Seth Godin describes the dip as the following:
” Almost everything in life worth doing is controlled by the Dip. At the beginning, when you first start something, it’s fun. The Dip is the long slog between starting and mastery. The Dip is the difference between the easy “beginner” technique and the more useful “expert” approach in skiing or fashion design. “
I think professionally and in DJing, I am experiencing the dip. And on both fronts, I am making progress. For DJing, I’ve committed to practicing skills 10 minutes every day (motivating article here). It’s not much but it adds up to over an hour per week. Not bad for a minor hobby. In my first week of doing it, the improvements are notable. I’ve edited my first beat grid for Little of Your Love in this mix. I also nudged tracks in real time to get the beat syncing a little tighter.
That said, the mixing is fairly light weight in mix. I use a beat jump and an echo effect to skip over a rap verse I didn’t like in Summer Love. Feeling like I always just use the low pass filter to transition between tracks, this time I use a high pass between Summer Love and Little of Your Love.
Enjoy!
