I heard mixing Trance is a lot different than other styles, mainly because you're letting both songs mix for longer amounts of time, as opposed to just transitioning from song to song, bringing one track in and the other out. Haha havent hear the term "E-Tard" in a while either.

haha Yea thats also what I've been hearing. Transitions going as long as 2 minutes. Coming from a hip hop background thats as long as half a track. haha

I had some time to tune in and take a listen. Some comments i wanted to add: When mixing trance, you definitely want to utilize all HI/MID/LOW eqs during a transition. This helps smoothen the blends from track to track and really make the whole mix sound like one super long track. You gotta ease into your tracks with volume control and EQ switchovers. Also, alot of trance mixing transitions occur during the breakdown of a track. The main skill set in making a quality trance set is controlling the mood of the mix, and not just compiling all the hype tracks and mix them next to each other.

Have you ever tried mixing trance using the camelot wheel? It helps alot with spinning trance.

+1 for bringing back the late 90's and early 2000's trance tracks like ATB, PvD, etc hahah
Its been a while since i heard that "Imagine" track :)

The newer trance music doesn't require such long periods of transition. Check out Above & Beyond's Trance around the world podcast. Their transitions are butter and only a few bars.

For more clarification on the camelot wheel, this is actually known as the Circle of 5ths which is a chord progression chart to keep your set in key so you don't have clashing melodies, like a cheatsheet for what key can compliment another. Most well versed DJ's do this without even acknowledging it. Very helpful to learn especially if you play piano.

Thanks guys for the input! I appreciate it. @funkyfresh...I havent gotten into harmonic mixing. To tell you the truth I just found out about that Harmonic wheel and the program you can download and incorporate with Serato.