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DJ mix/mashup: Watch Your Bad Habits (ft. Rihanna, Ed Sheeran, Disclosure, and more)




Made with Logic Pro at 121 bpm

Took me awhile; I probably went through about 15 different songs off this DJ Cheat Sheet playlist, and settled on something simple. Percussion throughout is from the opening to Disclosure's Watch Your Step. The Rihanna vocals come from the very end of Disturbia where the drums peel off, then we threw in a little sample from the beginning of Jax Jones' You Don't Know Me to break up the monotony.

Second half felt better - the beginning of Ed Sheeran's Bad Habits before the drums drop in was a nice loop, and then we threw in the beginning guitar riff from Swedish House Mafia's Don't You Worry Child to thicken it up a bit. On a side note, I thought the opening part of Tame Impala's The Moment over the aforementioned Rihanna vocal from Disturbia could've been interesting, but I couldn't find a spot to fit it in for this session. Maybe some other time.

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