Hey TL! I've been feeling a bit of pressure after the response to last week's mix. This weekly mix project started off as something just for myself and a few friends so it has been great to be able to share it with so many people. I'm now thinking about ways to grow this into something bigger but am not sure what to do just yet. I've always been bad at self promotion and feel like I should experiment with this while I'm feeling driven and have some regular creative output. I'd love to hear any tips or tricks from people that have active media blogs or the like.

This week's mix, like one I posted a few weeks ago, is made up of tracks that either sample classical music or hit the blurry electronica/neo-classical line. I think of this one as a next step in exploring the relationship between electronica and classical. It is a little more extreme, both in the breadth of styles of tracks and in switching between styles. The music in this one is a lot newer as well, the vast majority of it coming from albums from the past couple years.

Enjoy!

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Guideo - Orchestral Lab
Madlib - Piano Garden
Bugseed - Soul Diggin
Backini - Ecoutez-Moi
µ-Ziq - Scrape
Venetian Snares - Hajnal
Jacaszek - Orszula
Lymbyc Systym - Birds (Lymbyc Systym Remix)
Thallus - Through Broken Windows
Berry Weight - Walking By Your Side
Ous Mal - Merilaulu
Lunice - Strahl
Flying Lotus - Do The Astral Plane
Funkstörung - Morgen Wird Wie Heute Sein
The Declining Winter - Part Timer Remix
Davwuh - Ciaccona
Isan - The Axle
Mr Beatnick - Arthur Verocai reconstruction
Koushik - Be With (Instrumental)

Previous mixes:+ Show Spoiler +

female vocals
more beats
acid
alone
robots
classical
relaxed
glitchy
beats
flying dream
cold and grey
shrooms
original flavor

Next week: downtempo/idm with some spoken word mixed in

emperorchampion

Canada9496 Posts

September 23 2010 23:57 GMT

I really like your work over the last few weeks :D

Just wondering how you do this, and do you do it all yourself?

Emon_

3925 Posts

September 24 2010 00:32 GMT

Looking forward to this. Thanks (:

mucker

United States1120 Posts

September 24 2010 00:48 GMT

On September 24 2010 08:57 emperorchampion wrote:
I really like your work over the last few weeks :D

Just wondering how you do this, and do you do it all yourself?

Thanks!

I do the mixing in Cubase4. It is way overkill for what I do since it is meant for musicians working with raw recordings and I'm dealing with mp3s that are already mastered. I convert the wav output to mp3 with audacity since cubase's mp3 output crashes my computer for some reason.

And yes, I do it all myself.

alexpnd

Canada1857 Posts

September 24 2010 01:45 GMT

Thank you.

mardi

United States1164 Posts

September 24 2010 02:29 GMT

On September 24 2010 09:48 mucker wrote:

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nice. i use cubase 5 with my midi controller. its a great program and has LOTS of potential.

WaZuP

Germany487 Posts

September 24 2010 03:28 GMT

Im always on the search for good new tunes for my ears

didnt thought i find them on TL though but it seems theres nothing u wont find here

anyways im dling now giving feedback when listened to it fully

AcrossFiveJulys

United States3612 Posts

September 24 2010 03:47 GMT

Going to listen to this tomorrow while I get work done. Much appreciated as always. I've been linking friends to your mixes so hopefully you've been getting some extra hits.

dudeman001

United States2412 Posts

September 24 2010 04:26 GMT

Mmm this is some really good stuff :D I like your style mate, keep up the awesome work! 5/5

fredd

Estonia256 Posts

September 24 2010 04:33 GMT

#10

the mixing at the beginning was kinda rough, but it got smoother as it went on. enjoyed the end more.

mucker

United States1120 Posts

September 24 2010 16:54 GMT

#11

On September 24 2010 13:33 fredd wrote:
the mixing at the beginning was kinda rough, but it got smoother as it went on. enjoyed the end more.

Any specifics, fredd? Transitions you didn't like, songs just not fitting...? Feedback, technical or content wise, is always appreciated.

fredd

Estonia256 Posts

September 24 2010 17:41 GMT

#12

the first 2 transitions felt kinda off for me.. and the latter half of the songlist just appealed to my tastes more, i got into it about the time venetian snares came on. don't really have any useful feedback.. haha. looking forward to next week btw!

alexpnd

Canada1857 Posts

September 24 2010 18:19 GMT

#13

Whats your rule for general length of a track in the mix? I have trouble gaging a song going on for too long. Again thanks for the inspiration, and the tunes (to play BW to

mucker

United States1120 Posts

September 24 2010 20:48 GMT

#14

On September 25 2010 03:19 alexpnd wrote:
Whats your rule for general length of a track in the mix? I have trouble gaging a song going on for too long. Again thanks for the inspiration, and the tunes (to play BW to

No rule... I've used stuff that was under a minute and other stuff over ten. I've let long tracks play all the way and cut short tracks in half. I approach this as a radio show, not a dj set, and like to give as much of the tracks as possible so long as it fits. I generally expect this kind of music to be listened to alone while studying/working/playing games or maybe a small group chilling out. In those kinds of situations I feel that so long as the song is good and you can get good transitions track length doesn't matter that much.