Hey, downloading right now. I was wondering about the site though. How did you get your mix on there, on the front page it says you can only have a 1 GB file and also it seems like an e-mail service. However, your link worked great. I would love to host my mix as you have here.

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Lost Souls

Listening to the mix right now. I see we have Donnie Darko, nice. I like the first two songs, great mix between, however the music is a little more upbeat than what the creepy first audio clip leads us on to. I believe the others work well though. Also, the second song for some reason seems to be of lower-quality. Ok, so I have come to the 22:43 mark and there is a huge mood shift. The first 3 or 4 tracks, lost count, were beautiful, chilled, but not dark. At this point the mix takes a quick and drastic turn in the dark direction. The thing is I like both haves of the mix, especially the second half, where you did some pretty cool mixing and the mood was haunting. However, it feels very disjointed to me. I would like to see you build upon the second half and the dark mood of that and then I may have a new favorite chilling-out mix. Original work, though.

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Lost Souls

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Originally posted by kush paintings Hey, downloading right now. I was wondering about the site though. How did you get your mix on there, on the front page it says you can only have a 1 GB file and also it seems like an e-mail service. However, your link worked great. I would love to host my mix as you have here.

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Here are my latest mixes:
Pepa - Pure Bliss (June 2007 Promo)
Pepa - Visual Thoughts (March 2007 Promo)
Pepa - Trippin' Again

Mash-ups:
Perasma Vs BT - Swing 2 Gravity (Pepa Live Mash-up)
I Trance You!

I agree the songs are a little upbeat, I didn't want to go too deep and I wanted to keep on the melodic side for this mix.

You are right about the mood shift, I had a pretty hard time getting that transition how I wanted, I had many different ideas and methods and in the end I thought this one worked best.

I wanted to create an impact by changing the style, as I said I haven't really followed any rules, I wanted a themed mix, and I think the tone of the songs work really well with the quotes from my favourite film, I think if you have seen Donnie Darko you can identify with this mix more.

Many thanks for the feedback, you have made some good points which I will learn from in the future, I'm glad you thought it was original work too, that is what I wanted to create, and for my first recorded mix I think it worked out pretty well.

just listened to the mix...a few points id like to make...good mixing throughout the mix...and yes..one does get the feeling that its a themed mix...ive seen the movie too ...and u get points for originality as well...

however...i think that the mood change around the 23-24 min mark does more harm than good...u would have been better off making two diff mixes...as the first half of of your mix has a nice sunset feel to it and the latter half is very dark n myterious...perhaps the 20 min mark is too short of a time for each setting....perhaps u cd make a 2 hr mix giving an hr to each syle....thus enabling to make a more smoother transition...also i thought the vocals from the movie were a bit too much...but then again...maybe it was ur idea to incorporate them as u wanted a themed mix based on the movie...

final note...the whole set sounds like a soundtrack from the movie....if that was ur intention...uve achieved it! however id be interested in hearing u put together a bunch of unthemed songs while yet giving a flow to the set...

these r just my opnions...u need not agree or disagree!
cheers

Thank you for your feedback, I'm very happy that you said it sounded like a soundtrack to the movie as I tried my best to use tracks that would give this impression.

I think you are right about the mood change and the length, I wanted the mix to be longer but I had trouble finding tunes that worked well with the theme and I didn't want any tracks to seem like they were fillers.

I now see that the tracks and samples used are very personal and special to me so I'm not expecting everyone to be as blown away by it as I am, if you liked the second half of this mix may I suggest you listen to my new mix "I'm Happy, She Said" I think you would really enjoy it. Thanks