To give better assistance it would be good if you could provide an example of why your mixes aren’t interesting? what do you feel they are lacking?
Since I don’t know what you’re mixing skills are like, I won’t comment on that, but I will give some advice on selection.
Pick a theme, a mood, a time of day, a story or any kind of narrative and build the mix around that. Your ideas can come from experiences in your life or from TV , fiction, history or movies or they can just emerge from messing around on the decks and stumbling across songs that work well together. Check these examples and the mix blurbs below.
A lot of mine are about creating a soundtrack to a real or potential experiences.
http://soundcloud.com/thereturn/dj-return-rotten-coconuts
You’re on a deserted island, all there is to eat is coconuts. You eat a bad coconut and it makes you trip out and run around the island a la Leonardo De Caprio in the Beach. This is the soundtrack to that experience
Where as others are about exploring themes within the music
http://soundcloud.com/thereturn/message-from-the-80s
This mix tries to capture a certain mood in the early 80s. All of these tracks tell a story of hard times, of struggle against racism, unemployment, poverty, drug addiction, urban life, Reaganism and violence. But most importantly they also say “there has got to be a better way” Many of these songs look to the future. Some are afraid that there is worse to come, while others view computers and technology as a positive way forward. However, the overarching message is that change is possible, especially if you take the initiative.
hope this helps
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