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when I first started trying to mix music I thought it was crucial to learn how match beats , I first started by taking 2 of the same tune & playing them 'til I got them synced then I started to cue up tracks on the first kick drum of the first bar & mixing from there . Then I started trying this technique with various styles & found it too work

Pretty much the same as you SoulJacker although I didnt mix the same track. I just cue'd up the first kick on the deck that wasnt playing and started it off at the right point (bar wise) and listened to it go out of sync a few times (in the headphones) till I got my head round wether it was too fast or too slow.

A lot of my friends were already DJ's and I had watched them many times fiddling about with the platter's and the spindle. What I had seen them do started to make sense.

I just started by mixing random songs and starting them at the first beat I could find.  Pretty much the same as you guys.  

Well it was a long time ago, but I started off mixing house music with 3-4 different tunes that had a real easy clean start to the tracks and worked from there. Running 1210 mk 2's at the time (i was lucky to get them as my first decks) 
I had lots on lots of friend who saw me bang in a track and think " wow that looks easy"  give em half hour on the decks and they really found out how hard it was to do if you dont know what you are listening for.  I guess its all to do with getting your headphones set right to hear both tunes at the correct level.  I am always playing with the headphones volume control.

I went on to run Newmark TT X1 decks, Newmark CDN-88 cd players and a Korg Kaoss mixer. Good times