CTW Members Mr Happy Posted September 4, 2003 CTW Members Share Posted September 4, 2003 as a whole i find hard dance harder to mix than techno (go figure ) ne ways, tuen in my box that i find hard to get just right r: karim & tinrib - i've got ya the lead in just doesnt seem to want to play along. every time i drop it that tune just drains the energy from my set yet its still a pumping tune i know i'm doing sumthin wrong but cant workout what its not teh beatmatching either as its not really a challenge getting it to pop. karim - dont [censored] with me cuz i love my bass in tunes i have a naughty habbit of turning up the bass eq's so i find as this tune has next to no bassline i cant play it mid set. only works as a starter tune other than that it doesnt get ne easyer to beatmatch than this tune Quote Mr Happy's fishy fish MangaFish munch munch MSN & e-mail - mangafish@mangafish.net AOL - MangaMorgan Online mixes - http://www.mangafish.net/mixes/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTW Members JonDaniels1562628969 Posted September 4, 2003 CTW Members Share Posted September 4, 2003 See those tunes I find a piece of piss to mix and I definately think Techno is harder to mix but thats just me. I find HH very easy to mix as the structures are very similar but with Techno its all over the place and the keys are so different. Quote http://www.faceparty.com/wildjonno Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTW Members Mr Happy Posted September 4, 2003 Author CTW Members Share Posted September 4, 2003 i think its a consentration thing. i get board mixing hardhouse v v quickly and loose the consentration. but techno doesnt have ne rules so i can bring tunes in when ever i like etc. that flexability keeps me entertained 4 longer i guess Quote Mr Happy's fishy fish MangaFish munch munch MSN & e-mail - mangafish@mangafish.net AOL - MangaMorgan Online mixes - http://www.mangafish.net/mixes/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTW Members Tara Posted September 5, 2003 CTW Members Share Posted September 5, 2003 I find BK & Andy Farley - 'Accelerate' the hardest thing to mix coz just as I think I've got it, it starts speeding up and completely fucks my head up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 5, 2003 Share Posted September 5, 2003 After playing at a "retro" night a few months ago, all dance music (techno, trance, house, hard house etc) is a piece of piss compared to playin 80's and 90's stuff. Back then tunes werent made for DJs to mix, it was all about the actual songs / tunes. Nowadays dance music is made with the DJs in mind, and it makes everything so easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTW Promotors Lisa Posted September 5, 2003 CTW Promotors Share Posted September 5, 2003 At the moment I find all tunes hard to mix!! But hey im learning & soon i'll be spinning/mixing with the best!! Quote Techno, Techno, Techno Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 5, 2003 Share Posted September 5, 2003 Tara said: I find BK & Andy Farley - 'Accelerate' the hardest thing to mix coz just as I think I've got it, it starts speeding up and completely fucks my head up! HINT: mix it BEFORE it starts speeding up tune that I hate trying to mix in is the Vinal + Devotion rmx of 'Crazy Styles' - starts off with dnb, then kicks into 180bpm freeform.... only problem is, when it kicks in, its fullon so a right pain to mix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTW Members jon_m Posted September 5, 2003 CTW Members Share Posted September 5, 2003 im agreeing with happy! shock horror!! both tunes uv mentioned are fuckers!! iv got ya less so!! but dont [censored] with me is horrible!! its that heavy bass line overpowers all!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTW Members Tara Posted September 5, 2003 CTW Members Share Posted September 5, 2003 Chris_Hutchinson said: HINT: mix it BEFORE it starts speeding up I've tried, but I'm new to this game don't yah' know, takes me a while to get it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTW Reviewers Wub Wub Posted September 12, 2003 CTW Reviewers Share Posted September 12, 2003 Fingers Burnt - Legoland For two reasons; 1) It's clear plastic lime green vinyl, and hurts my eyes to look at sometimes. 2) It takes a good 90 secs of intro before anything resembling a beat kicks in. Quote Harder. Faster. Better. Stronger. Badder. Smarter. Wub Wub Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 12, 2003 Share Posted September 12, 2003 LiamStyles said: After playing at a "retro" night a few months ago, all dance music (techno, trance, house, hard house etc) is a piece of piss compared to playin 80's and 90's stuff. Back then tunes werent made for DJs to mix, it was all about the actual songs / tunes. Nowadays dance music is made with the DJs in mind, and it makes everything so easy. Liam, "Retro" tunes are piss to mix, even old skool/hardcore - but hey thats my generation from when i started mixing (91 - 97) The thing with retro/piano tunes is that back then there was no specific layout of the beats/bars, so there wasn't necessarily a correct point to 'bring tunes in' you have a couple of bars that can be 'caught', most tunes from about 94 onwards were set out with a correct donomination of beats (Think Ken Doh - Nakasaki, Nush - U Girls etc. etc., this kinda era) Practice makes perfect, and this is something i have no trouble with, but it's getting hold of the old tunes (and they are not cheap nowadays) to play around with, again something which i have [censored] loads of, after 12 years collecting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTW Reviewers Wub Wub Posted September 12, 2003 CTW Reviewers Share Posted September 12, 2003 I've started to think of records into bar sections, rather than beats. It makes it a lot easier for me to mix. Still sound [censored] though. Quote Harder. Faster. Better. Stronger. Badder. Smarter. Wub Wub Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTW DJs Ian Cashman Posted September 13, 2003 CTW DJs Share Posted September 13, 2003 wub_wub said: Fingers Burnt - Legoland For two reasons; 1) It's clear plastic lime green vinyl, and hurts my eyes to look at sometimes. 2) It takes a good 90 secs of intro before anything resembling a beat kicks in. muppet... its a piece of piss.. look for where the vinyl changes colour about a minute in.. youll find a well defined first kick.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTW Reviewers Wub Wub Posted September 13, 2003 CTW Reviewers Share Posted September 13, 2003 Mod1 said: muppet... its a piece of piss.. look for where the vinyl changes colour about a minute in.. youll find a well defined first kick.. It could help if I could mix properly in the first place though. I'm still at the galloping horses stage. Quote Harder. Faster. Better. Stronger. Badder. Smarter. Wub Wub Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTW Members Jimmy Posted September 13, 2003 CTW Members Share Posted September 13, 2003 rockin ronnie is a bastard to mix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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