I'm just about to enter a mixing competition on the Matt Hardwick forums, i can't post a link but you wont have to be a genius to find it!! Here is a copy & paste of my entry:
MEMBER NAME - Maskell
MIX TITLE - I AM DJ Competition Entry
MIX LENGTH - 01:59:56
GENRE - Trance
PRODUCTION METHOD - Ableton
01 - Jo Micali - Euphoria (Indecent Noise)
02 - Signum - First Strike (edit)
03 - Discodyne - Impact (Ferrin & Low)
04 - Giuseppe Ottaviani - Through your eyes (edit)
05 - Signum - Push Through (Manuel le Saux)
06 - G&M Project - Sunday Afternoon (edit)
07 - Louk & Stew Ewens - Bad Habit (Marcos)
08 - Danilo Ericole - Wrong Place (edit)
09 - Mark Ankh - Queen (Woo York)
10 - Mac J - Nightware (edit)
11 - DJ Choose - Knald
12 - Scott Mac - Damager 02 (Mac Zimms) (edit)
13 - The Viceroy - Affirmative Action (Fabio Stein)
14 - Tillmann Uhrmacher - The pride in your eyes (Martin Roth)
15 - DJ Tiesto - In my memory (V-One)
16 - Dave Horne meets Econu - Moments (Danny Powers)
17 - Dallaz Project - Double One (Timo Pralle) (edit)
18 - Hensha - Monday Delay (Arctic Moon) (edit)
19 - Valentino Kanzyani - Paradox with Jochen Miller - Vanity (Cream Team) (mashup)
20 - Peppelino - Mobile
21 - Renegade System - Philadelphia (GM remix)
22 - O'Callaghan & Kearney - Pendulum (Axel Karakasis)
23 - Stoneface & Terminal - Volcano (2am)
24 - Xgenix - Tears
25 - David Forbes & William Daniel - The act of fear
26 - Ron Malakai - Memorable Touch (Carl B)
27 - Lodos - Moody (Indecent Noise Remix) (edit)
28 - Sebastian Brandt - Serenade (Arctic Moon)
29 - Poloroid - So Damn Beautiful (Dogzilla)
30 - System F - Spaceman
31 - The Traveller & In Motion - Believe (Minimalistix)
32 - Thre Drives - Air Traffic (Bobina)
33 - Greg Downey - Stadium (edit)
34 - Nature One - Das Dreizehnte Land (Tillmann Uhrmacher) (edit)
last warning
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As i said to another member, this mix is a celebration of the kind of music i love, both in style and in individual tracks that i have stood out for me in clubs and house parties over the past few years. It's very upbeat and energetic, rarely slowing in pace and with no time for intros/outros or long breakdowns! I've tried to keep a reasonable balance of new tracks from the past month or 2, some of the picks from the past 3 years and of course a couple of genuine classics. As well as trance i've drifted towards techno in places, again a reflection of my home listening.
I bought myself some decks just before Christmas and i would have loved to have recorded the mix on them, but the poor quality of my mixer and the lack of time to practise made me opt for Ableton. It's probably worth saying this is my first Ableton mix for about 9 months or so, i have to say it's a bloody fun program to use.
This was very much a mix for myself and whether anyone else like it or not, it doesn't matter because i ****ing love it