EMERALD CITY TRAPEZE
2702 6th Avenue South
Seattle, WA 98134-2102
2 Bars, Huge Venue, Awesome Sound
9PM – 3:30AM
Check it out! Chase Jarvis chose one of my tracks Sandman Theory – Resonate for the first half of this video. This is a great story about creative minds aligning to raise money for charity in NYC. If you have a few minutes, pop over to Chase’s Blog and read the whole story.
Tracklisting:
1. Intro (Deep Focus Remix) – the XX
2. The Island (Statelapse Remix) – Pendulum
3. Bandwagon Junglist – Marlow
4. Higher (Jeuce rework) – Polly Mackey
5. Liquid Shards (Original Mix) – Callan Maart
6. Cracks (Flux Pavillion Remix) – The Freestyler feat. Belle Humble
7. Becoming Insane (Widdler vs VoodooSteamBoat Dubstep Remix) – Infected Mushroom
8. Days Go By (Mimosa Remix) – Dirty Vegas
9. Underwater (feat. Tina Malia) – Bassnectar
10. Eternity – Titan
11. Glow (Original Dubstep Mix) – Butterfly Crash
12. Oxygen (Gemini Remix) – Hadouken!
13. I Cant Stop – Hard2flip
14. Don’t Leave Me – Titan
15. Dream Eater – Kromabis
16. Blue – Gemini
17. Dream – Defcon
18. Nebulous (Original Mix) – NumberNin6
19. Sun & Moon (DubRocca Remix) – Above & Beyond
20. California Dreamin’ (Minnesota Remix) – Minnesota
JoelRoberts at Tech Beats wrote a great article on the theory of EQ and how it applies to DJs. I think he nailed it. So many times when listening to DJs you either hear a forced fast transition to avoid EQ issues or you hear a really bad “train-wreck” of similar frequencies, sometimes forcing a low end clipping. They can be the best beat matcher in the world, and have perfect pitch, but if they cannot understand the relationship of the sounds in their records to one another the mix and overall energy on the dance floor will truly suffer. I agree with Joel when you hear a great DJ mix (on vinyl, CDJs, or software) often they really get the relationship of sounds and how best to adjust the EQ to make two songs into a new one while mixing. A couple DJs that come to mind as masters of this art for me are Sasha, DJ Bossi (Cosmic Gate), Satoshi Tomiie, and Armin Van Buuren, and Eric Morillo.
Check out this excerpt from the article and click the link below for the full read.
“This is a comprehensive guide into the fine art of EQing, primarily for the use of DJs. Every mixer comes fitted with an EQ; it’s one of a DJ’s core tools and understanding how to use it properly is paramount to mastering the art of mixing. We’ll discuss how a DJ uses the EQ whilst mixing, by giving you an essential foundation understanding of the science behind equalising and why it is so necessary. Don’t let that phase you though, the concepts are simple and there’ll be no need for textbooks.” …
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DJ Sandman
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The Loudness War
This is a great YouTube video showing how today’s song mastering techniques are distorting the true music quality of a song. After watching this video follow this link to read how LMFAO’s “Party Rock Anthem” wave form compares to Maroon 5’s “Moves Like Jagger” wave form.
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