Afrika Bambata - looking for the perfect beat

Not in any specific order:

1) 2 Pac - All About U
2) Afrika Bambaataa - Perfect Beat

Can we agree on a bpm range?

BPM range: 90 - 100

So that might kill Perfect Beat

i thought about it.....BUT!....the point is to be creative like you said....lets not make it easy.....

M.O.P. - ante up

I'll make a pool of tracks based on each participants entry... How 'bout that?!?!?!? :D

1) Pac- All About U
2) Bambaataa - Perfect Beat
3) M.O.P. - Ante Up

Oh shit. I like this idea.

4. Dr Dre. The Next Episode

1) Pac- All About U
2) Bambaataa - Perfect Beat
3) M.O.P. - Ante Up
4) Dr Dre- Next Episode
5) NWA - Natural Born Killaz

1) Pac- All About U
2) Bambaataa - Perfect Beat
3) M.O.P. - Ante Up
4) Dr Dre- Next Episode
5) NWA - Natural Born Killaz
6) Mos Def - Ms Fat Booty

1) Pac- All About U
2) Bambaataa - Perfect Beat
3) M.O.P. - Ante Up
4) Dr Dre- Next Episode
5) NWA - Natural Born Killaz
6) Mos Def - Ms Fat Booty
7) B.IG ft diddy - mo money mo problems(need a classic fo sure)

tracy lee-the anthem

1) Pac - All About U
2) Bambaataa - Perfect Beat
3) M.O.P. - Ante Up
4) Dre - Next Episode
5) NWA - Natural Birn KIllaz
6) Mos Def - Ms. Fat Booty
7) B.I.G. - Mo Money Mo Problems
8) Tracey Lee - The Anthem

9) Naught By Nature - Ghetto Bastard?

Alright you lazy fools, you need to repost the list... LOL

1) Pac - All About U
2) Bambaataa - Perfect Beat
3) M.O.P. - Ante Up
4) Dre - Next Episode
5) NWA - Natural Birn KIllaz
6) Mos Def - Ms. Fat Booty
7) B.I.G. - Mo Money Mo Problems
8) Tracey Lee - The Anthem
9) Naught By Nature - Ghetto Bastard

1) Pac - All About U
2) Bambaataa - Perfect Beat
3) M.O.P. - Ante Up
4) Dre - Next Episode
5) NWA - Natural Birn KIllaz
6) Mos Def - Ms. Fat Booty
7) B.I.G. - Mo Money Mo Problems
8) Tracey Lee - The Anthem
9) Naught By Nature - Ghetto Bastard
10) juvenile - back that ass up

1) Pac - All About U
2) Bambaataa - Perfect Beat
3) M.O.P. - Ante Up
4) Dre - Next Episode
5) NWA - Natural Birn KIllaz
6) Mos Def - Ms. Fat Booty
7) B.I.G. - Mo Money Mo Problems
8) Tracey Lee - The Anthem
9) Naught By Nature - Ghetto Bastard
10) juvenile - back that ass up
11) Southern Hospitality - Ludacris

dam this thread could be around forever.......we should jus make this mix mandatory to become a member of this forum.....

What's next... a spelling test? A lot of us would flunk! lol

Once we get around 2-3 more songs that'll be it... Anyone else wanting to enter in this "Mix-for-All", make sure we all have the track you're listing...

ha ha, what if someone doesnt have all the songs? can we share files j/k

Practicing with the songs for the betterment of our craft? I'd say that might count as fair use... :-)

lol

I'd say just so we can do this, if someone doesn't have a track, leave it out? Agree?

I don't have any of these songs..i never even heard of em..........

That's why at least 15 songs to make it somewhat of a pool of tracks dudes can choose from... We'll make at least 5-8 of 'em mandatory to use....

Oh. Gotcha Dj K.Smith. Good idea.

I forgot my Entry:

Jaydee-Fuck the Police

Some Sheak's just can't seem to follow the rules... lol

1) Pac - All About U
2) Bambaataa - Perfect Beat
3) M.O.P. - Ante Up
4) Dre - Next Episode
5) NWA - Natural Birn KIllaz
6) Mos Def - Ms. Fat Booty
7) B.I.G. - Mo Money Mo Problems
8) Tracey Lee - The Anthem
9) Naught By Nature - Ghetto Bastard
10)Juvenile - Back That Ass Up
11) Southern Hospitality - Ludacris
12) Jaydee - Fuck the Police

Hahaha. I kept wondering why you kept posting all the songs Dj K.Smith. I first looked at this post on my sidekick while driving so I didn't read the whole thing right. That's my excuse. lol

Sorry K Smizzle:
1) Pac - All About U
2) Bambaataa - Perfect Beat
3) M.O.P. - Ante Up
4) Dre - Next Episode
5) NWA - Natural Birn KIllaz
6) Mos Def - Ms. Fat Booty
7) B.I.G. - Mo Money Mo Problems
8) Tracey Lee - The Anthem
9) Naught By Nature - Ghetto Bastard
10)Juvenile - Back That Ass Up
11) Southern Hospitality - Ludacris
12) Jaydee - Fuck the Police

ok so lets get to like to 15 so we can pick and choose....id say theres an 8 song minimum for the mix....NO ADDING OTHER TRACKS!!!! these are the only songs.....

13. Fatman Scoop - Be faithfull

hahaha! that song is a "cliche" (i dont know how to spell)

aggreed???? once we got it all set we will ahve to post offiical rules......

Ease up young DLO... We'll get there. Part of this is to have some cats who might be new get in where they fit in and drop a mix with some of the old regulars... Once we hit 15, I'll post the rules...

this is gonna be interesting.

This should be good:

1) Pac - All About U
2) Bambaataa - Perfect Beat
3) M.O.P. - Ante Up
4) Dre - Next Episode
5) NWA - Natural Birn KIllaz
6) Mos Def - Ms. Fat Booty
7) B.I.G. - Mo Money Mo Problems
8) Tracey Lee - The Anthem
9) Naught By Nature - Ghetto Bastard
10)Juvenile - Back That Ass Up
11) Southern Hospitality - Ludacris
12) Jaydee - Fuck the Police
13) Craig Mack - Flava in Ya Ear

so no be faithfull?

Naw dude, you already made your entry...

I love these songs but some of them are over 100bpms. Also can we use party breaks?

Rules will follow after the 15 songs... Stay tuned...

Good point... I'll exchange my Pac song for another...

1) Pac - How Do U Want It
2) Bambaataa - Perfect Beat
3) M.O.P. - Ante Up
4) Dre - Next Episode
5) NWA - Natural Birn KIllaz
6) Mos Def - Ms. Fat Booty
7) B.I.G. - Mo Money Mo Problems (Maxim S, replace this BIG)
8) Tracey Lee - The Anthem
9) Naught By Nature - Ghetto Bastard (Replace this one CMOS)
10)Juvenile - Back That Ass Up
11) Southern Hospitality - Ludacris
12) Jaydee - Fuck the Police
13) Craig Mack - Flava in Ya Ear

FYI... You guys know all you have to do is copy the list in someone else's post instead of re-typing right?!?!?! I just saw that Autograph can't spell "born" (birn), making me look bad for copying it... lololol

Change mines to Onyx - Throw ya Guns

Shouldnt Perfect Beat be gone also?


1) Pac - How Do U Want It
2) Bambaataa - Perfect Beat
3) M.O.P. - Ante Up
4) Dre - Next Episode
5) NWA - Natural Birn KIllaz
6) Mos Def - Ms. Fat Booty
7) B.I.G. - Mo Money Mo Problems (Maxim S, replace this BIG)
8) Tracey Lee - The Anthem
9) Onyx - Throw ya Guns
10)Juvenile - Back That Ass Up
11) Southern Hospitality - Ludacris
12) Jaydee - Fuck the Police
13) Craig Mack - Flava in Ya Ear

1) Pac - How Do U Want It
2) Bambaataa - Perfect Beat (DLO, replace this one)
3) M.O.P. - Ante Up
4) Dre - Next Episode
5) NWA - Natural Born Killaz
6) Mos Def - Ms. Fat Booty
7) B.I.G. - Mo Money Mo Problems (Maxim S, replace this BIG)
8) Tracey Lee - The Anthem
9) Onyx - Throw ya Guns
10)Juvenile - Back That Ass Up
11) Southern Hospitality - Ludacris
12) Jaydee - Fuck the Police
13) Craig Mack - Flava in Ya Ear

this mix sucks

Negativity is not needed here bro... Ask yourself this, did we ask anyone their opinion? Why would you need to come in here and post that?

1) Pac - How Do U Want It
2) Bambaataa - Perfect Beat (DLO, replace this one)
3) M.O.P. - Ante Up
4) Dre - Next Episode
5) NWA - Natural Born Killaz
6) Mos Def - Ms. Fat Booty
7) B.I.G. - Mo Money Mo Problems (Maxim S, replace this BIG)
8) Tracey Lee - The Anthem
9) Onyx - Throw ya Guns
10)Juvenile - Back That Ass Up
11) Southern Hospitality - Ludacris
12) Jaydee - Fuck the Police
13) Craig Mack - Flava in Ya Ear
14) Shakira- Hips Don't Lie

Hehehe.

Damn Kev... :/

Wait. I change Track 14 from Hips Don't Lie, to the infamous Chicken Noodle Soup.

Since Kev has jokes, scratch his entry...

1) Pac - How Do U Want It
2) Bambaataa - Perfect Beat (DLO, replace this one)
3) M.O.P. - Ante Up
4) Dre - Next Episode
5) NWA - Natural Born Killaz
6) Mos Def - Ms. Fat Booty
7) B.I.G. - Mo Money Mo Problems (Maxim S, replace this BIG)
8) Tracey Lee - The Anthem
9) Onyx - Throw ya Guns
10)Juvenile - Back That Ass Up
11) Southern Hospitality - Ludacris
12) Jaydee - Fuck the Police
13) Craig Mack - Flava in Ya Ear
14) No Hips Dont Lie or Chicken Noodle Soup

1) Pac - How Do U Want It
2) Mac Dre - Davin Rims (Some Bay for you DLO)
3) M.O.P. - Ante Up
4) Dre - Next Episode
5) NWA - Natural Born Killaz
6) Mos Def - Ms. Fat Booty
7) B.I.G. - Want That Old Thing Back
8) Tracey Lee - The Anthem
9) Onyx - Throw ya Guns
10)Juvenile - Back That Ass Up
11) Southern Hospitality - Ludacris
12) Jaydee - Fuck the Police
13) Craig Mack - Flava in Ya Ear
14) Saigon - Dont Do That
15) Termanology - Watch How It Go Down

Aiiiight fellas.... There's the track list...

Not cool. =(

You sound like the American government now.

Here are the RULES :

1. No using programs to "edit" the mix.
2. Has to be "LIVE"... "F" ups and all for us that make 'em...
3. No party break records... Just these songs
4. ONE "drop" can be used to let us know its you...
5. Must USE songs:

2Pac - How Do U Want It
M.O.P - Ante Up
Dr. Dre - Next Episode
Luda - Southern Hospitality
Mos Def - Ms. Fat Booty
Saigon - Dont Do That

6. Mix can be all of these songs,, but at least 10 must be used including the must use tracks...

7. Feedback required from all participants... Mix entry should look like this:

Dj name:
Name of mix:
Rating (Out of 10): __/10
Comments:
Pros & Cons


There it is... Real simple... Something to do... Mixes should start rolling in here I'd say around Tuesday... Have fun fellas...

You have to rate your own mix?

1) Pac - How Do U Want It
2) Bambaataa - Perfect Beat (DLO, replace this one)
3) M.O.P. - Ante Up
4) Dre - Next Episode
5) NWA - Natural Born Killaz
6) Mos Def - Ms. Fat Booty
7) B.I.G. - Mo Money Mo Problems (Maxim S, replace this BIG)
8) Tracey Lee - The Anthem
9) Onyx - Throw ya Guns
10)Juvenile - Back That Ass Up
11) Southern Hospitality - Ludacris
12) Jaydee - Fuck the Police
13) Craig Mack - Flava in Ya Ear
14) Shakira- Hips Don't Lie


ok so number 2 will now be nu shooz - I cant wait

Can anyone get in or is it limited to those who submited a track?

No... All you do is enter your dj name and mix name... The rest will be done by all who listen to the mix...

Feel free to do your thing...

DLO, this is the track list...

1) Pac - How Do U Want It
2) Mac Dre - Davin Rims (Some Bay for you DLO)
3) M.O.P. - Ante Up
4) Dre - Next Episode
5) NWA - Natural Born Killaz
6) Mos Def - Ms. Fat Booty
7) B.I.G. - Want That Old Thing Back
8) Tracey Lee - The Anthem
9) Onyx - Throw ya Guns
10)Juvenile - Back That Ass Up
11) Southern Hospitality - Ludacris
12) Jaydee - Fuck the Police
13) Craig Mack - Flava in Ya Ear
14) Saigon - Dont Do That
15) Termanology - Watch How It Go Down

I sound like the guy who created this thread, that's all...

Damn K., regulate.

I find it funny that DLO said Nu Shooz - "I Can't Wait" for his alternate choice, and you replaced it Mac Dre, and how 14 and 15 just magically show up on the list. lol

It just took too long Matt... Time to start mixing...

I wanna be in this!!!! But I can't. My desktop died last week so I can't record any mixes. Maybe by the next mix I'll have the pc fixed.

If i can get hold of all/most of the tracks of of a couple of mates then i'm deffo in......

Are we allowed to use "Aaaaahhhhsss & Freshes"? Just need to know incase i get the urge to scr-scr-scr-scratch.

yo im missing a couple of these tracks we should make a pool of like 20 tracks & see who comes up with what rather than a pre made set list as its gonna be pretty boring listening to the same 15 songs mixed by like 30 odd different dj's!

that is what he's done mate: you have to use:

2Pac - How Do U Want It
M.O.P - Ante Up
Dr. Dre - Next Episode
Luda - Southern Hospitality
Mos Def - Ms. Fat Booty
Saigon - Dont Do That


but you select a minimum of four, or all of the other songs, not included in those six.

aiiight cool!

Will do!

Uh huh, blame it on the Jamaican Yute........I isee how it is K Smith. lol

I've got the 12" sitting on the table in front of me right now. Not sure where to buy it online though.

dude! Thats not helping (lol)

Ive been lookin 4 that for time!

hahaha

i can start an ebay auction for ya.... LOL

Is there a deadline? Cause I won't be able to work on mine until Wednesday. :(

Also, can we use instrumentals?

& Acapella's????

nope....only whats on the list.....ima get to it after finals this week...

btw im still crying about the fact all the songs had to be between 90-100.....pls dont kill me swizzle

Im saying can we use the instrumentals & acapella's of the tunes on the list?

You know its all good... LOL

No real deadline... Just gotta keep in mind that with so many dudes in on this, it would be nice to see a few mixes a day... If we wait to long, I think we'll kill the interest/excitement....

Yes

Hell Yes

Cool. I'll have something by Wednesday for sure then. :)

We will make this the "SSL Same Track Mix Volume 1"... Volume 2 will be between 100-110 bpm's...

seeing as a technics has +-8 surley you shouls tretch the bpm to say 90 - 106

just a suggestion.

oops stretch

fuckin sixx is gonna beat me to it...DAMIT!!.....i wanted to be the first....

im just wondering how diverse we can get being that all the songs are in close BPM range....know what i mean>?

I got a question....


Is it Tracey Lee's The Anthem or The Theme?

The Theme I'm guessing?!?!?!

And everywhere my crew goes.....

Yeah. The Theme.

You get points deducted already. lol

Im such an asshole i hate me... Lol

Here's my entry...

Dj K. Smith
SSL Same Track Mix Vol. 1
www.zshare.net

"LIVE" and unedited... And believe me I know where some of the "mess ups" are but its all good...

Please feedback... Like Fab's new single, Make Me Better... LOL

I would download it... but I'm not taking any chances in listening to someone else's mix before I finish mine. :)

So, I'll download it, etc. sometime tomorrow afternoon.

:)

LOLOLOL... You already know you'll be nice with yours...

Nice mix K., you make me want to join in on the fun.

Why not bro...

And you're being kind, I know I messed up a few times on that.. LOL... But thanks Matt... Go back up and read the tracklist and drop us a mix mayne....

i just got on this thread. its borderline sticky status.

Just something fun to do... Eventually I will increase the bpm's and try to come up with more ways for us to have fun with this...

yea hold up tho a few of us have to go at it first....i dont ahve time this week but all this scratchin is makin me itch!

oh and btw way smizzle.......when did wedding DJs start crabin?? lol i was feelin it

I'm SO in on this! Great thread by the way.
Give me a day or so to collect the tracks, and a lifetime or so to get some skills ;o)

K Smizzle with the tricky mix

+ bonus points for the quick turnaround time!

I tried... I'm just trying to make myself do some things I dont normally do... Listening to the "skilled" cats on here gives me the motivation to sharpen my skills in other areas...

your welcome k. smith ha ha.

Fa sho... lol

You guys are crazy.

I would love to see you try that at a wedding. lol

I got the feeling dudes are trying to make their mixes PERFECT like a mutha sucka, lol... Just do that ish one take, mistakes and all... I know there are at least a few of us who are not trying to rip people to shreads... It's just for fun and creativity... I wanna hear somebody elses... LoL

Hey man, sometimes I cut loose a little but not all that often... You gotta keep it moving at those joints... LOL

Just got back into town...hopefully I'll have time to work on this tomorrow...if not it'll have to wait til saturday.

I just got home... Imma work on my mix right now :)

Nope. Imma do my shit one shot. One take. First take. All absolute. :) If I fuck up big time... fuck it!!!

hahaha

I know you get down like that sixxx... It's these other cats...LOL

They planning on 'errybody... LOL

:)

I'm done. My mix is short. :) 15 mins. Imma upload it right now.

Hey, we don't need to know about your sex life, just upload your mix. haha

Hahahaha. You fucker. :)

OK. Here's the drill. One take. First take. All absolute. No prepartion whatsoever except putting the songs that were a must in a crate. Shoot me if you don't like it. No wait. Shoot yourself. Hahaha


I think I did alright. I just used the songs that were a must cause "I'm cool like dat".

Playlist:
M.O.P - Ante Up
2Pac - How Do U Want It
Dr. Dre - Next Episode
Ludacris - Southern Hospitality
Mos Def - Ms. Fat Booty
Saigon - Don't Do That

Uploading....

Correction: No preparation. And the mix is 16 minutes. hahaha Just for you lady matt212. I had to go the extra mile. 1 min longer. hahahaha

AAAAh. I can't type today. Just for your lady... nm. I'm too excited to care right now. Uploading. 256kbps file.

Just don't hurt yourself, trying to push it a little longer when you don't have the drive or the stamina. lol

hahaha.

Well, while the file uploads. I'm listening to Smithzzle's mix. :)

Mines uploading too. I was going to do a second take, but after K Smith's little speech I just didn't feel right about it.
Oh, and I used REL mode.

It's cool to see our different style. I'm feeling it. I'd like to see him do this kinda mixing at a wedding too. :P

WTF!!! Get rid of that dial up shit.

Right on Pskyo...

Hahahah... It would have to be a helluva cool ass bride and groom...

how do you keep a forum in suspense?

Oh, and I didn't have any Instrumentals of A capellas of these tracks. Shame really. Here you go guys.

www.zshare.net

Here's the file:

Right click and save as:

download.2illegalaliens.com

Cool. Psyko Logical. I'm downloading yours now. Yours is next on the playback. :)

Oh wait...

Psyko Logical
Contest Maix

^^Typo when I saved the file.

www.zshare.net

I saw that. hahaha

Listening right now sixxx...

Listening to Psyko Logical's... I hear REL looping. :) I'm too lazy to put markers on each song or I think I'll be doing that. :)

I'm feeling the mix. It's dope seeing the different styles!

I bet half the forum is listening to our mixes right now... LOL

Yeah.

Done listening to Psyko Logical's... Good job man! I was feelin' it.

Good job Dj K.Smith. I knew your style already so it didn't come as a surprise, but I liked your mix a lot too.

:)

Anyone else?????? Imma put all these mixes on one CD so I can listen to all of them on my way to the coast next week. So hurry guys!!!

Thanks Sixxx.

Listening to Psyko... I like the cut into 2Pac, that was real nice...

That was pretty nice Psyko...

Okay, def some hot shit going down, especially for live, uncut shit. Since nobody put a rating up yet, I'll go first...

K. Smith - 9 (Got higher marks because he got his mix up first and utilized those effects with the 57, and he's a wedding DJ. haha)

Sixxx - 8 (Nice with the scratching and double downs.)

Psyko - 8.5 (Love the intro, felt this flow the most so far. Sounded more planned out with the relative mode features.)

Thanks matt212 :)

I'll try to throw something down if you don't mind me joining in on this...

^^^ The more the merrier... Please sound off if you're droppin' a mix...

Btw, sorry Psyko but I think if this had been a real contest you would've been disqualified. You used an intro. You were only supposed to use ONE DROP. :P

I have some tight intro's. I should've used those. hahahaha.

Btw, I was feeling your intro too. Nice stuff.


.....

Smith. Can we add the cha cha slide for MusicMeister? Thanks

:P

lololololololol

That was my drop, I just dropped it before anything else. And if we want to get technical, the mix was supposed to contain at least ten tracks.:)But I don't think that's what this is really about. Just havin some fun with it. I'm glad to finally see some friendly competition around here. I'd like to see this continue, accross other genres too. Maybe a pool with no limitation as to speed or genre? That would inspire some real creativity I think.

Good shit folks...

Feelin all styles!

^^^^ STAY TUNED BRO ^^^^

hahaha. Psyko Logical. I so missed that!!! I saw the must have songs and I just went with that. You're right. :) My mix is definitely short. Oh well. I'm disqualified too. :(

lol

That's what happens when I visit the forums while I'm working and don't pay attention to stuff.

I'm gonna jump in this...

Yea.... what version you want to add? I have at least 4 different versions... Julls complains about that every time we play out.

And I only asked because I'm not using Serato.... I use uh, something else. I'd like to throw something into the mix but I want to ask. Some people are picky like that....

I'm contemplating putting these songs in a crate and recording something live at my gig tonight. I'd have to at least get a 2 on the bonus points alone. LOL

dope stuff going on in here..... Sixxx, Psyko - niceness all around.

This is a good idea, but now that I'm on the 3rd mix it's starting to feel like the radio. Same songs just in a different order.

You'd get THREE bonus points for recording it live at the club!

4 or 5 if you get really sideways while at the club with a major goof. and a freebee 9 if you get boo'd & fired on the spot.

Seems like the interest level is growing... Again sound off if you're making us a lil' something something... And dont worry, for the next "go-round", we'll have more tracks at our disposal...

I think all the mixes suck, you all lose ha ha.

j/k I havent even listened to em. Im just an asshole, dont mind me.

K.Smith FEEELINNNN IT!!! props man!

Thanks Tig... You gettin' in on this?

I got tomorrow off, Ima try to put something together tomorrow morning fo sho!

Id do it tonight but I have a Thursday Night Steak Team gathering.

Yeah, and I have this hot dog eating tournament thing....

a Whoozey Whenza Whatsa?

Theres this spot, 6 dollar steak tips on Thursdays...I am part of a elite club known as the TNST...We take shots of 151 and we grab girls asses without reservation!

You said you a franksta
No just eating one
We said you a frankster
And you need to stop frontin'
You go to the champ'nship
But you never win nuttin'
You been eatin a long time
And you ain't got nothing

but back on track...

Sixxx, really liked your mix as well..the Next Episode hoopla you demonstrated sounded excellent..overall very enjoyable..

Havent listened to psycho's just in case I do put one together I want it to sound original rude bowoy

Thanks. Remember, all absolute. I played the last part then went to the beginning. It's alright. I could've done more stuff with it but to tell you the truth, I'm rusty like KaGeN's penis I hear (lol).

hahahaha. Dope.

hahaha. KaGeN's on point today.

That's why mine is so short. That and the fact I can't read and only used the must play songs being short by 4 songs. hahahaha

Thanks. I think on my next one I'm gonna try all REL. I can see how I can get more creative that way. Easier to jump to cues, etc. Although I've never really done much relative so I may just fuck up big time. Stay tuned! (next mix that is)

oh its absolute huh?
ok ok.

I can tell you all this... The next BPM range will be 100-110 so start getting "A Track" ready to submit to the pool...

Going to do mine either tonight or tomorrow. Think I will be taking the Sixxx route with this as well....

And Smizzleness,

Can you keep up the quality control, and nix the jank-selections that are obviously corn-ball territory?

My mix is on its way bitches!

No doubt Sheak... It will be "corn-ball free"...

Im gonna drop a noobie mix for you all to shit on probly tonight or tomorrow.

Nah man. Don't think of it like that. Think of it as practice session live. Imagine we're all in the room together .... behind you... pointing and laughing. lol

JK

But seriously, it's all good fun plus you get to learn a little a hope.

I will get in on the next round, I don't have all of the required Trax. (I supposse I could cop em off itunes?)

Oh I got My submission for a track for the next round.




Whats poppin Sheak, and K. Smith?

Damn y'all just 3 mixes?!?!?!?!?! Where are the other entries?!?!?!?!
LOL

What up Scotty B?

Yeah. What's up with that?

Why is it taking so long to mix no more than 10 songs? I think they all got nervous sixxx....

They are all planning... and practicing I bet...oh well it's all good though. I want to push myself to get better.

Yup. That's what I'm thinking.

I think I'll be planning a lot on the next mix since I'm gonna try to mix all REL for the first time ever. That means I gotta set cue points and shit. Doh!

They might be on the 4th or 5th mix try, making sure they got a perfect set... LOL

Hahahaaa.

Sixxx- Props for still rocking ABS...

Work from 7-6 gym till 9-930, eat then sleep. So yea......

Thanks man. I love innovation. I really do but I want Serato to feel the closest to using regular vinyl so I stick to absolute. Plus, I don't want to get too used to it because I do spin regular records too and well, it would be a shame to start believing that I could set cues and auto loop on regular vinyl.

I'm still gonna use it just to get more familiar with it. I think the only times I use REL right now is when I'm at the club and I need to ext a weird ass intro by looping it or when I need to scratch and don't want to fuck up just one part of the CV.

Ya man, although I can't say I really have used ABS since I got used to relative, I do keep myself incheck with real vinyl a lot. Everytime I get new doubles, I cut em up... Not to mention I will always bring real vinyl to the gig

Not me, ha ha, havent touched a real vinyl except to switch dj's in almost 2 years ha ha, I know I can still rock it if needed though so no worries. And I havent used ABS in about a year.

i used ABS once.....

You're not my twinsie anymore. hahahaha

Don't do it Sixxx, relative mode is just like a drug addiction.

lol, yeah dude I was on ABS for the first year I had serato, fucked with relative just to mess around but stuck with it.

How can you not like not having 1 skip in a whole year!!!

well, Dub still has mad skips...
see---> www.iskip.com

hahaha


Anyway, the thing is that I don't think I want to give up needle dropping. Even with the 57, I just don't feel like pushing buttons to get to places. Yeah. It's faster, but I really like the regular vinyl feel...yeah, even with skips. :P

lmao, c'mon kagen dont make me bring back your picture.

dylan.mikrotron.com

HA HA! (simpson laugh)

yeah sixxx, the MAIN and probly only thing I miss about ABS & regular vinyl is having the stickers in the right place so I can juggle. I hardly ever juggle anymore and when I do it sounds like crap (listen to that last mix) because I dont have the stickers as markers anymore and have to guestimate. But I dont do any juggles at the club anyway so I stuck with REL. Whenever I do a hip-hop show or anywhere im playing the real shit and feel like juggling I switch back to ABS.

Mixes bitches Mixes... LOL

Mixes bitches Mixes... LOL

I'm just joined in this discussion earlier today.... I'm checking now to see if I got all the tracks and I'll try to throw down on a mix tonight. If not it will be tomorrow....

But I'll have my mix up early this weekend for sure...

Ok.... I just did some checking and I only have 5 of these tracks... I'm trying to pull the rest of them now... or at least most of them but my 'main' connection is reporting back as 'busy' right now...

I have (or will have) all the 'must include' tracks other than Saigon 'Don't Do That'....

Anyone have a source on that track?

Digiwaxx

Where's your mix Matt?

What happened to all those 70,000 songs? lol

I've been out of town the whole week, I should be back at home tomorrow.

I wasn't even going to touch that one sixxx, but I knew you were sniffing around to catch it. lol

lol. I like baggin' on MusicMeister cause he's a good sport.

Btw MusicMeister... is your "main" connection limewire and "busy" means your internet connection is having issues?

lol

Nah, it's those damn Russian trying to start another cold war. lol

hahahahaha. You're crazy!!!! Oh man! You made me spill my drink. lol

ok so I just got back home today, (Been @ an exhibition in telford) so I will be rocking my mix tonight.

Cant belive there are only 3 mixes put up!

No time to mix yet, hopefully Saturday day I'll be able to get on this.

Hurry Nicky Blunt! .. and Michael Basic!

ive been outta town!!!!
Im in the office now!!!!! (with a suit & tie on) sixxx no way im getting this mix up till atleast 10 O'clock tonight - (thats 12 hours away)

Most likley saturday too to be honest!

Hurry everybody... LOL I'm ready for volume 2 already...

KaGeN, where's your mix bro?

Let everybody know you got skills man... Stop holding back...

sheesh..... I don't use Limewire.... or bearshare... or any of the other P2P services.... last one I used was Napster way back in the day. But between the crappy quality and other issues with the tracks I deleted those LONG ago.... When I started my DJ business I went 100% legit on tracks. Everything I have either came from a pay MP3 site/record pool that's legal or I ripped from CD.

As for my source... I often use the Russian site when I need a track or two quickly... and they don't have it.

I haven't hit up digiwaxx yet though... It's been a couple weeks since I picked up tracks from there - I've just been too busy to really preview the tracks....

I'll hit up Digiwaxx later today though... and hopefully get the mix out tonight or first thing tomorrow.

Ok...

Here we goo..
[URL=www.zshare.net]01 track 01 2.m4a - 14.34MB[/URL]

I am beyond hungover so cut me some slack...things you will notice...

1. My scratching sucks
2. I pushed the record forward very noticeably on several occassions
3. Some lyrics over lap on the choruses

I get really anxious when I record so i tend to mess up alot more then when I am just fuckin around...I figured if I stopped when I fucked up I wouldnt be posting anything right now, so i just let it ride baby and prepared myself to the critisism...lol

enjoy!

www.zshare.net

fuck...how do you make it so it just starts to play?

wow the method man shit is terrible hahaha...

That Saigon track is available in Clark's pool.

It's also still on digiwaxx.

It's about time somebody else dropped... Thank youu Tig... Downloading now baby...

Thanks tig! Downloading...


btw... m4a?

But it ain't playing... Can you re-up?

Ok, had to get off my work desktop and go to the lappy... I got it coming down now bro...

listening...

Me too...

Props Tig for upping a mix... I would say that your blends were pretty cool but your scratching does need a tune up... Were you afraid of messing up for some people you've never met? Forget about that if you were... Just let go and learn from your mistakes, that's what I do... A couple of times we could hear where you pitched up the record while the other track was still playing... You'd be better suited to make it was on beat in the headphones then played it out...

All in all, it was cool... but what format did you record in bro? LOL

I know...it was done in haste...i had the pitch set fine in the headphones..I just didnt drop it exactly on point, which forced me to push it....

I dont know I did it to wav then converted it in itunes...my scratching is terrible I know hahaha....

Ill put more effort into the next one.

just finished mine. Will be up shortly then i can listen to the others...

Good try tig... :) I'm glad you can see where you can improve. I love this "live" mixes. :)

That leaves---
DJDLO 415
DJ A-Nak
dj cubicle
Dj Maxim S
JayB1200
CMOS
albuddah
j_dim
Kool DJ Sheak One

Tig O. Liked your blends man, yea your scratchin needs some work but good effort overall.


Psyko, listen to yours now. Feeling the way you blended your shit together. Something different


Sixxx is up next and last but not least K smith....

Okay here it is

www.zshare.net



Had gain issues on this one. Let me know what you honesly think.

Downloading...

downloading

Feelin it sixx and K Smith


BTW, I used the Flava in Ya Ear and The Theme Rmxs. Hope thats legal.....

lol @ legal. :) Sure thing. It's all for fun.

Listened to your mix. I can see how you played some songs too early and then realized that and mixed them where they should've been mixed. :) Good job at realizing that. It's a lot scarier sometimes knowing you're recording yourself huh!? lol :) Good effort. A little more practice though. Thanks for letting us listen to it!!!

Thats actually a bad habit I have. Sometimes open the fader when i'm matching

Listening right now Autograph.... Big up.....

Nice cutting man... Sixxx kinda hit everything in his post so I'll co-sign... I would've liked to hear some blends a little longer on a couple of tracks (coming in / going out)... Other than that, real cool for a live go... Were you nervous at all? Just asking by the way... LOL

Where y'all at?

Always nervous when recording live, don't know why....

Reminds me of the first time I spun live at the radio station. I was sweating sooooo much! lol

I get nervous too man but after a few tracks, I'm good... I just say if I mess up "So What"...

Volume 2 will be ready after we get those other cats mixes..

Ahhh, you guys think I should have opened the fader a coupe bars earlier....

is it too late to enter?

i wanna add the missing tracks

16 laffy taffy
17 sexy back
18 holla back gal
19 peanut butter jelly time

Sorry guys, late in the game. The speakers at home are wack and just mixing with headphones suck, plus the TTs are placed very low in my house... so the only chance to record it was in the club. Live, no edits bla bla a lot of fuckups (esp. the part where I had the great idea to trigger cues with the flava in ya ear from both decks at different speeds - lol - great idea, yeah right ;) ) - but thats how it goes after a long night. I didn't even listen to it completely afterwards. Haha.

Okay, enough lame excuses, lol, here we go (sorry can't remember the tracklist, tired as f*ck, its 5 on the morning over here):
djnik39.bootlegs.de <- click. Give it a few minutes til it has completely uploaded. Good night. :)

BTW, nice idea this thread. Thanks to K Smith for starting this.

Man this is a great thread, good lookin to all participants... I just downloaded the mixes, and I'll be listening tonight. I'm at Fort Dix now, training before we deploy to Iraq in a couple....

Thanks y'all, wish i could submit mine!

DJ JAV

Be safe and God Bless JAV...

Listening Now....

Not earlier, just when you knew the chorus was dropping and bars would sync up as far as out of chorus on deck 1 and into intro verse on deck 2...

Not bad for a tired mix... I liked this one better than the Soulish mix... The Craig Mack thing was a nice idea, just came off a little rough... You had a few nice wikki-wikki's so I gotta give you credit for that... A couple of slaps that went "ehhh", but good none the less...

Where are these other mixes at dammit, lol?!?!?!

Whew... glad I'm not on that list....

Now you are...

Alrighty then...
Here is my pink bunny, thrown to the wolves.
No headphones, one pass, no pre/post setup production, blah blah blah.

www.zshare.net

Listening to nick39's then Kool DJ Sheak One's mix.

Listening now Sheak....

You can tell nik39 was tired (or drunk) lol :) Some good stuff. Some stuff I was like ... what? ... and I keep hearing some cool stuff done with the 57... but not on this mix. lol JK nik39!

I can't wait to get one just to see what I can cook up with it.

That's the most tricks I've ever heard you do... And I've seen you live what 2-3 times at Zen?!?!?! I liked it though. You had a few areas where you turned into a trick crackhead but it was cool none the less... I had to catch up on some of the scratch patterns you did (the Saigon one). It didn't ring true to me until I paid closer attention... Good looking though droppin a mix...

That brings our grand total to:

Me
Sixxx
Psyko Logical
Tig Ol Bitties
Nik39
Kool Dj Sheak One
Dj Autograph

Where is YOUR mix?!?!?!?!

Co-sign with DJ K.Smith... and what is this "no headphones" crap????

Ok, sorry guys, I just woke up. I got a few errands to run, then I'll see what tracks I have/don't have, and get this thing goin.

COOL! Thanks Michael Basic!

Not using headphones to cue or nothin, just free-earin.

Sorry for the cue point madness. I am creating shit on the fly, sue me. :P

You're crazy. What's next. No music? lol

HAha. Word :) Gotta listen to the mix... tomorrow or so. Gotta fly... spinning. L8r guys.


lol.

Up loading my horrible attempt now.

It get really nervous when i go to record a mix and usually tend to try to do too much lol.

Ok here we go, go easy on me i only been at this for a little over a year.

And i had no drop like yall do so i hadda make one lol.


www.zshare.net


CMOS aka Dj Feffen

Actually, I expected worse since you put yourself down so much. :) I was pleasantly surprise. A few bad transitions but it wasn't "horrible" as you put it. Nice drop, btw. I actually like it.

Alright, I'm home now...scanned through and it seems I've got all the required tracks and a few of the other ones, enough to do this, so here I go.

Thanks mang.

Im getting better but no where near where i want to be before i start searching for gigs.

Ok, uploading now. You guys know I don't really scratch that well, so I only scratched once or twice. Used a lot of cue points and loops. A lot of these songs didn't have intros but they did have outros so I used the old "Loop the outro then hit the cuepoint to drop the verse" trick. I'm overall happy with it...On the MOP I used an instrumental and when I dropped the regular I was off a bit, so there's 4 beats of mini-trainwreck, but otherwise I'm pretty happy with it. Also, I wasn't really familiar with that "don't do that" track, and I think I mixed out during a verse instead of the chorus.

Anyway, it's uploading now, will link it in a sec.

Listened to all the mixes now too...here's some reviews...I hate reviewing mixes like this because I'm not great myself so I always feel like I should get better before I speak on other people's stuff.

CMOS, good work for someone without a ton of experience. A couple volume issues on some of these tracks...are you building overviews with autogain on? Especially when I'm doing a mix with songs I might be unfamiliar with, I always throw em into a playlist and just autogain the whole playlist. Otherwise, keep up the good work, practice makes perfect.

Autograph, your mix is cool as well. I same thing here, are you autogaining your tracks? Sounds like you have an itchy scratching finger...also the vocals on vocals when dropping the onyx heart my brain.

Nik39, I think your link is dead. Otherwise I just can't access it.

Tig, co-sign with everybody else.

Psychological, very nice. Like the cuts, pretty spot on mixing there.

Sixxx, another good one. One of these days I'm gonna learn to scratch like that.

Ksmith, good work with those funny cd things. Thanks for doing this...I like stuff like this...makes me branch out a little bit.

Still waiting on this upload...shit is taking forever.

Ok here it is:

www.zshare.net

cool downloading...

Nice mix Michael Basic...a few small mistakes. Nothing really bad though. :) I need to start practicing the whole cue points and shit for my next mix since I've never really done a mix on REL mode. *takes notes*

I'll try to throw down a mix this afternoon... got to get this place cleaned up first though... I now have most of the tracks... for some reason a lot of the older tracks I was just missing and the artists weren't right on some of the track names...

But I made due... I started recording last night but I had to stop about 15 minutes in because my fiance pulled me away from the decks.... I also record to minidisc and then have to copy it back to the computer so I can upload it....

But I should have something up today though...

What am I, Chopped Liver?

Oh my bad, missed yours completely, lemme have a listen.

Yes, you're chopped liver.

I dig some of the stuff with the cue points, but you're going out on a limb by doing that and sometimes it doesn't come out as well as it could. Otherwise, some nice cuts, and cool bits and bobs to keep it interesting. This is probably my favorite of the bunch because it's the most creative.

Can you say... LIMEWIRE? lol :P

yo sixxx, ur link wouldn't work for me... can u email the joint to me? "thejav@hotmail.com" is the addy - thanks champ

JAV...

Try it again... or just right click and save as... it's there. :)

The artists weren't right on the tracks listed HERE... They're right on my stuff....

sheesh....

Want an example? Here's the original list...

1) Pac - How Do U Want It
2) Mac Dre - Davin Rims (Some Bay for you DLO)
3) M.O.P. - Ante Up
4) Dre - Next Episode
5) NWA - Natural Born Killaz
6) Mos Def - Ms. Fat Booty
7) B.I.G. - Want That Old Thing Back
8) Tracey Lee - The Anthem
9) Onyx - Throw ya Guns
10)Juvenile - Back That Ass Up
11) Southern Hospitality - Ludacris
12) Jaydee - Fuck the Police
13) Craig Mack - Flava in Ya Ear
14) Saigon - Dont Do That
15) Termanology - Watch How It Go Down

Here's the corrected list...

1) 2Pac - How Do U Want It
2) Mac Dre - Davin Rims - I never could find this track...
3) M.O.P. - Ante Up
4) Dr. Dre feat. Snoop - The Next Episode
5) Dr. Dre & Ice Cube - Natural Born Killaz
6) Mos Def - Ms. Fat Booty
7) Notorious B.I.G. - Want That Old Thing Back
8) Tracey Lee - The Anthem - Couldn't find this track either...
9) Onyx - Throw ya Guns
10)Juvenile - Back That Ass Up
11) Ludacris - Southern Hospitality
12) N.W.A. - Fuck the Police
13) Craig Mack - Flava in Ya Ear
14) Saigon - Don't Do That
15) Termanology - Watch How It Go Down - Couldn't find this track either

So... some of the tracks were credited to the group while others were credited to the members individually. And it's wasn't unusual for that to happen. Sorry.... but Limewire don't even enter into it... Unlike sixxx I prefer to get my tracks legitimately... :-p

That aside... I have the tracks - I put down a mix tonight but I was getting to the end when I realized that the minidisc I was using to record with wasn't empty when I started so I only got about 15 minutes down.... Which sucks... I'll do it again here shortly so I can post it up... Guess I really need to wire into that other computer I have so I can just record to it and save a LOT of time...

Its called "The Theme" (sixx said this before somewhere).


Link should work, can you try again?

Not that it'S worth it :-D Just curious whether there is really an access probem or just a temp. problem.

Jesus, I should not post or record mixes after spinngin and coming chome.

Damn, you get the point :D And no - I am not drunk.

Working now...

I hear what everyone is talking about.

Obviously when you're wide awake you know what you're doing, obviously you're not quite wide awake during this mix.

A good stab at it. Definately got much better cuts than me.

nik - thanks for the heads up... but it only strengthens my point....

And I appreciate the correction... I'll see if I can snag it now that I know the actual name. I must have missed sixxx's post correcting the name earlier...

Damn, spend a day at KaGeN's crib and come back to mixes... About time... LOL

Let me get to downloading... Nice to see 30 new posts so needless to say I was smiling at the additional mixes...

Will post my feedback shortly...

Thanks CMOS... It's not as bad as you said... Practice makes perfect bro... There were sometimes in the mix where the record played too long without any "tricks" or "attention getting activity" going on... Keep working on those transitions and you'll be there...

On yours right now Mike Basic...

Aiiight Mike basic, doing the live mashup... You know I feel that... Nice mix man... You seem to have all your tracks either marked perfectly or you have the remix/party/hype blend of every song out there... Nice mix none the less...

yeh i like the BASIC's mix.

waiting for other mixes :p 666

Haha, yeah, didn't you look at my library once at Zen Sushi?

Every single song in my club set and house set is cue pointed, color tagged, commented, etc. I did it all by hand, which really helped to familiarize me with my library. Further, I have a system now, so when I add new songs, it's a quick process.

Makes doing live mashes a little easier. Still got a lot of skill honing to do.

Okay Just listened to a couple

CMOS: Very good for somebody who has not been at this for a long time.I think everybody pretty much hit the nail on the head. Keep practicing man

Nik39: I liked the concept behind the cue points on Flava in Ya Ear. Didn't come out quite right but after djing for hours to then make a mix? You have more stamina than me :P

Sheak: Liked yours. You got creative with it. Somethings worked and some didn't (listened to it yesterday and i'm a little hung over right now so can't remember exactly). Overall a good mix, especially for "free earing it"





Yea Michael. I'm a little scratch happy sometimes. Next one I will be a little more creative now that I've heard what others have been doing.

Going to sweat out this liquor in the gym and i'll come back and listen to yours.

I just woke up. On the grind... DJing is fun. What have I missed? :) Any new mixes to check out? Looks around....

You'll have one from someone you really care for in a minute sixxx...

My grandma entered the mixing "contest"? *looks around*

No not her, just remember this... Cha Cha Slide... lol

Oh snap! I just saw that... sorry. Still sleepy.

Coolness. Wait, MusicMeister. Are you mixing all the versions you have of the Cha Cha slide? lol

is there a chance for a house version of this? i suck at mixing hip hop

Stay tuned Jim for future versions of this...

cool

Were doin a 100-110 version up next.^^

Hey Mr. Smith, maybe we should just start a new thread for the uptempo scandal?
It looks like peeps are going to be doin this one for a minute.

Ok.... I just did a mix.. I didn't even listen to it afterwards - I hooked up audacity to my mixer and recorded to the same computer I'm running my DJ software on. If I listened to it I'd probably get pissed at myself and not post....

So it's live... no planning... I don't know the songs too well... I didn't listen to much more than Ice-T back in the day...

And for the next volume I'd like to see a different genre... maybe 'funk'? Wild Cherry, Commodores, etc. It would be in the 95-110 range or so and would be something completely different for most people... besides, I actually know that tracks!

The track is encoding now... I'll upload as soon as it's done and post the link...

^^ word, maybe a limit to a certain genre. 2 funk, 2 rap, 2 doowop songs.

Ok... my DJ name at gigs is DJ Mr. Ed.... Because my first name is, uh, well, Ed.... Just want to explain the use of my intro....

And it's uploading to zshare right now.... I'll post a link when it's done...

ATTN: SIXXX
YOUR ARCH-ENEMY HAS POSTED A MIX. YOU CAN NOW DOWNLOAD AND CRITIC YOUR NEMESIS' MIX..... TIME FOR YOU TO ISSUE AN EVIL LAUGH (INSERT SIXXX'S 'BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA' HERE)...

Ok... here it is... I haven't even listened to it yet...

www.zshare.net

I'm not the most technically gifted DJ but what the hell.... It's raw, unedited (other than cutting the silence at the beginning and end of the track), and completely on the fly...

It's a little long because I'm not used to quick mixing in a mixtape style...

Go ahead and blast me sixxx.... I haven't heard any of the other mixes yet so I guess I should listen to them... have to get a computer up and running so I'll try to listen to them tonight once I'm done with that....

You're reading my mind... Stay tuned...

Oohhh, that's more up my alley.

Listening now Meister...

Wow. That's what torq can do eh? Glad I'm sticking with Serato.

I don't mean to come off like a dick but that was terrible. I heard you beatmatch once...otherwise everything was either a drop at the wrong time, vocals over vocals, or this weird effect that makes it sound like your speakers were under water.

That works for Jimi Hendriex, but not for a hiphop DJ.

I just noticed you played "Ante Up" twice....

Now the transition from "Next Episode" to "Ms. Fat Booty" was cool...

Mos to Luda was good...

Now that Juve to Saigon was a trainwreck Meister... LOL

MM, what equipment did you use? Turntables?

Your transitions were your biggest obstacle my man... Even music I'm not overly familiar with, I still try to count bars and make sure my blends are on point... That seemed to be the one glaring problem MM....

Hm, I disagree, counting bars can be a problem if you don't know the song. You might be totally lost - "is this the hook now?"

Ok, I was a little harsh there...Please don't take that personally MM...never had any problems with you dude...you seem like a cool guy, and I respect your hustle. Just thought this mix was hot garbage...sorry man.

I was in a hurry to get something down... I played with the effects a little... it's not professional quality, and it's with tracks I've heard maybe twice in my entire life. If I planned the set out I could do a lot more... I did drop a loop of the beginning of one track, drop the bass from the outgoing track and bring it in over the upcoming track which was looped.... don't know if it came off ok though...

As was requested, I didn't plan the set, I don't do mix tapes so the 'quick mix' style is new to me... And BTW, I'm not a hip hop DJ.... If I was I'd scratch, actually know the songs, etc. I do a little club work but 90%+ of what I do is mobile - primarily weddings. Weddings which I PLAN about 25-50% of the music for the event.... and the timing...

But... I welcome the critique... it's a limitation of ME not the tools I'm using... and without critique I don't learn...

That's why we have headphones to cue the next track, find the beat (rhythm) and drop it where appropriate... Not saying its the only solution but in the simple sense, a workable one...

Transition from Ms. Fat Booty to Southern Hospitality was okay, I'd.

Southern Hospitality is one of the most fucking greatest freaking dopeeee beats from Neptunes. And Ludacris is god when it comes to flowing - awesome.

Sorry, had to get this of my chest. I love this track.

That's right... Way to remain humble and receiving of others input... I know my mix wasn't the "ish" either... That's how we all learn...

Yea man, I can understand that...I do weddings, karaoke, sweet 16s, the whole nine yards...I know it's a totally different style of mixing. I'd bet you don't practice club style of mixing at all, or very rarely. Once you know the basics, all you can do is practice to get better...doing shit like this is good practice, because it gets you away from the norm.

Well, I assumed you use the headphones :) I meant, I also have sometimes difficulties mixing tracks which I havent heard before (or only few times) and I don't know where the hook starts. But... nevertheless you should get a feeling at least when 1 starts and 16 ends. All I am saying is, it'S sometimes tricky to find the beginning/end of a hook.

BTW, still props to MM to post a mix even if he is not a turntablist/hiphop-dj and it'S totally not his music.

I can count bars - I play a couple different instruments, but I was fighting my eyes with my ears. I had a couple tracks analyze the bpm's wrong and my eyes see bars matching up by my ears were going 'WTF'?!? Knowing where to bring the track in was easy - it's reading when to mix out that was the problem. I usually realize I should have mixed out AFTER I should have. If I knew the tracks it would have been much easier...

But again, I WELCOME critique.... just provide some information on the WHY it sounds like crap so I can improve...

Guess I should listen to my mix so I know where I screwed up....

Good point - I'll listen to mine as well now. lol

Well part 2 will be posted today and should be a very interesting turn of events as I try to "expand" our track selections...

Gotta make my kids some lunch so I'll see y'all with a new post in a few...

OMG.... that effect in the first track SUCKS... what the hell was I thinking?

That first transition was WAY off... I dropped the mid/top to mix over the bassline... but it was off...

Next transition was pretty smooth. Seems on beat.

Mix into Onyx was screwed up.... I know what I was trying to do but that mix is screwed up. Overlayed Onyx on the bassbeat from NBK but it just didn't come out like I thought it would - train wreck extraodinaire.

Next mix into FTP wasn't too bad for a slam mix. Seems on time and BPM's sound like they match.

WTF?!? Why did I go back into Ante Up?

Mix back into Snoop - eh... ok... nothing special... Love this track though... But I like pretty much anything Snoop puts down (and his uncle too)

Mix into Mos Def was ok... strobe effect was 'ok'... but a little over the top. I think I used too much...

Mix into lud/southern hospitality was ok... brought the beat in too early and too strong but otherwise seems to be on time.

Mix into back that ass up was at the wrong time... I think I know what I was going for... it didn't work...

The effects were ok... better than before, but not real noticable.

WTF? mix out to don't do that... Sounds like two cats humping in a megaphone...

Outro... 'eh... ok'...

Damn... I wish I was drunk or something so I would have an excuse for this tripe...


Good thing I didn't listen beforehand... I would have lied about 'equipment failure' or something... or done another mix or something....

FYI, because nik asked...for equipment I'm using Technics SL-DZ1200's, and 'another' TCV solution (only with CD's)... I only have one 1200 MKII - the other I just won on eBay, will have it in a week or two but need to grab some carts. I'm also using a Numark DM1002MKII mixer - nothing fancy, but I got it because I loaned some equipment to Julls to take to the desert and the Mackie d.4 isn't out yet. I've only used it twice (this being the second time).

After I put the mix down I also realized that the bass and mid controls on the left channel weren't set to center... damn... I need a shot... Where's that bourbon I have stashed...

I like everybody using the same tracks... or group of tracks with the 'mandatory' tracks being listed...

And I like using a single genre for the mix...

Can't wait for the next one... maybe I'll get a chance to redeem myself...

^I thought it was funny how you subsituted NWA for Jaydee :)

Better zero out your pots for the next one MM

I don't know why you're so shy about mentioning that you are using Torq. You are not blatently advertising, so I don't see any problems with saying what you are using.

I just like being careful...

Because I moderate on the Torq boards and provide a lot of help I just don't want to anyone to think that I'm trying to 'convert' people or anything like that. Even though I was on this board long before I bought Torq I just don't want to deal with the 'you're not using Serato go away' type crap that I dealt with in the past. I know I have a lot to contribute with regards to the business side of DJ'ing, equipment assistance, and the like.... I'd just rather avoid the entire issue altogether than have to explain myself over and over...

Sorry... but my ties to Torq are about to be shown to be shown even stronger in the next release which means that I want to be even more careful now than ever before. And no, I'm not an M-Audio employee....

I have no problems posting on the Native Instruments forum... anyway, this goes OT.

So where are the other mixes??

Hey, we already got a "You DJ So Bad" thread. I suggest we keep all this in one thread. LOL!!!

listening now.... MM

Is that what that was?



Wowzers...



I think your definition of smooth may need to be redefined....



Oh my, Oh my, Oh my, Oh my, Oh my, Oh my, Oh my, Oh my!!!!
You just gave me an ear infection!!! I can barely hear the sound.... Oh wait... You did that on purpose. :P




Aaaaalrighty then.


Btw... the sound just came back. My ear infection seems to be gone now. :)


In Serato, when doing the mix, I loaded the songs in the prepare window so they would disappeared as soon I loaded them up.


And also... why did you slow down that track like that??? You can hear the pitch change... whoa.



Nothing special? Not good at all. Doesn't seem like you're mixing at all. Are you slamming everything?



That wasn't really mixing. Again. Slamming. Doh!


Time to have your hearing checked. This effect sounds like ass. Seriously, do you ever use this live? No No No No.




Yes. And FINALLY a mix. But, the transition was all wrong again. Practice. Practice. Practice.


aaaaaaa.. I gave up. As you can see. I was going through your stuff.... and adding to it. But, it's too much for me to handle.

lol

YOU BETTER REDEEM YOURSELF ON THE NEXT ONE!!!!

haha

lol

I missed that one.

You DJ so bad that something that when you do something "bad" instead of "shitting directly into my ears" you describe it as "eh... ok... nothing special" or "'ok'... but a little over the top"

You DJ so bad that when you do something "bad" instead of "shitting directly into my ears" you describe it as "eh... ok... nothing special" or "'ok'... but a little over the top"

When thread buddy...or maybe not. hahaha!!

Wrong word... I mean..when.. I mean, wrong? Ah. You confused me. lol

I mean what you mean, or at least what you were trying to mean what I meant. For those confused, Wrong thread Buddy was what was meant to mean. lol

hahahaha :)

I'm NOT a hip-hop DJ... I don't know the songs... and I was in a hurry..

And yes, I've used that effect live with a great effect - just not on hip hop music.

And I already said I suck.... damn, what more do you want me to say? I'll turn in my decks and take 40 lashes with an RCA cord?

And yes, I was slamming a number of those transitions...

C'mon guys, that's not nice. MM said this is neither his style of music nor his style of mixing - and he still posted. :-)

Don't say anything else. On your next mix, it's OK if you can practice a little before you hit record.

And I'm sorry, but I don't see how that effect adds to any music. Would it be too much to ask a preview of just that effect on any other genre?

It works well when used on minimalist and house type tracks. It can actually acentuate the beat. I'll see if I can throw something down with that effect on it and post it up.

Don't worry... I'm practicing my ass off between booking gigs and my day job... I finally got my setup pretty much complete at the house so I'm working on getting my mixes down....

Sixxx - you asked about the effect I used and when it might work.

Keep in mind this is across a single track... but if you apply the effect properly when doubling up BPM it makes the transition nearly seamless.

Here's 2 different excerts of the same track. One with effect and one without. Keep in mind that this is the same portion of the same track so you can compare them directly one against the other.

www.zshare.net

www.zshare.net

Oh, this is hot.

Sixxx....I see we see EYE TO EYE on 1 pass, no preservatives, no additives type of mixes...

Nice cuts too man...

***Lemmie find my McDonald's slipmat....****

Man that effect is shit! All i spin is EDM and would i use that? FUCK NO

I can't download anything as I'm on the sidekick 3 MusicMeister, but I will in about 1 hour or 2 when I get home from out of town. Thanks for putting up samples of that effect in a diff genre.

Just a couple of points from good ol' Fort Dix . .

1.) Although I haven't been able to record my own lil' 15 minutes of pleasure with the mandatory playliist, I do have an opinion that I will share with you fine people now. After listening to all the submissions thus far, my two favs are DJ Sixxx's mix, and DEFinitely DJ Psycho Logical. Psycho gets the award for best drop/intro, and your cuts and mixes were super-on-point. Me and the soldiers in my room are bumpin your mix daily ...good sh-t man!
And sixxx, your cuts and blends are the dopeness as well... We have the same mixing styles, like when you blend the instrumental in before bringing the vocals in, and the goin back and forth - sh*t was dope man...good job

That's it, back to more Army crap - - keep me posted y'all ! !

LoL.. I forgot 2!

2.) I listened to both of Music Meister's files...and I can't hear a dayum difference or any effect..sup?? What am I missing?

Thanks JAV, that shit made my day. Ha ha, good vibes feedback loop.

The effect is called strobe. If you listen to the track with the effect it turns on and off every 4 beats or so.

That is unless I made a mistake and uploaded 2 copies of the same track - They should be different lengths.

And just so you know, I over exaggerated the effect to show how it works.

OK. MusicMeister. I understand now. I can see how that effect MIGHT work on something that up beat. I still don't like it that much but it sounds 100 times better on that track you posted.

THANKS!!!!!!!!!

No problem.... The biggest problem I have is the versatility I have available to me. I keep trying things... sometimes they work, sometimes they don't. When I'm playing at a gig I don't get to be as creative so sometimes at home I get a little overboard.

HP is shipping me a box for my laptop to go out for repair. The power port has been bothering me for a couple weeks - today it just outright died on me. They say a 5-6 business day turnaround... I might have a gig this weekend... don't know what I'm going to go but if I can get everything working on this old ass computer at home I'll try to put something down... if not, it's time to get old school with some burned CD's... (ouch)

Do you know how crazy that sounds?

CD's are now considered OLD SCHOOL....

Wow.

Johhny m you beat me to the punch I was gonna say exactly the same thing!

So whats good peeps?

Chillin'! Just did a Kenny Bobien (House Music) party on Sunday. The WORST THUNDERSTORM IN HISTORY couldn't keep a lot of folks from coming out, but still...

I think I'm gonna bring him back on Labor Day...

It feels good to play GOOD MUSIC ALL NITE, for once, without errybody POPPIN' AND LOCKIN...LOL.

Sup Johhny?

Been crazy on the weather this weekend over here too!

Pee'd down for 3 days straight!

You got your butta rugz yet????

Did a UK Drum & Bass mix at the weekend if any of you are interested! Live in a club but i recorded straight from the mixer into the mini disc therefore I gots no MC (thankfully)

Holla if your interested in hearing how I do!!!!!

Yeah, I took y'allz advice, and got 'em...

Nice idea, but they are still not EXACTLY what I'm looking for...

Good to have around tho...

****Goin' back to ebay to find that damn McDonald's FLEXI-DISC***

damn you keep talkin bout those.

i wanna check them out but usa seems a lil far to travel.

Nicky don't you owe us a mix?!?!?!?

I know what those flexi-discs are. I've seen them around and I don't see how you can prefer those over butter rugs.

I've figured it all out now, and maybe have resolved my issue. When I scratch, I have my fingers concentrated close to someone cutting on a 45. With the Flexi-Discs, my pressure is concentrated on that raised area of the label for swift cutting, but notice when I backspin, I grab a different part of the record. That part is towards the outer edge of the record and meshes with the felt and turntable JUST RIGHT.

So the butter rug covers the entire area of the turntable, thus not giving me the pickup I need when backspinning...the scratching is cool, but the takeoff is slow.

Regardless, I found one of those envelopes that 45's are shipped in, (not the one with the big cut out circle, but the square picture ones), and punched a hole in it, and voila!

I'm good.

Stay tuned bitches.

I WAS gonna cut the Butter Rugs to 7 inch size, but we'll see...

I was gonna suggest that after reading your previous post.

Y'all ain't that bad after all...

Im soooo late on this apologies guys but its deadline week here as we have an exhibition next week from Tuesday, so I will get around to it but when at the moment is a whole different matter.

Unfortunatley I dont make a living DJ'ing & have to go to work (unlike some of you lucky bastards ;) )So when I get a few mins I will rip through it then!

However I do have a Drum & Bass mix if any of you want to hear that? I used to dj drum & bass all the time, switched to hip hop, now play both! (Much like DJ Craze) (just with about a tenth of his skillz) eitherway you want it holla on the PM

damn sorry i been away from my house lately im gonna get on it after the weekend when i have my setup ready to record at home my BAD for the delay...i really like this thread we gotta continue this but i'll get it up

Good times... The good ol' days...