Comments on: It should be sunny on Saturday http://djrocket.wordpress.com/2008/05/08/it-should-be-sunny-on-saturday/ don't take too much! Thu, 17 Dec 2009 07:09:24 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: jason http://djrocket.wordpress.com/2008/05/08/it-should-be-sunny-on-saturday/#comment-13 jason Sat, 10 May 2008 20:40:26 +0000 http://djrocket.wordpress.com/?p=17#comment-13 Oh yes, Ableton is incredibly good for making mixes as well as all the other features. From the sound of this blog, I'm sure you can relate to john cusak's character in "high fidelity" when he talks about making mixtapes. I typically find that I make my best mixes when I don't give myself too much time to think or second guess. I'll make a new playlist in itunes and just start clicking through potential songs and dragging anything that strikes my fancy into the playlist keeping in mind a great opener or closing track (sometimes a good movie clip or ambient sound works nicely as well). Next I go through those songs once again, only now I keep a pad of paper next to me and write down each song and put an E(early), M(middle) or L(late) next to each song. I try not to spend much more than 10 seconds on each track before I decide. If I am torn between 2 lists I might put a, EM or ML next to the song. These become potential transition tracks between early and middle of the mix. From there it becomes easier to see where the mix is going and pick the best few tunes from each section that fits the vibe. Then grag the chosen songs into ableton and away ya go! This technique helps seperate left and right brain functions and I find it to be alot of fun. If you are looking to learn ableton more deeply I have a free video minicourse which is excerpts from my full 4 hour dvd. Just join the mailing list at the link below... www.musicsoftwaretraining.com/abletondvd feel free to hit me with an email if you have any ableton question.. cheers, Jason innerstatejt@gmail.com Oh yes,
Ableton is incredibly good for making mixes as well as all the other features. From the sound of this blog, I’m sure you can relate to john cusak’s character in “high fidelity” when he talks about making mixtapes.
I typically find that I make my best mixes when I don’t give myself too much time to think or second guess. I’ll make a new playlist in itunes and just start clicking through potential songs and dragging anything that strikes my fancy into the playlist keeping in mind a great opener or closing track (sometimes a good movie clip or ambient sound works nicely as well).
Next I go through those songs once again, only now I keep a pad of paper next to me and write down each song
and put an E(early), M(middle) or L(late) next to each song. I try not to spend much more than 10 seconds on each track before I decide. If I am torn between 2 lists I might put a, EM or ML next to the song. These become potential transition tracks between early and middle of the mix.
From there it becomes easier to see where the mix is going and pick the best few tunes from each section that fits the vibe. Then grag the chosen songs into ableton and away ya go!

This technique helps seperate left and right brain functions and I find it to be alot of fun.

If you are looking to learn ableton more deeply I have a free video minicourse which is excerpts from my full 4 hour dvd. Just join the mailing list at the link below…
http://www.musicsoftwaretraining.com/abletondvd

feel free to hit me with an email if you have any ableton question.. cheers,
Jason
innerstatejt@gmail.com

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