Getting started as a DJ: Mixing, mashups and digital turntables - Cole Plante

开始做DJ: 混音, 混搭和数字转盘 - Cole Plante

翻译人员: Becky Zhao 校对人员: xu chao

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Aw, thank you, thank you.

谢谢大家。

As you can probably tell,

大家可能看得出来，

I'm an astronaut.

我是一个宇航员。

No, I'm a DJ/Producer, as it says on the screen.

不是的，我是一个DJ/制作人，正如屏幕上写的。

I am also a high school student,

我还是一个高中生。

just like many of you guys.

正如你们中的许多人一样。

How many high school students do we have out here?

我们当中有多少高中生？

(Cheers)

Oh, okay! A good amount.

（掌声）

哦，好的！有不少人。

I'm a proud member of my school's marching band,

我很骄傲成为学校乐队的一员。

and I run track, as well,

同时我也赛跑，

so if any of you guys are into that,

如果你们中有人也热爱这个，

it's one of my other passions.

那是我的另一个爱好所在。

I have been DJing and producing

我做DJ和制作人

for a little over three years now,

已经有三年多一些了，

and I've worked with artists that you may know,

并且和一些你们可能听说过的艺术家合作过，

like Avicii, Skrillex, Major Lazer,

比如艾维奇(Avicii，知名瑞典DJ及音乐制作人）,史奇雷克斯（Skrillex，是一位美国DJ）, Major Lazeran ,

Krewella, Porter Robinsion, Carnage, and many others.

Kreewlla, Porter Robinsion, Carnage, 还有好多。

How many of you guys like dance music?

你们中间有多少人喜欢舞曲？

Show off hands, dance music, oh okay.

举起手来，舞曲，好的。

你们中间多少人喜欢饶舌和嘻哈音乐？

How many of you guys like rap or trap hip hop?

Okay, good amount.

好的，不少人。

Jazz? Classical?

爵士乐？古典乐？

很好，你们思想很合潮流，这很好。

That's good, you guys have smart minds, that's good.

What's great about DJing

DJ的奇妙之处

is that you can combine all these genres into one idea,

在于你可以把所有流派合至一处，

and what I like to do is combine

我喜欢做的就是去合并

dance, hip hop, trap, dubstep, even movie samples,

舞曲，嘻哈，饶舌，甚至是电影插曲，

and kind of combine them into one set.

然后把它们结合在一起。

DJing creates this, sort of, combined culture

DJ 就是做这个的，就像某种，合并文化

that really unites many fans.

它也汇聚了许多爱好者。

A good example of this

举个栗子

is Skrillex and A$AP Rocky's collaboration

是史奇雷克斯（Skrillex） 和洛奇（ Rocky） 的合作

"Wild for the Night"

“狂燥之夜”

or, most recently, Avicii and Ella Black's "Wake Me Up."

和最近期的艾维奇（Avicii） 和艾拉布莱克（Ella Black）的“唤醒我”。

How many of you guys know that song?

你们中的多少人听过那首歌？

It's a great track.

那是一首很棒的歌。

Now, what exactly does a DJ do?

那么，DJ 到底是做什么的呢？

Well, as you just saw earlier,

就像我刚刚提到的，

they mix tracks.

他们混合各种音轨。

What I just did

我刚才做的

was mix a Kanye West intro from "Black Skinheads"

是将Kanye West 的“暴力少年”

with a track called "LRAD."

与叫做LRAD的音轨混合。

One of the main goals is to really

主要目的之一是

trigger samples, tracks, or clips

将样片、音轨或者剪辑

and kind of create this long journey.

并制造出这样的歌曲。

I'm going to do another little example for you guys right now

我现在你们面前要做一个小小的示范

of what DJs call a "mashup,"

这个在DJ里叫做“混搭”，

which is taking two or more tracks

就是提取两种音轨

and combining them into one.

把它们合并成一个。

This mashup was made famous

这种混搭的出名

by a Hungarian duo Myon & Shane 54,

是由一个叫 Myon & Shane 54 的匈牙利二人组

and it takes the vocals from Krewella's "Alive."

从 Krewella 的 “活着” 中提取的声乐部分。

How many of you guys know that song? "Alive"?

你们中有多少人听过 “活着 ”这首歌？

Yeah, okay.

好的。

我现在要从那个音乐中提取声乐部分，

I'm going to take the vocals from that track

然后由Porter Robinson“演唱”。

and the song "Language" by Porter Robinson.

So, let me just play you the vocals first.

首先我向你们播放声乐部分。

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So, that's the vocals,

这个就是音乐，

and here's the actual track.

这个是真实音轨。

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So, what I'm going to do is I'm going to fill these vocals

那么，我现在要做的就是把这些声乐部分

on top of the track

附到音轨上

and create a new song, a kind of combined song,

用这个两个乐曲的声乐部分

with the two vocals.

创造出一个新的汇合的的歌曲

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如果你把声音关了

If you turn it down,

you can just hear I'm playing it a capella

你会只能听到我在演奏竖琴

或者只有歌曲本身

or just the song by itself.

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Now, what I'm going to do after this drops

现在，我要做的事在这之后

is change it into another song.

转换到另一首歌。

One of the most important things about dance music

舞曲中很重要的一点

is really the drop,

是它的结束曲，

so I'm going to change it into another song

所以我要换成另一首歌

and really catch you by surprise.

并且让你们吃惊。

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And that's one example right there.

这就是一个例子。

（鼓掌）

(Applause)

So, as you saw, I took three different songs

所以，正如大家听到的，我把三个不同的音乐

and kind of combined them into one new idea,

汇成了一段新的旋律，

which is something plenty of DJs do out there

这是DJ的工作之一

on the professional circuit.

在专业层面讲。

有很多尝试做DJ的途径

There are plenty of ways to get started DJing.

One of the main things I did

我做的最主要的是

was really take the time to study DJs that inspired me.

是花时间去学习启发我的DJ。

Whether it was watching podcasts,

不管它是看播客，

watching live sets,

看现场，

or just really looking them up online.

或者是在网上听。

I really tried to take in what it meant

我真的努力吸取其中精华

to be a fantastic DJ.

去成为一个出彩的DJ.

One of the best ways to really learn

这其中最好的方法之一

is to ask a friend, you know, a friend who knows how to DJ.

就是去向一个了解DJ的朋友学习。

Just go over there, ask him a few questions.

就是那边，问些问题

If no that, thankfully we have a lot of great online resources.

如果没有，感谢上帝，我们还有许多在线资源。

One of the things you can do is check out YouTube,

这里面你可以访问YouTube，

check out some demonstrations.

找到一些示范。

Now, many DJs, a high percentage of them,

现在，很多DJ，占他们大部分的

check out Beatport or Soundcloud to find a lot of the tracks.

访问 Beatport 或者 soundcloud 去获得音轨。

There are also many other blog sites,

也有很多其他的博客网站，

such as Billboard's CODE, EDMTunes, EDM Sauce,

例如 Billboard's CODE, EDMTunes, EDM Sauce,

or Dancing Astronaut.

或者Dancing Astronaut.

Now, there are multiple ways to DJ,

现在通往DJ有很多种途径，

and what could originally only be done on turntables and vinyl,

而且之前只可以在转盘上和黑胶唱片完成的，

通过刻印

by legends

像Larry Levan, Grandmaster Flash, Paul Oakenfold,

such as Larry Levan, Grandmaster Flash, and Paul Oakenfold,

现在可以用更多的装备完成，

can now be done with many more pieces of equipment,

such as CDJs,

例如CDJs,

which are, sort of, digital turntables

是一种电子唱片

是我学会并现在一直使用的。

and what I learned on and what I still use to this day.

还有一些其他的奇妙的的程序，

There are many other amazing programs now,

such as Ableton, Traktor Pro,

比如专用控制器，专业混音，

Serato，甚至是平板上的应用。

Serato, or even apps for tablets and touchscreens.

There are many hardware systems

有许多硬件系统

just like my APC40 here

就像这个APC40

可以录制样片和卡碟。

that can launch samples, clips and tracks.

你也可以就用转盘，CDJs,

You can also just use turntables, CDJs,

an S4 controller, or an Novation Launchpad.

S4控制器，或者Novation发射台。

And all of these really kind of do the same thing,

这些基本上都是做相似的事情，

and that's mix tracks.

就是混音。

所以，我现在

So, what I'm going to do now

is show you guys another mix demonstration.

要展示给你们另一种混音。

I'm going to start with one of my own songs

我将从一首我自己的歌开始

that I did with my friend Matt Dzyacky,

这首歌是我和朋友Matt一起做的，

and from there I'm going to go

从这里我将要

in a sort of medley of different tracks

混进不同的音轨

and show you the different styles of mixing that you can do.

并给你们展示不同的风格。

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So I'll show you guys when I start mixing the new track,

我现在要展示当我混进新的音轨，

so you can hear it coming in.

你可以听出它的进入。

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You can hear in the back, a new song is mixing in.

你可以听到，新音乐被加进去了。

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Now, another thing that DJs use is what's called a mixer,

现在，DJ们用的另一个东西叫混合器，

and a mixer has many different effects,

它有很多不同的效果，

such as a beat roll,

像一个飞刀辊，

过滤效果，

filter effects,

等等。

and any other different ones.

There's plenty of effects to use.

有许多效果可以使用。

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So, now I'm going into a new song,

所以，现在我要开始一首新歌，

and after this drops,

在它结束后，

I'm going to drop it in another song

我会接上另一首歌

and kind of change it up.

并且给它变速。

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And that's a new song bite.

这是一个新的旋律。

（音乐）

(Music)

So I'm just going to straight mash up

我将要直接混合

another song right when this one breaks down.

另外一首歌刚这首结束。

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Now, if I want to change up the music,

现在，如果我想加快音乐，

let's say, throw in some new beats,

并加入新的节拍，

I can just choose a trap beat I want to throw over the breakdown.

我可以选择一个我想要用的节拍。

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So, I get ready to throw in my new beats now.

我现在要把新的节奏加进去了。

（音乐）

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And that is the end of that demo.

这个就是那个片段的结束。

(Applause)

（掌声）

Thank you, thank you!

谢谢。

现在，技术的好处在于

Now, the great thing about technologies now

它是或者是个几元钱的应用，

is whether it's a two dollar app

or a couple hundred dollar equipment,

或者是个几百元钱的设备，

which I'm sure most parents

我相信大多数家长

won't want to buy for their child,

不想给孩子买，

is that almost anyone who has a passion for DJing

对于大多数对DJ有兴趣的人

and a passion for the music

和对音乐有兴趣的人

and who might want to pursue a career in it

还有那些想从事这一事业的人

really has the ability to, well, pursue it,

他们有能力去购买它，

such as myself.

就像我这样。

You can start with an app on a tablet

你可以从平板上的应用开始，

or an app on your phone, even, an app on your iPad,

或者从你的手机应用，甚至平板电脑应用，

and then move on to bigger equipment.

然后在尝试更大的设备。

The opportunities are endless,

机会是无限的，

and, as you saw, you can mix

并且，你可以混合

many different styles of music.

多种音乐。

So, thank you!

谢谢。