I watched your mix on my TV, with the audio going through the Klipschs, with the subwoofer turned on. Here's my feedback.
- I appreciate the format, including the traktor overlay. However the angle of this video means much of what you are doing on the S4 is obscured by your sky blue sweatshirt. If the camera were two feet or so to the left, I think it would be a better angle.
- I don't care for this kind of music, but your track selection seems reasonable for this kind of... pop.. club.. music?
- Your phrasing throughout the mix is really poor. If you are going to be mixing quickly and layering lots of tracks, I feel like you should focus more on the underlying phrasing of the mixes. Otherwise it can just sound like you are playing a bunch of records at once, tempo synced, but the ultimate result is both busy and boring. Like two dance radio stations playing at once.
- Similarly, you often have two or three records in the mix without heavily EQing them before bringing them each in. The overall effect is mud. more than 2 decks = heavy EQ.
- Is this supposed to be a "mix" or a "routine"? You seem to be trying to do a lot of "controllerism" type stuff, which combined with trying to mix on 4 decks at once seems like a pretty tall order. You seem to end up doing neither aspect particularly well.. perhaps if you tried to do "less" in each mix but do "more" of each "bit" you do? As it is now, it's less musical than a "mix" should be and less technically impressive or thematically coherent than a "routine" should be.
Thanks for posting, and keep at it!
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