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What do you want from the tracks you play? (pg. 2)
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| Clovis |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ted Promo
I want one that's also a Pontiac Trans Am. |
I drive one of those. Worst car ever made. |
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| djdk |
The two things I tend to look for in a track are either a good groove or hypnotic elements that suck the listener in.
To expand on that a bit more I find most of the tracks that I would classify as having a good groove will have deep warm bass sounds and often wont have a steady 4x4 kick. I usually avoid tracks that use too much of the upper frequency range of the bass, that harsh grinding "electro" sound as it tends to detract from the grooveyness (is that a word?) of the track althoguh obviously this isnt a hard rule!
Tracks that fit into the hypnotic category tend to have less focus on the groove (although a good underlying bassline is still a nessecity) and more on the mid to high end of the frequency range. Arpeggiated melodies, looped vocals and pad sounds seem to fit with my idea of hypnotic.
I hope that makes some sort of sense, typing whilst working. Check the basement seessions mix in my sig for examples of what I mean! (/plug) |
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| david.michael |
| quote: | Originally posted by Clovis
I drive one of those. Worst car ever made. |
gtfo! |
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| EddieZilker |
| quote: | Originally posted by david.michael
gto! |
fixed! |
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| woscar |
| quote: | Originally posted by EddieZilker
Well, sir. I have to thank you because that inspired this track.
The song with the flute is the biggest example I can think of, but it's also the way in which the tracks were blended so that train-spotting was almost impossible. "Groove" did that, too, and really well - it was almost seamless. The other aspect is that you choose songs with a lot of white space - space in the music which is being used to really let individual elements come into existence and then fade out again, before something new happens.
I tend to be a bit busy, in that regard, and I like having a lot of elements, but the sparseness of the songs you use lends to that mysteriousness occurring. |
Heh, that's pretty cool mate. Never knew I had inspired other people's work. :) |
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| A.B |
| quote: | Originally posted by enydo
That they speak to me in some way.
/cliche |
Pretty much this. |
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| Ted Promo |
| quote: | Originally posted by Clovis
I drive one of those. Worst car ever made. |
I read "worst car" as "woscar" lololol
And I really can't imagine you driving one of those. At all. |
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| Clovis |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ted Promo
I read "worst car" as "woscar" lololol
And I really can't imagine you driving one of those. At all. |
Dude I drove that thing all the way to Mexico (4hrs) 3 times in February to go DJ. Actually not a bad car for a roadtrip.
But yeah its a clunker. And theres a short in the turn signal clicker so it just clicks randomly all the time. lol
/hijack cumplete |
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| enydo |
| We should have a clunker-off. My 1987 Toyota Corolla is quite the clunker. |
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| Ted Promo |
| quote: | Originally posted by Clovis
Dude I drove that thing all the way to Mexico (4hrs) 3 times in February to go DJ. Actually not a bad car for a roadtrip.
But yeah its a clunker. And theres a short in the turn signal clicker so it just clicks randomly all the time. lol
/hijack cumplete |
Haha, it's like the techno version of Smokey and the Bandit only your car's on perma-asian mode and you're fleeing Texarcana. |
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| mfitterer1 |
| I look for tracks that have good low end and great percussion. They need to be produced flawlessly (or able to be edited to be); have good atmosphere and spacing and have something that carries you throughout the track. I am even more tedious and picky about tracks that are played frequently because I like to have new and fresh music. It's all about knowing what you like and continuing to narrow down to the artists and labels you appreciate the sound of. People put out great music very consistently these days; it's just about knowing who they are and staying current on aliases; etc. Beatport is awesome for the ability to save all of your favorite labels and artists; it makes it very very simple searching for new tracks every month. |
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| EddieZilker |
| quote: | Originally posted by djdk
The two things I tend to look for in a track are either a good groove or hypnotic elements that suck the listener in.
To expand on that a bit more I find most of the tracks that I would classify as having a good groove will have deep warm bass sounds and often wont have a steady 4x4 kick. I usually avoid tracks that use too much of the upper frequency range of the bass, that harsh grinding "electro" sound as it tends to detract from the grooveyness (is that a word?) of the track althoguh obviously this isnt a hard rule!
Tracks that fit into the hypnotic category tend to have less focus on the groove (although a good underlying bassline is still a nessecity) and more on the mid to high end of the frequency range. Arpeggiated melodies, looped vocals and pad sounds seem to fit with my idea of hypnotic.
I hope that makes some sort of sense, typing whilst working. Check the basement seessions mix in my sig for examples of what I mean! (/plug) |
Nice set. The first song put me on edge - it wasn't that I thought it was scary - it was just the topic of the song seemed to be mocking the conventions of capitalist society - that they tend to be superficial - and in that parody was particularly realistic taking an almost strident tone in its replication. I felt like I was in the same room with a psychopath, so to speak, until it let me in on the "joke".
Rest of it had a consistent intensity with some great rhythmic moments interspersed among some nicely tweaked melodic loops and otherwise energetic offerings. The difference, in-so-far as sparseness, milieu, and energy are concerned, between Woscar's and yours is night and day.
I definitely get the sense that your interests lies in rhythmically propelled melody but that you try and find a nice diversity while remaining faithful to your unique voice - your signature, if you will. |
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