Jaz wrote:The truth is, some people have told me before that they prefer compilations over mixtapes, as some DJ's go overboard and speed the tempo's up on some tracks and it doesn't sound right, I remember the first time I heard Jeru's "Come Clean" on a mixtape and my first thought was, hmmmm is this meant to be that fast?
Some people just enjoy the selection and hearing tracks that they might not have heard before, it's not like I just go this one and that one, I spend a bit of time on these, to get a good consistency and I got through a lot of tracks, it doesn't need to mixed.
Well for one, on all of my mixes I make sure to keep songs as close to their original speed as possible. I never slow songs down and I make it a point to only go up to +3 and no further. See, I always have my songs BPM'd so I know their speed prior to making a mix. Also, I make sure my blends are always clean and smooth and songs are played in full. But anyways, that's just me and my personal style.
I look at it like this, a compilation like the ones you make are like listening to a radio show where the DJ talks and just plays music, no mixing. To me, that kinda shit is fuckin BORING!! When I tune into radio shows, I wanna hear the songs MIXED by a real DJ! Sure, sometimes on radio shows there will be songs that are just played and not mixed which is fine cuz on those shows over 80% of the songs played are spun in the mix.
So yeah, for the majority of the people out there, I guess yours and others compilations are cool cuz most people unfortunately are wack in my opinion cuz most people are not like me meaning they dont buy/dig for/own just about everything out there. I like listening to full albums/ep's, mixtapes and radio mixshows. Props to you for putting those comps together cuz obviously you DO put dope songs on them, but they are just not something I'm personally into. Keep doin your thing though... And I never meant to make it seem like what you do is bullshit cuz it's not, but whatever... peace
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