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durtyjerzy609, post: 28463, member: 1487 wrote: please guys im 17th and i need to get into the top 12

Done. Good luck buddy!

I see myself listening to this on the beach with a mojito in hand.. Great track!

Personally, I will prefer a tighter bassline and punchier kick drum while limiting the dubstep bassline. But this is just me.

Love the originality of sampling the door and background sounds of sea gulls calling perhaps?

Keep it up buddy 🙂

Andre

Terry_42, post: 25106, member: 1843 wrote: Well I followed the changes in music myself quite a bit, but almost 90% of my production work has been with underground and independent musicians, bands and labels, who do their own thing anyways. So more insight on the music being commoditized would be helpful for me to understand more about why Pop / Commercial-EDM is becoming so “break free” and iconized.

I mean in the Eurodance 90s we had acts that were “hated” by the underground like “DJ Bobo”. But I got to meet the guy once then, he was very humble, totally cool guy and he actually had a theme for all his albums (except the first one) with a stage show to go with, huge choreography etc. but still he was trying new things, he had breaks, passages and even un-dancable tracks on his albums. Yes he had also the usual dance hit for the single on each album, but some things were underrated by the haters.
Several of todays acts now go into really 100% me all the time mode for a whole album. Some songs I even like the melody or basic tune (even some FloRida and Pitbull tunes), but they destroy it by “machine gunning” the song to death. Hell even Skrillex has breaks in his songs… but they don’t.
Is it really the impatience of the people, that they cannot even enjoy a whole song? Do they expect that people anyways listen only to 2 songs per album and that is it? Is this probably why I get the feeling when I go to our cool Opera house in town to see an Opera that I think 90% of the people are only there to “be seen and to see who is there” and actually feel relief during the break? (Yes I know wrong forum, but it fits and my music taste is diverse… I can go from industrial to vivaldi in 5 songs when I have an evening of music for myself hehe)

4 Seasons by Vivaldi is a must listen for those in the progressive scene or looking to build a set that aspires to take the listener on a journey! Thumbs up buddy!

Vary the style in one mix to show your versatility. Do not be afraid to throw something different or eclectic into the mix. That can really make a mix stand out and be the defining moment if pulled off the right way.

I used to put breaks or tribal in, in the midst, of a progressive set 7 to 8 years back. I now play some soulful and funky house after going techy for a while. Just some suggestions. Try it and I hope it helps 🙂