Gorkhali,"Many people think mixing is simply beat-matching, it is not. Mixing is blending two tracks into one. sometimes a mix sounds better if the beat's are not matched, it all depends on practice and knowing your track, front to back. and back to front."

he he Really I guess he's been djing too much at Nepali Parties. he he Smoothness and Beatmatching is the KEY. If you cannot beatmatch and skip the beat it will be like BOOM BOOM BOOM silence... OOOPS BOOM BOOM on the Danced floor. Now if you are playing for knuckleheads they won't know from one beat to another. And tracks are not cake to cut it straight up. Cueing is the key to beat matching. But it also depends upon what Genre and what type of Djing you want to do. Rules for Radio dj's are completely different from club djs. Then comes genre--> what is acceptable in what genre like what in acceptable in Reggae might not be acceptable in Hardcore and what is acceptablein Hip Hop is never acceptable in Techno or Trance. So KNOW YOUR MUSIC very very important to know when your BEAT DROPS otherwise you are headed for straight up TRAINWRECK.

The other thing is what instrument you are using to DJ. I say instrument because Turntables are considered a musical instrument these days. Now it does cost a lot of money to by Vinyls but is probably the best as far as sound is concerned. Besides if you are in a trainwreck its is probably the easiest mode to get your mix back into track by hydroplaning(using y0ur hand to controll the pitch). Whereas you cannot hydroplane very easily in cdjs or laptops.