Steve Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 Some guy posted up on DJF calling himself a "mashup artist" although to be fair to him he did say he was a beginner and he wanted to know how he was doing. Listen to this: - https://soundcloud.com/dj-nikofiend/99-problems-gone-one-day I didn't just post this to take the piss out of the guy (although that's one reason), but what advice would you give to someone like this? He can't tell that this shit sounds way off, so where should he start? Other than putting his gear on eBay and finding another hobby that is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djnumnuts Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 Depends how begineer he is! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 its like he cant count to 4 or understand track structure, or levels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assemblyworker Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 All kids should be taught basic percussion skills by the age of 3. Then car crashes like this can be avoided. That's said, I like it. I find perfectly sync'ed mash ups overly predictable. This is like being on a journey and having no idea where you'll end up...... And ending up in Herne Bay. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbtf Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 Damn... this dude has to be trollin' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted January 27, 2013 Author Share Posted January 27, 2013 Sadly not. He has a whole bunch of mashups he's made on his SoundCloud page. I just don't know what advice you can give to someone who can't tell that the acapella is WAY out from the beat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assemblyworker Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 99 Problems but the sync ain't one.... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 It's possible that if he works at it enough, at some point it'll click. He could just have a very weak part of his brain and this is equivalent to a baby crawling before it can walk... When I was about 16 every single track I'd done and showed a mate was apparently discordant according to him, but it was more that he listened to everything expecting it to be C major for some reason. Even now I have a mate who says 'your timing is awful' because he has one extremely straight 4/4 rhythm in his head and can't hear rhythm in anything that deviates from it. Both of these people are 'music people'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blak Randy Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 It might be a troll job. Steve, you remember when I went on dj forums and called everyone out to a folk mix but then it just became an anything mix. I remember my mix had male stripper in it and also the hovis advert. All mixed out of time with out of time scratch n stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted January 27, 2013 Author Share Posted January 27, 2013 Haha, yeah I remember that mate!It could well be a troll job. He has 13 of those mashups made over the course of 2-3 weeks on his SoundCloud page though. Seems like a lot of effort just for a wind up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broma Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 It might be a troll job. Steve, you remember when I went on dj forums and called everyone out to a folk mix but then it just became an anything mix. I remember my mix had male stripper in it and also the hovis advert. All mixed out of time with out of time scratch n stuff.Post a file bitch (That's what you peeps say right...) I reckon the guy is trolling. That said, Jay Z sounds kinda cool pitched down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbtf Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 Haha, yeah I remember that mate! It could well be a troll job. He has 13 of those mashups made over the course of 2-3 weeks on his SoundCloud page though. Seems like a lot of effort just for a wind up. By the sounds of that, I don't think he put in to much time and effort. By that I mean reading and learning about the basics. I remember when I started my shit was real bad, now its just bad, but I took effort to learn what to do. I think DJing will help him loads dropping another track on beat, learning how to beat match, learning how music is structured, getting the proper levels etc. He definitely does not have any of the fundamentals, and without them you cant really do much. The best advice to give him is learn the BASICS. Dont try and make mash ups, which consists of blending and putting together loads of samples etc, when you can't even get two songs to go together. As Chris said crawl before you can walk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djdiggla Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 That's horrible. That said, I've posted a b-more remix before that was easily worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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