FNK/SwingKids Apex 2004 - DJ Idol Contest

[matéo]

mirka.

[Mirka Cerny]

Mateo you are too kind.............are you playing Apex??? you should be

[Seany G]

Originally Posted by butterfly

I nominate:

Seany G - Trance

Ummm I play (funky and melodic) prog.

:p

Trance?

Thanks for the recomendation anyway! :)

~Sean

[twentyHz]

whooops sorry hon........

[Allya]

Originally Posted by Seany G

There are a lot of factors here besides "technically perfet mixing" and a great demo. In fact some of the most technically perfect mixers in the world are boaring; ie: Paul Van Dyk the "Trance Robot". the guy just stares at his mixer and pumps a fist every now and then. :p

Stage presence and popularity are huge man. Like give Charlie for example. Everyone loves him so that is just another reason why should play. He's nice and friendly and an awsome guy to party with so people want to see him be the DJ. Whats wrong with that?

~Sean

Sorry, dude, didn't mean to offend anyone with that post. lol, Danny, gave me bad karma for this post, ouch. Just meant as input from someone who has heard a lot of so-so demos and very few stand-outs (yours being one of them Sean). Thought I'd try and give some pointers, something you used to be open for until, oh that's right, you stopped hangin w/ me when you got your own decks. :*( As for Charlie, I totally agree with you, thats why we snapped him up for our show, the trouble is, its hard to record you stage presence on a mix. Didn't mean for anyone to take offense, and no, I'm not judging, I only get 1 vote in each category, but I thought some of you might be open to some input. :(

[matéo]

Originally Posted by butterfly

Mateo you are too kind.............are you playing Apex??? you should be

Yes I will be Mirk!

[jimboski]

Originally Posted by DetN8R

Looks like Deeb and I are out of the running for this one. Best of luck to Rhia, Charlie, Seany, and of course Shawn dsl. Take not, I'll vote based on your skill behind the decks so cash incentives will not help you. I hope everyone else does likewise, cuz I'm afraid this competition may become a popularity contest. Remember to listen to EVERYONE's demo. Take note, were the mixes smooth? Do they know how to properly EQ or is the volume going up and down throughout the mix? Did they try anything creative, for example beat juggles, cuts, scratches, maybe incorporating accappellas? Does their recording start professionally w/ the first beat or is it dead air? Also track selection? Did they use 6 Anjunabeats or 6 Sumbliminal records in their mix? Were half their tracks Ronald van den Beuken or Dumonde remixes? Stuff like this really sticks in my mind when listening to a demo and hopefully fnkers can judge for themselves what makes a good mix, especially since you're going to be listening to the winner live at the SK stages. For an example of a really well done mix check out Jimmy Chou's latest demo. Its technically proficient and there's some nice variety in his playlist.

haha thanx dood! are u talking about the spring one? i have a new one, the May 2004 mix grab it from my trance guru WINSTON...........but he didnt really like it boooo! =~(

[jimboski]

Originally Posted by MC Hammered

You haven't heard his latest demo.

I'm so eViL :kam:

hahaha post it up i guess, i wanna hear some more inputs, and YES you evil blue haired man!

[Dj Lidster]

damn...does this mean i actually have to do up a demo??
this could take a while....

[Akeel]

Originally Posted by DetN8R

Looks like Deeb and I are out of the running for this one. Best of luck to Rhia, Charlie, Seany, and of course Shawn dsl. Take not, I'll vote based on your skill behind the decks so cash incentives will not help you. I hope everyone else does likewise, cuz I'm afraid this competition may become a popularity contest. Remember to listen to EVERYONE's demo. Take note, were the mixes smooth? Do they know how to properly EQ or is the volume going up and down throughout the mix? Did they try anything creative, for example beat juggles, cuts, scratches, maybe incorporating accappellas? Does their recording start professionally w/ the first beat or is it dead air? Also track selection? Did they use 6 Anjunabeats or 6 Sumbliminal records in their mix? Were half their tracks Ronald van den Beuken or Dumonde remixes? Stuff like this really sticks in my mind when listening to a demo and hopefully fnkers can judge for themselves what makes a good mix, especially since you're going to be listening to the winner live at the SK stages. For an example of a really well done mix check out Jimmy Chou's latest demo. Its technically proficient and there's some nice variety in his playlist.

what makes you an authority on dj mixes/demos? oh right...trance army. hoo haa.

[junglequeen]

Charlie Tuna!

[kiMMie]

Looks like we got a few favorites :) Remember folks, nominations will be ending in t-minus TWO DAYS and some hours counting... *tick tick*

Get your votes in!!!

[Allya]

Kimmie, where do we vote? Is there not going to be a poll? One for breaks, and one for trance/house?

[CharlieTuna]

I gave dsl-dudes demo a listen, pretty good stuff. Trance.

[dSl-DuDe]

Originally Posted by DetN8R

Kimmie, where do we vote? Is there not going to be a poll? One for breaks, and one for trance/house?

its actually one for house/breaks and the other for Trance, i believe

look at the top post :P

[Seany G]

Originally Posted by Charlie2na

I gave dsl-dudes demo a listen, pretty good stuff. Trance.

Yeah, there's a lot of good demos and great Dj's here! The scene will benefit from having whoever wins play out more! That's for sure. :)

~Sean

ps. VOTE CHARLIE TUNA

[Ree Fresh]

Originally Posted by vangroover

we got to have our strage thats a giant disco ball with diana ross singing inside! , maybe i should get off my lazy ass and actually record sumthing

I talked to Ninewells... were so down!!!

[Akeel]

DetN8R - its a message board. expect a reply to your little rants.

[tvmann]

So what's the procedure - are only a few "nominated" people supposed to do a mix, or can anyone who is interested upload one and have a shot at this?

[MC Hammered]

The top 5 nominees forward a mix to my ftp that users can download, listen to and then vote on.

[Seany G]

How are the top 5 nominees determined? :p

Just by # of nominations?

~Sean

[dSl-DuDe]

^ my guess

[robyn]

Originally Posted by Akeel

what makes you an authority on dj mixes/demos? oh right...trance army. hoo haa.

Dude, don't step to de8nt83n3r. He's in a the army. THE TRANCE FUCKING ARMY.

[Veni*C]

Originally Posted by robyn

Dude, don't step to de8nt83n3r. He's in a the army. THE TRANCE FUCKING ARMY.

hahaha... gold!

[Seany G]

Originally Posted by robyn

Dude, don't step to de8nt83n3r. He's in a the army. THE TRANCE FUCKING ARMY.

HAHAAHAHAHAHAH hilarious. :D

Ummmm where's the poll?