well as far as promoters I agree that most don't know what the tunes are, but that again "those" would not hire you in the first place, at least not likely. I mean if they don't have a slightest clue as to what your are playing, they are likely to hand the promos over to DJ's they know and in turn those DJ's will be the ones to tell the promoter if your promo is any good. Generally no one listens to the full promo mix either so it's important to have the first 20 minutes of the mix solid on track selection and mixing... But those that generally know their music normally nowdays only hire progg or techno dj's for the most part anyways. At least in places like NY, Chicago, LA, SF... the list goes on...
and in regards to being original what I meant was that u should explore a little more yourself and u don't necessarily have to even play trance all the time either. experiment u could throw in a little house or even some progressive house, or techno (and by techno u know I mean real techno and not what the general American population perceives it as anything to do with dance music period...)
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Originally posted by azone
it's about the mix and track selection. That's just my opinion of course. Also, this is a promo mix and you have a good tracklisting in there to send to promoters (most of the club promoters in the US aren't even familiar with the majority of these songs). As far as being new to spinning that may be true but I've been composing trance since before I ever heard of guys like Tiesto and I own more than 300 trance genre CD's and now more than 300 vinyls..so certaintly not new to the music..just doing what I like
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Last edited by trancearmada on May-13-2003 at 21:28
May-13-2003 21:09
azone
tranceaddict
Registered: Apr 2003
Location: Los Angeles
Thanks for the response.
May-13-2003 21:14
AsX
tranceaddict in training
Registered: May 2003
Location:
So are you the REAL alphazone?
May-14-2003 07:54
marQ de clarQ
Junior tranceaddict
Registered: Jan 2002
Location: Copenhagen[!!], Denmark
i think the longer you dj the more your style evolves i guess. maybe you get tired of all uplifting stuff so you get your hands on something else too...
but for a promo i think it's okay to have lots of anthems. doesn't really matter imo. i don't think a promo should be able to reflect THE WHOLE of the dj - you can't throw in everything on a promo ...
but that's my humble opinion. i've never done a promo mix.
instead i went to the manager and asked for some playing time. if they allow it it works well.
good luck anyhow
Originally posted by AsX
So are you the REAL alphazone?
Since he hasn't replied, I checked out his site and he's not. He might change his name when he finds out there has been another one. ANYways, great mix, especially like afterburn - frattyboy, I would love to get my hands on that record. Mixing was smooth, at some points it seemed to fast for my taste. Great track selection.
I've been writing and performing under the name Alphazone since 1999. I started out on MP3.com during it's heyday and did very well and received a good deal of attention (and some decent change!). I had two white labels released in March 2000 (500 copies) and two tracks released on compilation CD from Intinct Records in Jan 2001 (75,000 copies). So yes I am the real Alphazone but there is another Alphazone that's been around for the past 18 months that's been doing really well remixing hard trance tracks and has recieved a lot of attention this past year. I believe they're two guys from Germany.
May-14-2003 16:00
Siesta
In praise of the sun
Registered: Jun 2001
Location: CapeTown
downloading
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May-14-2003 16:49
TheTornado
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Jun 2002
Location: Naperville, IL, USA (CTA #107)
This is very good! Has a nice summertime feel to it, and that means I will DEFINITELY be listening to it in the car! Nice job.
May-16-2003 23:26
Arsalan
debsh - toronto
Registered: Nov 2002
Location: Toronto
quote:
Originally posted by trancearmada
i know I will probably get flamed but fuck it... seriously I am not bashing you but I mean look at the tracklist it's all filled up with anthems... and I mean do we really need another Tiesto or Ferry Corsten... I am not insulting you just making an observation, if I did offend u I apologise but I think you should be more creative with the tracklist, but that again that's what I used to spin when I just started to spin...
thats what i was thinking when i looked at trklist but it looks solid neways.
Originally posted by Masonious
you win again dude - and nice move shoving the whole i figured out how to order pizza thing in my face. i tried that 4 and a half months ago and woke up with a Taiwanese transvestite but to Ygrene it's just, "anoother day in the life, noooo biggieee".
May-17-2003 14:10
dj adagnitio
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Feb 2003
Location: Montreal, Canada
alphazone=ralphie b?
Alpha Zone is not Ralphie B. Ralphie B =Alpha Breed.
And that set does seem very anthemy, I would consider all but maybe two of those tracks anthems. It is also looked down apon by most people to put two tracks by the same artist in a mix. Thats just my opinion though, I havent actually listened to the mix so I have no clue how good the mixing is.
but there is another Alphazone that's been around for the past 18 months that's been doing really well remixing hard trance tracks and has recieved a lot of attention this past year. I believe they're two guys from Germany.
