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Trance is still popular here, just not this commercial type of trance. Most people are more so into either classic or psy-trance, but that's a statement based on the regular posters. There are probably lots of non-posters who surf this board to download trance mixes. Techno, tech-house and progressive will be received well here, but don't expect many people to download or comment. What obligation does anyone here have? Hang around for a while, get to know people, participate, and then you might get some interest.
As for your mix; not bad if you're genuinely still a beginner. You've got beatmatching and most aspects of mixing under control, but you have a problem with your levels. The incoming track often seemed too loud or too soft.
Are you mixing on an actual physical mixer, or on a computer? If it's a physical mixer, make sure that before you cue up each track, you play it in your headphones for a little bit and watch what the lights on your mixer's dial are doing, then fiddle with the gain knob (look in your mixer's manual if you don't know which one this is) until the lights are peaking mostly in the yellow, and even a little into the red occasionally. Not all music is recorded at the same volume, so the purpose of the gain knob is to make sure that all your tracks have the same relative volumes before you begin mixing them together.
As for the tunes themselves, I'd suggest you try digging a bit deeper. This kind of superficial trance is like Fruit Loops or Captain Crunch; it's tasty and the best thing in the world in the beginning, but once you mature, you begin to realise it's just sugar-coated shit with no real substance. You played a remix of Liquid Soul's Devotion in here. I'd suggest you check out his original work to hear some trance with a bit more creativity. His work is by no means deep or complex, but it's a start.
You can listen to some samples from his most recent album here:
https://www.beatport.com/en-US/html...e%20In%20Stereo
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Last edited by Domesticated on Dec-10-2010 at 13:12
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Nothing better than this on E... Its just pure emotional impact. Im sure theres more creative, sophisticated stuff out there once you've been listening to trance for a while, but at this point im all about that emotional kick.
