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This kid is a hard working DJ who deserves to open for SKRILLEX!!! vote for him so he can! http://www.indabamusic.com/opportunities...ons/115579[/color]

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>SKRILLEX

But seriously dude, Skrillex is not good.

(06-26-2012, 11:12 PM)GoDjMike Wrote: [ -> ]inb4
>SKRILLEX

But seriously dude, Skrillex is not good.

It's not that he isn't good he just isn't as good as some people think he is. His music isn't bad it's just mediocre. Way to much hype about his music than it deserves.
Either way like it or not opening for Skrillex could give anyone who deserves it some attention which is good. There are far more DJs out there that are better than home that deserve some time in the spotlight.

(06-26-2012, 10:59 PM)Grape_King Wrote: [ -> ]This kid is a hard working DJ who deserves to open for SKRILLEX!!! vote for him so he can! http://www.indabamusic.com/opportunities...ons/115579[/color]

be honest... Are we voting for you?

(06-27-2012, 12:59 AM)sieve Wrote: [ -> ]

(06-26-2012, 10:59 PM)Grape_King Wrote: [ -> ]This kid is a hard working DJ who deserves to open for SKRILLEX!!! vote for him so he can! http://www.indabamusic.com/opportunities...ons/115579[/color]

be honest... Are we voting for you?

MALE | 17 | COLCHESTER, UNITED STATES

Most likely.

That song sucks, to be honest. Generic looping with hardly any progression and very repetitive.

(06-27-2012, 03:36 AM)DoughnutSpanker Wrote: [ -> ]That song sucks, to be honest. Generic looping with hardly any progression and very repetitive.

Agreed. I also did not hear a base drop :c

So I didn't actually listen to the song, because I assumed right away that it was a song you made and were trying to mislead people with it (which it obviously is).

It's got a minimalistic-electro feel to it, but come on, when you look up tutorials, you should use what you learn and apply it in your own way >_>.
That Nero warp bass bugs the hell out of me because it's obviously just a preset.

+ The downtime was alright. I found the melody interesting.

- Song is too repetitive.
- Kick is so dull....
- Equalizing is your best friend. I don't hear a bit of it on this track...
- Clap is super light, inaudible in the interludes.
- All your sounds are mono; They are not wide enough, which makes them weak. Add power to your sounds by widening them (there are many methods of achieving this, for example, simple duplication and panning along with some chorus and delay effects would do wonders).

Good luck on the next track.

No its not me its my friend the song he has up isnt that good at all i agree but ive been to his house and he has shown me a lot of mixes probably better than skrillex and he hosts raves and no one complains he really does a great job

(06-27-2012, 02:48 PM)Grape_King Wrote: [ -> ]No its not me its my friend the song he has up isnt that good at all i agree but ive been to his house and he has shown me a lot of mixes probably better than skrillex and he hosts raves and no one complains he really does a great job

You're full of it, hahaha.

That one song is enough to show me he doesn't have the knowledge necessary to even get a crowd going.

Check out more of his stuff here http://soundcloud.com/quantum-faith

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you dont have to believe me but he has talent and the mix he used gives him no justice

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this is one of the best haha its long thogh http://soundcloud.com/quantum-faith/quan...-promo-mix

(06-27-2012, 02:51 PM)Grape_King Wrote: [ -> ]Check out more of his stuff here http://soundcloud.com/quantum-faith

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you dont have to believe me but he has talent and the mix he used gives him no justice

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this is one of the best haha its long thogh http://soundcloud.com/quantum-faith/quan...-promo-mix

So, let's analyze everything thus far.

(06-26-2012, 10:59 PM)Grape_King Wrote: [ -> ]This kid is a hard working DJ who deserves to open for SKRILLEX!!! vote for him so he can! http://www.indabamusic.com/opportunities...ons/115579[/color]

(06-27-2012, 02:48 PM)Grape_King Wrote: [ -> ]No its not me its my friend the song he has up isnt that good at all i agree but ive been to his house and he has shown me a lot of mixes probably better than skrillex and he hosts raves and no one complains he really does a great job

Mixing music and Producing music are two completely different things. Your friend makes nice melodies, but he doesn't master his tracks.
The beats sound so trashy and dull.
The basses and leads are garbage. I even hear 3x Osc from FL Studio being used with no changes whatsoever. He just makes the base sound and doesn't put in the effort to change it.

I can guarantee you now that if Skrillex makes a mix (mixing music means montaging many songs together with transitioning between each song), he would do a much better job for the simple reason that he knows his software and is knowledgeable in the art.

People don't complain 'cause all they do is listen to the music. They don't listen to what makes a good mix. They don't complain, obviously, 'cause it's music. However, I will still guarantee, better transitioning will produce a much better effect.

So, let's analyze the mix you showed me.

(06-27-2012, 02:51 PM)Grape_King Wrote: [ -> ]Check out more of his stuff here http://soundcloud.com/quantum-faith

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you dont have to believe me but he has talent and the mix he used gives him no justice

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this is one of the best haha its long thogh http://soundcloud.com/quantum-faith/quan...-promo-mix

The first 18 minutes are significantly lower in volume than the rest of the mix. It almost seems as though he purposefully lowered the output volume as well as added an EQ Crushing effect. This is pointless. You can't hear any important frequencies unless you boost the volume. But wait, at 18 minutes your ears get killed.

5:05 -- The beginning of the first transition. All I'm hearing is the original song fade out as the new song fades in slowly. The end of the transition is at 5:26. The transition had some energy to it, but it just sounds like a random spot in the first song to fade out from. I hear this a lot from amateur mixers (I had one friend in particular in high school who still DJs (he has gotten much better nowadays) at the bar near my place, "Le Skratch." All he used to do was fade for transitions.) and it just doesn't provide enough energy when all you're hearing is one song go away and another one slowly creep in.

7:02 -- The beginning of the second transition. Yet again, all I hear is a fade transition. The difference is this time he added some white noise, so it gave it a bit more of a feel to it, right? So, I hear the chorus fade out and go into the intro of another song... My urge to feel a drop isn't satisfied, and by the time the drop is heard in the next song, it's just not as powerful anymore.

9:20 -- The beginning of the third transition. Yet again, the song just trails away at no significant point. Resampling is used (example, Daft Punk's "Around The World" vocal) during the transition, which is usually effective, but what does the vocal have anything to do with the next song? Usually that doesn't matter, but he made the vocal continue throughout the next song, and it just kills it. The way 'Animal Instincts' was brought in leaves it at the intro, yet again, which is fine, but from the random part of the song he trailed off of in the last song, the energy just isn't there.

13:20 -- The beginning of the fourth transition. "Around The World" is still going on.... The new vocal from the next song is being repeated as the old song is slowly faded out and the new song is faded in. The point at which the "Around The World" vocal ends makes it seem like a very abrupt transition, simply because you've been hearing the same vocal over and over for over 3 minutes.

I heard the rest of the mix, and it's all pretty much the same as I've stated above. I won't go through every single transition, but you can see the pattern here, right?

And, once again, that random output volume increase at 18 minutes in just really is a bother.

Not really much else I can say other than keep working on making unique, energetic transitions.

For study, just look up Ephixia, Noisestorm, Going Quantum, Statik Podcast, for good, clean, energetic LIVE mixes. You may have to do a bit of researching, but now doubt you'll have no problem finding their live mixes.

I know that if I tell you when he mixes live, he probably mixes the way he does when he isn't in front of a crowd, but instead, a computer, with as much time as he decides to work on a good mix. So, study live mixes and learn techniques of making a nice, clean mix. There are various means of making amazing, energetic effects. The simplest things can make a very heavy mix: EQing, Distorting, Stereo Editing.

Good luck.

MrKrellyn Wrote:People don't complain 'cause all they do is listen to the music. They don't listen to what makes a good mix. They don't complain, obviously, 'cause it's music.

That's goddamn true, lol, dont even start me on when DJ's on stage try to act like they are doing so many complicated things.

I know this kid in real life too, along with Grape. He's honestly a complete idiot (QuantumFaith is the one i'm talking about), and yeah his music isn't that great i'll agree with that. But given the opportunity like this i'd guarantee it pushes him into making better music and growing as an artist. If i have anything to say, his hopes of going anywhere in life with anything else besides music....eh, pretty low. But if it takes motivation like this to get him moving, i could see something coming out of it. So if you guys would actually give him a quick vote, whether you like his music or not, it would actually mean a great deal and you'd be helping someone to an amount that can't be accounted for.

(06-28-2012, 02:18 PM)Thatguheye Wrote: [ -> ]I know this kid in real life too, along with Grape. He's honestly a complete idiot (QuantumFaith is the one i'm talking about), and yeah his music isn't that great i'll agree with that. But given the opportunity like this i'd guarantee it pushes him into making better music and growing as an artist. If i have anything to say, his hopes of going anywhere in life with anything else besides music....eh, pretty low. But if it takes motivation like this to get him moving, i could see something coming out of it. So if you guys would actually give him a quick vote, whether you like his music or not, it would actually mean a great deal and you'd be helping someone to an amount that can't be accounted for.

That's the problem nowadays. I'm going to namedrop here, so be prepared.

I knew this kid in High School, David Procoprio. He thought he was some big shot DJ. Of course, as is the norm with kids in High School, many questions are asked of him to validate his claims. He could never answer a single question.

I remember distinctly this one time in my Phys. Ed. class (it was also a Career Choice class) we had to make questions to do with the careers we thought we wished to pursue at the time. His question, "Who is the best DJ in the world?" Voided instantly.

The thing is, I recall in my Italian class he once answered the teacher saying he was going to move to Italy for a time to learn professional DJing. That still hasn't happened.

The point of all this is, DJs, Music Producers, Artists, Writers, they don't make it in the world they see right away. They need a backup plan. I recall last summer I was so sure that one day I would be a sound engineer (would change my program at CEGEP (CEGEP is college in Quebec) to accommodate it) and be happy. This didn't turn out to be the case. It's hard to be in the industry nowadays. So, I'm in Computer Science now.

That's just the thing: You need some sort of backup plan. You absolutely need bigger plans than the lazy, "I'm going to DJ and make money." You don't always get your way. You really, really don't.

So, tell your friend that if he plans to pursue this (and I still do believe anyone can, so long as they have the passion for it), he needs to study and be prepared for failure. I'm not saying he's going to be a failure, I'm saying he should be prepared for it: Have a backup plan.

Cheers.