[djset] RuBronyCon DJ set, mixed live

[HMage]

Hello again!

I was DJ'ing at RuBronyCon on Jan 8!

Enjoy! ^.^

Mixed live. Shout outs to everyone who recognizes their songs there!

http://soundcloud.com/hmage/rubronycon-dj-set-mixed-live

Tracklist:
Daniel Ingram — Winter Wrap Up (Frenssu Remix)
Silva Hound — The Seventh Wonderbolt
Archie.V — Pwny Anthem
Archie.V — I'll Do My Best (Thorinair Remix)
Unknown Artist — Equestria Girls (House Remix)
PinkiePieSwear — FlutterWonder (HMage Dancefloor Remix)
Archie.V — Magic Is Timeless
Alex S — Party With Pinkie
Archie.V — Rainbow'n'Dash
Archie.V — If You Know
Daniel Ingram — Winter Wrap Up (JayB Pegasus Trance Remix)
Daniel Ingram — Becoming Popular (Archie.V Remix)
Lange — Out of the Sky (Kyau & Albert Remix)

Credits:
My Little Pony © Hasbro
Music belongs to their respective authors.

[Freewave]

glad someone else like Archie.V as much as i do! a very good set (great transitions for the most part). glad to have some fellow dj's on here.

[DjTL]

I'm surprised people don't swarm to his posts on this forum, from what I've seen, he's the best on this forum....

EDIT:
I just started a while go, so I probably don't know what I'm talking about...but here's what I felt about the mix:

in the first transition to the seventh wonderbolts (one of my favs), I would turn down the bass of the oncoming track so that the two kicks don't add up. Then turn up the bass as you turn down the ending track.

The second transition goes into a song without a heavy kick, unlike the seventh wonderbolts, thus I would have looped the beat of the seventh wonderbolts, during the portion that there was no melody. But even before that, I would wait until the instance the bassline and melody end in the seventh wonderbolts to introduce the building melody of the third track. so basically, at this point, you'll have the other song playing with the beat of silva hound looping. slowly lower the beat's volume, but don't completely cut it off. When the first build up of oncoming song breaks, then do a hard cut to turn off the looping beat. this way, it becomes a seamless transition, and you will solve the colliding melodies (which creates discord...something about chocolate rain)

in the third transition, I would have introduced the beat of the pwny anthem a little earlier, like when the build up breaks down. this allows for the sound from the oncoming track to feel like it's part of the track tat is already playing (right, cause build ups normally are used to introduce a bass line or another drum sound etc?). besides that, I believe it was a great transition

fourth transition: I LOVE THIS TRACK! xDD great transition!

fifth transition sounded pretty good, though, I'm not a big fan of the song played, and the melodies collided just a bit, and it lasted a tiny bit too long...(love that comment someone made that knew nothing about MLP xD)

sixth transition thank goodness that song ended xD

seventh transition another great transition!

eighth transition I feel you cut the song a little to fast to rainbow n dash. It was like...i don't know...too soft for a hard cut, and too hard for a soft cut, and nothing was introduced from the oncoming track, and the ending track sort of just ended... IT didn't sound terrible...just sounded a little rushed...I really don't know what I'm saying anymore xD

ninth transition, another great transition!

Overall, this is the best brony mix I've heard so far. the bias might be that I like the genre it's generally in, and I know the tracks chosen, but honestly: all the beats matched, all the transitions didn't make my cringe, none of the beats were stuttering, and it's 48 minutes long! XD in fact, maybe I should be getting tips from you xD

PS: What are you using to mix? I only have a USB sound card and an M-audio X-session pro...couldn't stand using only a mouse to mix anymore

[Freewave]

Keep in mind that this is an artist's forum (so more a "seller's" market vs a "buyer's" one) and one that's often headed by many regulars so playing well known tracks back to them is going to be a bit of a mild reaction (and a lot of the posts here only get a few responses anyway). Either way dj's have only started posting sets here this last week i think.... Realistically the best audience we will have is to the more casual MLP fan who hasn't heard a lot of tracks or hasn't delved into the music much at all. How to get our/their music to them so they can hear it is always a good question.

That PinkiePieSwear — FlutterWonder (HMage Dancefloor Remix) is pretty ace. Back in the day it was exclusive tracks or remixes in sets that made people hunt down sets or dj's. With tracks like this its that's always a good idea as it gives something unique for people to check out.

This is a great mix (transitions are quite good) but then again my biggest problem with it is it's HALF Archie.V tracks. I felt bad when i played 2 tracks in a n hour by the same artist...

[HMage]

my biggest problem with it is it's HALF Archie.V tracks. I felt bad when i played 2 tracks in a n hour by the same artist...

My biggest problem too. I'm still hunting down for more music. And this set already contains two songs that I had to make an extended edit to keep them friendly with live DJ'ing.

Right now it doesn't feel like I have enough music to make decent DJ sets yet. But I'm searching.

That PinkiePieSwear — FlutterWonder (HMage Dancefloor Remix) is pretty ace. This is a great mix (transitions are quite good).

Thanks! Still working on the remix, though.

[Freewave]

Yeah while my mixes are not the flashiest (wasn't trying to necessarily impress other dj's this time around) I spent a good chunk of my time trying to get really aquainted with what's out there and do a lot of listening to the wide range of tracks. As you said maybe doing more club-oriented re-edits will really help get some tracks more into mixes. Of course a lot of my favorite tracks by Foozogz are more in the drum & bass / speedcore 160-170 bpm range where there isn't a ton of tracks to choose from but at least there are a few.

As we know Archie.V likely has some of the best club oriented tracks (just as Thorinair is one of the best choices for traditional Trance) so he'll continue to be a great artist for us to follow especially if he continues being the prolific wonderbolt that he is.

[HMage]

I just started a while go, so I probably don't know what I'm talking about...but here's what I felt about the mix:

<transitions breakdown>

Overall, this is the best brony mix I've heard so far. the bias might be that I like the genre it's generally in, and I know the tracks chosen, but honestly: all the beats matched, all the transitions didn't make my cringe, none of the beats were stuttering, and it's 48 minutes long! XD in fact, maybe I should be getting tips from you xD

PS: What are you using to mix? I only have a USB sound card and an M-audio X-session pro...couldn't stand using only a mouse to mix anymore

Thank you for your feedback! I admit those mistakes at transitions.

I wasn't doing any DJ'ing for almost a year (10 months to be exact). You can listen to how I used to DJ live, here — http://podcast.hmage.net/ (or better yet listen to this set — http://podcast.hmage.net/media/2010-10- ... %20IYC.m4a)

I basically need to pick up my practice and that's one of the reasons I did this DJ set before going live at the con. I plan to do another practice DJ set or two, once I polish my FlutterWonder remix and fix some DJ-friendliness problems in it and other MLP songs I have in my library.

I used to use Numark TotalControl for control and NI Audio 2 DJ for audio. But I bought myself a new toy for New Year — Traktor Kontrol S2, settling myself with it now, Yay! http://www.djcontroller.de/wp-content/u ... rol-S2.jpg

[DjTL]

I basically need to pick up my practice and that's one of the reasons I did this DJ set before going live at the con. I plan to do another practice DJ set or two, once I polish my FlutterWonder remix and fix some DJ-friendliness problems in it and other MLP songs I have in my library.

I used to use Numark TotalControl for control and NI Audio 2 DJ for audio. But I bought myself a new toy for New Year — Traktor Kontrol S2, settling myself with it now, Yay! http://www.djcontroller.de/wp-content/u ... rol-S2.jpg

orly? I would love to play live, but it takes a bunch of time for me to get a mix that's even slightly presentable at this point in time. I hope to get good enough to be mixing live >w<

oooh, that's purtty. looked up the price on google...holy hell that's quite a bit of change that I'm not going to be able to dish out anytime soon...I think I'll stick with my beggar's set up till I have money xD

[HMage]

Hello again!

I was DJ'ing at RuBronyCon on Jan 8!

Enjoy!

http://soundcloud.com/hmage/rubronycon-dj-set-mixed-live

I've also updated the first post to point to the actual performance at RuBronyCon.

[Freewave]

While i'm replying to this WAAAAAaaaY late I just wanna say i finally got around to listening to this and this was pretty awesome. Only a few critiques were some of the jumps like trance to house and back again (ie around Equestria Girls but that Alex S mixin and most of the transitions were ace, especially on a live set. Great job.

[HMage]

While i'm replying to this WAAAAAaaaY late I just wanna say i finally got around to listening to this and this was pretty awesome.

Yay thanks!

Only a few critiques were some of the jumps like trance to house and back again (ie around Equestria Girls)

It wasn't a set for people who came in for specific style of music. There was a wide range of musical taste in the crowd, plus they heard all these remixes/songs for first time, so relying on people knowing something well known in musician's community, like "For New Lunar Republic", wasn't a good bet.

I had to "enliven" the crowd twice with something more recognizable — once with Equestria Girls and second time with JayB's remix of Winter Wrap Up. That got positive reaction and two people even tried to sing to the lyrics.

FlutterWonder was all the rage, engagement was at it's peak with the help of Equestria Girls.

but that Alex S mixin and most of the transitions were ace, especially on a live set. Great job.

I spent weeks figuring out how to mix in Alex S's song because it wasn't DJ friendly.

Ended up with doing it differently than I planned, and it turned out better!