One DJ Better Than Two

Here is a song that is remixed by 2 DJs playing at the same time. Song is here. In this setup, there are more than 1 turn table and more than 1 mixer involved. Both DJs will layer sounds over each other on their respective turntables and create different arrangement of melodies, beats, and ambient sounds.

In this song, which on my scale is around a 5 because it is not bad in that the melodies are catchy and delightful. Overall the song is upbeat, but due to two different DJs layering sounds, there are just too many things going on at once for this song to be a chill song. Also, the melody echoes after every note for about 1 to 2 seconds. This effect along with a lot of different ambients cause even more headache. In addition, the quality of the vocal in this song is not the best since it is drowned out by the ambient sounds and melody most of the time.

The length of this song is slightly longer than other remixes by other artists. This might be due to two artists trying to finish their beats and matching each other. As the vocal repeats along with the melody over and over again, the song gets pretty boring after a while. The song tries to climax by repeating the vocal and melody again, but increasing volume. However, at this point the climax is not noticeable because you have probably heard the loops a few times already and have gotten bored of the song.



In this song, which is an 8 on my scale, the DJ demonstrates a good balance of the ambient sound, melody, and vocals. When the vocal starts and followed by the melody, you can hear both clearly and neither drowns the other out. The track is clear and fluid. The beat, ambient , and melody compliment and match each other. For example, the melody and drum beats will start and end on a down beat.

This song has an echoing melody fits the song perfectly. The echoes allow certain sounds to fade in and out. This DJ uses the echoes as a cover to fade in vocals and ambient beats and to fade out the melody and drum beats. A technique that makes the song very pleasing and en-trances the audience.

The track being at around 3 minutes will spell bind the audience to the artist's style because 3 minutes is just the right time to demonstrate style in one song before moving to another song. The song also does not get tiring to listen to from all the repeats. Even one extra repeating loop of bars is enough to ruin the track.

Conclusion
One DJ: The song tends to be more clean and easy flowing where one DJ's style is clearly emphasized.

Two or more DJs: The song will turn out to be a mess if the DJs can not synchronize the performance and perform their own part to layer the sound. From the sample above, the layering is not completely bad, but it is enough to create the all-over-the-place feeling in which you don't know what to listen to.