Ok bare with me for a moment. I am about to be a bit verbose (who, me? never!).
The day I took this mix down was a sad day. It had got lost in the buried episodes pile and not many people are going to download or play a mix that isn't your newest or oldest.
Being a DJ isn't just throwing a bunch of tracks together while following your "camelot wheel" (or not for the some who still do it by ear - although it is a time saver...hearing something doesn't fit either pitch, style, etc isn't exactly aerospace engineering, yes I am being snarky...rocket science isn't actually something real...just a nice phrase).
Anyway this mix for me was when my sound as a DJ really started to come through the speakers. I got into DJing from listening to amazing mixes that were complete journeys, where every aspect of the set/mix is shaped exactly the way the DJ wanted it to be shaped. This is much easier said than done.
Everything that goes into that journey...track selection, track location, length of time a track is played, transition used (style, creativity, how it manipulates the energy/emotion - more on this in a moment), BPM, when to play vocals/when not to, general thematic elements (telling a story not just playing tracks...although wedding DJs make a lot more money than me...so there is that), so much etc.
A track that might sound amazing as intro might be terrible in the middle of the mix, or vice versa, or nam quod ubique est (go Google translate!).
Anyway to wrap this up...creating a mix that sounds (in every way you could possibly imagine) the exact way you as a DJ want it is very, very hard. I'm not saying that this mix is that. My sound was still raw, but you can hear it permeate...it is MY sound. I hope at least one person reads this and appreciates the insight.
P.S. I have tons of favorite famous DJs...if they are doing a mix and they take me away from their journey with a bad transition or whatever then I most often turn off the mix. Perfection is perhaps impossible, but striving for your best and realizing what "best" is as a DJ is important. Don't settle for hearing tracks being played no matter who is DJing...not even me (like I'm that self-important haha). Demand excellence and follow the vibes.
PLUR (Respect not responsibility :P Unless you're a K-hole head...then responsibility because you're too busy staring at your own body while laying in the grass to interact with anything that demands respect...well the grass...lay soft my friend(s).
Statica, Mike Foyle - Shades Of Red (Intro Mix)
Fyrsta, Anhken - If Not Me (Norin & Rad Remix)
Omnia, The Blizzard - My Inner Island
Ferry Corsten, Armin van Buuren - Brute (Original Extended Mix)
MaRLo - Whispers
SHato & Paul Rockseek - Wonderfooled (Radion 6 Remix)
Audrey Gallagher, Mark Eteson - Breathe On My Own
Sarah Howells, TyDi - Acting Crazy ft. Sarah Howells (Tom Fall Remix)
Jon O'Bir - Music Database
Solis, Sean Truby - Loaded (Ben Gold Remix)
Myon & Shane 54 - Futuristic
Paul Oakenfold - Full Moon Party
Ashley Wallbridge, Gareth Emery - Mansion
Mike Sonar - Reborn
Michael Jay Parker - Canberra
Sequentia - Eclipse (Broning Remix)
Fafaq - Rocket Fuel
Ben Gold, Gareth Emery - Flash
Tilt - I Dream (Nick Rowland Full Length Remix)
