Totally nailed it

[rax]

The CGR set wasn't perfect, but it was flawed in an excited-to-get-better kind of way and not an embarrassed or ashamed kind of way. I think it's worth listening to, maybe you will too? Here's a link. The other sets were awesome too, and hopefully the other DJs remembered to record them. We even had a brief Speed DJing session at the end where I quickly warped six tracks and played/mixed them live, though Ableton crashed during the sixth one so I didn't get it recorded. :/ To everyone who came, thanks for coming and I hope you had a wonderful time, and to everyone who didn't, thanks for supporting me through this. :D

If you're curious, tracklist under the cut:

RAX'S CATGIRL GOTH RAVE SET 2013 YO

Artist - Track

The Bird and the Bee - Polite Dance Song
Forte the Marvelous - [S] Nicki Minaj: Enter
The Good Natured - Be My Animal
edIT - Artsy feat. The Grouch
Diplo - Express Yourself feat Nicky Da B
Harikiri - Merkage
Michael Franti & Spearhead - We Don't Stop
Of Montreal - Gallery Piece
Ladytron - Destroy Everything You Touch
Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy - Hypocrisy is the Greatest Luxury
Whale - Four Big Speakers feat. Tricky
Studio Killers - Ode to the Bouncer
Chromeo - Needy Girl (Lifelike Remix)
Pendulum - The Island Part II (Dusk)
Unknown - FUCKING ANNOYING PHONE SONG
Tegan and Sara - Closer (Sultan & Ned Shepard Remix)
The Sounds - Dance With The Devil
Studio Killers - Jenny
Mother Mother - My Baby Don't Dance
Hybrid - If I Survive
TheOphidians - XY Gym Leader Remix
FLOPPY - Radiostar no higeki
VNV Nation - Saviour (Vox)
Janelle Monae - Q.U.E.E.N. feat Erykah Badu

Also sampled:

It's From The Sky - Creature Feature
Homestuck - Squiddles!
Stellastarr* - Jenny
Arling and Cameron - Speeding Down the Highway
Pokemon Gen IV games

"FUCKING ANNOYING PHONE SONG" is something we found on Napster by that name in 2000. I've never been able to figure out what it is by searching on lyrics or words from the samples or anything. It is a secret to everybody, but it is a surprisingly danceable secret.

Comments

[ranyart]

I just finished listening to this - it's great working music, as I like to be kind of dancy when I'm using the standing desk. I don't know a lot about djing but I don't think I would have pegged this as a first-time effort at all! Nicely done! =D

[pyrrhocorax]

I just listened to this all through and I think for a first attempt it's imoressive! the only thing that really stood out as a bit clunky was the transition from dance with the devil to jenny. and I discovered a few new songs that I really liked in it, so thank you!

[rax]

You are welcome, and thank you for listening and commenting! :D

Everything around Dance with the Devil gave me lots of trouble --- I had a lot of trouble getting the Squiddles samples to do in the air what they were doing in my head, and it's weird to transition into or out of because unlike a lot of dance music it doesn't have 8 or 16 bars at the beginning and end that are quieter and musically simpler. :P I think I hit the transition into it really well but the Jenny transition kind of... yeah I should have spread the acceleration out further and cut the bass from one of the two tracks for a while I think? That would have helped at least. (I didn't even know the cut the bass trick until I watched a youtube video recently where a professional DJ did it, and it's great --- it lets you play the lyrics of two songs over each other and get the mixture in the melodic lines without having the beat be quite so muddled as it was there.) Learning! Learning is good!

I'm especially glad you discovered new songs! THERE IS SO MUCH GOOD MUSIC AAAAAAA

:) :) :) :) :)

[sovay]

Here's a link.

DOWNLOADING.

[annag.livejournal.com]

Yay, music. Thank you.