When you guys record a promo cd, how do you go about creating a 'journey' so to speak when all you've got is 70 minutes?

I've done a few CD's now and although I am very pleased with them and people I know who have listened to them usually have nothing but good things to say - they are usually a compilation of biggish tunes and rarely build smoothly throughout (take a look at the tracklisting in my latest mix, Sessions vol.2 in the link below to see what I mean).

So... the question is, do you just go for a pleasing CD with top tunes where the listener has probably heard 50-60% of them before or do you try and create something completely new and try to build your cd up to a climax?

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it really depends on what sort of feeling your going for with the promo...you trying to impress promoters? trying to show your style? etc?

as a general rule, set flow tends to stand out more than anything.

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the promo im working on now.. doesnt really have the hit-tunes of the year, there are a few gems i really love in it but it has a strong showing of the style and flow i wanted to achieve in the set

Play the biggest hits you can and throw in some commercial cheese aswell.

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that'd make you seem like every other dj though or like an EDM radio station, even those have more unknown songs


edit: oops didnt realize the sarcasm, good morning

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Originally posted by stan229 that'd make you seem like every other dj though or like an EDM radio station, even those have more unknown songs

Something tells me that he was being sarcastic

I think I might start doing 2 CD's - a warm up and a peak time mix.

Cause at the moment I am very into genres that cater for both these moments but I'm trying to get them both into one mix cd which means that it's very hard to smoothly get from warm up to peak without it sounding a little too sudden.

If any of you wouldn't mind downloading my latest mix (in my sig below - Sessions vol.2) and posting up some feedback on what you thought of the structure, it would be much appreciated. I have posted it inot the Promotion section and it has been downloaded many times but no-one has left any feedback (You know what they say - "If you haven't got anything good to say, then don't say anything" )

I'd just like to know if I'm defo going down the right track.

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i was thinking of doing that too with the two sides of the trance i like to play.. so far i only did a very dark,moody,techy style of trance.. if i feel incomplete ill do a euphoric style, but its not good to have people listening to two cds of your stuff when tehy dont even want to listen to one if you know what i mean, like i dont think the cd i have to go mix right now will be near 80mins

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Originally posted by agentdansmith 90 minutes?

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My sets always progress somewhere, it's not even very hard to do in 70 minutes. I usually do 60 min mixes and I still manage to make them progress - it just takes a bit of planning.

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my sets always seem to progress in to a harder way. i've actually had a bit of trouble doing a set which doesn't progress that much, in to a harder direction at least. i've thought about doing a summer mix with chilled summery tracks and i don't want it to progress to anything hard at all. i just somehow always end up playing harder stuff.
so for me the biggest problem is trying to do a set which doesn't progress that much but still stays interesting.

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Ok guys, thanks for the comments - I'll just have to spend it little more time planning the track structure then

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Planning is key, and having a varied and comprehensive music collection helps alot too. If all you have are hard driving tracks at 130-135bpm you'll never manage to make your sets progress. You need variety.

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