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Posted by DanielD on Nov-30-2005 00:59:

Progr/Trance November 2005 Mix

Recorded a set using Denon gear, the set mainly consists of tunes that were released under october and november this year. It starts off progressive and later builds to trance. I would love to hear any form of feedback from you guys, it would really make my day, good as bad! Hope hearing from you guys!

Quality: 192kbps
Length: 70:28
Filesize: 99Mb
LINK: http://s19.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=...GJ3NYMMWKBJTMGF

Tracklist:
01. Petter - These Days (Chables Those Days Remix) [Trojan]
02. Hammer & Bennett - Beauty And The Beast [Cold Harbour]
03. Midor vs. Linn - Breathing (Progressive Mix) [Kyr]
04. Alex Stealthy - Deploring (Original Mix) [Vapour]
05. Perry O'Neil - Numb (Original Mix) [Electronic E]
06. Funabashi - Daylight (Original Mix) [Cold Harbour]
07. Elevation - Ocean Rain (Original Mix) [ASOT]
08. Allende - Retrograde (Original Mix) [Subtraxx]
09. Aalto - Resolution (Original mix) [Anjunabeats]
10. Lange vs. G. Emery - This Is New york (Original Mix)[Lange]
11. Andy Moor - Halcyon (Alex M.O.R.P.H Remix) [Armind]

Posted by DanielD on Dec-01-2005 19:18:

Anyone had a listen?? Please...

Posted by Carma3TDR2000 on Dec-01-2005 23:29:

the set is good, the tracks are not that good, i cant see a flow in the mix, its like a bunch of tracks put together and thats it

Posted by DanielD on Dec-02-2005 00:01:

Thanks for replying! I tried to make the set a bit progressive in the beginning and then slowly move to some faster paced trance. I also tried to harmonically mix the set with lower keys in the beginning and higher towards the end. But if that's what you think I'll have to work on my track selection then!

Posted by Carma3TDR2000 on Dec-02-2005 01:12:

i hope i didnt discourage u too much, the progressive trance is not my preference exactly, here's some hints about trance

check out my mix - maybe it will give u some direction, its trance, here's the link:

http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...threadid=308771

Posted by DanielD on Dec-02-2005 01:34:

Hehehe... Of course you didn't! In the end it's the negative critique thats helping you to get better. I'll check your trance mix out soon and let you know what I think.

Did anyone else have a listen to my mix??

Posted by DJ Mikey � on Dec-02-2005 15:09:

quote:
Originally posted by DanielD
Thanks for replying! I tried to make the set a bit progressive in the beginning and then slowly move to some faster paced trance. I also tried to harmonically mix the set with lower keys in the beginning and higher towards the end. But if that's what you think I'll have to work on my track selection then!

Harmonic mixing is simply mixing together keys that do not clash. Any given minor key will mix harmonically with itself, the minor keys 5 and 7 semitones above and it's relative major (3 semitones above). Gradually moving through the keys from lower to higher root notes is a technique that is sometimes employed to gradually increase the energy of a mix or set. Therefore each transition wouldn't necessarily be harmonic but if you did this you wouldn't play adjacent melodies together (they'd sound awful).

HTH

Mike

Posted by DanielD on Dec-02-2005 15:32:

Thanks for replying mike, I tried to make the mix with the following key codes.

01. Petter - These Days (Chables Those Days Remix) 3A
02. Hammer & Bennett - Beauty And The Beast 4A
03. Midor vs. Linn - Breathing (Progressive Mix) 5A
04. Alex Stealthy - Deploring (Original Mix) 6A
05. Perry O'Neil - Numb (Original Mix) 7A
06. Funabashi - Daylight (Original Mix) 7A
07. Elevation - Ocean Rain (Original Mix) 8A
08. Allende - Retrograde (Original Mix) 8A
09. Aalto - Resolution (Original mix) 8A
10. Lange vs. Gareth Emery - This Is New york (Original Mix) 8A
11. Andy Moor - Halcyon (Alex M.O.R.P.H Remix) 9A

Posted by DJ Mikey � on Dec-02-2005 16:13:

Any chance of the actual keys? A minor (Am), D minor (Dm) etc... I could look up the chart but I'm veeeerrrry lazy

Posted by DanielD on Dec-02-2005 16:43:

Here it is mate!

01. Petter - These Days (Chables Those Days Remix) 3A (A-Sharp Minor)
02. Hammer & Bennett - Beauty And The Beast 4A (F Minor)
03. Midor vs. Linn - Breathing (Progressive Mix) 5A (C Minor)
04. Alex Stealthy - Deploring (Original Mix) 6A (G Minor)
05. Perry O'Neil - Numb (Original Mix) 7A (D Minor)
06. Funabashi - Daylight (Original Mix) 7A (D Minor)
07. Elevation - Ocean Rain (Original Mix) 8A (A Minor)
08. Allende - Retrograde (Original Mix) 8A (A Minor)
09. Aalto - Resolution (Original mix) 8A (A Minor)
10. Lange vs. Gareth Emery - This Is New york (Original Mix) 8A (A Minor)
11. Andy Moor - Halcyon (Alex M.O.R.P.H Remix) 9A (G Minor)

Posted by DJ Mikey � on Dec-02-2005 16:55:

Hehe, sweet. My background is in playing the piano and music theory prior to DJing so my key knowledge comes from that.

Yep, that's a harmonic mix. What I'd like to try and do one day (which is quite a bit harder to do well, I think) is to make a mix where the next tune is a semitone higher than the previous one (in terms of its key). So for example go Cm, Dbm, Dm etc.. Apparently this gives a sense of increasing energy but it's hard to do because all the tunes need just drums at the beginning or end so that your melodies never clash. Would be an interesting project, though.

Mike

Posted by DanielD on Dec-02-2005 17:00:

Aha, nice! Yeah that sounds like a good idea! You'll have to send me a PM when it's done then...

So, did you listen to the mix and have any comments on it? *Hoping*

Posted by DJ Mikey � on Dec-02-2005 19:09:

quote:
Originally posted by DanielD

So, did you listen to the mix and have any comments on it? *Hoping*

I wondered when you would ask me that. The answer is no, sorry. Reason being I have a bunch of stuff I've promised to listen to for other people and give feedback. I'll download it now but cannot guarantee swift feedback.

Posted by sensorium on Dec-03-2005 08:14:

Re: Progr/Trance November 2005 Mix

I just finished listening to the mix for the second time. It's a nice mix, specially the first half. Good progressive tunes. But the end I didn't like that much. I'm not a big fan of this Halcyon remix. I would restart the mix the first few times because I liked it so much. It took some time before I finally finished listening to the entire mix.

Numb is one of my favorite tracks right now. That's actually the reason I downloaded your mix. It's an excellent tune.

Although I don't have a good ear to know whether a transition is good or bad, I'm going to say your transitions were good.

Overall, the flow was nice. The bulding up I didn't like, but that's just a personal preference. I'm sure this type of building up is nice for a club or party setting. So don't get discourage but what I type. As I said in the first sentence, it's a nice mix.

Posted by DanielD on Dec-03-2005 12:41:

Thanks for the reply Ierxium! Numb is my favourite tune as of now too, IMO it's the best tune of 2005!

I'm glad you liked the first half of the mix, it's the part that I was most satisfied with too... And again thanks for your feedback, it really helps and is much appreciated!

Posted by THE_Chris on Dec-03-2005 14:07:

03. Midor vs. Linn - Breathing (Progressive Mix) [Kyr]
04. Alex Stealthy - Deploring (Original Mix) [Vapour]
05. Perry O'Neil - Numb (Original Mix) [Electronic E]
06. Funabashi - Daylight (Original Mix) [Cold Harbour]
07. Elevation - Ocean Rain (Original Mix) [ASOT]
08. Allende - Retrograde (Original Mix) [Subtraxx]
09. Aalto - Resolution (Original mix) [Anjunabeats]

Looks kinda like a staircase

Posted by DanielD on Dec-03-2005 18:26:

TRUE! You are very observant...