What's age got to do with squat. I'm 40. I was popping Ecstacy back in 1992, and having a whale of a time. I love Cyndi Lauper, Heart, Depeche Mode, The Cure, ZZ-Top, Slade, The Smiths, Sade, and a whole lot of other music from back in the day. This was just about some constructive crtiticism...
SlpperDuck - I guess you bust me. I mixed it using Ableton Studio 8.0. To boot, I didn't even do a live recording with proper transitions. It was a straight recording, matching the beats as best I could, with no Low/Mid/High manipulation at all. I did Ableton a serious injustice with this effort as it offers far greater control than what I attempted. I was just trying to stick to the basics. I don't know if you've ever heard of Munro, he played on Radio 5 once that I know of, had/has his own club/s in PE that I know about. I was privileged enough to do his lighting at a rave we'd organized once...
"Watch this," he said to me. "What?" I asked. I was doing the lighting and already in awe of his serious mixing skills. He didn't have to tell me when to pump the lights, when to make slow dreamy sessions, I could feel it in the music. He actually complimented me on my lighting skills afterwards. "I'm going to make them go off their heads!" he exclaimed. So, I watched. The dancefloor, barely full, had previously been a miasma of disinterested bodies grooving because they couldn't think of anything better to do, continuing its groove as he cut into a slow dreamy session. Slowly, the dancefloor filled up. It wasn't because of the song, he was doing stuff with the decks. It's indescribable. Slowly, but surely, he built up the tempo, until it reached a crescendo. Then the bass kicked in - the previously half-full dancefloor, now full, went nuts. It took him about five minutes, and I seriously had to control my urge to kick the lights throughout. It was like a perpetual orgasm from beginning to end. Guess who played the 5AM 'til close set? Moi. It was that night I was offered a solo gig at Stellenbosch for R1k - we're talking '98, so R1k for an evening's work was a decent amount of money. Close was 12PM BTW.
I understand that mixes require time, which require proper equipment ( as in decks, amplifiers, boof boxes, speakers), which I am hesitant to buy if my peers tell me I suck at music selection, for starters. Mixing with software is never going come close to mixing with proper decks, atmosphere, etc...
I'd really appreciate a "don't give up your day job" or "Go for it" from you, SlipperyDuck. Not that I'm going to give up my day job, I'd never be so dim.
Thanks, Phatso - I have a tendency to go hard. I'm not sure what timeslot I should play, because it depends on the party. I really love slow funky grooves, housey tunes, garage, but I always seem to land up on kicking beats. Maybe that's a weakness?
Thanks to all you all you guys that actually took the time to DL my mix, it means a lot to me, your opinions mean even more.
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