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D.Squared - 2004.04.21 (Gestalten Breaks) [Progressive Breaks]

Hello, everyone,
Here's my latest mix; it's a combination of breaks and progressive. I hope you enjoy. Feedback is appreciated.

D.Squared - 2004.04.21 (Gestalten Breaks) [right click, save as...]

00:00. Coldplay - Clocks (Chris Priscott's Intro Dub) [Tranceaddict]
02:40. Halogen vs Nash T - On A Bridge (Original Mix) [CPR]
11:18. Delerium - After All (Blue Room Project Mix) [blueroomproject.com]
15:48. Chable & Fernandez - Before You Break On Me [M Theory]
23:36. Introspective - Time Travel (Loes Lee Remix) [Sinister]
28:38. James Holden - A Break In The Clouds (Beats Tool) [Border Community]
32:41. RND () - Ripples (Original Mix) [L��q]
38:16. Ils - Music (Gabriel & Dresden Remix) [Marine Parade]
45:05. Dave Swayze - Yasmine's Garden [Carrera]
52:29. UNKLE - In A State (Sasha Remix) [Mo Wax]
58:15. Tiesto & Junkie XL - Obsession (Adam's & Frode's Red-Eye'd Stonecold Remix) [Tranceaddict]
63:35. Chable & Fernandez - Before You Beat My Box [M Theory]
72:19. Max Graham - Love The Bomb (Original 1999 Mix) [maxgraham.com]

gonna dl when i get home, i love breaks =)

tracklisting looks fuckin awesome.. im downloading as we speak so il get back to you

wow...

amazing transitions, great tracklisting, perfect blend.

always gonna be 10/10..... i love the coldplay intro too

keep up the great work!!

Thanks

Thanks for the downloads and compliments! Anyone else have feedback? I can alway use insightful critcism.

w00t

Very nice. Nice mellow set to do homework to : ). Great transitions.

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Originally posted by DJ-MarkHills wow... amazing transitions, great tracklisting, perfect blend. always gonna be 10/10..... i love the coldplay intro too keep up the great work!!

How about some honesty? This mix was far from a 10/10.

I don't mean to be an ass but your transitioning needs some... ok, lots of work. I liked a lot of the tracks you played but only a couple transitions were on beat. Sometimes you didn't even seem to attempt to correct the beats when they got of either. Some of the tracks sounded really bad mixed together too.

I have to give you props though just for playing ILS - MUSIC (G&D Mix). You're only the 3rd person (me included) I've ever know to play it. Beautiful track.

You've got decent taste but just need to work on the skills.

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Originally posted by KristineClub I don't mean to be an ass but your transitioning needs some... ok, lots of work. I liked a lot of the tracks you played but only a couple transitions were on beat. Sometimes you didn't even seem to attempt to correct the beats when they got of either.

You're making it sound like I trainwrecked my way through the set, when in reality, if there were errors during the transitions, they were not very noticeable. You're complaining about tiny mismatches, not transitions being entirely "off beat."

I welcome criticism, but I think you're overstating your complaint.

In my opinion, you DID trainwreck thoughout the entire set. I wasn't going to use such a blunt word but you don't seem to want my help. Some people obviously enjoyed the mix (or at least said they did). What good is that doing you? I'm just trying to be honest and give you advice (it's called constructive criticism), take it or leave it. My goal here is not to bash amatuer djs, I wouldn't have spent the time to write out such a descriptive paragraph in the pm explaining how each mix could have been better. When you grow as a dj (in a year or so), you will listen to this mix and realize that it's not very good.

Thanks for the advice. I guess I just don't use the word "trainwreck" as liberally.

I really like this mix, as far as track selection, and I love breaks, but I'd have to agree as far as transitions . . . On A Bridge -> After All, the new track is introduced well, but it is faster than the first one. You don't correct this, and it gets sounding pretty obvious. However, I do like some of the ways you tried to transition, I thought you were very conscientious of that. Keep up the good work.

transfers

clocks -> on a bridge (good)

on a bridge -> after all (good idea but a bit off)

after all -> before you break on me (very clean, liked this on a lot)

before you break on me -> time travel (perfect transfer, havent heard time travel before, like it a lot)

time travel -> break in the clouds (break in the clouds is a bit loud, but spot on, when i transfer breaks to 4x4, i try to make it a bit more evident, playing the 4x4 full over the breaks too, sometimes sounds cool)

break in the clouds -> ripples (excellent, excellent transfer, love this song, very clean)

ripples -> music (at 38:00 kick sounda bit low, ok transfer, music doesnt seem to fit as well with the rest of the mix thus far)

music -> yasmines garden (good transfer, switching things up getting a bit harder than earlier, so music does fit i guess =), the kick keeps going in out not sure if that is how you wanted it, trying lowering the music song bass a bit )

yasmines garden -> in a state (in a state came in too low, need to make the kick a bit louder, gain up a bit)

in a state -> obsession (obsession is a bit too loud, either gain up in a state or down obsession)

obsession -> before you beat my box (clean transfer, very good on all aspects)

before you beat my box -> love the bomb (sounds a bit off, very little though, might want to lower the kick of before you beat my box when you are transfering, just a tad though, good transfer though)

i like how you start with breaks go into prog then end with breaks, used to do taht a lot, good track selection and overall flow, work on the mixing skills a bit though, you are good though, no question about that. overall i'd say 7.5 out of 10, which is very very good

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Originally posted by hadi ****** transfers

THANK YOU for such a comprehensive and insightful review! I'll be sure to work on my EQing; a couple folks listed that as the main area for improvement.

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