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Originally posted by Lanithium new promo cd 01. Motorcycle - As The Rush Comes (Armin van Buuren Remix) 02. Filo & Peri - Elevation 03. Lolo - Extended Horizon 04. Envio - Touched By The Sun 05. Ayu - M (Above & Beyond Typhoon Dub) 06. Fictivision vs C-quence - Symbols (Mesh Remix) 07. P.O.S - Amnesiac 08. Armin van Buuren feat. Airwave - Slipstream 09. Solarstone - Speak In Symphony (Neo & Farina Remix) 10. Laura Turner - Soul Deep (Signum Remix) 11. Science Deal - Forces Of Nature 12. Pulser - My Religion

Some good songs there! However I think if anyone (in general) wants get noticed with your promo Cds you might wanna be somewhat more creative with tracks. Anyone can pump out Tiesto, Van Dyk, Signum, Armin, Pulser, Solar Stone and G&D (Motorcycle). I mean 99.9% of mixes had Pulser - My Religion in it. :P

I think promoters are looking for someone who uses tracks that aren't famous, but are "golden tunage" and shows good knowledge of music and flows of mixes, rather then your beatmatching. Music knowledge will ALWAYS outweight mixing skills. Then... once you get the gig/job you can hammer tunes that will make the crowd go nuts!

Just my 2 cents.

Done this mix today

1. Mea Culpa - The Child (Original Mix)
2. Humate - Love Simulation (PVD Love Mix)
3. Desiderio - Starlight (Ferry Corsten Mix)
4. Ghostland - Guide Me God (PVD Mix)
5. Aalto - Rush (Super 8 Mix)
6. Mea Culpa - Eternal Life (Original Mix)
7. Outback - Mind In Motion (Draft 2 Design Mix)
8. Solid Sessions - Janeiro (AVB Mix)
9. Paul Van Dyk - Nothing But You (Original Mix)
10. Salt Tank - Eugina (Michael Woods Mix)
11. Accadia - Blind Visions (Club Mix)
12. Nu Nrg - Supersonik Way (Original Mix)
13. Tilt - Invisible (Lost Tribe Mix)
14. Paul Van Dyk - For An Angel (Original Mix)
15. Matt Darey - Liberation (Original Mix)
16. Kamaya Painters - Endless Wave (Original Mix)
17. Plastic Boy - Live Another Life (Original Mix)
18. Dido - Aria (Armin Van Buuren Remix)

hows it?

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Last edited by Psygnosis on Sep-25-2003 at 13:48

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Originally posted by TiksA Some good songs there! However I think if anyone (in general) wants get noticed with your promo Cds you might wanna be somewhat more creative with tracks. Anyone can pump out Tiesto, Van Dyk, Signum, Armin, Pulser, Solar Stone and G&D (Motorcycle). I mean 99.9% of mixes had Pulser - My Religion in it. :P I think promoters are looking for someone who uses tracks that aren't famous, but are "golden tunage" and shows good knowledge of music and flows of mixes, rather then your beatmatching. Music knowledge will ALWAYS outweight mixing skills. Then... once you get the gig/job you can hammer tunes that will make the crowd go nuts! Just my 2 cents.

i'll write u a check for any amount if u can find a promoter in perth who knows those tunes

as mentioned above, the purpose of the mix was for a promo cd.. now to me when i go to make a promo cd i want it to be the best cd which defines my style, tune selection and skills.. therefore obviously im going to include the tunes which i love at the time of recording
whenever i play out however i do infact mix it up.

the tunes are popular for a reason... i personally love them, therefore i play them.. i dont see why i would want to stray from playing the tunes i want just so i can be more 'original'. when i find a tune i like, whether its been caned by all the big names or not i'll get it and play it.

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Originally posted by TiksA Some good songs there! However I think if anyone (in general) wants get noticed with your promo Cds you might wanna be somewhat more creative with tracks. Anyone can pump out Tiesto, Van Dyk, Signum, Armin, Pulser, Solar Stone and G&D (Motorcycle). I mean 99.9% of mixes had Pulser - My Religion in it. :P I think promoters are looking for someone who uses tracks that aren't famous, but are "golden tunage" and shows good knowledge of music and flows of mixes, rather then your beatmatching. Music knowledge will ALWAYS outweight mixing skills. Then... once you get the gig/job you can hammer tunes that will make the crowd go nuts! Just my 2 cents.

Honestly I think it goes the other way....put the hits (with a few personal favs) on your CD...then once you get gigs...slowly build a following...then you hammer what u like and hopefully it works with the crowd...

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Soundscapes and Global Undergroundesque promo cds are stupid. They are made for listening to, not dancing to. IMO you should aim to reflect what you'd play on a dancefloor, into a cd.

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Originally posted by Lanithium the tunes are popular for a reason... i personally love them, therefore i play them.. i dont see why i would want to stray from playing the tunes i want just so i can be more 'original'. when i find a tune i like, whether its been caned by all the big names or not i'll get it and play it.

I totally agree with you there man, but like I said everyone will have the same or similar cd as you, with same tracklists, and its not going to make you stand out or sound different in anyway.

I know what I'm talking about becuase one of my friends is a promoter for few bars and gigs in Brisbane and had gigs on Triple J radio and worked with Groove Armanda and helped in promoting alot of other gigs. When he receives promo/demo CDs he checks the tracklist first and if its the same as all the other ones it finds the bin before it finds the cd player

I know some promoters just know DJ Sammy and Cosmic Gate, but some know more then you think they do

01. Bexta - Make It Phunkee (Original 12" Mix)
02. Tony De Vit vs Kathy Brown - Turn Me Out At Dawn
03. Twist - Here Comes The Big Mamma
04. Three Drives On A Vinyl - Greece 2000 (Man With No Name Remix)
05. Basic Dawn - Pure Thrust (Nu-NRG Remix)
06. BK - Revolution (Alphazone Remix)
07. Ferry Corsten - Punk (Rich Kidz Remix)
08. Signum - Coming On Strong (SHOKK Remix)
09. Boccaccio Life - The Secret Wish 2002 (Alici Remix)
10. Solid Sleep - Deep Star (Phuture Punk Remix)
11. DJ Wag - The Darkness (Yakooza Remix)
12. DJ Snowman - And Then They Start To Dance (Dumonde Remix)
13. Oliver Lieb - Subraumstimulation (Main Mix)

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Motorcycle- As the rush comes (AVB mix)
Fictivision Vs C Quence- Symbols (Mesh mix)
John Askew- Skylab (Kyau vs Albert mix)
Paul van Dyk- Time of our lives
Inzite- Spellbound
Binary Finary- 1999 (Gouryella mix)
Science deal- Dreams of passion
Ron van de beuken- Timeless (RVDB mix)
R.B.A.- Daywalker
Tiesto- Traffic (Max Walder mix)
Darren Tate vs Jono Grant- Nocturnal Creatures.

Oakenfold - Hypnotised (Deepsky Radio Mix)
Sander K - Buenos Aires
Bullit - Cried To Dream (Max Graham Mix)
Matti Laamanen - Flakes
Sun Decade - I'm Alone ( Ronski Speed Mix)
Haak - Frenzy
Outback - Minds In Motion
Firewall - Sincere
Oceanlab - Beautiful Together (Seraque Mix)can't beleive how much this has grown on me
ATRC (AvB Universal Religion Mix)

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Bullit - Cried To Dream (Max Graham Mix)


Ann' I crriieed to dreeeaam aggaaaiiiiinnnnnn.. good track, goooooooooood track.

1. Chicane - Autumn Tactics (Thrillseekers Mix)
2. Bedrock - Heaven Scent
3. Paul Van Dyk - Connected (Moto Mix 05)
4. Dj Tiesto and Junkie XL - Obsession
5. Paul Van Dyk - Time of Our Lives (PVD Club Mix)
6. Clokx - Clokx (Ronald Van Der Buken Remix)
7. Push - Journey Of Life (Rank 1 Mix)
8. Pulser - My Religion
9. Pulser - Cloudwalking
10. Ralphie B - Massive (Mirco De Govia Remix)
11. Push - Strange World (2000 Remake)
12. Utah Saints - Lost Vagueness (Oliver Lieb Mix)
13. Energy 52 - Cafe Del Mar (Marco V Mix)
14. Cj Bolland - The Prophet