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

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Aw, thank you, thank you.

謝謝!謝謝

As you can probably tell,

各位應該看得出來

I'm an astronaut.

我是個太空人

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

開玩笑的。 我是名DJ跟製作人

如同螢幕所示

I am also a high school student,

也是名高中生

just like many of you guys.

就像台下的你們一樣

How many high school students do we have out here?

今天來了多少高中生呢

(Cheers)

（笑聲)

Oh, okay! A good amount.

真好！蠻多的呢

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

我很驕傲 我是學校樂隊的成員

and I run track, as well,

我也玩田徑

so if any of you guys are into that,

如果你們喜歡的話

it's one of my other passions.

它們都是我的興趣

I have been DJing and producing

我做DJ和製作人

for a little over three years now,

已經有三年多了

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

而且曾和一些你 可能會認識的明星工作

like Avicii, Skrillex, Major Lazer,

例如:艾維奇、史奇雷克斯 和超級雷射光

Krewella, Porter Robinsion, Carnage, and many others.

克魯威拉樂團、波特·羅賓森、 血蜘蛛還有很多很多

How many of you guys like dance music?

你們當中有多少人 喜歡電子音樂？

Show off hands, dance music, oh okay.

喜歡電子音樂舉手，好的

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

你們當中有多少人 喜歡饒舌和嘻哈音樂

Okay, good amount.

好，不少人

Jazz? Classical?

爵士樂？古典樂？

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

很好，你們都很會選擇

What's great about DJing

DJ的奇妙之處

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

就是可以把 不同的音樂元素合而為一

and what I like to do is combine

我喜愛的是匯集

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

舞蹈、嘻哈、Trap、迴響貝斯、 甚至電影配樂為一體

and kind of combine them into one set.

DJing creates this, sort of, combined culture

DJ創造一種混合文化

that really unites many fans.

結合了不同的愛好者

A good example of this

一個很好的例子

is Skrillex and A$AP Rocky's collaboration

就是史奇雷克斯 和洛奇狂野合作的

"Wild for the Night"

"狂野之夜”

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

或者是近期的艾維奇 和艾拉布莱克的"唤醒我"

How many of you guys know that song?

你們當中有 多少人聽過這首歌

It's a great track.

那是非常好的作品

Now, what exactly does a DJ do?

好，那DJ究竟 是做什麼的呢

Well, as you just saw earlier,

沒錯，就像 你剛剛看到的

they mix tracks.

他們會混合不同音軌

What I just did

我剛做的是

was mix a Kanye West intro from "Black Skinheads"

把肯伊·威斯特的 “暴力少年”

with a track called "LRAD."

和叫做LRAD的音軌混合

One of the main goals is to really

其中一個目的是要

trigger samples, tracks, or clips

激發樣本、音軌 或者剪輯音樂

and kind of create this long journey.

以製造出這樣的歌曲

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

我再給你們一個示範

of what DJs call a "mashup,"

DJ們稱之為"混搭"

就是要把兩條 或以上的音軌

which is taking two or more tracks

合而為一

and combining them into one.

這混搭一炮而紅

This mashup was made famous

是由一個叫Myon & Shane 54 的匈牙利二人組合

by a Hungarian duo Myon & Shane 54,

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

從克魯威拉樂團的 “活着”中抽出音樂部分

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

你們當中 多少人知道“活着”

Yeah, okay.

是，好的

I'm going to take the vocals from that track

我現在要抽出那首歌

and the song "Language" by Porter Robinson.

和波特·羅賓森的 "語言' 的聲樂部分

So, let me just play you the vocals first.

好，讓我先播放聲樂部分

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So, that's the vocals,

好 那是聲樂

and here's the actual track.

接著是真實的音軌

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

現在我要把 這些聲樂填在音軌上

on top of the track

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

然後形成一首新歌， 就像一首混合的歌

with the two vocals.

用那兩個聲樂

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If you turn it down,

如果你把它關掉

you can just hear I'm playing it a capella

你只能夠聽到清唱版

or just the song by itself.

或者只是那首歌

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

現在我加上自己的節奏

is change it into another song.

就會形成一首新歌

One of the most important things about dance music

舞蹈音樂 最重要的就是節奏

is really the drop,

so I'm going to change it into another song

好，現在我要 把它變成一首新歌

and really catch you by surprise.

一定會令你們驚訝的

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And that's one example right there.

那就其中一個例子

(Applause)

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So, as you saw, I took three different songs

正如剛才所見， 我用了三首不同的歌

and kind of combined them into one new idea,

把它們混合成一個概念

which is something plenty of DJs do out there

那是很多DJ會做的事

on the professional circuit.

在專業層面講

There are plenty of ways to get started DJing.

有很多不同途徑去做DJ

One of the main things I did

我最主要做的是

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

鑽研一些啓發我的DJ

Whether it was watching podcasts,

不論是看播客

watching live sets,

看現在表演

or just really looking them up online.

又戓單單在網上 搜尋他們的資料

I really tried to take in what it meant

我用心的找

to be a fantastic DJ.

怎樣才是一個出色的DJ

One of the best ways to really learn

最好的學習方式

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

就是問一個懂DJ的朋友

Just go over there, ask him a few questions.

去問他幾道問題

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

如果沒有的話， 我們有很多線上資源

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

其中一樣你可以 做的就是上YouTube

check out some demonstrations.

找一些示範

Now, many DJs, a high percentage of them,

那時，絕大部份的DJ

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

都會用Beatport和 Soundcloud搜尋大量的音樂

There are also many other blog sites,

也有很多網誌

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

像Billboard的CODE、 EDMTunes、EDM Sauce

or Dancing Astronaut.

或者是Dancing Astronaut

Now, there are multiple ways to DJ,

現在你有很多方法 可以做DJ

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

原本只能用轉盤和唱片

by legends

舉個例子吧

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

像拉里·萊文， 閃耀大師，保羅奧肯福德

can now be done with many more pieces of equipment,

現在都是 用許多器材做到

such as CDJs,

就如CDJs

which are, sort of, digital turntables

是一種電子唱片

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

是我學會 並現在一直使用的

There are many other amazing programs now,

還有一些 其他的奇妙的程式

such as Ableton, Traktor Pro,

比如專用控制器， 專業混音

Serato, or even apps for tablets and touchscreens.

Serato，甚至是 平板上的應用程式

There are many hardware systems

有很多硬體

just like my APC40 here

就像我這裡的APC40

that can launch samples, clips and tracks.

可以製作樣本

You can also just use turntables, CDJs,

你也可以用轉盤，CDJs

an S4 controller, or an Novation Launchpad.

S4控制器，或者 Novation發射台

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

這些基本上 都是做相似的事情

and that's mix tracks.

就是混搭

So, what I'm going to do now

所以，我現在

is show you guys another mix demonstration.

要展示給你們 另一種混音

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

我先用我其中一首歌

that I did with my friend Matt Dzyacky,

是我和 我的朋友Matt合作的

and from there I'm going to go

從這裡我將要

in a sort of medley of different tracks

混進不同的音軌

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

並給你們展示 不同的風格

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

我現在要展示 當我混進新的音軌

so you can hear it coming in.

你可以聽出它的混入

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

你可以聽到， 新音樂被加進去了

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

現在，DJ們用的 另一個東西叫混合器

and a mixer has many different effects,

它有很多不同的效果

such as a beat roll,

像一個節拍輥

filter effects,

過濾效果

and any other different ones.

等等

There's plenty of effects to use.

有很多不同的音效

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

所以，現在 我要開始一首新歌

and after this drops,

在它結束後

I'm going to drop it in another song

我會接上另一首歌

and kind of change it up.

並給它變速

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And that's a new song bite.

這是一個新的旋律

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So I'm just going to straight mash up

當這首歌結束

another song right when this one breaks down.

我將要直接 混合另外一首歌

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Now, if I want to change up the music,

現在，如果 我想加快音樂

let's say, throw in some new beats,

並加入新的節拍

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

我可以選擇一個 我想要用的節拍

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

我現在要把 新的節奏加進去了

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And that is the end of that demo.

好，完成示範

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Thank you, thank you!

謝謝！謝謝

Now, the great thing about technologies now

現在科技的好處就是

is whether it's a two dollar app

你可以選擇 價值2元的APP

or a couple hundred dollar equipment,

或者數百元的器材

which I'm sure most parents

我肯定大部分父母

won't want to buy for their child,

都不會想買給 他們的孩子

is that almost anyone who has a passion for DJing

但任何對DJ有熱誠

and a passion for the music

對音樂有熱誠

and who might want to pursue a career in it

和有心在此發展的人

really has the ability to, well, pursue it,

的確能夠做到的

such as myself.

我就是一個例子

You can start with an app on a tablet

你可以先用 平板電腦上的APP

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

戓者電話的APP 甚至IPAD的APP

and then move on to bigger equipment.

以後才用較大的器材

The opportunities are endless,

機會是無限的

and, as you saw, you can mix

正如剛才所見 你可以混拍

many different styles of music.

很多不同風格的音樂

So, thank you!

謝謝