House Music

I’d be glad to help out.

I’m still learning about house music myself, though I’ve been a big fan of progressive house since I tapped into some DJ podcasts a while back. I’ve found that progressive is really hit-or-miss in my area, with most consumers of music being more attracted to dubstep, electro house and other genres that are more “rough around the edges” when compared with progressive. It’s rampant across the internet’s record stores and no doubt a quick Google search would more than likely bring to you Beatport’s Progressive House genre page where you can preview whatever you like.

• Dinka’s “Great Barrier Reef”
• Afrojack’s “Take Over Control”
• Boom Jinx’s “Too Free To Follow”

These are tracks that kind of illustrate the broad range of sounds available in progressive house.

Though I’m a big fan of LISTENING to progressive house, I’ve been trying to move away from DJing with it. I’ve found other house genres like funky house, tech house, and diva house to be more engaging and fun to mix. These are tracks like:

• The Armand Van Helden Re-Edit of “The Bomb!” by The Bucketheads
• Mark Knight & Wolfgang Gartner’s “Conscindo”
• Timo Juuti & Hector 87’s “Leak or STFU!”
• The Seamus Haji Remix of Belezamusica’s “Running Away”
• Ticon’s “Jinxed”

Hope this helps, pal. DJ podcasts are a great resource for new house music. Even YouTubing to preview the tracklists of old compilations CDs is an option as well. My brother was a house DJ back in the day, so I’ve got just crates of gold sitting out in the garage as well that I haven’t even begun to peruse. If I find anything up your alley, whenever you decide what type of house you’re into, I’ll try to check back here and give you the low-down.

Oh yeah if its Prog house yer like, yer talking to the prog master.. and at least 4 of my mates specialise in this genre too!
Feel free to have a look here http://www.mixcloud.com/U31/
most of my mixes are timestamped so the choon playing is illuminated.
If you have any questions, ask away, i only bite a little bit at first!

Quality mixing? Hell i started in around 1990 / 91 and still aint got a clue!

Gonna give your mixes a listen and follow later fxn -l 😉

😳 Holy cow. I don’t even know what to say; that’s probably some of the most powerful feedback I’ve ever gotten about my mixing. Thank you so much. I really appreciate it!

steve_07, post: 6057 wrote: Im wanting to mix a set which is mainly house music. I have a limited selection of house music, mainly an Amesia Ibiza mix CD with the likes of Mark Knight, Axwell, Tiesto, etc and loads others I have never heard of.

Basically Im after someone to point me in the right direction for some house music that is easy to mix and goes well together. I have no idea what artists to look for or even where to begin and was hoping some of you lot have done house mixes before and could recommend a few tracks, an album or even a mix to remix.

Cheers,

Hello Steve 🙂
Although you have received some Excellent Advice already in this Thread; I will say something too 🙂
When Record Shops were Open (like Virgin and HMV – are they still Open?); I use to pick up 6 CD Sets of House – Unmixed – (and other Genres) for £12; I don’t know what it is like today; other than to say that these ‘Special Mix Complilations’ would cost Much More on the Usual MP3 Sites; but; with over 80 Tracks available it was Great for Early Development of Genres; or even Basic DJ Skills (or the Evolvement Of);
However; without the Medium I described; it takes a Great Deal Of Time; to First Of All ‘Find’ Tracks that you Enjoy (even on YouTube – though I spend Hours and Hours on there myself); (I also listen to Mix Sets that people have put up Online; and also Download and Study Famous DJ Mixes which are available on Soundcloud); and then More Time actually Obtaining these Tracks; but Unfortuantely (or Fortunately) this is The Name Of The Game :);
The Most Important Thing Of All All; having to spend this Amount Of Time; is to ‘Like’ The Genre you are Studying;
As for me; having spent 3 Solid Months of this year listening to Dubstep Excusively; I have gone Right Off it now;

One of my Current Sources of Tracks is [EMAIL]B@TV[/EMAIL]; I watch a Set (by a DJ who is Interesting); and when I hear something that says to me ‘Absolute Classic’; I read in the Comments for the Tracklisting; and then Buy The Track;