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This is just my opinion.. i'll follow DJ Flesch's structure
1-2: Between 1 and 2, i notice you dropped the first song out kinda abrupt. You had it matched pretty good w/ some slight drifts, then around 4:08-4:10, the first song kinda just disappeared.
2-3: very nice transition. nice work in keeping the tempo fast and i felt no sudden pauses or anything. The way you just mixed it is similar to Tiesto's Innercity '99 when he mixed out of Kamaya Painters - Endless Wave.
3-4: the bass kinda overpowers the previous song. you need to work out your volume/bass levels if u want to do a CD mix. But overall nice transition
4-5: Double bump of bass. Might want to start the incoming track at a different bass level. But a nice transition from Marco V
5-6: I like this transition. It's different from mixing out of a normal outro.
6-7: i'm not sure what that sound was. Were u trying to do a backspin or was that an effect or needle skipped? It kinda gave me a bad shiver to it. I like the end though where you took the track out thru the effects.
7-8: sounds like you have things kinda wrecked phrase/beat matching are off. If you were intentionally doing it, it was a nice attempt at building an anticipation but I just dont feel it (the anticipation was way too long).
8-9: long transition. the mid and volume need to be turned up slightly, but it's a nice transition
9-10: Tiesto's song fits well with the next song.
10-11: sudden bass drop. but overall nice transition
11-12: another nice transition.
12-13: ok this is kinda weird. 13 has this really hard shrieky sound that just doesnt fit with the rest of your set. The funkiness of it doesnt fit too well either. The change from a hard trance to this hard funky song i dont like too much. Sounds like you were trying to incorporate a funky/club house song which was a nice attempt but i just didnt feel it. it was kinda abrupt
13-14: from 13, it sounds like you're sticking to the progressive/techno-house flavor. It's a nice transition. I have no gripes with it. It was just when you introduced the last track where it kinda screwed up the tempo.
14-15: The transition kinda sounds like a radio mix. All of a sudden there was all this noise, then it died real fast. You also need to turn up the volume for track 15. It's significantly lower than the rest. Also, you're breaking off hard/techno-house into progressive melodic trance. You need to fill the gaps between those two with a semi/hard-progressive song and slowly go into the other genre.
15-16: kinda weird transition. I can hear Southern Sun playing in the background. You have a clash of melody and it sounds like you blasted the bass up to try to get out of the hole. Track 15 is somewhat a down to earth song that's semi depressing whereas Southern Sun is sort of uplifting. Transition from depressing to uplifting with no gaps is kinda abrupt. You need at least 1 filler song to slowly change pace.
Conclusion: The above is just personal opinion. I like your set alot, it sounds great. The tracklist is good. You have a few technical flaws (recording levels/transitions). You know how to beatmatch, and you can phrasematch. But you need to pick out the order of your songs more. Trance is not like hip hop where you can introduce contrasting elements right next to each other. You should try to kinda move ppl to the next element slowly as how Tiesto would call it a Magik Journey. But overall nice set. I'm sure if this was in a club atmosphere, most ppl would not really notice it. 
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DJ Xquisite
Hip Hop & Trance DJ for the new millenium
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