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Posted by J.L. on Nov-06-2003 09:03:

Compiling a mix for my friend

ok... just trying to convert some of my friends to trance ... I know a lot of these tracks are old... but it doesn't matter to them.. I don't think they've heard any of them lol... Anyways, what do you think of the tracklist? I tried to include a lot of melodic, vocal, and some unique tracks in it while trying not to make it cheesy...

btw.. it wasn't mixed using decks and I suck and I'm not a DJ... so don't ask me for an mp3 of it

Here's the tracklist:
1. Rank 1 - Airwave 2003 (Breathing)
2. Andain - Beautiful Things (G&D Unplugged mix)
3. Kamaya Painters - Far From Over
4. Binary Finary - 2000 (Dumonde remix)
5. Marco V - Simulated
6. Midway - Monkey Forest
7. Chemical Brothers - It Began in Africa
8. Gouryella - Gouryella
9. Darren Tate vs Jono Grant - Let the Light Shine in
10. Baelaric Bill - Destination Sunshine (Dj Tiesto Power Mix)
11. The Gift - Seventh Day
12. Ascension - For a Lifetime (Coast2Coast Remix)
13. Twilight - Platina (Maurits Paardekooper Remix)
14. Fatboy Slim - Star 69 (Timo Maas Mix 2001)

Posted by DJ Mikey Mike on Nov-06-2003 09:41:

That's not really a tracklist. It's a random assortment of tracks with no structure at all. Why not just give your friend an mp3 CD. That way he/she gets 10x as many tracks.

Posted by Mr.Mystery on Nov-06-2003 13:40:

I'd ease them in through more cheesy tracks... I don't really think that 7th Day or Simulated would go down too well...

Posted by capricorn15 on Nov-06-2003 15:52:

quote:
Originally posted by Mr.Mystery
I'd ease them in through more cheesy tracks... I don't really think that 7th Day or Simulated would go down too well...

ytea unless they like tranc ea bit already, dont put those in
the beginning of simulated might not appeal to them

Posted by Fundamental on Nov-06-2003 16:06:

quote:
Originally posted by Mr.Mystery
I'd ease them in through more cheesy tracks... I don't really think that 7th Day or Simulated would go down too well...

Definitely definitely agreed. More cheese, less Marco V.

Posted by placebo on Nov-06-2003 16:07:

Give him this mix dude:

01. Dj Sammy - Heaven
02. Dj Sammy - The Boys of Summer
03. Dj Enwhore feat. That Hot Chick I wanna Bang - I see right thru to you
04. Ian Van Dahl - Castles in the Sky
05. Ian Van Dahl - Reason
06. Ian Van Dahl - That other song....
07. Jan Wayne - For THe nIght (or sometjhing)
08. and tehn some of the good classics

Posted by keithos27 on Nov-06-2003 16:44:

Re: Compiling a mix for my friend

quote:
Originally posted by kewlness
12. Ascension - For a Lifetime (Coast2Coast Remix)

Chooon!

Posted by keithos27 on Nov-06-2003 16:49:

I kind of had a similar experience. Some of the track I used were...

james holden - nothing
amoebaassassin - piledriver (grayed out summer mix)
cass & slide - perception (vocal mix)
the space brothers - legacy
skip raiders feat. Jada � another day (brainbug remix)
gigi d�agostino � la passion
dj tiesto � close to you

and some others which I can�t remember right now. Point being, I had some catchy songs, some vocals, some cheese, etc. I didn�t put in anything hard� that usually deters people. Not too many people like hard stuff right off the top.

Hope this helps.

-Keith

PS. You had a nice tracklist.

Posted by J.L. on Nov-06-2003 17:01:

i dunno.. I find that the marco V track works well... I put a lot of melodic tracks before that.. and I think it works well to deviate from that a bit and give a different type of track... I think the gift - seventh day should work well... I want my friends to like trance... but not cheese... and no waay i'm putting dj sammy or ian van dahl in the list... i don't want to ppl the wrong impression

Posted by J.L. on Nov-06-2003 17:04:

keep in mind that i also mixed this so that it would flow well and so that you wouldn't have melodic/uplifting track after another

I'll try james holden - nothing

thx... i just can't stand the rap that some ppl listen to ... must convert them to trance...

Posted by breakinbeats on Nov-06-2003 18:39:

quote:
Originally posted by placebo
Give him this mix dude:

01. Dj Sammy - Heaven
02. Dj Sammy - The Boys of Summer
03. Dj Enwhore feat. That Hot Chick I wanna Bang - I see right thru to you
04. Ian Van Dahl - Castles in the Sky
05. Ian Van Dahl - Reason
06. Ian Van Dahl - That other song....
07. Jan Wayne - For THe nIght (or sometjhing)
08. and tehn some of the good classics

LOL

Posted by keithos27 on Nov-06-2003 19:08:

quote:
Originally posted by kewlness
keep in mind that i also mixed this so that it would flow well and so that you wouldn't have melodic/uplifting track after another

I'll try james holden - nothing

thx... i just can't stand the rap that some ppl listen to ... must convert them to trance...

No problem... hope it works!

-Keith

Posted by WillEastbury on Nov-06-2003 19:30:

quote:
Originally posted by hadi ******
ytea unless they like tranc ea bit already, dont put those in
the beginning of simulated might not appeal to them

If you want a good tracklist with older tracks, go for a "Cheesy Classics" set.

I would do something like this . . . . .

Robert Miles - Children
Chicane - Saltwater
William Orbit - Adagio for the strings
Rank 1 - Airwave
Ralph Fridge - Angel
Solar Stone - Solarcoaster
Lost Tribe - Game Master
Art of Trance - Madagascar
Ferry Corsten - Out of the Blue
Paul Van Dyk - Avenue
Thrillseekers - Synaethesia
Energy 52 - Cafe Del Mar
Push - The Legacy
Gouryella - Ligaya
Agnelli Nelson - Everyday

But then everyone's different !