The Complete Guide to Intermediate DJ Mixing with Turntables and a Mixer, Part 1: Vocal-Based Music
In this video course, world-renowned DJ Shortee teaches you how to find all your possible mix points in your vocal-based music so that you can quickly create your DJ sets, both planned and improvised on the fly. She shows you how to dissect your vocal-based song structures, step by step and in multiple ways, so that you can easily identify all the ways you can mix your songs together and ultimately speed up your entire mix creation process. Every lesson is taught clearly, making it easy for anyone to understand.
Videos
• Introduction (04:44) - In this video, DJ Shortee introduces the course in which she teaches how to break down your vocal-based music's song structure and use it to find all your possible mix points, so that you can quickly and easily create your DJ sets, both planned and improvised on the fly. She also explains the two most important song structure categories for DJs, vocal-based and instrumental-based, and identifies the key differences between them.
• Vocal Structure: Intro (05:20) - DJ Shortee explains the characteristics of a vocal-based song's intro. She shows you how to identify the intros in all your songs and how the intro of a song relates to DJ mixing.
Songs:
Trilyon “The Grand Intro” ft. Yung Smuv and Faust & Shortee (Epic Album—Ownership Recordings)—93 bpm
MC Repete “Sundown” ft. Faust & Shortee—98 bpm
Songs:
Trilyon “The Grand Intro” ft. Yung Smuv and Faust & Shortee (Epic Album—Ownership Recordings)—93 bpm
MC Repete “Sundown” ft. Faust & Shortee—98 bpm
• Vocal Structure: Chorus (04:23) - DJ Shortee explains the characteristics of a vocal-based song's chorus. She shows you how to identify the chorus in all your songs and explains how to use a chorus in the mix.
Songs:
Supastition “Soul Control” ft. Little Brother and Faust & Shortee (Chain Letters Album—Reform School Music)—95 bpm
Supastition “Don’t Stop” ft. Faust & Shortee (Chain Letters Album—Reform School Music)—90 bpm
Songs:
Supastition “Soul Control” ft. Little Brother and Faust & Shortee (Chain Letters Album—Reform School Music)—95 bpm
Supastition “Don’t Stop” ft. Faust & Shortee (Chain Letters Album—Reform School Music)—90 bpm
• Vocal Structure: Verse (05:38) - DJ Shortee explains the characteristics of a vocal-based song's verse. She teaches you how to identify the verse in all your songs and explains how to use a verse in the mix.
Songs:
Supastition “Soul Control” ft. Little Brother and Faust & Shortee (Chain Letters Album— Reform School Music)—95 bpm
Supastition “Nickled Needles” ft. Faust & Shortee (Chain Letters Album—Reform School Music)—92 bpm
Songs:
Supastition “Soul Control” ft. Little Brother and Faust & Shortee (Chain Letters Album— Reform School Music)—95 bpm
Supastition “Nickled Needles” ft. Faust & Shortee (Chain Letters Album—Reform School Music)—92 bpm
• Vocal Structure: Bridge (03:32) - DJ Shortee explains the characteristics of a vocal-based song's bridge. She shows you how to identify the bridge in your vocal-based songs and explains how to use a bridge in the mix.
Songs:
Supastition “Don’t Stop” ft. Faust & Shortee (Chain Letters Album—Reform School Music)—90 bpm
Supastition “Nickled Needles” ft. Faust & Shortee (Chain Letters Album—Reform School Music)—92 bpm
Songs:
Supastition “Don’t Stop” ft. Faust & Shortee (Chain Letters Album—Reform School Music)—90 bpm
Supastition “Nickled Needles” ft. Faust & Shortee (Chain Letters Album—Reform School Music)—92 bpm
• Vocal Structure: Outro (04:09) - DJ Shortee explains the characteristics of a vocal-based song's outro. She shows you how to identify an outro in all your vocal-based songs and explains how to use an outro in the mix.
Songs:
Supastition “Nickled Needles” ft. Faust & Shortee (Chain Letters Album—Reform School Music)—92 bpm
Supastition “Soul Control” ft. Little Brother and Faust & Shortee (Chain Letters Album—Reform School Music)—95 bpm
Songs:
Supastition “Nickled Needles” ft. Faust & Shortee (Chain Letters Album—Reform School Music)—92 bpm
Supastition “Soul Control” ft. Little Brother and Faust & Shortee (Chain Letters Album—Reform School Music)—95 bpm
• Vocal Structure: Short Codes (04:43) - DJ Shortee teaches you her personal shorthand coding system for vocal-based music. This code will help to speed up your mix process for both prepared and improvised sets.
Songs:
Supastition “Nickled Needles” ft. Faust & Shortee (Chain Letters Album—Reform School Music)—92 bpm
Songs:
Supastition “Nickled Needles” ft. Faust & Shortee (Chain Letters Album—Reform School Music)—92 bpm
• Vocal Song Breakdown (15:39) - DJ Shortee teaches you how to break down an entire vocal-based song structure step by step using her own vocal-based short code system and her downloadable six-song Mix Set Worksheet.
Songs:
Supastition “Nickled Needles” ft. Faust & Shortee (Chain Letters Album—Reform School Music)—92 bpm
Songs:
Supastition “Nickled Needles” ft. Faust & Shortee (Chain Letters Album—Reform School Music)—92 bpm
• Vocal Song Mix Points (15:36) - DJ Shortee teaches you how to find all your possible mix points in your vocal-based songs using the six-song Mix Set Worksheets and demonstrates how to use them in the mix.
Songs:
Supastition “Don’t Stop” ft. Faust & Shortee (Chain Letters Album—Reform School Music)—90 bpm
Supastition “Soul Control” ft. Little Brother and Faust & Shortee (Chain Letters Album—Reform School Music)—95 bpm
Supastition “Nickled Needles” ft. Faust & Shortee (Chain Letters Album—Reform School Music)—92 bpm
Songs:
Supastition “Don’t Stop” ft. Faust & Shortee (Chain Letters Album—Reform School Music)—90 bpm
Supastition “Soul Control” ft. Little Brother and Faust & Shortee (Chain Letters Album—Reform School Music)—95 bpm
Supastition “Nickled Needles” ft. Faust & Shortee (Chain Letters Album—Reform School Music)—92 bpm
• Short Code on Records (08:52) - DJ Shortee teaches you how to transfer all your vocal-based and instrumental-based song structure information that you've discovered using the six-song Mix Set Worksheet, over to your vinyl records. She teaches you how to strategically mark your short code onto your record sleeves and vinyl records in several ways.
• Short Codes in Software (15:56) - DJ Shortee teaches you how to transfer all your vocal-based and instrumental-based song structure info over to your DJ software. She teaches you multiple ways to apply your short codes to popular DJ software such as Serato, Traktor, and Rekordbox using the software's tagging and cue point features. Shortee finishes the course off with a fun homework assignment to help you practice your set-creating skills.