Word: songfulness
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Beatmatching, one of the fundamental pillars of DJing, is the process of matching the beats per minute of a given track to that of the song that is currently playing to eliminate dissonance in the transition from one track to another. VanMiddlesworth and nearly all other DJs also ensure that their transitions include cross-fading, which is the practice of preventing gaps between tracks by gradually fazing out of one song and simultaneously introducing another...
...melodic vocals fit beautifully into his band’s arrangements, there are points at which his artistic wisdom comes into question. He sometimes sings with an oddly affected British accent, particularly on the otherwise appealing “Stars and Stripes.” Though that song is capable of overcoming Rogue’s misstep, on “You Have Boarded,” his vocals make the song sound like a poor Franz Ferdinand B-side...
...Middlesworth said, “...it started out as a technical thing; I tolerated the music as a result.” In terms of the DJing techniques he uses, VanMiddlesworth said, “I like beatmatching, creating my own beats by taking loops from one song and vocals from another, layering them over each other... You can use the looping and extracting chunks of a file to make smoother transitions between songs...
Above and beyond these basics, VanMiddlesworth employs more difficult forms of DJing: looping, for example, is the practice of taking a short sample from a song and continuously repeating it. This craft enables DJs to build up slowly to a long-awaited chorus or, in VanMiddlesworth’s case, create an entirely new beat or transition altogether. A dedicated DJ will also work hard in advance of a gig to place a series of good cue points for all of his songs—that is, find and mark a set of perfect moments to launch into a track...
...Currier’s Heaven and Hell Halloween party last semester. “If you’re rigid and get angry and [don’t] play ‘Party in the U.S.A.’ [by Miley Cyrus] or [don’t] play some song twice, then it’ll just make you more stressed out and you’ll have a worse time—your set will be worse overall.” For Thorn, songs like “Party in the U.S.A.” are not intrinsically problematic...