Episode 133: Too Far from Center » Strictly House Music

dattrax:  HIYA Fellow House Fiends!! Welcome new and our regular visitors from around the globe!! Thank you for taking the time to scan through some of our mixes to see if you'd like to listen to a full mix. We appreciate you visiting us here. Started this mix near the end of March. This is my 11th attempt at this final version. I hope that you enjoy this mix because it was made with much love. All the happy and negative energies that were pent up got released into the making of this mix.I start or bounce to a few different mixed projects once I'm stuck, not feeling it, or need a break. So many mixes that I want to make, but not enough time. For the first three versions of this mix, I just chose the 1st two tracks of this new mix and started mixing out of the batch of 150-200 tracks [organized within 18 folders. See this screenshot: https://prnt.sc/e_YYxUmRCfas ] that was possible for this mix. The first two tracks always set the mood and expectation of a mix. Then the folders divide the tracks out into categories of tempo and types of energy expressed. There are always enough tracks in each of the 18 folders to give me enough choices/possibilities for each combination. Not enough to overwhelm, because having too many choices doesn't make for a good mix either.I have in the folders the core two dozen tracks that make up the underlying feel or goal for any specific mix.Then after each mix attempt is completed - just listen and see if I like the feel and if I train wrecked any mixes or killed the vibe with a wrong track combination choice. If I don't like it, then delete it. Back to the drawing board for the next mix attempt.Then liked parts of each of the first three versions, so cobbled together, made some arrangement changes, and listened some more to a few more mix attempts.Keep trimming and changing the tracks, the orders, and a bunch of different spots to create the right feel. Then I fell into a trap of being too structured. LMAO!!This is the most planned-out mix that I've ever made. Then you add the fact that 90% of the mix are the new re-rubs that I've made over the last few months, there's another entire layer of dattrax choices that changes the feel/vibe/groove of the mix. There was one slight mistake, but I couldn't do the 12th attempt. LMAO. Sorry.["Re-Rub" - don't know if there's an actual definition or name, but here's mine. I take a vocal track that I love that's old, or not in good quality to stand alone, or in a version that I have that don't really love. Then I go through a bunch of instrumentals or dubby tracks (tracks with vocal snippets) to find one that works well with it. Then I sync the speeds and mix the two and EQ out the instruments and EQ in the vocal and other parts that I like. Record them together and use them as separate tracks.Then let the new or recent house instrumental be the base for this vocal's Re-Rub. Then I use these Re-Rubs in new mixes or live DJ events. Just quick and dirty refreshes of favourite vocals to make them sound more modern and gives you a reminder of how great the original vocals are. Or you can say, the poor man's version of a bootleg for someone with ZERO producing talent, dedication, or equipment. Ha ha ha ha.Although, one Re-Rub can take as fast as 20mins to make or an hour, depending on the constraints of the chosen combination.]This mix has the majority of the house vocals, classic house vocals ('classic house' to me is from 1980-2008), and 80's pop tunes + maybe a dozen recent tracks. 49 Tracks in 2hrs and 34mins!!---------------[If you're reading this on mobile, then everything is jumbled up. The writer's intended spacing to make these show notes readable is nonexistent.You'll have to open this up on your laptop/desktop to be able to read this correctly. Podomatic hasn't come up with a solution that has been implemented yet to fix this challenge].---------------Reach out to us and comment if you like or love our mixes.&n(continued)