Obviously you've got to match the tempos and some songs will clash, but do you normally use a standard for which songs to mix in to each other or do you normally just beatmatch any two songs that don't clash?
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Sometimes, when I'm listening to a song, I can spontaneously hear another song playing over it. I always keep track of those, because I know those will work for sure.
Most of the time it's just experimentation. Sometimes stuff you think should work, won't, just because of how the phrasing and flow of the song works out. Songs are like puzzle pieces, some fit together and some don't.
I usually like to make a fatty playlist with all my favorite tunes of the moment. Then I'll pick the one that I like the most, but has the least mixable intro. That'll be the first song. Then from there I just go with what I think will work next, audition it, if it doesn't work pick something else until it does. I usually fast forward through the songs so I can get to the transitions faster, and i'll eventually have a nice playlist that I know is mixable... then I throw down the set
you definatley don't want to change the feel of your set too drastically out of nowhere. Just because two songs match in tempo, doesn't mean they match, if you know what I mean.
work with feel and don't change genre drastically like movin from hard rock to electro or pop to acid jazz (not that is done but its an example :p) the point is u need linking song and to know which they are in ur repetoire. as for the transition, try for a little lead up and blend the two songs for a bit before finishing the transition. thats one method but it doesn't work for all transitions but its standard and it works
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