I think people develop their own style after many years of mixing records.
my rule of thumb has always been...
learn the records
listen for intros outros breaks bridges learn verses and choruses and
anything that helps make you
aware of how the flow of the songs goes...different genres will train your
ear because your not just blending one style.
and realize there are a lot of good people out there who just play music
without blending...i call it the Star/Stop method
or slamming method...
when i started out i had two copies of the 45 King's instrumental record.
it had like 10 beats and i just blended that record to death....after i got
blends nice and tight
i started doing doubles with same versions of the instrumentals until i got
that down...
hours and hours later and crates and crates later and listening to people
like Melo-D, J-Rocc, Evil Dee, Mighty Mi,
and countless of other DJ's at parties and clubs i realized i had my own
style of blends...
here are some links for your listening pleasure
http://www.xfader.com/media/newdancehallcd.ram
http://www.xfader.com/media/xxx.ram
http://www.xfader.com/media/pop.ram
http://www.xfader.com/media/niceness.ram
i don't know if i helped you in anyway but i just wanted to add my 2 cents.
peace
Ed Portillo aka PMA
pma@xfader.com
http://xfader.com
Producer: The Turntablists Video Show
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