I like the track selection (LCD , OUTHUD, Ztrip, etc), alot of these tracks are staples in my listening habits. The mixing , though , is too cluttered and the beats fly around like shrapnel. Mixing live is a difficult thing to do, and through practice you recognise what flows and what doesn’t. What the mix has goung for it is the tracks and ambition. The ability to take big risk is missing in alot of mixes, and you’ve shown you’re not afraid of risk. With a little more practice and equal amounts risk, I suspect your next mix will shine stellar.
In this case, it’s a negative, because it causes the mix to sound chaotic. It’s a good choice of songs for a first mix. And Briscoe is right. It takes experimenting and experience to find out what gels together and what does not. Once you figure that part out, the rest is easy as pie. Stick to it.
DON’T GIVE UP!
You sound like you’re on the right track with this stuff, you just need a bit of polish . . . maybe plan to spend more time listening over and over again before actually releasing it.
It’s the hardest thing to do because you’re anxious to share your mix with everybody.
But listening and tweaking is just as much a part of the whole process as the actual mixing.
I was the same way when I started (still am sometimes, right naz?).
When you begin a new “tweaking” session, save your project under a new name.
I tend to use the same name but use a sequential number pattern to recognize what I did last in case I get too far off the track.
You’ve got a nice start . . . sounds like you’ve got a “mind” for this stuff. Now just be patient with yourself and develop a “heart” for it too!
It will develop if you just DON’T GIVE UP!!
:o)
I like the track selection (LCD , OUTHUD, Ztrip, etc), alot of these tracks are staples in my listening habits. The mixing , though , is too cluttered and the beats fly around like shrapnel. Mixing live is a difficult thing to do, and through practice you recognise what flows and what doesn’t. What the mix has goung for it is the tracks and ambition. The ability to take big risk is missing in alot of mixes, and you’ve shown you’re not afraid of risk. With a little more practice and equal amounts risk, I suspect your next mix will shine stellar.
Is that good shrapnel or bad? Thanks for the comments; ’twas my first mix.
In this case, it’s a negative, because it causes the mix to sound chaotic. It’s a good choice of songs for a first mix. And Briscoe is right. It takes experimenting and experience to find out what gels together and what does not. Once you figure that part out, the rest is easy as pie. Stick to it.
DON’T GIVE UP!
You sound like you’re on the right track with this stuff, you just need a bit of polish . . . maybe plan to spend more time listening over and over again before actually releasing it.
It’s the hardest thing to do because you’re anxious to share your mix with everybody.
But listening and tweaking is just as much a part of the whole process as the actual mixing.
I was the same way when I started (still am sometimes, right naz?).
When you begin a new “tweaking” session, save your project under a new name.
I tend to use the same name but use a sequential number pattern to recognize what I did last in case I get too far off the track.
You’ve got a nice start . . . sounds like you’ve got a “mind” for this stuff. Now just be patient with yourself and develop a “heart” for it too!
It will develop if you just DON’T GIVE UP!!
:o)