Put tracks between each pair of songs to highlight the journey with a natural flow.

About four landmarks for an hour long playlist.

Go from the end to the beginning. Tell a story

Excellent vid on playlists

Some worked examples of working song transitions.

Best methods for mixing: - Same number, same letter - Same number, different letter This is the absolute best method for mixing compatibility for a tonal shift - Same letter, 1 difference in number (+1/-1)

Other Methods (less reliable but still useful at times): - Semitone Shift (+7 number, same letter) - Full tone shift (+/- 2 number, same letter) - Compatible tone shift: -3 number, different letter - Diagonal switch (+/- 1 number, different letter

All this is due to the overlap in notes within the respective scales. Most of this is also dependent on the tracks being played and their notes.

Best video I have seen on the camelot wheel and mixing keys.

Subtract (or add) 3 and switch letters

Number same, letter different.

Can mix by energy and key... Have software show related key and bpm. Filter by your own energy tags.

Chris M. suggests to keep track of emotions/vibes to build certain kinds of playlists easier.

Can also categorize by time... Mostly related to music energy.

Chris M. suggests to start building a playlist with the end in mind. This is logical because it's easier to backtrack transitions then to do it forward.

Edit: This he suggested in a different video, not this one.

Playing into the idea of transitions... Perhaps it's useful to keep small playlists with only a handful of songs (3-5) that are PERFECT together. This can be used as a sort of repository for the creation of larger playlists later to save time.

Good videos about playlists.

Transitions he mentions: - A) Instant RAGE Slower Song -> Instant Drop Instant Drop = a song that immediately pulls up the speed. - B) Slow Down, Speed Up Hype song with a gradual slow down, leading into an immediate speed up. Kick or beat drop from track 2. - C) Vibez to Vibez Track 1 to Track 2 while remaining energy (energy the same) but switching the genres. - D) Get up and Dance Weird ending that you CAN'T dance to leading into something that you HAVE to dance to. - E) The SLOW DOWN Song pace doesn't matter. Slow Ending to a Slow Beginning. - F) The Lit Switch Lead one LIT song seamlessly into another LIT song, regardless of genre. It maintains hype level. - G) Is that the same X Have a similar sounding X playing at the end of track 1 and at the beginning of track 2... X can be anything, for example an instrument/guitar. - H) Weird BUT Effective Track 2 starts with a sound effect and you use that to transition seamlessly with track 1. - I) The Dip/The Rip Track A with decent pace to Track B (slowest song of the 3) to Track C which starts slow but picks up the pace again Can be reversed into the hip... Then the middle song is the fastest song.

The distinguisher between a great playlist and a normal playlist is the flow between each songs. In other words, the transitions.

Excellent video on the creation of playlists.