you
Good tutorial DJ. Good stuff!!!
really good video. very good teaching. thank you
Uk garage is great to practice with too. Thats how i learnt.
Dude you're like the best tutor ever!!
Pitch matching nice!
Thank you very much. Your videos really helped me..
great tutorial video!
great tutorial! Thanks djTLM!
Very informative
Great tip
First thing I learn... Great! Really helpfull. thank u. Glad I see this video 😍
Glad I could help 👍🏽
great tutorial. thank you!
Thanks you so much.. You're an amazing teacher
LOVE THIS PAL ,IM TRYING LEARN
Best teacher ever
Best dj alive big-ups to you bro more fire
Not everyone likes to use computers though. its 2016 and thank God I finally got my plx 1000s in November last year. I'm using serato cuz where i live its impossible to get real vinyl so my closet option is absolute mode but your boy is still learning how to DJ old school. after i load a track i dont look on the laptop screen no more. no bpm watching also. i ditched serato DJ and went for scratch live for more of the old school feel. no disrespect to rane but serato DJ looks like something for kids. anyway some of us still love the old school way.... so much so i wish I'd started djing in the 90s. shout out djTLM
+I know Do you real talk,i feel the same........i came from vinyls and Serato makes life way to easy
thank you for this it helps me a lot
Ik heb echt ontzettend veel aan de tutorial serie. tnx TLM
Great video!
you're a great DJ teacher-thanks a lot-i'm new to the idea of D jing and doing a course-and thanks for the help-You're dead ccol
April 2020 ---> 6:10 I am laughing too, bro I know, I call it: "the horses on the concrete". You are very good teacher bro :) I have almost 9 years of DJ experience and you are very good teacher. Perfect explanations for new DJs. Cheers bro :)
Your videos are the best
This has teached me so much! Thanks you.
thanks for these basics!
very strong! good guy good guy. good personality, top location
Dude you are incredible. Thank you so much!
Thanks A Lot DJ T L M you are the best good video tutorial
love the content man ive learn alot from watching !!! keep up good work much love!!
Great teaching