|
deadmau5 Essential Mix (pg. 3)
|
View this Thread in Original format
| Knox |
Its cuz he tends to mix mostly his own tracks and productions when he DJs!
But kudos to using the free promotion to get that new material out! |
|
|
| mindspin1 |
| Looks awful. Essential mix is going downhill. |
|
|
| tempoman |
| quote: | Originally posted by Knox
Its cuz he tends to mix mostly his own tracks and productions when he DJs!
But kudos to using the free promotion to get that new material out! |
I know the essential mix is a promotion in its own right, but I would like to see djs do something innovative with the slot, instead of hashing out all your own productions.
If everybody did this essential mixes would be a yawn fest. |
|
|
| Knox |
| quote: | Originally posted by tempoman
I know the essential mix is a promotion in its own right, but I would like to see djs do something innovative with the slot, instead of hashing out all your own productions.
If everybody did this essential mixes would be a yawn fest. |
I completely agree with your statement. I just didn't know how to comment on this latest essential mix as politely as you have...
this is what the mau5 does best...hashes out his own productions... |
|
|
| geroin |
| quote: | Originally posted by SuperJimbo
For me, first hour of this EM >>>> second half
|
+1
i liked this tune the most
Deadmau5 - Hi Friend (Mau5trap) |
|
|
| Invasionmix |
| quote: | Originally posted by Owen M
I kinda miss that deadmau5 sound too :( alla-->inside out, cherry twist, community funk and reward is cheese...that kind of is still wicked! this Jaded/not exactly/faxing burlin sound is dance music for Emo kids that like to hug their pillows....quality music, but just not really for me.
the electro (in general) thats been coming out recently is same old same old....but he always sounded interesting and exciting. |
+1 I totally agree with everyone you said here.
I'm really digging that 'Hi Friend' track. When is it being released? |
|
|
| lazy haze |
| quote: | Originally posted by Owen M
ARE YOU FOR ING REAL????
I love electronic music to death, but my beef has ALWAYS been some ing dj being glorified for playing music SOMEONE ELSE HAS MADE!!!
ING AWESOME on Deadmau5 for being able to put out many mixes with music soley created by the man himself!!! How many other Esstential Mixes have been put out with a tracklist created purly by the artist mixing the tracks? please name a few?...cause I can't.
The essential mix has became the pinical of who's who on the global dj ciruit....yet most of the mixes contain majority of music produced by arists other than the dj that created the mix...It's almost the same as me becoming famous for panting pictures that Picasso painted.
Good on deadmau5 for pulling up his socks and firing bullets!! Enjoy the artist for what he created, and even enjoy it more that it's released FOR FREE!
my half drunken rant/beef is now offically ended lol:tongue3 |
to me a good dj is someone who has a distinct style that is unique to them. deadmau5 definitely has a unique production style, one that is now being copied by many. i like hearing his own productions but i would like to hear how his ideas mix in with ideas from other producers. combining multiple genres to come up with a totally new sound for example. |
|
|
| elFreak |
| the thing is deadmau5 does not dj. |
|
|
| kaniz |
| quote: | Originally posted by Owen M
I love electronic music to death, but my beef has ALWAYS been some ing dj being glorified for playing music SOMEONE ELSE HAS MADE!!!
|
You know what I love about electronic music and DJs? Being exposed to a wide range of music that I would have never heard before. I love digging through track listings and finding tracks / artists / labels that I never knew existed before and being blown away.
I love hearing tracks that I may have ignored otherwise, be played/mixed in such a way that it makes me stop and go 'wow' and get a new appreciation for the track.
I love being taken on a musical trip / journey, and I think limiting a DJ mix to 100% of your own productions is not doing the art form of crafting a captivating set justice.
When doing a DJ set of your own productions, you are limiting yourself to a very small catalog of tracks. But, when you dont - you're opening up an endless sea of sonic possibilities to tickle the ears, engage the brain and move the feet.
The exception to this would be LivePAs when they are done REALLY well. Examples of this for me would be artists like Sleeparchive, Seph, etc. I like Live PAs that seem to organically morph/evolve and not so much 'track 1 stops now, track 2 starts now' like a few PA's I've seen (Jake Fairley reminded me of this when I saw him at The Mod club a year or two back)
That being said, not a big fan of Deadmau5 - so not going to comment specifically on this mix, but just as a 'generally speaking' of what I like about DJ sets :) |
|
|
| MarkT |
meh...big deal. It's his mix, he did with it what he wanted.
typical TA hating to bash the guy instead of "holy , you got an EM slot, congrats!!!"
that he DID get an EM slot is proof enough that he doesn't need career advice from anyone here ;) |
|
|
| NuERA |
| but you're all talking about, and you're all going to listen, so i guess we know who wins. |
|
|
|
|
