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Sunday, March 6, 2016

How to Use Acapella Edits to Enhance Your DJ Sets, Part 1


 
DJcityTV and Beat Refinery have launched Turntable Techniques, a monthly series to help DJs enhance their sets and overall knowledge of the art form. For the first video, DMC champion As-One discusses how to mix with “acapella in” edits. The tutorial includes two examples: one with a “scratch out” and another with cue point manipulation.
 
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Wednesday, November 4, 2015

How to Incorporate ‘Word Play’ Into Live Mixes

Trayze
Trayze performs at the 2014 Red Bull Thre3style World Finals in Baku, Azerbaijan. (Nika Kramer/Red Bull)
 
The Beat Refinery is back with a new tutorial and this time the focus is on “word play.” Their four-minute video features Thre3style World Finalist Trayze explaining how to transition between songs by connecting words and phrases.
 
The examples used in the tutorial are the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ “Around the World” with 2Pac’s “California Love,” The Notorious B.I.G.’s “Just Playing (Dreams)” with Mariah Carey’s “Honey,” and LL Cool J’s “Phenomenon” with 2Pac’s “I Get Around.”
 
Watch below and stay tuned for a collaboration between the Beat Refinery and DJcity.
 

 
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Saturday, October 17, 2015

Effective ‘Drop Mixing’ Techniques


 
“Drop mixing” is a common alternative to beat matching, yet many beginners are unfamiliar or confused by the technique. Thankfully, the Beat Refinery DJ school has released a video tutorial that explains how to do it.
 
Watch above as Red Bull Thre3style competitor DJ Trayze demonstrates how to mix tracks with different BPM without ever changing the pitch.
 
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Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Effective Scratches for Mixing Into Songs


 
Washington, D.C.-based DJ school, the Beat Refinery, is back with a new Learn to DJ tutorial video. This time, Red Bull Thre3style Washington, D.C. Runner-Up DJ As-One explains how to use scratching to mix into songs, as opposed to using scratching as a lead. The techniques discussed in the episode are the “stab” and “scribble.”
 
Check out the three-minute video above and visit the Beat Refinery’s website to learn more about the school.
 
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Saturday, April 11, 2015

How to Combine Basic Scratches to Form Advanced Scratches


 
For the second installment of the Beat Refinery’s “Learn to DJ” series, DJ As-One explains how to combine basic scratches to form complex and advanced ones. The techniques used in this video are the “baby scratch” and the “chirp scratch.”
 
As-One is DMC Washington, D.C. Champion and Red Bull Thre3style Washington, D.C. Runner-Up. He was featured in DJcity’s “Cutting Room” series in 2013.
 
Related: How to Use Scratches to Mix out of Songs

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Thursday, March 26, 2015

How to Use Scratches to Mix out of Songs


 
Washington, D.C.-based DJ school the Beat Refinery has launched a new video series aimed at beginners. For the first installment, D.C. Thre3style Runner-up DJ As-One demonstrates how to mix out of songs with three different scratch techniques. Watch the four-minute tutorial above and visit the Beat Refinery’s website for more information about the school.
 
Related: Watch As-One’s Red Bull Thre3style Application Video

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