Takes me quite a bit of time (6 Months or so) to get to a point where I'm content with the tracks that I've acquired and placement of those tracks into a final promo. Like Oscar said, I'm a perfectionist as well, so I'll find myself dissatisfied with one thing or another that will halt the promo from being finished.
Registered: Mar 2001
Location: 2nd in line after swamper
when i first started djing i spent a lot of time putting music together to make my first mix.i dont remember how long it was but it seemed like forever.then when i started to mix if i didnt like what i heard i would stop the mix and start over even if i was an hour into the mix.god i remember how nervous i would get making promo mixes!id redo them ten times or more! id be sweating like crazy to make sure it came out right.id preplan what i was going to play weeks in advance.
now when i make a mix,even one for a radio show or a mix to get in a club i go downstairs, pick one track and start recording and then start browsing through my music picking out the newest tunes or stuff i like.by the time im ready to mix into the second song i usually have all the tracks im going to play for a cd promo.for my radio show ill have at least the first hour planned out.
the only thing i still do that ive always done from the beginning is write down what percentage the pitch control is at for each song.ive always done that in case i would mess up late in the mix and had to redo the whole thing.that way id have a general idea where to start at to blend each track to ease the pressure a little.i dont do that for my radio show.if i mess up i still run it.to me when i do the show you get it warts and all no retakes!
i recorded my radio show today.i got up.cracked open a red bull and a beer.turned on the equipment.started recording and had no idea what i was going to play.2 hours later i was done and hit play back.i was like man its sounds good why cant it always sound like this?!
i recorded my radio show today.i got up.cracked open a red bull and a beer.
eeeewwwww not a nice combo i would have thought...
Apr-18-2009 13:42
bigjimslade002
TA 00-01AlliancePresident
Registered: Mar 2001
Location: 2nd in line after swamper
quote:
Originally posted by n3lly eeeewwwww not a nice combo i would have thought...
aand you would be right!but i was exhausted. i literally rolled out of bed into tmy studio and needed a pick me up asap.and the mix came out so good maybe ill do it more often!
Registered: Jun 2004
Location: San Antonio, US : TXTA #156
I already have the music I need, and I can mix well, so just a few hours if I make some mistakes.
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It depends on the music. If the tracks are straight-forward, it shouldn't take very long. But if I'm trying to use non-traditional sounds and beats, it could take a long time.
Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
Levels is...decent...damn better than a lot of the shite dominating the charts at the moment. It sounds absolutely nothing like...a billion and one similar tracks in this big-room style. I always had a soft spot.
Apr-18-2009 23:16
woscar
Starstuff
Registered: Nov 2004
Location: Guatemala, Guatemala
quote:
Originally posted by bigjimslade002
now when i make a mix,even one for a radio show or a mix to get in a club i go downstairs, pick one track and start recording
as long as the demo will be multiplied with numbers of error as i recall. i dont dj anymore but i always started over if there where errors in the mix. collecting tracks is part of the dj job not the promotion, but ofcourse u can use some time preparing and putting them in a certain serie. like if u plan to mix in key.
Apr-19-2009 19:46
KiNeTiC ENeRgY
t3cHn0_43ad
Registered: Oct 2003
Location: Boca Raton
I work better not evaluating the tracks for too long as I tend to get tunnel vision so to speak, as far as flow is concerned. I buy a bunch of tracks that sound good together, but I only key them and mix them in key. Spending too long thinking about placement tends to derail and lose sight of what the hell I wanted to do to begin with.
Apr-19-2009 20:13
woscar
Starstuff
Registered: Nov 2004
Location: Guatemala, Guatemala
One thing that helps a lot in somewhat picking the order of the tracks is to load all the tracks I have picked to my iPod, add them to a playlist and listen to them in for a week or so. After repeated listens, certain patterns begin to show and I have a better sense of different directions I can take a mix.
eeeewwwww not a nice combo i would have thought...
