Here’s a potentially dumb idea: given the fact that many of us are producers as well as DJs, why don’t we, as a community, put together a collection of of original tunes and “release” it as a CD?
I guess what we would have to do is create a list of songs that people would want to put on it, and then everyone could vote (though some process) as to which ones would make the cut.
Just a thought.
And here is the most up-to-date list of contributors and (eventually) links to the tracks: 01. Sarasin 02. Gudowski [Electro House] - Pure Substance 03. DjHipnotikk [Dubstep] - Keep it Trill 04. Me [Dubstep] - Memory Holes Revibe 05. Tekki [DnB] - Man of Constant Junglism 06. Str8upDrew [Electro] - Making Up For Lost Time 07. Villinus [Electro/Deep House] - Æolus 08. Grazz16 [Electro/Prog House] - Smiling Buddha 09. Djmaxone [Mashup/Hip House] - From the Soul 10. Discob81 [Tech House] - Circles 11. Mike_o [Breakbeat] - Breakin’ The Classics 12. Betatron [Dubstep] 13. Tigerstyle [Funky House] - Little Ghost 2010 edit
With so many different styles i think if we were to do such a thing we would have to pick a genre then focus on that - then change genre for another release to give other people a go.
Id certainly put something together if people wanted to do a dnb release
although, it would probably be even more difficult, and convoluted, I think it would be really cool to collect a pool tracks, and then make a 2 disc mix, maybe even back 2 back with a ton of djtt contributers. WOuld be sick… but really impractical, and would probably never happen.
I can give something from my studio too Mainly house subgenres, nothing from comercial shit. Simply underground stuff. Some downtempo, ambient, dubstep, tribal house, progressive house, etc.
I like the idea of having the songs mixed. Maybe though, for the sake of practicality, we could have one person do the mixing (or two if it’s a two-disc release, one person per disc).
Maybe then we could also agree on two genres of music, also one for each disc?
PS. I’m glad you guys liked this idea. I was a little afraid at first that it was just gonna tank.
The bad thing about mix cd’s is that we as dj’s cant mix with them, i thought the whole idea of doing this is so we could play these tunes out. The main audience would be DJ’s, so a non-dj mix cd is more desirable (in my eyes anyway).
Perhaps one cd is a mix cd of all the tunes while the other is the individual songs ?
Alright well so far, it looks like this is who we have for contributors:
BentoSan
Sarasin
Gudowski
DjHipnotikk
Me
Tekki
Str8upDrew
And uh… unless someone is gonna fight Tekki for the spot, he’s doing the mix. Of course after we’re done, anyone could mix the tracks, too.
And I know I’m jumping the gun a little bit, but if someone wanted to do some artwork (album cover and tracklist art), that would be pretty tight.
Also, for the sake of time, we should agree on when these tracks should be finished/submitted… Personally I want to take at least a few days (maybe until this Saturday, April 3rd) to figure out what song I want to use and then touch it up a little bit.
Also it doesn’t matter what genre you play since you can have like “Artist - song (genre)” in the song listing. Also have a little info on how the track was produced would help up and coming DJs/producers. Something like “Artist - Song (genre) created with Ableton (or Reason, Cubase, PT, FL etc)”. The more info the better, even a youtube video of how the production went on or tips or whatever
Hrm, I assume these tracks should all be unreleased (at least label wise?) not a problem for me (cause I dont have any) but just as a clarification for contributers.
I think this could go well if we can get enough people in on it. Maybe spawn a whole slew of DJTT compilations.
