I often get asked why I keep putting time and energy into crafting these mixes. For some time, the answer has eluded me and all I can think of is “everyone’s gotta have a hobby, right?”. But lately, I’ve tried to pay attention to the motivations that get me to set down for one of those hours-long mixing sessions and the kind of feelings I get throughout one.
And then it hit me!
Besides my love for this kind of music, there’s an enormous pleasure and sense of pride that I derive from 1) discovering two equally amazing and complementary songs with similar notes and 2) meticulously mixing them in a way that is so seamless you would th...
I often get asked why I keep putting time and energy into crafting these mixes. For some time, the answer has eluded me and all I can think of is “everyone’s gotta have a hobby, right?”. But lately, I’ve tried to pay attention to the motivations that get me to set down for one of those hours-long mixing sessions and the kind of feelings I get throughout one.
And then it hit me!
Besides my love for this kind of music, there’s an enormous pleasure and sense of pride that I derive from 1) discovering two equally amazing and complementary songs with similar notes and 2) meticulously mixing them in a way that is so seamless you would think they are “long lost friends that have finally found each other”, as DJTechTools resoundingly puts it.
In no previous mix is this clearer than this one. Starting on track 7, I’ve overlaid track 8 at a halfway point, and did a similar thing with track 9. Finally, track 10 is a wonderful little mashup of two “long lost friends” that just makes sense rhythmically and lyrically.
I’m just very proud of this mix and I hope you enjoy it too.