The Freeman is not known for his commercial pop mash ups, and this is no exception. The difference here is this one is a true dance floor winner. I know this tracks has been doing the rounds with a select few people, and we can finally unveil it here. Its primarily a break beat style mash with different vocals looped on the top. If you’re going on a night out and want to listen to something to get you in the mood – Look no further than this.
Cons:
None. The Freeman’s best work by far.
Tips:
I know your against commercial music Shane, but if you injected a little bit into your dance mash ups you could be huge. Appeal to the biggest audience mate, your talent deserves to be heard by more people.
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Dj Submitted - Added 07/11/09 Hold My Hand Miles Away
(Madonna vs. Unkle)
A rich and melodious Mashup this one combining the angelic drones of Madonna with the soft-synthiness of Unkle. It plods along at a nice relaxed pace, is nicely arranged and in key, and it's generally a very pleasing experience on the 'ol eardrums.
Cons:
It would have been nice to have introduced the Madonna vocal into the mix a bit earlier maybe? The instrumental (as nice as it is) seemed to play along on it's own for a quarter of the entire song without a sniff of the Madonna vocal making an appearance. Some sort of dreamy echoed filter over her voice, fading in and panning about quietly would have been a nice introductory touch and would have blended her in with the overall ambience of the Unkle arrangement perfectly. The only other thing really was that the vocal sounded a tad overbearing occasionally in it's loudness and would have benefitted from a slightly softer, less cavernous reverb on her voice to seat it - once again - into the wonderful chillout atmosphere of it all.
Tips:
Nothing of note really. You are experienced enough to know what's what, and the cons I mentioned are more to do with personal taste more than anything else - bar the slight volume issue. All in all though, I did think that the 2 were paired up nicely and worked really well side by side.
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Dj Submitted - Added 06/22/09 Highjacked Trip To Trumpton
(Mix)
This is a very interesting rave track!!! It’s very energetic. The tempo synchronization between the instrumentals and the acapella is perfect. I'm not a big fan of rave music, but I enjoyed this mash..... I’m dancing hahahaha. I would say that's a very well done mash !!!
Cons:
I don’t have much to say, maybe the track is a bit long.
Tips:
None
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Dj Submitted - Added 06/13/09 Walk This Blacker Than Planetaria Land
(Mix)
This is a great chilled out mash, no commercial music here at all. You have a really great combination, all the pellas and other elements of the track are perfectly matched, your track reminded me of Roni Size back in the day.
Cons:
The female’s vocals are a little low. I would also make the track slightly shorter for radio play.
Tips:
Generally when people think about mashes they relate them to commercial music, so you’re really breaking their belief systems !!!!
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Dj Submitted - Added 05/08/09 Hold The Champion Rave
(Mix)
This is well mixed, and as a standard hip-hop vs. funk/rock blend, it's fun.
Cons:
It's not fun enough. In fact it's rather boring. It might have worked in 2005, when "Doorbell" was first released, but now it's rather stale.
Tips:
You've got your mash-up timing skills down pat, so consider aiming for some mash-up timelessness, i.e. more melodic material and things that you would dance or nod your head to years from now.
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Dj Submitted - Added 04/02/09 Struck On A.E.I.O.U
(Little Boots vs. Freeze)
In parts this mash works key-wise. The timing is fine.
Cons:
This mash is simply way too long. It runs for over 7 minutes and no new acapella or elements are introduced to make things more exciting. It’s get too repetitive after the first 2 minutes for me, sorry.
Tips:
Re-arranged this by cutting it down to half the length. Splice the best parts together.
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Dj Submitted - Added 04/02/09 Swing It
(Trevor Lovey vs. The Funky Heroes)
Now this is a track that I and an enormous amount of others would consider an original track! You are going to achieve your goal of getting people on the dancefloor i'm sure. You have also chosen some sources that aren't too widely known, yet this will make people start hitting the web to find their tracks. It has a pretty funky tune to it too, with some nice backing instruments.
Cons:
It does tend to getting a fair bit bland after you have been listening to the first 2 minutes without a new melody hitting your ears. It does get better as the track goes on, but I would say some more backing sources need to help avoid audio blandness in parts.
Tips:
Keep producing tracks like this for sure, but the main tip from me personally is to get some more backing audio to mix in throughout the track. Considering the length of the track, this really is needed to give more excitment and interest for the ears. Other than that I could really only say to try get some extra vocal sources as well which will therefore get the tracks you produce to become big popularity winners in the clubs.
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Dj Submitted - Added 03/30/09 I've Got A Dizzee Radio Clit
(Dizzie Rascal vs. Radioclit)
A relentless electro assault, which sounds perfect for banging out on London pirate radio.
Cons:
I'm no expert on this style of music but it sounds damn good as it is. It could do without the 30-odd seconds of silence at the end of the track though but that's an easy fix.
Tips:
There's a definite market for tracks like this, and you do it damn well. Keep at it.
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Dj Submitted - Added 03/25/09 Move Bitch, N Scrub, Day N Night
(Mix)
Well it is something different and away from the general mashes, so you have some definite interest there. The music section behind the start of the Harder Better vocals is a nice unexpected soothing. You have spent a fair amount of time to work this into a complete mix and I can see where you are heading with your DJ'ing style, which can produce some very interesting tracks.
Cons:
It has too many chunks that are annoyingly reptitive, especially at the start. The main con I want to point out is that there is not only key-matching in this mix with the vocals, but there is also a complete lack of any melody. I know this is a style where a melody isn't completely necessary, in the mashing world it is rare that you will find a track that involves so many sources without some sort of melody worked in, even if made from samples from here and there mixed in to the track. The entire middle is dead and is just noise, nothing is happening and it gets confusingly dull.
Tips:
Work your next production with some tracks that aren't just trance-style reptitive noises, work some more commonly known sources in to increase your listeners and populrity and work in something with a melody. You can become great, but some work definitely needs to be done practicing with some music rather than beats. You're gonna go far if you can stick at it and start following leaders like 'Loo & Placido' and 'Ben Double M'
