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Using "older" tracks in a demo mix
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| ToXano |
Hello all,
The last weeks I have been selecting tracks for my demo cd which I will pass to club promotors, dj's etc.
Now some of the tracks on the demo are about 1 year old and some about 5 months. Ofcourse there are recent tracks on it and also an unreleased one.
Do you think it's not done to include some older tracks on a demo?
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| djxtension |
| quote: | Originally posted by ToXano
Hello all,
The last weeks I have been selecting tracks for my demo cd which I will pass to club promotors, dj's etc.
Now some of the tracks on the demo are about 1 year old and some about 5 months. Ofcourse there are recent tracks on it and also an unreleased one.
Do you think it's not done to include some older tracks on a demo?
Thanks |
It's your demo. Do with it whatever you like.
I would be carefull picking too much 'anthems' though. But if the older tracks are fairly unknown, just include them. |
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| Stu Cox |
I frequently put tunes from 8 or more years ago on my demos... it's a space for you to show what you do, and if you'd play some older tracks in a club then feel free to stick them on a demo.
As long as it's not a whole demo of tunes which were huge 6 months ago but everyone's bored of now, the age of the tracks really isn't that important. |
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| ToXano |
| quote: | Originally posted by Stu Cox
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As long as it's not a whole demo of tunes which were huge 6 months ago but everyone's bored of now, the age of the tracks really isn't that important. |
It's interesting that you mention that. We are trainspotters who know all the tracks our favourite DJ's play and when the tracks got released etc. I don't know if club owners/promoters are that aware of "anthems" or "older" tunes. I even think DJ's know more about the genre they play than other genres. |
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| djdk |
| In my last demo, there were maybe 5 out of 13 tracks that were brand new. The others dated from perhaps 6 months to 11 years old. No one cared :) |
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| Mr.Mystery |
| I don't really play new tunes at all. The whole "who can play the latest, newest tracks regardless of whether the tracks are any good"-game sickens me. |
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| david.michael |
| quote: | Originally posted by Mr.Mystery
I don't really play new tunes at all. The whole "who can play the latest, newest tracks regardless of whether the tracks are any good"-game sickens me. |
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I play music that is good, not music that is new. Or old. |
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| skip |
| quote: | Originally posted by Mr.Mystery
The whole "who can play the latest, newest tracks regardless of whether the tracks are any good"-game sickens me. |
me too. but i'll play new tunes though, if i like how they sound. but for me the age of the track doesn't matter at all. |
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| Mr.Mystery |
| quote: | Originally posted by skip
me too. but i'll play new tunes though, if i like how they sound. but for me the age of the track doesn't matter at all. |
Okay, "at all" might have been a bit of an exaggeration but to me a track that was released 6 months ago is still relatively new. |
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| david.michael |
Indeed... it's amazing what people consider to be "old tracks" in this scene.
Perhaps the reason it's so surprising to me is that hardly anyone listens to EDM around here on a regular basis. To them, "Sandstorm" and "Better Off Alone" might be old tracks, but nothing else is anything they have ever heard of.
The only way these songs really get old to me is if I overplay them to myself, and why would I do that? |
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| skip |
| quote: | Originally posted by Mr.Mystery
Okay, "at all" might have been a bit of an exaggeration but to me a track that was released 6 months ago is still relatively new. |
yeah, i agree, 6 months is not old at all.
but now that i think about it, i don't really play any really new stuff (if 6 months old would be old) as i refuse to pay 2,49€ for a track at beatport so i'll just wait until it's 1,49€ or then buy the cd if i can find it for a decent price (or the vinyl if i can't find anything else).
but when i'm buying tracks i pay no attention at all to the release date, same goes for mixing tracks. |
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| KiNeTiC ENeRgY |
| quote: | Originally posted by Mr.Mystery
I don't really play new tunes at all. The whole "who can play the latest, newest tracks regardless of whether the tracks are any good"-game sickens me. |
yup, agree 100% Age of a track does not matter. New tracks do not equal good tracks. Play what u think is a good tune and don't worry how old it is. |
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