Hey Brendan! Happy to have you here. If you head to the classroom and start watching the course content, you’ll be able to learn the science behind playing two tracks together (and making it work). The course is optimized for Rekordbox (the industry standard DJ software) which is best on a laptop. Nonetheless, I’m sure you can find free solutions on the App Store for your iPad. DM me if you need any more help :)

You’re in the right place! Good luck & enjoy the ride 🔥

The biggest piece of advice is that this won’t be quick. This will take time. One of the things I always say is to organize by energy, but in some cases, energy feels different at different times. The best way to see if two tracks fit together is to play them together and make the transition and see if it sticks. They can have the same mood but one of them might have hi hats or certain elements that bring more or less energy. Over time you will get to understand your tracks much more and have a feel of what they can do over headphones vs in a big club room. Using the Tag feature on Pioneer equipment is a great way to quickly put a mental note on tracks that you think might work well together. Try this: - Go into your collection and start playing tracks, making transactions between each - As you start to see tracks that align together, write down the name or use the tag feature (on pro Pioneer DJ equipment). - When practicing don’t be afraid to play the same song again until you find a song that works well with it. You will learn what elements this song carries and what kind of elements the next songs might need to introduce to smoothly transition. In many cases varied percussion sounds between tracks, that hit on different notes can make the swing of the tracks feel very off. - When playing live, if you play on pro Pioneer DJ equipment, your USB will get populated with a HISTORY file. Here you can see all the tracks you played in order. - If you realize two tracks work when testing out for the first time live, do check your history files and make a mental note of it. With so many tracks and artists and an ever growing collection, it’s very easy to lose focus on what’s what. Once you get the mood/feeling down, you can notice that tracks can do multiple things in multiple contexts. You could play a tune once in a more mellow setting and once again in a more energetic one, and it just works. You can play the same track at different BPM and it can feel different.

@Kioni West what genre of music in particular are you mixing? Is it house music/electronic or more rnb?

@Mira S I’m obsessed with Paco Osuna at the moment

@The Lemon some great names 🔥