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Who's your DJ mentor?
I'm curious to know who influenced you all as DJs?
personally, the first set i ever downloaded was PVD - live at gallery turnmills, and i was blown away, that was what made me want to be a DJ. then i started listening to some other big names, like Oakenfold (back in 1999-2001 when he was good) and Tiesto.
I really dug their track selection and the way they build up their sets, but it wasn't until i started getting into the deeper stuff, that i realized that tiesto and oaky really aren't the best mixers.
Sasha absolutely blows me away, his mixing is flawless, as is his partner in crime, John Digweed. Really digging the prog stuff right now, like Gabriel and Dresden, Sander Kleinberg etc.
And one other DJ who really influenced me, came from tranceaddict, DJ Rapture. I don't think he posts much any more, but he is a truly awesome DJ, and i highly reccomend you check him out: www.djrapture.com
For me its not been anyone special, but certain DJs like Deep Dish,
Sasha, Sander Kleinenberg, John Digweed and other progressive fanatics
helps me find tunes I like and more important, tunes that might be
similar to what they spin.
I have a firm belief that you cant be entirely happy with your record
collection until you have discovered some of it yourself, so sure im
happy when a new Kleinenberg remix comes out and Im happy when i get
a track that Sander usually plays, but im even more happy when i find
a track that Sander MIGHT play but havent, a track that hasnt gotten
any attention, altho it rocks. (hope im making sense here)
But for the moment i would say its Kleinenberg, Maas and Deep Dish
that has influenced me the most when it comes to the teqnique of mixing
and my evolvement in music.
first time i heard DJ tiesto - live @ energy 2000 , i just knew.
have to admit it was tiesto, i borrowed a friends copy of revolution and loved his selection. that first track got old quick though - that delerium mix... probably because i listened to it like a billion times. still think the utah saints track is bangin'
used to be ferry corsten, but i don't really have one anymore... i just enjoy everybody's sets on their own merits
Re: Who's your DJ mentor?
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| Originally posted by JohnSmith And one other DJ who really influenced me, came from tranceaddict, DJ Rapture. I don't think he posts much any more, but he is a truly awesome DJ, and i highly reccomend you check him out: www.djrapture.com |
hmm, noone influenced me towards djing I think, I remember I wanted to be a dj and a producer since I was a kid, before I wver knew what djing and production ment 
I remember I used to dream about making my own tracks and playing them to the crowd
i don't really have any 1 dj to thank that got me into it, but after ive been mixing for 2 years, i now realise just how incredibly talented sasha is.. regardless of dj poll, he's #1 to me, absolutely incredible mixing skills and set flowing, just unmatched by anyone imo.
Paul Oakenfold - Millenium Eve Essential Mix. I had no idea even how the mix was created at the time, (that it was spun by a DJ using turntables) But I really dug the music, and started downloading his other EM's and got hooked. 
Well, personally, I took a much different road to get here. The very first DJ that I ever listened to was Bad Boy Bill. From there, that introduced me to Bobby D, who quickly became my favorite DJ for YEARS. It wasn't until about the last year or so, that I've really gotten into the Trance scene. And I can honestly say that I don't have a favorite as far as that genre goes. There's so many great ones out there, that it'd be impossible for me to pick one.
*Edit* I can't spell today 
OMG, i forgot about Bad Boy Bill. this guy can mix like a MOFO! i think one of his CDs has 37 tracks in 62 minutes or something?
one thing that BBB does though, (i've heard anyway) is get all his vinyls repressed at the same speed, so he doesn't have to beatmatch. still, his style is wicked, i love his skills.
never heard of Bobby D, i will have to check him out.
PvD
He gotz mad skillz. His Okyo set pwnz me with all his dj tricks.
I think it was old Pete Tong that got me into the whole 'idea' of mixing tunes. I heard an essential mix of him and then i got a seb fontaine tape from cream years ago. Thats when i first started actually listening to the mixing and not just listening to each tune. Hearing Sasha mix also done it for me.
used to be Tiesto, later PVD, now it's Marco V... now I want to discover my own tunes, so I just go with what I like.
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| Originally posted by JohnSmith OMG, i forgot about Bad Boy Bill. this guy can mix like a MOFO! i think one of his CDs has 37 tracks in 62 minutes or something? one thing that BBB does though, (i've heard anyway) is get all his vinyls repressed at the same speed, so he doesn't have to beatmatch. still, his style is wicked, i love his skills. never heard of Bobby D, i will have to check him out. |
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| Originally posted by Scottaculous PvD He gotz mad skillz. His Okyo set pwnz me with all his dj tricks. |
overall id have to say sasha
his mixing is seamless, tune selection superb. when i saw him live however, i wasnt quite blown away (i think he was having an off day). in terms of being technically perfect, he is what i model my own mixing on. some of his live sets ive listened to are unbelievable uplifting and driving, brilliant.
in terms of pure entertainment, junkie xl or lucien foorte, both kings behind the decks, great stage presence. junkie xl is absolutely amazing.
Ever since Tiesto Trance Energy 2000 and Innercity 2000 I fell in love with the music but what got me into thinking about mixing was hearing PvD all last year (and from the first time I ever saw him, was my first real big party in 2001). Just how certain things he does like time the bass of an incoming track EXACTLY onto the bass/beat of the track currently playing as a tease. I LOVE it when he does that. Or mess with the buildups so that when you think it's coming, he messes with you to only play that buildup or bassline a few seconds afterwards. He did this constantly that night I caught him.
Sasha is also really good but when I saw him live I also believed it was an "off day". Timo Maas live is just wow!!!! I want to spin like that! lol Also for pure entertainment I'd have to say Sander K is good, Ferry Corsten (last time I saw him, wowz! Way better than even the first or second times I've seen him). I'd say though without a doubt it's PvD who gets me to constantly get me thinking about mixing and building a set.
Bobby D aka Edit Crazy got me hooked on house....back in the day he could throw down some killer house sets 
...now he's changed to that high energy commercial crap 
Also Bad Boy Bill...OMG HE IS THE KING!!!! 
I luved listening to BBB on B96 back in the days...it was like heaven 
....these 2 guys are the reason I wanted to become a DJ
Steve Smooth is off the hook too
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| Originally posted by DJ LIQUID Bobby D aka Edit Crazy got me hooked on house....back in the day he could throw down some killer house sets ...now he's changed to that high energy commercial crap Also Bad Boy Bill...OMG HE IS THE KING!!!! I luved listening to BBB on B96 back in the days...it was like heaven ....these 2 guys are the reason I wanted to become a DJ Steve Smooth is off the hook too |
I saw BBB at a party we threw here called iDance (basically a protest trying to stop the Gov from shutting down parties/raves. We were somwhat successful for the parties @ clubs but at huge parties of 10,000 ppl etc on Gov propery were allowed but only under strict regulation and a lot of $$$$ which the promoters couldn't afford). Sorry to get off topic but yeah, that type of house is decent. Hard driving, banging, mixed up goodness BBB style american house.
Well I think the first good mix I ever heard was from PVD. A ministry of sound session from like 98 or something, way back in the day. Thats what introduced me and made me fall in love with the music.
Then I was ata big local party and heard a guy by the name of Kyle Joygazm spin. He was just a semi local DJ. Nothing huge, he travels around the world but I guess he would still be considered a local dj. He spun stuff like "never look back" by Dumonde and PUnk by Ferry. I had never heard tunes like this before and I fell in love with them, the new age trance. After the set I approached Kyle and talked to him about how he started. He envited me over and showed me what it's all about.
Now the person i sort of model myself after is Tiesto. ALthough there are other Dj's who are much better at mixing, I see Tiesto as having the entire package. The thing that draws me to him is his track selection and I find myself relating to him because he plays different types of trancy stuff in his sets (they can range from dreamy trance, to hard house, to techy stuff). His track selection just seems to move me, then again it could just possibly be because his sets are where I hear all of the new trance tunes. His sets just seem to make me want to dance no matter what. I look up to PVD's mixing abilities and style but Tiesto does something for me that most other DJ's Ive heard can't do.
This doesn't mean that Tiesto is the "be all and end all" of trance, buu I just respect him for what he does.
I would have to say mine is PVD
There have been lots of djs that I guess I could say influenced me, but for the most part from the first mix I ever heard (Tranceport) on through other styles of EDM I just wondered how they did it and decided to find out for myself. Every mix I've ever listened to from atmospheric dnb to banging techno to funky breaks and on through house and progressive has influenced me in some way. That's the way it should be I think instead of modeling yourself after just one dj in particular.
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| Originally posted by webbie I have a firm belief that you cant be entirely happy with your record collection until you have discovered some of it yourself, so sure im happy when a new Kleinenberg remix comes out and Im happy when i get a track that Sander usually plays, but im even more happy when i find a track that Sander MIGHT play but havent, a track that hasnt gotten any attention, altho it rocks. (hope im making sense here) |
I would choose Paul Oakenfold - Live at Creamfields '99 as my "mentor set". I have since liked him much less, but the Creamfields set is AMAZING.
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