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My new Trance mix

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mix 1-- slow down on the mix, use you levels, mostly base to fade with, fader also. also, sometimes abrupt changes in levels can sound like one song if done at the right time and on the right beat. somone once told me "KNOW YOUR MUSIC!" acually it was "KNOW YOU VINYL" that is the best peice of advise anyone has ever given me. most dance tracks "step down" at the end and "step up" at the begining, use that to your advantage, especially with progressive trance!

mix 2-- i like that alot better, almost exactly what i said for mix one, sounds like you used the levels more took longer in the mix and had that abrupt change into the next track after a long slow bass fade. sometimes mixes like that REALLY get the crowd going. track selection is your key, dont blow your wad early with all the good stuff, tease the crowd with things then surprize them with somthing new and then turn it around again, sorry im rambleing...

mix 3-- got way too repedative at the end, you should have mixed out earlier, where the last vocal came in, it was juct a cry. that is the point where you would want to be just finishing the fade, get that vocal then GONE! to the next song. but the whole time, i think it was like 8 mesures, before that you should have been mixing in so it wouldnt get so repedative.

mix 4-- i liked it, i think i would of like it better if the next songs groove dropped in right when the music dropped on the last one where the bass kept going. remember it is progressive trance you have to give the kids a break every now and then, just not during mixes, the progression will handle that. i loke this remix of motorcycle though!

mix 5-- ouch! hahaha way to abrupt, that is definatly a mix you need to watch the levels on. that is a tough one though. its always good to throw some pop in though, you know, to get the dance whuffo's dancin!

mix 6-- too fast, fade into it, with the base down, lower the bass on the original track for a mesure then whip up the bass when the big "WWHHHAAAA" comes and at the same time drop your bass on the u2 song.. that mix was too harsh, extend it some. you dont have long though only till the "WWHHHHAAAA" haha.. and be carefull also, multiple vocal tracks can get you in trouble, they are REALLY good for getting you out of trouble though.

mix 7-- when the vocals drop and she says somthing never dies??? well that is when you should have started your cue, then next mesure start fading in slowly with the base level down, then totally fade into the next song at the point where the whiney vocals start. the first one. before the grove starts. anticipate the change, this is the benafit of vinal, you can see it in the tracks. or "know your music". if you know the change is coming you can cue on that.

mix 8-- once again. watch the levels, good mix if you would have got the levels right, long nice extended. but the bass just jumps on top of you and spoils it.



all in all i like, keep playing, it is alot of fun. and please dont take this the wrong way. i love it when somone who isnt a dance whuffo, cretiques my mixes. it only makes you better. also go out and get an armin van buren c/d and listen to the mixes over and over and listen to what he does. he screws up also. but sometimes it is amazing how he fixes it!...

later..

Mark



Thanks, not bad for my second mix I would say. 3 months tryin', I'm still workin on it. ;)

Matt

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umm.. trance isnt a variation of techno.. dance music or electronic music is the collective term for what you're talking about.

techno is its own genre. carl cox, derrick may, rictchie hawtin, christian varela all produce and play techno.

your mix is more on the lines of uplifting trance.. which in my eyes is quite cheesy. but each to their own =)



No one refers to it as "Dance music", its usually called "techno" since none of it is really mainstream in the US. All my friends ask me to burn them CDs of "techno".. I dont have techno, but thats what they know it as. To them electronic dance music = techno. I for one, know the difference, but was just explaining it in terms that others might understand. I should have clearified earlier.

It may have a bit of cheese in it, but there are far more cheesy tracks I could have put in here... WAY MORE cheesy.



Ha why do you own those cheesy records??.. you should probably burn them ;)

nah i know what you mean.. its just fkn annoying when people refer to all electronic/dance music "techno"... its like saying all band orientated music is "punk" music. anyways..

I dj over here in sydney. people here prob have alittle bit more of an idea then americans since we have a fairly commerical party scene. not really into trance either.. i mix breaks out at raves and club events and also collect funk and hiphop.

how long have u all been mixing for?

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mix 1-- slow down on the mix, use you levels, mostly base to fade with, fader also. also, sometimes abrupt changes in levels can sound like one song if done at the right time and on the right beat. somone once told me "KNOW YOUR MUSIC!" acually it was "KNOW YOU VINYL" that is the best peice of advise anyone has ever given me. most dance tracks "step down" at the end and "step up" at the begining, use that to your advantage, especially with progressive trance!

mix 2-- i like that alot better, almost exactly what i said for mix one, sounds like you used the levels more took longer in the mix and had that abrupt change into the next track after a long slow bass fade. sometimes mixes like that REALLY get the crowd going. track selection is your key, dont blow your wad early with all the good stuff, tease the crowd with things then surprize them with somthing new and then turn it around again, sorry im rambleing...

mix 3-- got way too repedative at the end, you should have mixed out earlier, where the last vocal came in, it was juct a cry. that is the point where you would want to be just finishing the fade, get that vocal then GONE! to the next song. but the whole time, i think it was like 8 mesures, before that you should have been mixing in so it wouldnt get so repedative.

mix 4-- i liked it, i think i would of like it better if the next songs groove dropped in right when the music dropped on the last one where the bass kept going. remember it is progressive trance you have to give the kids a break every now and then, just not during mixes, the progression will handle that. i loke this remix of motorcycle though!

mix 5-- ouch! hahaha way to abrupt, that is definatly a mix you need to watch the levels on. that is a tough one though. its always good to throw some pop in though, you know, to get the dance whuffo's dancin!

mix 6-- too fast, fade into it, with the base down, lower the bass on the original track for a mesure then whip up the bass when the big "WWHHHAAAA" comes and at the same time drop your bass on the u2 song.. that mix was too harsh, extend it some. you dont have long though only till the "WWHHHHAAAA" haha.. and be carefull also, multiple vocal tracks can get you in trouble, they are REALLY good for getting you out of trouble though.

mix 7-- when the vocals drop and she says somthing never dies??? well that is when you should have started your cue, then next mesure start fading in slowly with the base level down, then totally fade into the next song at the point where the whiney vocals start. the first one. before the grove starts. anticipate the change, this is the benafit of vinal, you can see it in the tracks. or "know your music". if you know the change is coming you can cue on that.

mix 8-- once again. watch the levels, good mix if you would have got the levels right, long nice extended. but the bass just jumps on top of you and spoils it.



all in all i like, keep playing, it is alot of fun. and please dont take this the wrong way. i love it when somone who isnt a dance whuffo, cretiques my mixes. it only makes you better. also go out and get an armin van buren c/d and listen to the mixes over and over and listen to what he does. he screws up also. but sometimes it is amazing how he fixes it!...

later..

Mark



Good job, I agree with Mark, I add this
do a long mix on 32 beat or 64 beat and check your level and check the BPM and when you mix, you can play with the level of bass, mid and treble for exactly the same sound between the 2 song

place this comment in constructive comment

I play in the club in Montréal for 15 year's to 78 to 93
At the start small club and at the end big club with very good salary.

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Slappie    9

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I really enjoyed it. I loaded it up and listened to it about 2 or 4 times while fraggin in Desert Combat lastnight. Needs some tweaks to mess the songs together better. Other then that.. pretty good effort for an amatuer. B|

2 thumbs up. B|



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Hey Matt :
Can i get a copy of it this weekend at the dz?

I could do with some new tunes to tide me over before I go home and stock up B|

You are led through your lifetime by the inner learning creature, the playful spiritual being that is your real self.-Richard Bach


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No, you're a soldier, now bring your ass with me to Dublin! That's an order!:P

Oh yeah, and bring us your beer!!!:ph34r:



I was thinking about it... and YOU are bringing ME beer... you owe me. I risked my life bringin you a case of cold ones! :D

Matt

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reply]I was thinking about it... and YOU are bringing ME beer... you owe me. I risked my life bringin you a case of cold ones! :D



heeheee. It was kinda treacherous out that day wasnt it! :$

Thanks in advance for the cd.

You are led through your lifetime by the inner learning creature, the playful spiritual being that is your real self.-Richard Bach


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Thank you for the mix. I was hoping with multiple DJ's in this thread someone could help me in finding some more tunes. With regard to electronic music I listen primarily to trance but am interested in something I heard on the Princeton U radio station. While on my way home from the dz I heard some d&b with early nineties dancehall reggae lyrics mixed in. I have emailed the radio station to get no response. Would be very interested in finding out other DJ's that mix dancehall w/ D&B/electronic.

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i started mixing happy hard as u started off in the sydney rave scene then started buying cheesy house and rave anthem.. then moved into progressive trance through to techno and finally have been mising breaks since about 2000.



Got any mixes for download? Would love to hear them...

Matt

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Well Trance is a variation of Techno... and techno is cheesy... and main stream techno is VERY cheesy. :$
Trance is where its at.



Eggzactly. There are few techno tracks I like, but I love trance, especially vocal trance. I really dig the vocal trance channel on www.digitallyimported.com. I've found a lot of great artists on there.



Czech out "Radio IO Ambient" for some far-out tracks.
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