Mixing house and keeping energy high
Hi guys,
Looking for some advice. I've been DJing as a hobby for over 10 years, have always moved around genres and just play what I like and what I find fun.
I have the opportunity to record a house mix for a local record label. I'm looking for advice on how to keep the energy up. With other genres, when I want to do this I tend to mix between the tracks quickly. With house, the songs are much longer and kept bits of the song don't come until maybe 3/4 minutes in. Options as I see them are:
- long blends, bring in different elements slowly, building mix as I go
- start tracks from queue points a couple minutes into song
I know it will be different based on the specific songs but just looking to see if anyone has any advice on this.
Thanks
Aidan