Depending on how much you like old-school hip-hop (or current electronic dance music in an "everything cycles back around" kind of way), you might have heard the phrase drop it on the one. It refers to the DJ bringing in a new song or sound at the beginning of the next bar of music...i.e., the one beat. When I started DJing I realized how scary it is to drop it on the one - because if you are offbeat everyone is going to hear it. I've often let an old song play on too long because I wasn't sure of my mix and I didn't know if I was going to make something awesome or awful. Taking Chances In the same way, life and business are full of … [Read more...]