# Denon DJ Competition (Vote for me, with a twist!) **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [August 22, 2013, 5:52pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/denon-dj-competition-vote-for-me-with-a-twist/59933 "2013-08-22T17:52:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mdcdesign](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/mdcdesign/32/12856_2.png) [@mdcdesign](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/mdcdesign)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2013, 5:52pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/denon-dj-competition-vote-for-me-with-a-twist/59933/1 "2013-08-22T17:52:51Z")
**Denon DJ Competition (Vote for me, with a twist!)** I hate these “vote for me” threads as much as anyone else does, BUT, unfortunately sometimes you have to play the game to move ahead. I’ve entered the Denon DJ competition for BPM Show this year; the 16 people with the most votes (ugh, I know) go through to live heats, semi finals, final, etc. At that point, it’s down to judges but before that, we have to crowdsource for YOUR help 😞 Still, I don’t want to win this unfairly or immorally, so I need to ask you guys for a favour. I’d love to have your votes, BUT, I don’t want you to just blindly vote without actually feeling I deserve it. Listen to this mix, and if it’s worth a vote - **technically** , I understand prog house isn’t to everyone’s personal taste - then vote for me. Otherwise, feel free to give me constructive criticism or even just tell me I’m crap, after 15 years the constructive comments still help and the insults are just water off a duck’s back 🙂 Anyway, here’s the page: [visitbpm.co.uk](http://www.visitbpm.co.uk/comp.php?entry_id=29&rank=14#main_content) Cheers everyone 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kwal](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/kwal/32/14606_2.png) [@Kwal](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/Kwal)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2013, 6:14pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/denon-dj-competition-vote-for-me-with-a-twist/59933/2 "2013-08-22T18:14:47Z")
I will check it out when I get home buddy. ---
**Author:** ![Rhashime](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/rhashime/32/14543_2.png) [@Rhashime](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/Rhashime)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2013, 6:25pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/denon-dj-competition-vote-for-me-with-a-twist/59933/3 "2013-08-22T18:25:37Z")
I’m listening now and from what I hear so far, I’ll probably end up voting for you (need to finish the mix first). Best of luck to you! ---
**Author:** ![jdownesbaird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6f9a4e/32.png) [@jdownesbaird](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/jdownesbaird)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2013, 6:28pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/denon-dj-competition-vote-for-me-with-a-twist/59933/4 "2013-08-22T18:28:28Z")
Three quarters of the way through, but you got my vote. I don’t mix the same music, but I appreciate what you did there. ---
**Author:** ![tothecloudd](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/tothecloudd/32/13777_2.png) [@tothecloudd](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/tothecloudd)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2013, 6:44pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/denon-dj-competition-vote-for-me-with-a-twist/59933/5 "2013-08-22T18:44:26Z")
good luck ---
**Author:** ![robdquick](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/robdquick/32/12389_2.png) [@robdquick](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/robdquick)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 8:01am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/denon-dj-competition-vote-for-me-with-a-twist/59933/6 "2013-08-23T08:01:23Z")
Voted!! Currently in 6th!! ---
**Author:** ![DeanOakley](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/deanoakley/32/15396_2.png) [@DeanOakley](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/DeanOakley)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 9:05am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/denon-dj-competition-vote-for-me-with-a-twist/59933/7 "2013-08-23T09:05:28Z")
Voted. ---
**Author:** ![sarasin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/sarasin/32/12614_2.png) [@sarasin](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/sarasin)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 11:14am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/denon-dj-competition-vote-for-me-with-a-twist/59933/8 "2013-08-23T11:14:17Z")
I voted too dude. Good luck. ---
**Author:** ![mdcdesign](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/mdcdesign/32/12856_2.png) [@mdcdesign](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/mdcdesign)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 11:17am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/denon-dj-competition-vote-for-me-with-a-twist/59933/9 "2013-08-23T11:17:42Z")
I’m off to bed in a second but just want to say a massive thank you to every who’s voted so far; I must admit that even after playing for as long as I have, I did half expect most people to say “nah this is crap” so I’m very pleasantly surprised 🙂 Just goes to show what a supportive community DJTT is when we’re not all arguing about what the best gear is 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Stewe](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/stewe/32/14607_2.png) [@Stewe](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/Stewe)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 1:14pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/denon-dj-competition-vote-for-me-with-a-twist/59933/10 "2013-08-23T13:14:40Z")
Voted. Good Luck 😉 ---
**Author:** ![cpetticrew](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/cpetticrew/32/10391_2.png) [@cpetticrew](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/cpetticrew)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 8:51pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/denon-dj-competition-vote-for-me-with-a-twist/59933/11 "2013-08-23T20:51:23Z")
Not another one of these threads especially when it’s crap! HAHA jk nicely done man listened to most the entries and you earned my vote. ---
**Author:** ![makar1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/fbc32d/32.png) [@makar1](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/makar1)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 1:11am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/denon-dj-competition-vote-for-me-with-a-twist/59933/12 "2013-08-24T01:11:14Z")
Thought you might want some actual feedback rather than just a handful of votes. Here’s my analysis anyway. 1:05 Track A too quiet and thin 2:25-2:51 Track A too quiet, strange filtering going on, highs from A left too long 3:37 Vocal sample cut off, then played too quietly 4:43 Random drop in volume 8:40 More strange uneven filtering 9:14 High pass filter tail 11:35 Unnecessary high pass filter? Making Track A thin and quiet, tailing off and sitting in the background. 13:25 More high pass filtering? Uneven changes in volume? Sounding thin again. 19:22 Another high pass filter tail, where proper phrasing would have sounded much better. 21:28 Filter.. 22:40 Track A sounding very thin (filtered again?) with overpowering bassline from next track 23:11 Random gap/poor overlap. Again, proper phrasing would have avoided this 24:35-25:20 Messy clash between both tracks. Track A sounding thin again throughout. 31:26 Part of the song? Cueing with fader up? 37:00-37:20 Some phrasing would have been nice 38:45 More overdone high pass filter 42:30 Sounding weak again with the filtered track 43:00 Cut off too soon. Echo freeze might have been good here. 45:55 Noisy clash 46:44 Abrupt end, phrasing needed 49:00 Another clash (keys?). Track B needs to be louder too, take out some bass from A 51:47 Another high pass filter tail. Track A should have disappeared by now. 53:03 Part of the track? Or another track sitting in the background? 54:10 Bassline is a little heavy, vocals a little quiet. 54:58 Very thin sounding lead synth + vocals. 56:44 Bad clash. Proper phrasing needed. 59:11 More pounding bassline with thin sounding melody in the background. 61:05 Echo would sound better on the end of the vocals. As before, EQing and phrasing need work so you might want to avoid the filter+FX for a while until you get those sorted. ---
**Author:** ![padi\_04](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/padi_04/32/56291_2.png) [@padi\_04](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/padi_04)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 3:36pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/denon-dj-competition-vote-for-me-with-a-twist/59933/13 "2013-08-24T15:36:03Z")
Voted (you are 5th now) Not too fond of “what Beatport calls Progressive House” but still. Keep it up and best of lucks! ---
**Author:** ![Ross](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/ross/32/13036_2.png) [@Ross](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/Ross)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2013, 10:34am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/denon-dj-competition-vote-for-me-with-a-twist/59933/14 "2013-08-25T10:34:49Z")
> [@makar1](#): > > thought you might want some actual feedback rather than just a handful of votes. Here’s my analysis anyway. > > 1:05 track a too quiet and thin > 2:25-2:51 track a too quiet, strange filtering going on, highs from a left too long > 3:37 vocal sample cut off, then played too quietly > 4:43 random drop in volume > 8:40 more strange uneven filtering > 9:14 high pass filter tail > 11:35 unnecessary high pass filter? Making track a thin and quiet, tailing off and sitting in the background. > 13:25 more high pass filtering? Uneven changes in volume? Sounding thin again. > 19:22 another high pass filter tail, where proper phrasing would have sounded much better. > 21:28 filter.. > 22:40 track a sounding very thin (filtered again?) with overpowering bassline from next track > 23:11 random gap/poor overlap. Again, proper phrasing would have avoided this > 24:35-25:20 messy clash between both tracks. Track a sounding thin again throughout. > 31:26 part of the song? Cueing with fader up? > 37:00-37:20 some phrasing would have been nice > 38:45 more overdone high pass filter > 42:30 sounding weak again with the filtered track > 43:00 cut off too soon. Echo freeze might have been good here. > 45:55 noisy clash > 46:44 abrupt end, phrasing needed > 49:00 another clash (keys?). Track b needs to be louder too, take out some bass from a > 51:47 another high pass filter tail. Track a should have disappeared by now. > 53:03 part of the track? Or another track sitting in the background? > 54:10 bassline is a little heavy, vocals a little quiet. > 54:58 very thin sounding lead synth + vocals. > 56:44 bad clash. Proper phrasing needed. > 59:11 more pounding bassline with thin sounding melody in the background. > 61:05 echo would sound better on the end of the vocals. > > As before, eqing and phrasing need work so you might want to avoid the filter+fx for a while until you get those sorted. Wow. Wow. Wow. ---
**Author:** ![Stewe](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/stewe/32/14607_2.png) [@Stewe](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/Stewe)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2013, 10:50am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/denon-dj-competition-vote-for-me-with-a-twist/59933/15 "2013-08-25T10:50:54Z")
Makar 1, can I send you my mixes for analyses? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Ross](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/ross/32/13036_2.png) [@Ross](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/Ross)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2013, 10:52am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/denon-dj-competition-vote-for-me-with-a-twist/59933/16 "2013-08-25T10:52:08Z")
> [@Stewe](#): > > Makar 1, can I send you my mixes for analyses? 😛 I think I’d rather eat a bag of dicks than have such a detailed analysis of any of my mixes like that. How can you listen to ANY DJ now without being so critical? ---
**Author:** ![mdcdesign](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/mdcdesign/32/12856_2.png) [@mdcdesign](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/mdcdesign)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2013, 11:02am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/denon-dj-competition-vote-for-me-with-a-twist/59933/17 "2013-08-25T11:02:37Z")
> [@Stewe](#): > > Makar 1, can I send you my mixes for analyses? 😛 I think I’d be more interested in hearing one of his 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ross](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/ross/32/13036_2.png) [@Ross](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/Ross)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2013, 11:03am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/denon-dj-competition-vote-for-me-with-a-twist/59933/18 "2013-08-25T11:03:37Z")
> [@mdcdesign](#): > > I think I’d be more interested in hearing one of his 🙂 +1. I’m going to absolutely tear it apart. Voice commentary, the lot. ---
**Author:** ![Stewe](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/stewe/32/14607_2.png) [@Stewe](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/Stewe)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2013, 12:11pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/denon-dj-competition-vote-for-me-with-a-twist/59933/19 "2013-08-25T12:11:57Z")
I’m busy here doing my Livid BASE custom mapping which is pretty big but soon as I finish that I’ll look into posting my new mix 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ImNotDedYet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/imnotdedyet/32/13269_2.png) [@ImNotDedYet](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/ImNotDedYet)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2013, 4:27pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/denon-dj-competition-vote-for-me-with-a-twist/59933/20 "2013-08-25T16:27:12Z")
Well done man. You got my vote. [Next page](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/denon-dj-competition-vote-for-me-with-a-twist/59933.md?page=2)