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Mr Game+Watch
Luka Luka * Night Fever



Registered: Nov 2002
Location: Long Island, NY
Made my first mix... (prog house with a slight tinge of funk)

Hey folks, I put together a mix for a road trip to Baltimore a few weekends ago, thought I'd share it with you. I recently purchased a Numark Total Control that I used alongside Virtual DJ to make it.

Fans of Desyn Masiello, Luke Fair, the Anjunadeep sound, etc. will feel at home with this mix, methinks. Please, comment and give me constructive criticism on ways of improving! Especially in regards to programming and how the mixing flows.

Tracklist:
Michael Cassette - Shadows Movement
16 Bit Lolitas - Difficult
Kosmas Epsilon - Speechnuts (Squash 84 Mix)
Kaskade - 4AM (Adam K and Soha Mix)
Patrick Turner and Chris J - Machine Life
The Timewriter - Zero
Vau and Heikki Liimatanien - Loud Music
Jay Lumen - In Love (Mitiska and Medina mix)
Monogato - Kim
My Digital Enemy - Flamenco Loco
Electrobios and Interplay - With You
GTO - Pure (Swen Weber Mix)

Download here!

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woscar
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Registered: Nov 2004
Location: Guatemala, Guatemala

Good to see you take the plunge mate! Will definitely check it out


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kadomony
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Registered: Jul 2004
Location: Philly

looks good, checkin


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denys envy
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Registered: Mar 2004
Location: falLAcy, CA

the fuck possessed you to come here, lol.

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Mr Game+Watch
Luka Luka * Night Fever



Registered: Nov 2002
Location: Long Island, NY

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Originally posted by denys envy
the fuck possessed you to come here, lol.


Heh, one of my friends from college got a job with the NSA and now lives around Columbia. I'm usually down there for the Otakon anime festival in the summer, as well.

Thanks for checking out out, folks. Enjoy

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kadomony
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Registered: Jul 2004
Location: Philly

Nice tracklist, although flow was a little all over.
I liked it though.
Make some more!


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woscar
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Registered: Nov 2004
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Listening now, 12 minutes in. Why can't 16 Bit Lolitas produce shit like this anymore? I'll edit later with a review. I don't have jack-shit to do at work today besides listen to music all day

Edit...here goes my detailed review:

Track Selection

Nice track selection, proggy and funky at times. Even though I have been moving away from this type of Anjunadeep sound towards deep and tech house, I liked most of the tracks, specially some of the infectiously funky ones you threw in there

Mixing

Mixing was pretty good overall. Didn't hear any major issues, and definitely great for a first mix.

The transition between Speechnuts and 4AM sounded like you killed the outgoing track a tad too quick. I think you could have allowed it to blend for a bit longer for a smoother sounding transition.

Programming and flow

As I was advised a few months ago, and something that I think will improve your mixing is to start your mixes earlier. I noticed that on some transitions you waited too long to start the track and there's a lot of empty beats from the outro that don't maintain the momentum of the tracks too well. This is something that I suffered from when I began too, and someone pointed out. I took the advice and I'm very happy with the results. It allows me to blend melodies, it maintains the momentum much better and it allows you to construct better sets in regards of flow because you will have more tracks to work with.

In my own personal experience, once you get to know your tracks better and you practice, practice, practice this will come naturally to you and your sense of programming will improve with every set you make

To sum up, this was a VERY good first mix Luke. Nice track selection, you mixing was pretty much spot on and although your flow was not as constant, it worked. I warrant many more listens from me

Keep working, and listen to what other posters have to say. I'm looking forward to listen your progress from here on.


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Mr Game+Watch
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Registered: Nov 2002
Location: Long Island, NY

Thank you so much for your comments, Oscar and Kadomony!

Oscar - totally agree that I might have waited a bit too long to mix and should have worked at layering and combining melodies. Also I need to mention that I liked Groove a whole ton as well! Thought I'd throw that in there..


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denys envy
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Registered: Mar 2004
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i liked it. the proggy stuff i don't normally listen much to, anymore. but it was good to hear.

love that particular timewriter tune.

generally good stuff, just time your mixes better. as oscar pointed out - it's all about knowing your tracks and how they'll work best together. some tunes carry pretty much until the end, some start to drop off around two - two 1/2 minutes at the end. once you figure out where these points are and program your mixes accordingly - you'll be good to go.

in the end it's all about not losing drive and energy. i still do it live sometimes, very very hard thing to learn.

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miamitranceman
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Registered: Nov 2004
Location: Miami

Hey man, just chiming in to say it was a great first effort. I agree with Oscar, try to start the mix a few phrases earlier. Don't worry, it comes over time.

Not coincidentally, the guys posting here are all into this type of music. Check out their mixes (and mine if you want) to hear some other takes on this style.

You'll hear that even with more experience, there is always more practice to be had.

Enjoy!


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Gonna take a listen. I'll post back with some thoughts later.


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Mr Game+Watch
Luka Luka * Night Fever



Registered: Nov 2002
Location: Long Island, NY

Once again, thanks, folks! I am in the planning phase for a new mix, and I will definitely take heed of you guys' suggestions!


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