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  • #1013458
    NADAL
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    Hey, listening to the mix now… intro is so-so.. I can send you a link to a company that will have it more professional-sounding, radio-style (they cost me…. 18 euros… ridiculously cheap).

    I’m not saying hey let’s pretend we’re Skrillex here, I’m just saying, let’s up prod values a bit.

    I assume you’re looking for feedback?

    great first track (hadn’t hard that track in years, the remix sounds good). starting with a bang is part of my philosophy too.

    Are you on Traktor? You might want to look into changing latency, it skips a little as you probably heard yourself. This is a recurring issue on the mix (I encountered a similar problem on my latest mix, too).

    The first mix is actually fine, by the way.

    Length: I think published dj mixes should 60 minutes in length minimum. Anything less and it risks sounding like a pastime kind of thing (that said, I don’t know your objectives with this, maybe it is a pastime but I’m going to assume you’re trying, like me and many on these boards to earn a living from this).

    The rest of the mix is a good blend of dance-floor ready choons, but the mixing is uninspiring. You need to stay in the mix a little bit longer (but not too long). Hit the sweet spot and stay there, that’s the ticket.

    If I were you, and again, depending on your objectives, I would make my sound more radio-friendly by adding more vocal tracks. Can’t be a proper househead without some appreciation of soulful vocal house. Try also acquiring some prog house tracks, make your sound more radio-friendly (no need to sell your soul to the devil just yet though).

    Oh, and one last thing: you’ll get nowhere on mixcloud.com. Ditch them like last night’s girlfriend, and move operations to soundcloud. That’s what I did. Bigger audience, and people will get to download your mix. That last part is essential.

    Hope you liked the feedback

    it’s time for the NXT GENERATION

    NADAL IN PARIS

    #1013642
    NADAL
    Member

    heeeeeyyy… why did I bother? Why did I bother taking the time to: 1) listen to ophkey’s mix, (2) note its strengths and weaknesses, (3) write some feedback. He never stated explicitly that he wanted feedback, but by posting a mix to these forums, that’s an expectation a DJ has, right? On the other hand, I posted my mix on these boards as well, and got no reply. Is something broken in these forums? Why do people participate in forums if there is no involvement as such? Disappointed by the apathy and lack of generosity exhibited by my fellow members.

    #1013715
    Ophkey
    Participant

    Dude chill out man! I havent been online for a while. I appreciate your feedback but I dont necessarily agree with it all. I’m not a serious DJ, I just make mixes for friends and do occasional parties. I’m pro dominantly a Deep House DJ, so any mixes i record which aren’t deep house are requested by friends (ie track list). I find this mixing sweet point you talk about quite interesting, when i started many years back i was told always to get the last min from deck a to the first min of deck b (and vice versa) where possible, have i been doing it wrong all these years? I shall listen to your mix as you did mine after all.

    #1013739
    NADAL
    Member

    Thanks for the response. Never heard about the one minute rule before. I think my way is better, the way that its actually done live. What keeps you from getting more seriously involved in DJing?

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