DJF Trance tourney 2012

[Sedna]

Using only one label

If you picked Coldharbour or J00F Recordings I'd be so down. Haha

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A more open format would be nice, there are many styles of trance and it's quite hard. The subgenre idea isn't that bad but, how far really are you gonna take it? goa trance? dark psy? late 90's ibiza trance?

I also have this idea of making the contest a single large mix: lets say there are 10 participants, the mix will have 10 slots that will be asigned randomly. Each participant will have to mix from the end of the previous mix, in theory this would force some kind of strategy for transition between subgenres. the limit of each slot could be 4 tracks.

[JackStalk]

I'm down for this tournament. Doesn't matter what the rules are to me, at the end of the day it's all about mixing anyway.

[Rek_Aviles]

Updated thread title. This should invite others to the convo.

[ChrisHynds]

I thought the whole idea of the comp was to be pushing yourself to mix in ways that you wouldnt normally do aswell as implementing your own style , which is why I suggested using the Sub genre's so that we can get a more diverse range of mixing and also test yourself. We would be sticking to the major sub genre's, there no need to get silly with it. Last year was a nightmare with the required track but if you are given a sub genre its pretty open to what you can do with it, even if you dont have anything in your library im sure you can find 30 mins worth of tracks from the sub genre that you like from beatport, isnt this what would happen if you got a gig the requied you to play a diff style from what your used to, you adapt.

[silentsounds]

I thought the whole idea of the comp was to be pushing yourself to mix in ways that you wouldnt normally do aswell as implementing your own style , which is why I suggested using the Sub genre's so that we can get a more diverse range of mixing and also test yourself. We would be sticking to the major sub genre's, there no need to get silly with it. Last year was a nightmare with the required track but if you are given a sub genre its pretty open to what you can do with it, even if you dont have anything in your library im sure you can find 30 mins worth of tracks from the sub genre that you like from beatport, isnt this what would happen if you got a gig the requied you to play a diff style from what your used to, you adapt.

Monitoring something like this will be a nightmare though. What if a contestant has two tracks that don't fall in the sub genre? I generally agree with pushing yourselves to be more creative though.

[ChrisHynds]

Monitoring something like this will be a nightmare though. What if a contestant has two tracks that don't fall in the sub genre? I generally agree with pushing yourselves to be more creative though.

Thats cool, If your not participating this year then are you happy enough to select a track as the required track? Or are we going to just leave it out completely? The only problem I see with leaving it out completely is that........... and I'll use Sedna as an example as I know his mixing and style pretty well by now, Sedna will be cranking out 140Bpm the whole time as this is where he mixes best, and its easy to work out whose mix it is. I think we need some kind of rule that means you have to go outside your comfort zone.

[tekno_violet]

Is this torney open to everyone...?

I think anything more than the required track idea will be too much to referee....which no ones willing to put their life on hold to check up on every ones submissions.

Another idea could be:

'round 1' everyone must use a required track
'round 2' everyone must throw in a classic trance track
'round 3' everyone must use a 'insert artist name here' track
'Final round' - Go for gold....Do what you do.

I dunno.. But I do want in if its not too late.

[Tektonix]

Assuming anyone can enter this, I want in aswell Just got into the whole trance thing over the past few months so I think this would be a neat challenge C:

[silentsounds]

Thats cool, If your not participating this year then are you happy enough to select a track as the required track? Or are we going to just leave it out completely? The only problem I see with leaving it out completely is that........... and I'll use Sedna as an example as I know his mixing and style pretty well by now, Sedna will be cranking out 140Bpm the whole time as this is where he mixes best, and its easy to work out whose mix it is. I think we need some kind of rule that means you have to go outside your comfort zone.

I think we're just going to do this without any required tracks or genres. Over the past three years we've had too many complaints about it and there is always someone who is unhappy with it. I enjoyed the required track idea as it meant having to be creative to slot it into your mix somewhere. The discussions here are still on going, so if you have any ideas, share them and we'll evaluate the feedback before making a decision.

Tek and tekno, we've not even started entries for this yet, so you can still join. And it's open to everyone. There are rules to taking part which will eventually be thrown up here.