Beat Match City

tempo: 124 bpm the DJ's take: In terms of energy and key/note progression, I feel like this one could go well with Ne-Yo's Let's Go , Bingo Players' Cry Just A Little , Flo Rida's I Cry , and maybe the Day N Nite - Crookers Remix . Fast and danceable, with a buzzy, hypnotic bass. Definitely worth a spin in a poolside dance mix. download or stream 4th of July (Fireworks): amazon dj cheat sheet playlist

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.

Links: Made with Logic Pro at 123 bpm From episode #72 of the sterling mercury show Sacrifice - The Weeknd Watch Your Step - Disclosure, Kelis Follow the playlist on djcheatsheet.com

Made with Logic Pro at 124 bpm 18:41 of dance and pop music Check out some more mixes here . Playlists used: 60 to 65 bpm , 120 to 125 bpm , 125 to 130 bpm Tracklist (start times in parentheses): 1. You Don't Know Me - Jax Jones, RAYE 2. Sacrifice - The Weeknd (1:25) 3. Watch Your Step - Disclosure & Kelis (4:07) 4. Don't Start Now - Dua Lipa (6:03) 5. Revolution 909 - Daft Punk (7:52) 6. Wake Me Up - Avicii (9:55) 7. Bad Habits - Ed Sheeran (10:27) 8. Push The Feeling On - Nightcrawlers (12:15) 9. Sorry - Beyoncé (12:53) 10. Gyalchester - Drake (14:19) 11. Bills Bills Bills - Destiny's Child (16:54)